Mohammed Atef (Arabic: محمد عاطف, Mohammed Atef) (born Sobhi Abu Setta, also known as Abu Hafs al-Masri) was the military chief of al-Qaeda, and was considered one of Osama bin Laden's two deputies, the other being Ayman Al Zawahiri, although Atef's role in the organization was not well known by intelligence agencies for years. He was killed in a US airstrike in November 2001.
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1944 Menofia Governorate, Egypt
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16 November 2001 (aged 57) Kabul, Afghanistan
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