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Infamous Terrorist Flees to Lebanon

Suspect in 1982 Pan Am bombing spotted in Tripoli: FBI official

By the Associated Press

Posted May 29, 2009 6:25 PM CDT
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(AP) – A master bomb maker who once targeted commercial airliners and was suspected of aiding the Iraq insurgency has fled to Lebanon, an FBI official has confirmed. There is information that 73-year-old Abu Ibrahim was reportedly in Tripoli, a city in northwest Lebanon, the official said earlier this week. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation continues.

Ibrahim, a devout Sunni who was born in Tripoli, is suspected of carrying out more than two dozen attacks on mainly American, Israeli, and Jewish targets in a career that spans decades. He was indicted in the 1982 bombing of Pan Am Flight 830, an explosion that killed a 16-year-old boy and wounded more than a dozen passengers. The FBI has been looking to catch Ibrahim for decades and has recently increased its efforts to arrest him.

This sketch shows a likeness of master bomb maker Abu Ibrahim, whose real name is Husayn al-Umari.
This sketch shows a likeness of master bomb maker Abu Ibrahim, whose real name is Husayn al-Umari.   ((AP Photo/FBI, File))
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kokuaguy
May 30, 2009 12:33 PM CDT
Fled from where?
kokuaguy
May 30, 2009 4:44 AM CDT
Read less, know more... how much trouble would it have been for the Newser editors to include that highly relevant fact?
Fondue
May 30, 2009 4:04 AM CDT
L O L...dude needed some money I guess

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