Editing Mohammed Haydar Zammar (section)

==Early history==
Zammar was born in Syria to a religious Muslim family.<ref name=CounterCurrentsZammar2014-01/>
At ten he moved to Germany. He trained in [[metalworking]] and planned to work for [[Mercedes-Benz]]. Instead he worked as a translator in [[Saudi Arabia]], and  a truck-driver in Hamburg. In 1991, he flew to [[Afghanistan]] by way of [[Pakistan]] and underwent a training program for [[mujahideen]] fighters. His training included weapons knowledge, use of explosives, and advanced tactics. He was moved to an elite training camp near [[Jalalabad, Afghanistan|Jalalabad]] and after a year, returned to Hamburg.

Zammar travelled extensively over the next few years. While working as a [[mechanic]], he took long trips to [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], [[Turkey]], and [[Sweden]]. In 1995, he traveled to [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] to fight there. And in 1996, Zammar visited Afghanistan for a second time, this time to become a formal member of the group called al-Qaeda. He was reported to have been personally invited by [[Osama bin Laden]].