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			{{Short description\|Egyptian al-Qaeda member (born 1965)}}
⚫	'''Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna''' ({{~~lang-~~ar\|إبراهيم محمد صالح البنا}}; born 1965) is a citizen of ] who security officials suspect is a leader in ] (AQAP).<ref>
			{{Infobox person
			\| name = Ibrahim al-Banna<br/>{{lang\|ar\|إبراهيم البنا}}
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			\| birth_date = {{birth year and age\|1965}}<ref name=":2" />
			\| birth_place = ]
			\| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age\|YYYY\|MM\|DD\|YYYY\|MM\|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
		⚫	\| death_place =
			\| nationality = ]
			\| other_names = * Abu Ayman al-Masri
			* Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna
			\| known_for = Suspected of being an Al Qaeda intelligence chief
			\| occupation = ]
		⚫	}}

		⚫	'''Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna''' ({{langx\|ar\|إبراهيم محمد صالح البنا}}; born 1965), known as '''Ibrahim al-Banna''' ({{langx\|ar\|إبراهيم البنا}}) (''nom de guerre'' '''Abu Ayman al-Masri''') is a citizen of ] who security officials suspect is a leader in ] (AQAP).<ref>
	{{cite news		{{cite news
	\|url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-15/al-qaeda-media-chief-killed-in-air-strike/3573120		\|url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-15/al-qaeda-media-chief-killed-in-air-strike/3573120
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	\|publisher = ]		\|publisher = ]
	\|date = 2011-10-15		\|date = 2011-10-15
	\|archive-date = 2013-03-16		\|archive-date = 2013-03-12
	\|archive-url = https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~query?url=~~http~~%3A%2F%2Fwww~~.abc.net.au~~%2Fnews%2F2011~~-10-15~~%2Fal~~-qaeda-media-chief-killed-in-air-strike~~%2F3573120&date=2013-03-16~~		\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130312053129/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-15/al-qaeda-media-chief-killed-in-air-strike/3573120
	\|url-status = dead		\|url-status = dead
	\|quote = Al-Banna was "in charge of the media arm of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula" and was one of the group's "most dangerous operatives," it added.		\|quote = Al-Banna was "in charge of the media arm of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula" and was one of the group's "most dangerous operatives," it added.
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	</ref><ref name=Jamestown2011-11>		</ref><ref name=Jamestown2011-11>
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	\|publisher = ]		\|publisher = ]
	\|date = 2010-11-24		\|date = 2010-11-24
	\|archive-date = 2013-03-16		\|archive-date = 2013-10-22
	\|archive-url = https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~query?url=~~http~~%3A%2F%2Fwww~~.jamestown.org%~~2Fprograms~~%~~2Fgta%2Fsingle%2F%3Ftx_ttnews%255Btt_news%255D%3D37205%26cHash%3De119e7cbbe~~&~~date~~=~~2013-03-16~~		\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131022152950/http://www.jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=37205&cHash=e119e7cbbe
	\|url-status = dead		\|url-status = dead
	\|quote = A Kuwaiti daily recently published a transcript of the interrogation of Shaykh Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna (a.k.a. Abu Ayman al-Masri), the Egyptian former intelligence chief of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) who was arrested in early August		\|quote = A Kuwaiti daily recently published a transcript of the interrogation of Shaykh Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna (a.k.a. Abu Ayman al-Masri), the Egyptian former intelligence chief of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) who was arrested in early August
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	Security officials have repeatedly claimed to have killed him with missiles launched from unmanned aerial vehicles. An October 2011 claim had al-Banna killed, along with six other individuals, including some who were alleged to have been associated with AQAP and at least one (]'s 16-year-old son and American citizen ]) who was not.<ref name=Esquire2012-07-09>{{cite news		Security officials have repeatedly claimed to have killed him with missiles launched from unmanned aerial vehicles. An October 2011 claim had al-Banna killed, along with six other individuals, including some who were alleged to have been associated with AQAP and at least one (]'s 16-year-old son and American citizen ]) who was not.<ref name=Esquire2012-07-09>{{cite news
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	\|author = Tom Junod		\|author = Tom Junod
	\|date = 2012-07-09		\|date = 2012-07-09
	\|archive-date = 2013-03-16		\|archive-date = 2013-01-28
	\|archive-url = https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~query?url=~~http~~%3A%2F%2Fwww~~.esquire.com~~%2Ffeatures%2Fobama~~-lethal-presidency-0812-5~~&date=2013-03-16~~		\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130128061540/http://www.esquire.com/features/obama-lethal-presidency-0812-5
	\|url-status = dead		\|url-status = dead
	\|quote = It was initially reported that an Al Qaeda leader named Ibrahim al-Banna was among those killed, but then it was reported that al-Banna is still alive to this day.		\|quote = It was initially reported that an Al Qaeda leader named Ibrahim al-Banna was among those killed, but then it was reported that al-Banna is still alive to this day.
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			</ref><ref name=NYT031013/> Ibrahim al-Banna was added to the U.S. State Department's ] wanted list on October 14, 2014.<ref></ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|title=Rewards for Justice - Wanted for Terrorism - Ibrahim al-Banna\|url=https://rewardsforjustice.net/terrorist-rewards/ibrahim-al-banna/\|access-date=2021-02-08\|language=en}}</ref>
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⚫	</ref><ref name=NYT031013/> Ibrahim al-Banna was added to the U.S. State Department's ] wanted list on October 14, 2014.<ref></ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|title=Rewards for Justice - Wanted for Terrorism - Ibrahim al-Banna\|url=https://rewardsforjustice.net/english/ibrahim_al_banna.html\|access-date=2021-02-08\|language=en}}</ref> Ibrahim al-Banna was reported to have been killed by gunmen from the ] in ] on February 15, 2018.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|title=Abu Ayman al-Masri killed\|url=https://almanar.com.lb/3396270~~\|url-status=live~~\|date=2021-02-20\|website=almanar.com.lb}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web\|date=2018-02-26\|title=About 10 days after the assassination of one of the commanders of al-Qaeda organization, a Syrian commander of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham is assassinated • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights\|url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/85764/\|access-date=2021-02-08\|website=The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights\|language=en-US}}</ref>
			==Background==
			According to the ], Yemeni security officials apprehended al-Banna in August 2010 and a Yemeni newspaper published transcripts of his interrogation in November 2010.<ref name=Jamestown2011-11/>
			The Jamestown Foundation published a profile of al-Banna based on those transcripts. The profile claimed that his full name was ''"] Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna"'' and his kunya was Abu Ayman al-Masri.
			They asserted that during his confession he acknowledged he was a member of ], a branch of ] as early as 1993, when members of the group went underground after it was suspected of being behind an attempt to assassinate ] ].
			Ibrahim al-Banna had escaped to ] where he was a member of a group led by brothers ] and ].

			According to the Jamestown profile, al-Banna acknowledged he had trained ] in intelligence.<ref name=Jamestown2011-11/>
			Al-Badawi was to become head of intelligence for ].

			The Jamestown's profile challenged several aspects of the admissions in al-Banna's interrogation.<ref name=Jamestown2011-11/>
			They challenged the credibility of his claim that AQAP main source of weapons was a warlord in ]'s wartorn ] region, because Darfur was a net importer of weapons, not an exporter. They challenged the credibility when he implicated Yemen's rebel ], who are ] and al Qaeda are hardcore ]s.

			==False death reports==
		⚫	Ibrahim al-Banna was reported to have been killed by gunmen from the ] in ] on February 15, 2018,<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|title=Abu Ayman al-Masri killed\|url=https://almanar.com.lb/3396270\|date=2021-02-20\|website=almanar.com.lb}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web\|date=2018-02-26\|title=About 10 days after the assassination of one of the commanders of al-Qaeda organization, a Syrian commander of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham is assassinated • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights\|url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/85764/\|access-date=2021-02-08\|website=The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights\|language=en-US}}</ref> which was later proven to be false.

			Since the U.S. did not confirm al-Banna's death, he remains the subject of a $5 million USD bounty by the ].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Team\|first=Editorial\|date=2021-07-08\|title=$ 5 million for information on an al-Qaeda leader\|url=https://asumetech.com/5-million-for-information-on-an-al-qaeda-leader/\|access-date=2021-07-11\|website=Asume Tech\|language=en-US}}</ref>

			== See also ==
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	==References==		==References==
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	{{cite news		{{cite news
	\| title = How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in ~~America’s~~ Cross Hairs		\| title = How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in America's Cross Hairs
	\| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/world/middleeast/anwar-al-awlaki-a-us-citizen-in-americas-cross-hairs.html		\| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/world/middleeast/anwar-al-awlaki-a-us-citizen-in-americas-cross-hairs.html
	\| access-date = March 10, 2013		\| access-date = March 10, 2013
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	\| author-link= Mark Mazzetti		\| author-link= Mark Mazzetti
	\| author2 = Charlie Savage		\| author2 = Charlie Savage
	\| author2-link = Charlie Savage		\| author2-link = Charlie Savage (author)
	\| author3 = Scott Shane		\| author3 = Scott Shane
	\| author3-link = Scott Shane		\| author3-link = Scott Shane
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Latest revision as of 15:11, 23 October 2024

Egyptian al-Qaeda member (born 1965)

Ibrahim al-Banna إبراهيم البنا

Born	1965 (age 59–60) Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Other names	Abu Ayman al-Masri Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna
Occupation	Jihadist
Known for	Suspected of being an Al Qaeda intelligence chief

Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna (Arabic: إبراهيم محمد صالح البنا; born 1965), known as Ibrahim al-Banna (Arabic: إبراهيم البنا) (nom de guerre Abu Ayman al-Masri) is a citizen of Egypt who security officials suspect is a leader in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Security officials have repeatedly claimed to have killed him with missiles launched from unmanned aerial vehicles. An October 2011 claim had al-Banna killed, along with six other individuals, including some who were alleged to have been associated with AQAP and at least one (Anwar al-Awlaki's 16-year-old son and American citizen Abdulrahman al-Awlaki) who was not. Ibrahim al-Banna was added to the U.S. State Department's Rewards for Justice wanted list on October 14, 2014.

Background

According to the Jamestown Foundation, Yemeni security officials apprehended al-Banna in August 2010 and a Yemeni newspaper published transcripts of his interrogation in November 2010. The Jamestown Foundation published a profile of al-Banna based on those transcripts. The profile claimed that his full name was "Shaykh Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna" and his kunya was Abu Ayman al-Masri. They asserted that during his confession he acknowledged he was a member of Vanguards of Conquest, a branch of Egyptian Islamic Jihad as early as 1993, when members of the group went underground after it was suspected of being behind an attempt to assassinate Egyptian Prime Minister Atif Sidqi. Ibrahim al-Banna had escaped to Yemen where he was a member of a group led by brothers Ayman al-Zawahiri and Muhammad al-Zawahiri.

According to the Jamestown profile, al-Banna acknowledged he had trained Abd al-Mun’im bin Izz al-Din al-Badawi in intelligence. Al-Badawi was to become head of intelligence for Al Qaeda in Iraq.

The Jamestown's profile challenged several aspects of the admissions in al-Banna's interrogation. They challenged the credibility of his claim that AQAP main source of weapons was a warlord in Sudan's wartorn Darfur region, because Darfur was a net importer of weapons, not an exporter. They challenged the credibility when he implicated Yemen's rebel Huthist, who are Shiite and al Qaeda are hardcore Sunnis.

False death reports

Ibrahim al-Banna was reported to have been killed by gunmen from the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement in Syria on February 15, 2018, which was later proven to be false.

Since the U.S. did not confirm al-Banna's death, he remains the subject of a $5 million USD bounty by the Rewards for Justice Program.

References

^ "Rewards for Justice - Wanted for Terrorism - Ibrahim al-Banna". Retrieved 2021-02-08.
"Top Al Qaeda official killed in Yemen". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2011-10-15. Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Al-Banna was "in charge of the media arm of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula" and was one of the group's "most dangerous operatives," it added.
^ "Former AQAP intelligence chief describes Egyptian role in al-Qaeda". Jamestown Foundation. 2010-11-24. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. A Kuwaiti daily recently published a transcript of the interrogation of Shaykh Ibrahim Muhammad Salih al-Banna (a.k.a. Abu Ayman al-Masri), the Egyptian former intelligence chief of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) who was arrested in early August
Tom Junod (2012-07-09). "The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama". Esquire magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. It was initially reported that an Al Qaeda leader named Ibrahim al-Banna was among those killed, but then it was reported that al-Banna is still alive to this day.
Mark Mazzetti; Charlie Savage; Scott Shane (March 9, 2013). "How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in America's Cross Hairs". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
United States Department of State
"Abu Ayman al-Masri killed". almanar.com.lb. 2021-02-20.
"About 10 days after the assassination of one of the commanders of al-Qaeda organization, a Syrian commander of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham is assassinated • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
Team, Editorial (2021-07-08). "$ 5 million for information on an al-Qaeda leader". Asume Tech. Retrieved 2021-07-11.

Al-Qaeda

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Killed	Osama bin Laden (killing) Ayman al-Zawahiri (killing) Mohammed Atef Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil Haitham al-Yemeni Abu Hamza Rabia Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Omar al-Faruq Haitham al-Badri Abu Yaqub al-Masri Abu Talha al-Sudani Abu Laith al-Libi Abu Sulayman Al-Jazairi Midhat Mursi Mohamed Moumou Khalid Habib Abu Ghadiya Abu Zubair al-Masri Rashid Rauf Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan Saad bin Laden Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan Abdullah Said al Libi Saleh al-Somali Saeed al-Masri Hamza al-Jawfi Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali Mohamed Abul-Khair Sheikh Fateh Huthaifa al-Batawi Ilyas Kashmiri Fazul Abdullah Mohammed Atiyah Abd al-Rahman Anwar al-Awlaki Samir Khan Tariq al-Dahab Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan Fahd al-Quso Abu Yahya al-Libi Hassan Ghul Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti Said Ali al-Shihri Farman Ali Shinwari Abdelhamid Abou Zeid Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki Said Bahaji Abu Khalid al-Suri Omar Ould Hamaha Ahmed Abdi Godane Abu Yusuf Al-Turki Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah Adam Yahiye Gadahn Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad al-Rubaysh Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi Nasir al-Wuhayshi Muhsin al-Fadhli Abu Khalil al-Madani Matiur Rehman Abu Firas al-Suri Ahmed Refai Taha Mokhtar Belmokhtar Abu Khayr al-Masri Ibrahim al-Asiri Hamza bin Laden Sari Shihab Asim Umar Qasim al-Raymi Abdelmalek Droukdel Khalid al-Aruri Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah Abu Muhsin al-Masri
Captured	Mamdouh Mahmud Salim Wadih el-Hage Khalid al-Fawwaz Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Walid bin Attash Riduan Isamuddin Ali al-Bahlul Ahmed Ghailani Abu Faraj al-Libbi Mustafa Setmariam Nasar Abdul Hadi al Iraqi Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi Younis al-Mauritani Sulaiman Abu Ghaith Abu Anas al-Libi Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh Mukhtar Robow Amin al-Haq
Other	Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri (died) Abu Ubaidah al-Masri (died) Mahfouz Ould al-Walid (left) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (expelled) Abu Mohammad al-Julani (left) Abu Maria al-Qahtani (left) Ahmad Salama Mabruk (left) Abu Omar al-Turkistani (left) Abu Sulayman al-Muhajir (left) Khalid Batarfi (died)