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Khaled Ali Hajj

Khalid Ali bin-Ali al-Hajj (Arabic: خالد علي بن علي الحج; 1973 – March 15, 2004), also known as Abu-Hazim al-Sha'ir (Arabic: أبو هزيم الشعير), was an alleged leader of Al-Qaeda listed on Saudi Arabia's Most Wanted list.

Leader
Khalid Ali bin-Ali al-Hajj

1973

March 15, 2004

Saudi Security Forces

Abu-Hazim al-Sha'ir

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Saudi Most Wanted
Riyadh compound bombings

Yusef al-Ayeri

Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin

Saudi Arabia

Background[edit]

Khalid al-Hajj was a colleague of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1997.[1] In addition, Khalid al-Hajj replaced Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing, as the leader of an Al-Qaeda faction.[2] Khalid al-Hajj was reportedly killed on March 15, 2004, by Saudi Security Forces.[3]