Wadih El Hage: The Al Qaeda Accountant

Wadih el-Hage is a Lebanese born, naturalized American citizen who after working at an Islamic charity in Pakistan during the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, allegedly become involved with Al Qaeda during the 1990's. After marrying April Ray, a Texas native who also became a Muslim convert, el-Hage went to the Al Kifah Refugee Center in Brooklyn, New York City and become close associates with people who were alleged to have been involved with the 1993 WTC Bombing. In which el-Hage then traveled to Sudan and became a financial accountant to Osama Bin Laden, and under the pretense of doing charity work, he organized the al-Qaeda network that planned the carried out the embassy bombing in Nairobi according to the FBI.

el-Hage was then indicted and convicted for his role in the 1998 East Africa Embassy Bombings, where el-Hage currently denies any and all involvement. During his time in Sudan and Afghanistan however, el-Hage is said to have met with a number of known terrorist sympathizers and criminals including, Essam al Ridi, an associate of Osama bin Laden, Ali Mohamed, an associate to Ayman al-Zawahiri and FBI/CIA spy, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed,high ranking Al Qaeda terrorist organizer, and Mohammed Atef, Al Qaeda military commander.