Jehad Serwan Mostafa was born on December 28,1981, in Waukesha, Wisconsin to Syrian Kurdish father Halim Mostafa Gabori and an American mother.
10 Facts About Jehad Mostafa
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Jehad Mostafa was raised in Serra Mesa, California, and earned a degree in economics in San Diego, California in 2005.
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In 2005, at the age of 23, Jehad Mostafa traveled to Sana'a, Yemen, and then to Somalia by 2006, where he engaged in fighting alongside the Islamic Courts Union seeking to expel Ethiopian troops from Somali territory.
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Jehad Mostafa then joined al-Shabaab, which was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US State Department in 2008.
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Jehad Mostafa swiftly rose up the ranks of the group, serving as an explosives expert, propaganda expert, military instructor, and interpreter for the organization.
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In 2011, Jehad Mostafa appeared at an al-Shabaab press conference with al-Shabaab leadership.
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Jehad Mostafa is often referred to under the pseudonyms Emir Anwar, Ahmed Gurey, Anwar al-Amriki, Ahmed, Anwar, and Abu Abdullah al-Muhajir.
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Jehad Mostafa reportedly has three wives in Somalia, one a widow of a deceased al-Shabaab member, and an estimated sixteen children.
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On October 9,2009, Jehad Mostafa was charged by the United States government with:.
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In 2011, Jehad Mostafa was added to the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, and in 2013 the US government offered a $5 million bounty under the Rewards for Justice program for information leading to his arrest and conviction.