He then, among other things, went on to work as a deep cover intelligence operative for the FBI.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
His exploits, which included contacts with Al Qaeda leading operatives, are described in the autobiographical book My Jihad: One American's Journey Through the World of Usama Bin Laden—as a Covert Operative for the American Government (ISBN0-7434-7059-1).
In this book, he distinguishes between the Chechen armed resistance against the Russian army, which he regards as justified according to Islam, and terrorism in Al Qaeda style, which he regards as contrary to Islam.
He also claimed that he warned the FBI long before the September 11 attacks that Hani Hanjour, one of the September 11 hijackers, was using a Phoenix flight school as his training ground for terrorism. The FBI emphatically denied that Collins provided any information to the FBI about Hanjour prior to 9/11 but admitted that Collins did have some dealings with FBI operatives.[7]
He also appears in Canadian-born adventurer Robert Young Pelton's book, The Hunter, The Hammer, and Heaven: Journeys to Three Worlds Gone Mad and director Lech Kowalski's short film documentary Camera Gun.
After authoring My Jihad, Collins became a bounty hunter, which ultimately led to his arrest in Mexico on weapons charges.[citation needed] He was released in May 2006 after serving a 4-year prison sentence in Durango, Mexico.[citation needed]
aukai, collins, also, known, aqil, collins, february, 1974, july, 2016, irish, american, convert, islam, chechen, mujahid, chechen, republic, ichkeria, mudjahid, born, 1974, february, 1974hawaii, united, statesdiedjuly, 2016, 2016, aged, oceanside, california,. Aukai Collins also known as Aqil Collins February 13 1974 July 19 2016 was an Irish American convert to Islam and Chechen Mujahid of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Aukai Collins aka Abu Mudjahid Born 1974 02 13 February 13 1974Hawaii United StatesDiedJuly 19 2016 2016 07 19 aged 42 Oceanside California United StatesOccupationAuthor MujahidHe then among other things went on to work as a deep cover intelligence operative for the FBI 1 2 3 4 5 6 His exploits which included contacts with Al Qaeda leading operatives are described in the autobiographical book My Jihad One American s Journey Through the World of Usama Bin Laden as a Covert Operative for the American Government ISBN 0 7434 7059 1 In this book he distinguishes between the Chechen armed resistance against the Russian army which he regards as justified according to Islam and terrorism in Al Qaeda style which he regards as contrary to Islam He also claimed that he warned the FBI long before the September 11 attacks that Hani Hanjour one of the September 11 hijackers was using a Phoenix flight school as his training ground for terrorism The FBI emphatically denied that Collins provided any information to the FBI about Hanjour prior to 9 11 but admitted that Collins did have some dealings with FBI operatives 7 He also appears in Canadian born adventurer Robert Young Pelton s book The Hunter The Hammer and Heaven Journeys to Three Worlds Gone Mad and director Lech Kowalski s short film documentary Camera Gun After authoring My Jihad Collins became a bounty hunter which ultimately led to his arrest in Mexico on weapons charges citation needed He was released in May 2006 after serving a 4 year prison sentence in Durango Mexico citation needed He died on July 19 2016 of sepsis in Oceanside California References edit Laura Miller July 17 2002 My Jihad Salon magazine Archived from the original on December 13 2006 Retrieved August 29 2007 James S Robbins June 21 2002 Accidental Jihadist One crazy American and his very strange book National Review Retrieved August 29 2007 Matt Bivens July 21 2003 An American Fighter s War in Chechnya Moscow Times Ed Finn August 26 2002 Hawaiian Jihadi Time magazine Archived from the original on October 8 2008 Retrieved August 29 2007 Claire Rosser July 2003 My jihad Biography amp Personal Narratives Book Review Findarticles Aukai Collins August 2002 The War Junkie Maxim magazine Linda Vester Brigitte Quinn May 24 2002 The Big Story With John Gibson Interview With Aukai Collins Fox News Retrieved August 29 2007 External links editAukai Collins Homepage The Big Story With John Gibson Aukai Collins Obituary nbsp This biographical article about a person notable in connection with Islam is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aukai Collins amp oldid 1181380746, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
