Abderraouf Jdey
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Abderraouf Jdey (a.k.a. Farouk the Tunisian) (born May 30, 1965) is suspected to be a member of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization.
Jdey moved to Canada from Tunisia in 1991 and became a Canadian citizen in 1995. He trained with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers in Afghanistan, and was recruited for a "second wave" of suicide attacks.
On November 12, 2001, he may have detonated a small bomb on American Airlines Flight 587 over Queens, New York. The incident was initially reported to have resulted from mechanical problems after takeoff. He is reported to have used a small bomb similar to the one used by convicted shoe-bomber Richard Reid.
Jdey was one of the names connected to the lone unidentified member of a group of 5 extremists pleding martyrdom, found on a videotape in the rubble of Mohammad Atef's home in Kabul, Afghanistan. A "suicide note" to the same effect was also found later in Jdey's own house along with a photograph of himself. The question of whether the photograph and video showed al-Jiddi or Jdey was resolved when the FBI announced that the two were the same person, using separate names.
One theory surrounding the Anthrax case, was that Jdey was responsible for this Second Round of attacks against the United States, after Atta's First Round comprised of the hijacked airliners.
On May 26, 2004, he was listed along with six others when United States Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that reports indicated that Al Qaeda members were planning a terrorist action for the summer or fall of 2004. Others listed on that date were Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Amer El-Maati, Aafia Siddiqui, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, and Adnan G. El Shukrijumah.