Name:  Faqir Mohammed

Faqir Mohammed,
a.k.a. Maulana Faqir Mohammed or Maulvi Faqir Mohammad
  
Born:  In Chopatra a village some 20 kilos from the Afgan border. Age as of 2/06
Wanted man, as the "go to" guy for Al-Qaeda in the Bajaur region of Pakistan.
Supposedly present (according to an NBC stringer that showed up within hours) at the Madrassah that Pakistani military blew to hell -and-gone late October 2006.  Faqir may have been the target:  "The ostensible target was Faqir Mohammed, an al-Zawahiri deputy who hosted a meeting of Taliban and AQ fighters two days ago in Bajaur."
  1. Al-Zawahiri's Pakistani Ally: Profile of Maulana Faqir Mohammed,
    The Jamestown Foundation, February 6, 2006
  2. "Madrassa Myth" Punctured by Attack in Pakistan, Counterterrorism Blog, Andrew Cochran
  3. Coming Soon, the Bajaur Accord,  The Fourth Rail, By Bill Roggio on October 23, 2006
  4. Profiles of Pakistan's Seven Tribal Agencies, Global Terrorism  Analysis, Hasan Abbas, Jamestown Foundation, October 19, 2006

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