Later Life
Abdullah's location since he fled Nairobi has been unknown. In the few years after his disappearance, he was generally thought to be in tribal Afghanistan or Pakistan. Later speculation put him in Iran under the protection of the Quds Force, A more substantial report, citing unnamed UN and other sources, says that Abdullah and other al-Qaeda personnel were in Liberia around 2001, buying conflict diamonds on behalf of al-Qaeda. But another claim about Iran has appeared; the MIPT record on Abdullah reads in part
A joint Saudi-Egyptian-Jordanian intelligence inquiry in April 2006 concluded that Abdullah currently resides in Southeast Iran, under the protection of the Hamze unit of the Revolutionary Guards.
He is married to the daughter of Ahmad Salama Mabruk and they have three daughters together.
Abdullah was one of the 22 original members, and is still a member, of the FBI's list of Most Wanted Terrorists. The State Department, through the Rewards for Justice Program, is offering up to US$5 million for information on the location of Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah.
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