Ahmad Isma'il 'Uthman Saleh

Ahmad Isma'il 'Uthman Saleh (أحمد إسماعيل عثمان) was a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad who was living in Albania. He was one of 14 people subjected to extraordinary rendition by the CIA prior to the 2001 declaration of a War on Terror.^[1] He was charged in the Returnees from Albania trial.^[2]

He was ostensibly linked to the 1995 plot to blow up the Khan el-Khalili market, as well as the assassination of Speaker of Parliament Rifaat el-Mahgoub in October 1990.^[3][4][5]

He had previously been sentenced to death in absentia in October 1997 by an Egyptian court.^[6] Unlike the four colleagues with whom he was arrested, 'Uthman was not returned to Egypt until mid-August; being subjected to electroshock torture and beatings.^[2]

Together with the other three Returnees brought from Tirana, his capture and torture were listed as the main reasons for the 1998 United States embassy bombings.^[3]

Following the 1999 Returnees from Albania trial, he was executed in February 2000.