Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim
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| Mohammad al-Hakim alias Abu Jihad al-Masri |
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 Senior al-Qaeda suspect
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| Born | circa 1961 Egypt |
| Occupation | Propaganda chief |
| Mohammad Khalil al-Hukaymah alias Abu Jihad al-Masri |
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 (source: as-Sahab)
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| Born | unknown d.o.b. Aswan(?), Egypt |
Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim (Arabic: محمد حسن خليل الحكيم ) alias Abu Jihad al-Masri ( أبو جهاد المصري ) (c. 1961 - ) is purported by US authorities to operate in Iran as the head of media and propaganda for al-Qaeda, and "may also be the Chief of External Operations for al Qaeda".[1] The name Abu Jihad is an informal or assumed name, and al-Masri simply means the Egyptian.
Al-Hakim seems to be the person who appeared in an August 2006 as-Sahab (al-Qaeda) video to announce the merger of al-Qaeda with part of the Egyptian caliphist group al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya. He is identified in that video as Muhammad Khalil Hasan al-Hukaymah ( محمد خليل حسن الحكايمة ) and more briefly as Muhammad Khalil al-Hukaymah (محمد خليل الحكايمة) and as Abu Jihad al-Masri. In that video al-Hukaymah is introduced by Ayman al-Zawahiri, who is also Egytian and a former Gama'a affiliate (see e.g. Fatāwā of Osama bin Laden). The video claims that al-Hukaymah joined al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya in 1979 and was arrested in connection with the assassination of Sadat in 1981, and subsequently rearrested several times in various countries. Other al-Qaeda propaganda[2][3] claims that al-Hukaymah worked with Refai Ahmed Taha (former Gama'a leader and affiliate of al-Zawahiri), but that is uncorroborated.
[edit] References
- ^ Rewards For Justice wanted poster of al-Hakim, US Department of State
- ^ Tawhed website, in Arabic; access is blocked in some jurisdictions
- ^ Copy of Tawhed's claims about al-Hukaymah, at the website of Hani al-Sibai
