Factoring frequently into the testimony of former CIA spy Abdurahman Khadr

Abdurahman Khadr

Abdurahman Khadr is the third child of the Egyptian Canadian Khadr family, and was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba, after being detained in Afghanistan under suspicion of connections to Al-Qaeda...

, is the unknown Canadian figure identified only as Idriss.

When asked to name Canadians who had attended Khalden training camp

Khalden training camp

The Khalden training camp was a military training camp in Afghanistan. According to the documentary Son of al Qaeda there were hundreds of military training camps in Afghanistan which were tied to al Qaeda...

 with him, Khadr listed off a series of known names, as well as Idriss. He later claimed that Amer el-Maati

Amer el-Maati

Born in Kuwait, Amro Badr Abou el-Maati is a Canadian citizen who the United States has alleged is a member of Al-Qaeda who attended flight school and discussed hijacking a Canadian plane to fly into American buildings...

 had given his Canadian passport to Idriss, who used it to enter Azerbaijan in a failed attempt to blow up the American embassy in Baku

Baku

Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

in 1998.

According to Khadr, Idriss was arrested and sent to Egypt. Azerbaijan has said they secretly turned over two arrested suspects to the United States, although most reports suggest they were sent back to Egypt.