Saudi Arabian terrorist

Wa'el Hamza Julaidan (Arabic: وائل حمزة جليدان, kunya: Abu al-Hasan; born 22 February 1958 in Medina, Saudi Arabia) is one of the original founders of al-Qaeda in August 1988.

He had previously (1984) established "the Service Office" or Maktab al-Khidamat in Afghanistan, along with bin Laden and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam. Many of the supporters of al-Qaeda were trained in the Afghan military camps this trio set up in support of the mujahideen resistance movement against the Soviet occupation.

He was the president of the Tucson Islamic Center from 1984 to 1985. In 1986 he left Tucson to fight the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In 1987, he traveled to Hijaz, and was expected to return to Karachi.

For his suspected role in al-Qaeda, Julaidan was placed under worldwide embargo by the United Nations, in 2002.His UN embargo was lifted in 2014.

References

Timeline
of attacks

• 1998 United States emb*y bombings
• 2000 USS Cole bombing
• 2001 September 11 attacks
• 2002 Bali bombings
• 2004 Madrid train bombings
• 2005 London bombings
• 2007 Algiers bombings
• 2008 Islamabad Danish emb*y bombing
• 2008 Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
• 2013 In Amenas hostage crisis
• 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack
• 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting
• 2015 Garissa University College attack
• 2015 Bamako hotel attack
• 2016 Ouagadougou attacks
• 2016 Grand-B*am shootings
• 2016 Bamako attack
• 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting

Wars

• Soviet–Afghan War
• Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
• Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
• First Chechen War
• Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
• Second Chechen War
• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
• Iraq War
• Somali Civil War
• War in North-West Pakistan (drone strikes)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
• Syrian civil war
• Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
  • al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
  • Houthi insurgency in Yemen

Affiliates

• al-Shabaab (Somalia)
• al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen)
• al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (North Africa)
• Egyptian Islamic Jihad (Egypt)
• al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (Indian Subcontinent)
• Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (Mali)

Charity organizations

• Benevolence International Foundation
• al-Haramain Foundation

Media

• Al Qaeda Handbook
• Al Neda
• As-Sahab
• Fatawā of Osama bin Laden
• Inspire
• Al-Khansaa
• Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit
• Management of Savagery
• Voice of Jihad
• Qaedat al-Jihad
• Global Islamic Media Front

Video and audio

• Videos and audio recordings of Osama bin Laden
• Videos and audio recordings of Ayman al-Zawahiri
• USS Cole bombing

Related

• Safe houses
• Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein
  • Timeline

Category:Al-Qaeda