Hakeem el-Jamal

Hakeem el-Jamal was the al-Qaeda leader who made a deal with Karl Rask on the novel Rogue.

Biography
Two years before Day 9, el-Jamal made a deal with Rask to buy him nuclear stinger missiles. Rask had them transported on the Barataria cargo ship to Mumbai, India. However, on the way a group of pirates led by Osman Xasan Muhamad boarded the ship. Rask was informed of this by Callum Trent and activated tracking on the containers, sending a strike team headed by Quin to retrieve the cargo.

He then met with el-Jamal in the Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel in Tbilisi. He informed him of the incident, and el-Jamal told him that he would send his own al-Qaeda operatives to recover the missiles. He also demanded a refund, which Rask refused but settled on rebating him a third of his down payment.

Shortly before 4pm the next day, the missiles had not been recovered so Rask met with el-Jamal at Saburtalo Cemetery to refund his money. He apologised for the situation and expressed his desire that they could do business in the future. After his sniper gave the all clear, el-Jamal went to his car.