Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh (born 1985) is an American citizen who was convicted of terrorism-related offenses in 2017.
He was charged with material support of terrorism for a planning role in a 2009 attack on Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost.
[6] Al Farekh moved to Winnipeg, in 2003, to live with his grandmother and uncle, to prepare to attend the University of Manitoba.
The Counter-terrorism project reported he worked under an al Qaeda leader named Abdul Hafeez, until his death, when he was promoted to a leadership role, himself.
[2][9][10] Alan Feuer reported both the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency pushed to have his name placed on a "kill list".