Mohammed Odeh
Member of al-Qaeda
About Mohammed Odeh
Born 1965.
Activities In March 1993, Saif al-Adel ordered Odeh to Somalia to train tribes in fighting. He has been accused of training forces loyal to warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid in 1993, while other sources have suggested he was training Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya members. The following year he was sent to Mombasa, Kenya with money from Mohammed Atef to purchase himself a 7-tonne trawler and start a fishing business.
An engineer with both Kenyan and Jordanian citizenship, Odeh was arrested in Karachi, Pakistan after a flight from Nairobi to Karachi using a forged Yemeni passport, with a photograph that clearly did not match his face,
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Who is Mohammed Odeh?
Member of al-Qaeda
When was Mohammed Odeh born?
Mohammed Odeh was born on 1 March 1965 in Tabuk.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Mohammed Odeh. https://biography.guide/mohammed-odeh-1965/
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