Montreal October 30, 2003 (MMN): On November 11th, 2001 Ahmad Abu El-Maati, a Canadian citizen of Egyptian origin, was traveling via Air Canada from Toronto to Syria with his mother, Samira, to meet his new bride who was waiting for him in Damascus. The two first landed in Frankfurt and then Vienna. His mother then proceeded on to Egypt and Ahmad continued his journey to Damascus. He was supposed to arrive there some time on November 12th, but he did not show up. After five days his father, Badra El-Maati, from his home in Toronto, wrote Prime Minister Jean Chretien inquiring about his son's whereabouts, but no one knew what happened to him and the Syrians were not talking. Several months later, August 2002 to be exact, it was discovered that his son was being held in an Egyptian prison, where he still remains. A representative from the Canadian consulate visited him at that time to inquire about his condition.
El-Matti, 39, had lived in Canada for 23 years, along with his mother and father and two siblings. They first lived in Montreal and then later moved to Toronto. Ahmad was not politically active and made a living as a truck driver.
According to his father, who is now retired, his son was approached by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and asked to become an informant and report back to them about the activities of members of the Muslim community. He flatly refused this request and some time later, for an unknown reason, the immigration application for his fiancé, who was living in Syria, was cancelled.
http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/almaty.htm
Although this article says he stayed in Egypt upon his prison release (about 1/2 through the article) source
Is this (Ahmad Abu El-Maati) the same El-Maati as Amer El-Maati who is one of the current "seven" BOLO? http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/el-maati.htm and more info on him here http://www.trackingthethreat.com/db/ENT1711.htm
And, are you thinking he is the one posting as EOM?