[AIN] RE: ABDULLAH AL SHAMI

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06380016
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2019
• Case Number: F-2014-00434
• Publication Date: February 27, 2014

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Mark Mazzetti
Thursday, February 27, 2014 12:02 PM
[AIN] Re: Abdullah al Shami
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Thanks
Best
Mark
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On Feb 27, 2014, at 11:55 AM,
wrote:
Mark, we told Eric previously that we didn't have anything to offer on this, but we'll circle back with you
later today.
From: Mazzetti, Mark
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 11:32 AM
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Subject: Abdullah al Shami
I think you've spoken to Eric about this, but I wanted to let you know that we're planning a story
for tomorrow on the Abdullah al Shami debate.
We're still hoping to get greater clarity about his position inside AQ. We have been told he is
AQ's head of external operations, but at the same time there seems to be absolutely nothing about
him in jihadi chat rooms or in public videos. Any sense of why this is?
Many thanks
Mark
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