Categories Articles and Tweets Tweets - Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) / Twitter Mohammed Atef Post author By wawiimuy Post date November 11, 2026 Listen to this article Mohammed Atef | Counter Extremism Project counterextremism.com/extremi… — Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Nov 11, 2026 ← #CIA CIA #FBI FBI #Mossad Mossad Mohammed Atef of Al Qaeda and his Russian connections Mohammed Atef (also known as Abu Hafs al-Masri), al-Qaeda’s longtime military commander until his death in a U.S. airstrike in November 2001, had no verified operational alliance or formal ties with the Russian government. Rather, his documented connections to Russia and the former Soviet Union were adversarial, invo → Mohammed Atef and Russian Connections