Atef

Thou art established as king, the white crown is upon thy head, and thou hast grasped in thy hands the crook and whip; whilst thou wert in the womb, and hadst not as yet come forth therefrom upon the earth, thou wert crowned lord of the two lands, and the 'Atef' crown of R [= a] was upon thy brow.

Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life 1895

Many were jealous of the Egyptians’ important and expanding role in al-Qaeda, Mohammed told the FBI.25 He told stories of bin Laden’s loyalty: how in 1998 when bin Laden heard criticism against his military chief, Atef a.k.a.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

Many were jealous of the Egyptians’ important and expanding role in al-Qaeda, Mohammed told the FBI.25 He told stories of bin Laden’s loyalty: how in 1998 when bin Laden heard criticism against his military chief, Atef a.k.a.

Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

Atef said that “in the next few weeks we will carry out a big surprise and we will strike or attack American and Israeli interests.”

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

Abu Walid al-Masri, the Egyptian editor of the Arabic-language magazine of the Taliban, recalled that al-Qaeda hard-liners, like the military commander Mohammed Atef, pushed for acquiring nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons capabilities.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

Faysal Kalthoum initially promised to assist the families of the captured youth, family members said, but simply referred the case to the security head and presidential cousin, General Atef Najeeb.

Syria Revolt Fueled by Roof Fires and Tweets Nour Malas 2011

Around the time of the Cole bombing, the al-Qaeda leader evacuated everyone from his compound at Kandahar airport and split up from his senior advisers Mohammed Atef and Ayman al-Zawahiri so that all three would not be killed together in the event of a retaliatory American strike.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

Atef, a former Egyptian policeman, was one of the most hard-line members of al-Qaeda.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

While examining Atef, Aziz again encountered bin Laden.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

In mid-June 2001 bin Laden and his top military commander, Mohammed Atef, also dropped broad hints that a major attack was in the works, during a meeting they held in Kandahar with Bakr Atyani, a correspondent for the Middle East Broadcasting Corporation.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011