Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi
Jordanian doctor and suicide bomber (1977–2009)
Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi (25 December 1977 – 30 December 2009) was a Jordanian doctor and a triple agent suicide bomber, who was loyal to Islamist extremists of al-Qaeda, and who carried out the Camp Chapman attack, which was a suicide attack against a CIA base near Khost, Afghanistan on 30 December 2009.
Aliases
An Afghan security official gave al-Balawi's name as Hamman Khalil Abu Mallal al-Balawi. The Arab newspaper The National referred to him as Homam Khaleel Mohammad Abu Mallal. He also used the alias Abu Dujana al-Khurasani or Dujana al-Khurasani when writing for jihadi websites. Hajj Yacoub, a self-proclaimed spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, identified him as Hamman Khalil Mohammed.
Biography
Al-Balawi was born in Kuwait on 25 December 1977. His ancestral roots were Palestinian, his tribe originating from the Beersheba region, now located in the Negev desert of Israel. He grew up in a middle-class family of nine other children, including an identical twin brother, and lived in Kuwait until Iraq's 1990 invasion of the country, when the family moved to Jordan. He graduated with honors from an Amman high school.
Al-Balawi studied medicine for six years in Turkey at Istanbul University and graduated in 2002.
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