Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin
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Abdulaziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin al-Moqrin (also Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin, Abd al-Aziz al-Muqrin or Abu Hazim. Arabic: عبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرن) (1972 or 1973 - June 18, 2004) was an ex-al-Qaeda terrorist leader in Saudi Arabia. He reportedly took over his role from Yousif Salih Fahad Al-Ayeeri when the latter was killed in a shootout in May, 2003.
It is claimed that he led the faction that claimed responsibility for a series of attacks against Westerners in Saudi Arabia in 2004 and for the kidnapping and beheading of American contractor Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia. Al-Moqrin trained with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.
On June 18, 2004, al-Moqrin was killed in Riyadh during a government-sponsored raid in a downtown neighborhood. Three other al-Qaeda militants on Saudi Arabia's most-wanted list were killed in the raid - Rakan Muhsin Mohammad Alsaykhan, #2 on the list, Turki al Muteiri and Ibrahim al Durayhim. Alsaykhan allegedly had close ties with the planner of the USS Cole bombing.