Adel Mohanned Abdul Almagid Bary, along with Ibrahim Hussein Abdel Hadi Eidarous, has been in the custody of the United Kingdom since 1999<ref name="arrested"> Two Arrested in U.S. Embassy Bombings, Washington Post, 12 July 1999</ref>, fighting extradition to the United States, where they are wanted<ref name="indicted"> Copy of indictment USA v. Usama bin Laden et. al., Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies</ref> in connection with the 1998 United States embassy bombings. Khalid al-Fawwaz is in a similar situation.

According to the indictment, Bary communicated by satellite phone with Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Zawahiri invited Bary into the British component of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and Bary accepted, promising to obey the EIJ leadership. Bary and Eidarous are also accused of issuing statements to several press organs shortly after the embassy bombing, in which they claim to represent the perpetrators.

Another alleged EIJ officer in the UK is Hani al-Sibai.

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