Hamad el Khairy
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Rewards for Justice is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information on Hamad el Khairy, also known as Amada Ould Kheirou or Abou Qumqum, for his role as a founding leader of the terrorist group Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA).
Under Khairy’s leadership, MUJWA members conducted terrorist attacks and abductions of foreign diplomats and other individuals. Khairy claimed responsibility for the April 2012 kidnapping of seven Algerian diplomats in Mali, and appeared in MUJWA videos making threats against those who opposed the organization. In January 2012, Khairy stated that MUJWA’s goal was to “impose sharia law across the whole of West Africa.”
Prior to his leadership role in MUJWA, Khairy was a member of al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb and planned terrorist operations against Mauritania. In October 2011, Khairy ordered the kidnapping of three European aid workers in Algeria, leaving two wounded by gunfire.
On December 7, 2012, the U.S. Department of State designated Khairy as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended. As a result of this designation, among other consequences, all property, and interests in property, of Khairy that are subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with Khairy.
