"Sami Mohammed Ali Said al-Jaaf, also known as Abu Omar al-Kurdi, was arrested during a raid in Baghdad on Jan. 15, a government statement said Monday"

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Is this the same (imaginary?) person [number 3 below]?


 http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/chron/news2001a.htm

Extract:

MARCH 2001

1. PRIME MINISTER REPLACED
President Salih has replaced the prime minister, Dr Abd al-Karim al-Iryani, with Abdulqader Bagammal, the deputy prime minister and foreign minister. One report said Iryani had been dismissed; another that he had asked to step down for health reasons. Reports: CNN/AP, AFP, Yemen Times. Biographical notes: Bagammal, Iryani

2. AMBASSADOR'S DENIAL
Yemen's ambassador to the USA, Abd al-Wahhab al-Hajri has denied attending a reception in Washington in honour of the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon. Report: Yemen Times

3. MORE COLE ARRESTS
Yemeni authorities in Aden have arrested at least 10 more people in connection with the bombing of USS Cole. One man was named by a relative as Ali Mohammed Omar al-Kurdi, whose house was searched on March 29. Reports: Reuters, AP



OR:

 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-01-22-terror-acquittal_x.htm

Jordan court acquits 10 of conspiracy:

In April, al-Shalabi's aide, Omar al-Kurdi, 38, worked on another plan involving "an armed operation across the Jordanian border inside Israeli territory," the charge sheet said. It said al-Kurdi, who also received a one-year sentence Wednesday, and three others agreed to attack Israeli targets from across the Jordanian frontier.