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2 unusual facts about Omar al-Faruq


Omar al-Faruq

The U.S. did not acknowledge his escape until November when they were unable to produce him as a witness called by defense attorney Michael Waddington, in the trial of a U.S. sergeant, Alan Driver, accused of abuse at the prison.

He was captured in Bogor, Indonesia in 2002 by an Indonesian security agent who handed him over to the United States.


Afghan War prisoner escapes

In July 2005, Omar al-Faruq, the highest-ranked prisoner at the base and one of the highest-ranked al-Qaeda officers ever captured, escaped along with Libyan Abu Yahya al-Libi, Saudi Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani and Syrian Abdullah Al-Shami.

Bassma Kodmani

She is also a member of the Executive committee along with other members of the Syrian opposition such as Burhan Ghalioun, Abdulbaset Sieda, Abdulahad Astepho, Haitham al-Maleh, Ahmed Ramadan, Samir Nashar and Mohammad Faruq Tayfur.

Derek Plumbly

In February 2008 he was appointed by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to head the Assessment and Evaluation Commission, charged with monitoring the implementation of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

Gaafar Nimeiry

The next year, he ran in the presidential election against incumbent president Omar al-Bashir, but did poorly, obtaining only 9.6% of the votes in elections that were boycotted by the Sudanese opposition and alleged to be rigged.

JadaL

In local and international concerts and festivals, JadaL often performs with local and regional artists, such as Amr Diab, Canteca de Maco, , Rim Banna, DAM (band), Omar Al-Abdallat, Mashrou' Leila and others.

Noon Meem Rashid

His nephew (sister's son) and son-in-law (Yasmin Hassan’s husband) Faruq Hassan was a teacher at Dawson College and McGill University.

Nuba peoples

The Governments of Sudan under Sadiq al-Mahdi and Omar al-Bashir also armed militias of Baggara Arabs to fight the Nuba and transferred many Nuba forcibly to camps.

Omar al-Qattan

The former was the first feature film to be entirely shot in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip and received several international awards after its premiere at the Director's Fortnight, Cannes.

Sudanese teddy bear blasphemy case

In an attempt to push for the release of Gibbons, two British Muslim peers (members of the House of Lords), Lord Ahmed (Labour) and Baroness Warsi (Conservative), visited Sudan with hopes of talking to the country's President Omar al-Bashir.


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