The names of some of the foreign al Qaeda leaders include:
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed - Fazul, a Kenyan, was appointed by Osama bin Laden as al Qaeda's leader in East Africa in late 2009. Before the death of Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, Fazul served as the military operations chief for al Qaeda in East Africa. Fazul is an experienced al Qaeda leader who is known to be able to move in and out of East African countries with ease. In August 2008, he slipped a police dragnet in Kenya. Fazul has been sheltering in Somalia with Shabaab and the Islamic Courts for years. Fazul is considered to be Shabaab's military leader, while Sheikh Muktar Abdelrahman Abu Zubeyr is Shabaab's spiritual leader.
Shaykh Muhammad Abu Fa'id - Fai'd, a Saudi citizen, serves as a top financier financier and a "manager" for Shabaab.
Abu Sulayman Al Banadiri - Banadiri is a Somali of Yemeni descent. He serves as a top adviser to Zubeyr, and trained in an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan.
Abu Musa Mombasa - Mombasa, a Pakistani citizen, serves as Shabaab's chief of security and training.
Abu Mansour al Amriki - Amriki, whose real name is Omar Hammami, is a US citizen who converted to Islam and traveled to Somalia in 2006. Once in Somalia, he quickly rose through the ranks, and now serves as a military commander, recruiter, financier, and propagandist. Amriki appears in several Shabaab propaganda tapes.
Mahmud Mujajir - Mujajir, a Sudanese citizen, is Shabaab's chief of recruitment for suicide bombers.
Abdifatah Aweys Abu Hamza - Hamza is a Somali national who trained in Afghanistan. He is the commander of the Mujahideen of Al Quds, or Shabaab's Jerusalem Brigade, a military formation.
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