Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook

Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook مُوسَى مُحَمَّد أبُو مَرْزوق‎
Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau
In office 1997 – present
Personal details
Born	9 January 1951 (1951-01-09) (age 60) Rafah, Gaza Strip
Political party	Hamas Islamic Association of Palestine
Residence	Damascus, Syria
Alma mater	Ain Shams University
Profession	Engineer
Religion	Islam

Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook (Arabic: مُوسَى مُحَمَّد أبُو مَرْزوق‎; born 9 January, 1951, Rafah, Gaza Strip) is a Palestinian senior member of Hamas.

Hamas Involvement

Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook has been active in the Islamic political work since 1968, Marzook played a significant role in reorganizing Hamas after the mass arrest of its members in 1989. He was elected to be the first Hamas political bureau chief in 1992, and since 1997 has been deputy chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau.^[1] Marzook founded the Islamic Association of Palestine.^[2]

Arrest

In the mid-1990s Marzook was arrested in JFK airport with no formal charges placed against him. Two months after his detainment, Israel filed a request for the USA to extradite him. He spent the following 2 years fighting his case in the court system, but the final decision was for his extradition, after which Israel dropped its extradition request. With no formal charges against him the United States released him, but not wanting him to remain, the U.S. contacted numerous Arab countries to allow Marzook residency. All refused, except Jordan, which reportedly agreed under U.S. pressure.^{[citation needed]}

Criminal Charges

Marzook was listed as a Specially Designated Terrorist by the U.S. Treasury Department in 1995, and is currently on the re-named Treasury department Specially Designated National list under such alternative spellings of his name as Dr. Musa Abu-Marzuq, Sa'id Abu-Marzuq, Mousa Mohamed Abou Marzook, Musa Abu Marzouk, and Musa Abu Marzuk, and under the alias "Abu-'Umar."^[3]

In 2002, a federal grand jury in Dallas returned an indictment against Marzook for conspiring to violate U.S. laws that prohibit dealings in terrorist funds. The indictment alleged that Marzook had conspired with the Richardson, Texas-based InfoCom Corporation and five of its employees to hide his financial transactions with the computer company. He allegedly invested $250,000 in InfoCom, with Infocom to make payments to Marzook based on the company's net profits or losses.^[4] In 2004, a U.S. court indicted him in absentia for coordinating and financing Hamas activities.^[5]

Links

• "Al-Jazeera interview with Mousa Abu Marzouq during Operation Cast Lead"
• Exclusive interview with Mousa Abu Marzook at www.islamonline.net
• Abu Marzook, Mousa "Hamas is ready to talk", The Guardian. Retrieved on 16-8-2007.
• Abu Marzook, Mousa "Hamas' stand", L.A. Times. Retrieved on 28-8-2008.
• Abu Marzook, Mousa "What Hamas Is Seeking", The Washington Post. Retrieved on 28-08-2008.
• Your Questions to Hamas: Live Chat with Mousa Abu Marzook @ IslamOnline.net

• Ptech

References

1. ^ Profile on Islam Online website
2. ^ United States Senate official website
3. ^ [SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS AND BLOCKED PERSONS http://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/t11sdn.pdf OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, April 4, 2011]
4. ^ U.S. Department of Justice info. on InfoCom Corporation
5. ^ U.S. indictment in absentia for Hamas activities

Persondata
Name	Marzook, Mousa Mohammed Abu
Alternative names	Abu Marzook, Mousa Mohammed
Short description	Hamas leader
Date of birth	9 January 1951
Place of birth	Gaza
Date of death
Place of death