'''Al Basrah''', '''Al B''', or '''Albie''', is a character in the ''[[Left Behind (series)|Left Behind]]'' series of novels by [[Tim LaHaye]] and [[Jerry B. Jenkins]]. A [[Muslim]] by faith, he has connections to the [[black market]] and supplies things for [[Mac McCullum]]; he is in his late forties. [[Rayford Steele]] is introduced to him immediately after the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake, as Rayford wants scuba equipment to take a dive into the [[Tigris River]] in search of the crashed plane his wife [[Amanda White|Amanda White Steele]] was supposed to be aboard.

Albie, who worked at [[Al Basrah]] Airport, obtains other items for Rayford, including an assassin's gun, the Saber, that Rayford uses to try to assassinate [[Global Community]] Supreme Potentate and [[Antichrist]] [[Nicolae Carpathia]], just three days after Carpathia used such a gun to kill the two God-sent, prophetic witnesses Eli and Moishe at the [[Western Wall]]. Between when Albie obtains the gun for Rayford, and Carpathia's death and resurrection, Albie becomes a believer.

Albie also fakes an identity as Global Community peacekeeping deputy commander Marcus Elbaz, and although he shows the mark of a believer, his actions sometimes make Rayford suspicious, yet Rayford does not follow through on a desire to check the mark. Albie's goading is partly responsible for Rayford becoming a more responsible, assertive leader of the [[Tribulation Force (group)|Tribulation Force]].

Albie is killed by an old friend - who is now loyal to the GC - in ''[[Armageddon (Left Behind)|Armageddon]]''.

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