'''Al Basrah''', '''Al B''', or '''Albie''', is a character in the [[Left Behind]] series. 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 plane his wife 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 Sabre, that Rayford uses to try to assassinate [[Nicolae Carpathia]], just three days after Carpathia used such a gun to kill the two Witnesses at the [[Wailing 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. {{spoiler}} Albie is killed by an old friend - who is now loyal to the GC - in Armageddon.

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[[Category:Characters in Left Behind|Al B]]