After five years , Marzouk left his Canadian wife and child in 1998 , and flew to Turkey , where he is believed to have met with Ahmad Agiza before returning to Eastern Afghanistan . After his friend Hamed was killed in the American bombing of an Afghan training camp on August 20 , as retaliation for the African embassy bombings , Marzouk flew to Dubai and onward to Europe , before quickly doubling back to Dubai and booking a flight to Azerbaijan
African embassy bombings
1998 United States embassy bombings
Essam Marzouk