PHONETICS zoo-BEAR
KEY ALIAS(ES) Mohd Farik bin Amin (true name), Zaid
AFFILIATION Jemaah Islamiya and al-Qa'ida
NATIONALITY Malaysian
Al-Qa'ida and Jemaah Islamiya (JI) member Mohd Farik Bin Amin -- best known as Zubair -- served directly under JI operational planner Hambali. As one of Hambali's trusted associates, Zubair assisted in Hambali's operations, which included casing targets for JI planned attacks, until his capture in 2003. Hambali in November 2001 tapped Zubair to be a suicide operative for an al-Qa'ida attack targeting Los Angeles. Zubair played a role in transferring funds used to finance terrorist attacks in Southeast Asia from al-Qa'ida operations chief Khalid Shaykh Muhammad to Hambali. Zubair received small arms and combat tactics training at al-Qa'ida's al-Faruq Camp in Afghanistan in 2000 and again in 2001. While earning his degree in electronics telecommunications in Malaysia, Zubair met fellow student Bashir Bin Lap (a.k.a. Lillie), who also later became one of Hambali's lieutenants and was captured with Hambali in 2003. (Source)