Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin al-Muqrin
Died	June 19, 2004
Other names	Arabic: عبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرن‎
Known for	al Qaeda member

Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin al-Muqrin (Arabic: عبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرن‎) (or Abd al-Aziz al-Moqrin or other transliterations) alias Abu Hajr ( ابو هاجر ) and Abu Hazim, (1972?-2004), was the leader of the mujahedeen group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.^[1] He reportedly succeeded Yousif Salih Fahad Al-Ayeeri in this role, when the latter was killed in a shootout in May 2003. Al-Muqrin had trained with Osama bin Laden's group in Afghanistan.

Al-Muqrin was said to live in the Riyadh's Al-Suwaidi District, home to many Saudi terrorists.^[2][3]

Al-Muqrin was #1 on Saudi Arabia's second official list^[4] of most wanted terrorists, which appeared in December of 2003. In 2004 his faction claimed responsibility for a series of attacks against Westerners including the kidnapping and beheading of American contractor Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia. Less than 48 hours after the murder of Johnson, Saudi police commandos killed al-Muqrin in a raid in downtown Riyadh, along with several associates including:

• Faisal Abdul-Rahman Abdullah al-Dakhil (who was also on the list),
• Turki bin Fuheid al-Muteiry a/k/a Fawaz al-Nashimi, and
• Ibrahim bin Abdullah al-Dreiham.^[5][6]

The online magazine Al-Khansaa claims to have been founded by al-Muqrin shortly before his death.^[7] In 2004, plans were discovered posted online under al-Muqrin's name containing the itinerary, routes of travel, and security personnel of Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz, and plans to assassinate him with RPGs.^[7]

[edit] References

• Artist's rendering of al-Muqrin, originally from a Saudi wanted list

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