Jehad Mostafa

Jehad Serwan Mostafa (Arabic: جهاد سيروان مصطفى; born 28 December 1981), also known as Anwar al-Amriki (Arabic: أنور الأمريكي), is an American-born senior leader in al-Shabaab, the al-Qaida affiliate in Somalia.

[5] In 2005, at the age of 23, Mostafa traveled to Sana'a, Yemen, and then to Somalia by 2006,[1] where he engaged in fighting alongside the Islamic Courts Union seeking to expel Ethiopian troops from Somali territory.

He then joined al-Shabaab, which was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department in 2008.

By 2009, he has been a senior leader in al-Shabaab, and is believed to be the highest-ranking U.S. citizen in a foreign terrorist organization.

[1] On October 9, 2009, Mostafa was charged by the United States government with:[2] In 2011, Mostafa was added to the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, and in 2013 the U.S. government offered a $5 million bounty under the Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program for information leading to his arrest and conviction.

Jehad Mostafa as a youth (undated)