Saleh al-Oufi

Saleh al-Oufi or Saleh Muhammad 'Awadullah al-'Alawi al-'Oufi (died 18 August 2005), was a member of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia and became the leader of that group when Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin was killed in June 2004. Al-Oufi in turn was killed in August 2005, in Madinah.

Life al-Oufi was born in al-Hindiya, Saudi Arabia. He was a sergeant in the Prison detachment of the National Service, but was discharged in 1989 for his overt support of anti-government forces.

Al-Oufi has been variously described as a former policeman and a former prison guard. According to AQAP, he participated in some way in the fighting in Afghanistan.

Death One other suspect with al-Oufi was killed, and another wounded and captured. In a simultaneous raid in Riyadh, four AQAP members were killed and one captured. These raids were made possible by the interception of mobile telephone transmissions.