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  1. Mohammed Atef (Arabic: محمد عاطف, romanized: Muḥammad ʿĀṭif; born Sobhi Abd Al Aziz Mohamed El Gohary Abu Sitta, also known as Abu Hafs al-Masri and al-Khabir; 1944 – November 2001) was an Egyptian militant and prominent military chief of al-Qaeda, and a deputy of Osama bin Laden, although Atef's role in the organization was not well known by intelligence agencies for years.

  2. Mohammed Atef was a loyal associate of Osama bin Laden and a key figure in several al-Qaeda attacks, including the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings and the 9/11 attacks. He was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan in November 2001.

  3. Nov 16, 2001 · Mohammed Atef, the Al Qaeda terror network's military chief and a close confidant of Osama bin Laden, is believed to have been killed in an American airstrike.

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  5. Nov 13, 2009 · Mohammed Atef. Mohammed Atef was a senior al-Qaeda military chief and top deputy to Osama bin Laden. According to The 9/11 Commission Report, bin Laden decided to give the green light to the Sept. 11 plot at Atef's urging. Atef was killed in a U.S. air strike on his home near Kabul in November 2001. See a bin Laden family photo album

  6. Mohammed Atef ( Arabic: محمد عاطف, romanized: Muḥammad ʿĀṭif; born Sobhi Abd Al Aziz Mohamed El Gohary Abu Sitta, also known as Abu Hafs al-Masri and al-Khabir; 1944 – November 2001) was the prominent military chief of al-Qaeda, and a deputy of Osama bin Laden, although Atef's role in the organization was not well known by ...

  7. Sep 11, 2001 · Muhammed Atef. Former al-Qaeda military leader. Born: 1944. Birthplace: Menoufya, Egypt. Born Sobhi Abu Sitta, he took the name Muhammad Atef and other aliases after joining Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, al-Qaeda. Atef served for two years in the Egyptian army before leaving the country in the mid-1980s to join the jihad in Afghanistan ...

  8. Nov 16, 2001 · Months before the embassy bombings in 1998, Atef surfaced publicly. He was at bin Laden's side during a press conference announcing a fatwa against the U.S. The truest sign of Mohammed Atef's importance to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda comes from this video taken this January in Kandahar, when Atef's daughter married one of bin Laden's sons.

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