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» Steven_Russell - 22 Top Terrorist body count, December 14, 2001

This is an update of an approximation of the body-count summary of the top enemy operatives and leaders, which is being tracked daily by US War Planners. Their information on the number and status of individuals of top interest is drawn from various sources of Intelligence and news media reports.

as of December 14, 2001
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FBI Top Wanted terrorists: .. 22 on list - 1 KIA, 1 prisoner, 2 wounded/in peril, 18 at large
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FBI 22 Top Most Wanted Terrorists
released to the public by President Bush on Oct. 10.

pictures and original summaries found at:
http://www.mostwanted.org/Terrorists.html
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/f...

If you have information about any of the suspects, call the FBI (toll free): 1-866-483-5137.

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1 Osama bin Laden -------------------- in peril at Tora Bora/Melawa Daisy Cutter drop, December 9, 2001. Or at large in the Pakistani town of Paracinar, since early December. Leader of al Qaeda
Born in 1957, in Saudi Arabia. He is left-handed and walks with a cane. Bin Laden's leadership style is more akin to that of the chairman of the board of a holding company, which may be a product of his education in business management at King Abdul Aziz University in Jedda, Saudi Arabia. In 1979, 200 armed fundamentalists, many of whom had studied Islam at Islamic University at Medina, took over the grand mosque at Mecca. But 63 of the ringleaders were publicly beheaded in selected town squares all over the country, and the seeds of rebellion quickly led to repression. Providentially that same year, Soviet troops rumbled over the mountain roads into Afghanistan to shore up a tottering pro-communist regime. The CIA had been covertly undermining the Afghan government by arming fundamentalist rebels - the mojahedin. Young Bin Laden joined the anti-Soviet campaign. He set off for Peshawar, as the most prominent of a Saudi contingent of poor citizens, students, taxi-drivers and Bedouin tribesmen. Osama bin Laden is one of 57 children of the late construction magnate Muhammad bin Laden, who was head of The Bin Laden Group, one of Saudi Arabia's biggest companies and which counts the Saudi royal family among its clients. The $5 billion empire builds roads, airports and hotels with interests also spanning telecoms, media and manufacturing. Osama inherited millions of dollars from the bin Laden empire after his father died but has since become the pariah of the family. He founded Al Qaeda in 1991, a collection of semi-autonomous terrorist groups, which has a flat organizational structure, with cells reportedly operating in at least 30 countries, perhaps as many as 55. Bin Laden has grown his corporation by mergers and acquisitions, so that, for example, the previously autonomous Islamic Jihad of Egypt has essentially fused with Al Qaeda. Ascetic in life style, often living in caves, Bin Laden gave generously of his fortune, building hospitals and clinics, purchasing weapons and ammunition. Inspirational in his rhetoric, he won the adulation of his Afghan freedom fighters. The defeat of the Soviet Union, a superpower, was confirmation that Allah was on their side. But success left Bin Laden without an enemy. His return to Saudi Arabia provided one: America, whose troops were stationed on sacred Islamic land. The first bomb attack on the World Trade Centre in New York took place in 1993: Osama bin Laden was in exile in Khartoum, nursing his rage against the Saudi royal family and the US bases they permit on Saudi soil. A series of Bin Laden triumphs followed--the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Khobar Towers in 1996, the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, last year's attack on the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen and the most spectacular terrorist act in history, the events of Sept. 11. On Sept. 17, a bin Laden aide gave the Afghan Islamic Press a statement in which bin Laden said: "I have taken an oath of allegiance to [Mullah Omar, head of Afghanistan] which does not allow me to do such things from Afghanistan. We have been blamed in the past, but we were not involved." On November 8, 2001, the Taliban granted him Afghan nationality. The United States has obtained a videotape, thought to have been taped November 9, 2001, at a home in Kandahar, of Osama bin Laden describing the damage around the World Trade Center -- where the twin towers and other buildings were destroyed -- as being much greater than he had expected. On the tape, which was obtained in Afghanistan during the search of a private home in Jalalabad, bin Laden praised God for far greater success than he expected, using language that indicated he was familiar with the planning of the attacks. The 40-minute tape appears to have been shot by an amateur. On the tape, bin Laden said he was at a dinner when first word came that a plane had crashed into a World Trade Center tower. Bin Laden said that he told the others at the dinner, and that they cheered. He then indicated on the tape that more is coming. Bin Laden used his outstretched hands to explain that he expected only the top of the Trade Center towers to collapse, down to the level where the airliners struck. The eventual total collapse of both towers, the al Qaeda leader said, was totally unexpected. He reportedly left the besieged Tora Bora base for Pakistan on December 2, 2001 with the help of local tribesmen, according to one of bin Laden's senior and most trusted aides, Abu Jaffar, who spoke to a reporter on December 12. Jaffar was speaking in an Afghan village still sympathetic to bin Laden, a day after his foot was blown off by a cluster bomb at Tora Bora. Several days later [around December 5], he said, bin Laden sent a replacement; his married 19-year-old son Salah Uddin, who is now the only bin Laden family member inside Tora Bora. "Bin Laden travelled out of Tora Bora twice in this Ramadan holy month. He left to meet the Taliban leader Mullah Omar about three weeks ago and stayed with him near Kandahar. "He left again just over a week ago [about December 3] and was headed to Pakistan where he was helped across the border by Pathan tribesmen," the wounded man said. The account of bin Laden's movements is the first detailed evidence that the terrorist leader has escaped the nightly inferno of US bombing raids on Tora Bora. It also matched earlier Telegraph accounts of bin Laden's movements, from his arrival in the White Mountains two days before the departure of the Taliban from Jalalabad to his lengthy dealings with sympathisers in the Pakistani town of Paracinar. American and Afghan officials, who have been insisting that bin Laden is in the area, have sounded less certain in mid-December about their own accounts of the movements of the world's most wanted man.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Osama bin Laden, Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin, Shaykh Usama Bin Ladin, the Prince, the Emir, Abu Abdallah, Mujahid Shaykh, Hajj, the Director. DETAILS: Osama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. These attacks killed over 200 people. In addition, Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorist attacks throughout the world, including the Sept. 11 suicide hijacking raids in New York, Virginia and Pennsyvnia. REWARD: $7 million. [later increased to $25 million]

2 Ayman Al-Zawahiri -------------------- may have been wounded in bombing at Tora Bora, December 3, 2001; wife and 5 daughters KIA at their Kandahar home, December 2, 2001. Founder of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, now cofounder, 2nd highest leader and CEO of al Qaeda
Born June 19, 1951, in Egypt. Al-Zawahiri is believed to now serve as an advisor and doctor to Usama Bin Laden. He is an Egyptian physician who is bin Laden's number two and believed by many to be the real brains behind al Qaeda. He is the founder of the defunct Egyptian Islamic Jihad, that later merged with al-Qaeda. Bin Laden has shared power with Ayman Zawahiri. In addition to being Bin Laden's designated successor, Zawahiri is Al Qaeda's CEO, in charge of daily planning and management and is believed by U.S. authorities to have planned the Sept. 11 attacks. It was with Zawahiri that Bin Laden jointly founded Al Qaeda, "the base," in 1991. Zawahiri's role underscores the distinction between Al Qaeda and other terrorist movements: It is a two-headed organization. Furthermore, Zawahiri is considered to be even more apocalyptic, and more charismatic, than Bin Laden, so that while it appears to the outside world that Bin Laden is the charismatic force driving Al Qaeda, in fact, within the organization the two leaders are experienced as a charismatic duo. On November 8, 2001, the Taliban granted him Afghan nationality. He may have been directly involved in the biological weapons program. US Intelligence confirmed that his house in Kabul resembled the lair of a mad scientist. Northern Alliance soldiers who raided the house on Nov. 13 found grenades, blasting caps, electronic components and "various solid and liquid substances." These included white crystals and extremely fine, silvery powders in jars and plastic bags, and mysterious liquids in shampoo bottles labeled SPECIAL MEDICINE. American intelligence later collected samples from Northern Alliance colleagues and conducted chemical and biological tests. One of the samples turned up a "positive indicator" for Bacillus anthracis, or anthrax. Zawahiri's death, which has been reported but not confirmed in early December 2001, would be as significant for Al Qaeda as Bin Laden's. In an interview from a village at the base of Tora Bora on December 12, a wounded senior al-Qa'eda member, Abu Jaffar, said that most of the family of Ayman Zawahiri, had been killed by US bombs [December 2, 2001 at their Kandahar home]. He said that reports of Zawahiri's death had been false. This would explain an obituary for the Zawahiri family, but not for himself, in an Egyptian newspaper.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Abu Muhammad, Abu Fatima, Muhammad Ibrahim, Abu Abdallah, Abu al-Mu'iz, The Doctor, The Teacher, Nur, Ustaz, Abu Mohammed, Abu Mohammed Nur al-Deen, Abdel Muaz, Dr. Ayman al Zawahiri. DETAILS: Al-Zawahiri is a physician and the founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. This organization opposes the secular Egyptian Government and seeks its overthrow through violent means. Al-Zawahiri is believed to now serve as an advisor and doctor to Osama Bin Laden and is currently thought to be in Afghanistan. REWARD: $5 million.

3 Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser
Born at Al Ihsa, Saudi Arabia, 5'8" tall.
(www.fbi.gov)
DETAILS: Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser has been indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia for the June 25, 1996, bombing of the Khobar Towers military housing complex in Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. REWARD: $5 million.

4 Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah ------------------------ believed to be in Afghanistan, October 2001
Born approximately 1963, in Egypt. Abdullah has a scar on the right side of his lower lip. Abdullah fled Nairobi, Kenya on August 6, 1998 and went to Karachi, Pakistan. He is believed to currently be in Afghanistan. He may wear a mustache.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Abu Mohamed Al-Masri, Saleh, Abu Mariam. DETAILS: Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah has been indicted for his alleged involvement in the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. REWARD: $5 million. Muhsin

5 Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah ------------------------ believed in Afghanistan, October 2001, possibly Leader of Islamic Jihad
Born in Egypt, June 19, 1964. Approximately 5'3" to 5'7". Atwah is believed to currently be in Afghanistan, as of October 2001. On November 8, 2001, the Taliban granted Afghan nationality to Islamic Jihadís Leader, Sheikh Asim Abdul Rehman, and this may be him. Rehman belongs to Egypt, however, the Egyptian government has already terminated his nationality.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rahman Al-Muhajir, Abdel Rahman, Mohammed K.A. Al-Namer. DETAILS: Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. REWARD: $5 million.

6 Ali Atwa ------------------------------- believed to be in Lebanon, October 2001, Lebanese Hizballah member
Born approximately 1960, in Lebanon, he is only 5'8" and 150 pounds. Atwa is an alleged member of the terrorist organization, Lebanese Hizballah. He is thought to be in Lebanon.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Ammar Mansour Bouslim, Hassan Rostom Salim. DETAILS: Ali Atwa was indicted for his role and participation in the June 14, 1985, hijacking of a commercial airliner which resulted in the assault on various passengers and crew members, and the murder of one U.S. citizen.

7 Anas Al-Liby ---------------------------- believed in Afghanistan, October 2001, has UK political asylum
Born March 30, 1964 or May 14, 1964, in Tripoli, Libya, 5'10" to 6'2", he speaks English. Al-Liby has a scar on the left side of his face. Al-Liby recently lived in the United Kingdom, where he has political asylum. He is believed to currently be in Afghanistan, as of October 2001. Al-Liby usually wears a full beard.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Anas Al-Sabai, Anas Al-Libi, Nazih Al-Raghie, Nazih Abdul Hamed Al-Raghie. DETAILS: Anas Al-Liby is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. REWARD: $5 million.

8 Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani ----------------------- arrested in Bahrain with another al Qaeda member, while trying to leave Saudi Arabia, week of September 11, 2001. Highest ranking al Qaeda in custody, as of early December 2001
Born August 1, 1970, March 14, 1974, or April 13-14, 1974, in Zanzibar, Tanzania, 5'3" to 5'4", he speaks Swahili. Ahmed reportedly had details of the planned attacks that were thwarted in the United States before the millennial celebrations of December 1999. Sources said that he has provided information about the alleged involvement of a Yemeni intelligence officer in the October 2000 terrorist boat-attack on the destroyer USS Cole at a Yemeni port, in which 17 U.S. sailors were killed. One source said Ahmed also knew some of the 19 hijackers who took over four planes on Sept. 11 and carried out the worst terrorist incident in U.S. history, killing about 4,000 people. Ahmed's information is considered a critical link between the hijackers and al Qaeda. Shortly after the terrorist attacks, he was one of two suspected al Qaeda members who were picked up in Bahrain, a tiny island state off the east coast of Saudi Arabia. The two were sent to Saudi Arabia for questioning, and they provided authorities there with an al Qaeda contact telephone number in the country. Saudi authorities tracing phone calls tracked down and arrested this senior al Qaeda figure who uses various aliases. The CIA provided his name to reporters as "Abu Ahmed." He and five other al Qaeda members were arrested while attempting to leave the country. Ahmed is believed to be the highest-ranking al Qaeda member to be held for questioning, and is one of the people believed to have had advance knowledge of previous terrorist attacks. Both the FBI and the CIA have been given limited access to him and his interrogation sessions, the sources said.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Ahmad Khalafan Ghilani, Ahmed Khalfan Ahmed, Abubakar K. Ahmed, Abubakary K. Ahmed, Abubakar Ahmed, Abu Bakr Ahmad, A. Ahmed, Ahmed Khalfan, Ahmed Khalfan Ali, Abubakar Khalfan Ahmed, Ahmed Ghailani, Ahmad Al Tanzani, Abu Khabar, Abu Bakr, Abubakary Khalfan Ahmed Ghailani, Mahafudh Abubakar Ahmed Abdallah Hussein, Shariff Omar Mohammed, "Foopie", "Fupi", "Ahmed the Tanzanian." DETAILS: Ahmed Ghailani was indicted in the Southern District of New York, on December 16, 1998, for his alleged involvement in the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. REWARD: $5 million

9 Hasan Izz-Al-Din -------------------------- believed in Lebanon, October 2001, Lebanese Hizballah member
Born 1963 in Lebanon, 5'9" to 5'11". Izz-Al-Din is an alleged member of the terrorist organization, Lebanese Hizballah. He is thought to be in Lebanon, as of October 2001.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Ahmed Garbaya, Samir Salwwan, Sa-id. DETAILS: Hasan Izz-Al-Din was indicted for his role in planning and participation in the June 14, 1985, hijacking of a commercial airliner which resulted in the assault on various passengers and crew members, and the murder of one U.S. citizen.

10 Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali ----------------------- believed in Afghanistan, October 2001
Born approximately 1965 in Egypt, approximately 5'6" to 5'8". Ali may have formal training in agriculture and may have worked in this field. He lived in Kenya until fleeing that country on August 2, 1998, to Karachi, Pakistan. He is believed to currently be in Afghanistan, as of October 2001.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Shuaib, Abu Islam Al-Surir, Ahmed Ahmed, Ahmed The Egyptian, Ahmed Hemed, Hamed Ali, Ahmed Shieb, Abu Islam, Ahmed Mohammed Ali, Ahmed Hamed, Ahmed Mohammed Abdurehman, Abu Khadiijah, Abu Fatima, Ahmad Al-Masri. DETAILS: Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. REWARD: $5 million. Fazul

11 Fazul Abdullah Mohammed
Born August 25, 1972 or February 25, 1974 or December 25, 1974 in Moroni, Comoros Islands, 5'3" to 5'5", 120 to 140 pounds, speaks French, Swahili, Arabic, English, Comoran. Citizenship in Kenya, and Comoros.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Abdallah Fazul, Abdalla Fazul, Abdallah Mohammed Fazul, Fazul Abdilahi Mohammed, Fazul Adballah, Fazul Abdalla, Fazul Mohammed, Haroon, Harun, Haroon Fazul, Harun Fazul, Fadil Abdallah Muhamad, Fadhil Haroun, Abu Seif Al Sudani, Abu Aisha, Abu Luqman, Fadel Abdallah Mohammed Ali, Fouad Mohammed. DETAILS: Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was indicted on September 17, 1998, in the Southern District of New York, for his alleged involvement in the bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, on August 7, 1998. REWARD: $5 million.

12 Imad Fayez Mugniyah -------------------------believed in Lebanon, October 2001, security head of Lebanese Hizballah
Born 1962 in Lebanon, 5'7", 145 to 150 pounds. Mugniyah is the alleged head of the security apparatus for the terrorist organization, Lebanese Hizballah. He is thought to be in Lebanon, as of October 2001.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Hajj. DETAILS: Imad Fayez Mugniyah was indicted for his role in planning and participation in the June 14, 1985, hijacking of a commercial airliner which resulted in the assault on various passengers and crew members, and the murder of one U.S. citizen.

13 Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil
Born June 23, 1976 in Cairo, Egypt, 5'3" to 5'5", 120 to 140 pounds. Citizenship: Egyptian, Kenyan, speaks Arabic, Swahili, and reads English.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Moustafa Ali Elbishy, Mustafa Mohammed, Mustafa Fazul, Hussein, Hassan Ali, Mustafa Muhamad Fadil, Abd Al Wakil Al Masri, Abu Anis, Abu Yussrr, Hassan Ali, Nu Man, Khalid, Abu Jihad, Abu Jihad al-Nubi. DETAILS: Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil was indicted in the Southern District of New York, on December 16, 1998, for his alleged involvement in the August 7, 1998, bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, and for conspiring to kill U.S. nationals. REWARD: $5 million.

14 Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan
Born April 9, 1960 or April 9, 1969, in Mombasa, Kenya, 5'8" to 6'0", 175 pounds, speaks Arabic, Swahili, English. Swedan sometimes wears a light beard or moustache and has, in the past, managed a trucking business in Kenya.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Sheikh Ahmad Salem Suweidan, Sheikh Ahmed Salem Swedan, Sheikh Swedan, Sheikh Bahamadi, Ahmed Ally, Bahamad, Sheik Bahamad, Ahmed the Tall. DETAIL: Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan was indicted on December 16, 1998, in the Southern District of New York, for his alleged involvement in the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, and for conspiring to kill U.S. nationals. REWARD: $5 million.

15 Abdul Rahman Yasin
An American, Born April 10, 1960 in Bloomington, Indiana, 5'10", 180 pounds. Yasin possibly has a chemical burn scar on his right thigh. Yasin is an epileptic.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Abdul Rahman Said Yasin, Aboud Yasin, Abdul Rahman S. Taha, Abdul Rahman S. Taher DETAILS: Abdul Rahman Yasin is wanted for his alleged participation in the terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center, New York City, on February 26, 1993, which resulted in six deaths, the wounding of numerous individuals, and the significant destruction of property and commerce. REWARD: $5 million.

16 Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam
Born February 19, 1976 in Mombasa, Kenya, 5'6" to 5'8", 160 to 170 pounds, speaks Arabic, Swahili, English. Msalam sometimes wears a light beard or moustache and has, in the past, worked as a clothing vendor.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Fahid Mohammed Ally, Fahid Mohammed Ali Musalaam, Fahid Mohammed Ali Msalam, Fahid Muhamad Ali Salem, Mohammed Ally Msalam, Usama Al-Kini, Fahad Ally Msalam DETAILS: Fahid Msalam was indicted on December 16, 1998, in the Southern District of New York, for his alleged involvement in the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, and for conspiring to kill U.S. nationals. REWARD: $5 million.

17 Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Mughassil
Born June 26, 1967 in Qatif - Bab Al Shamal, Saudi Arabia, 5'4", 145 pounds, speaks Arabic, Farsi.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Abu Omran DETAILS: Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Mughassil has been indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia for the June 25, 1996, bombing of the Khobar Towers military housing complex in Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. REWARD: $5 million.

18 Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Born March 1, 1964 or April 14, 1965 in Kuwait. Mohammed is known to wear either a full beard or a trimmed beard, or he may be clean shaven. He has been known to wear glasses.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Ashraf Refaat Nabith Henin, Khalid Adbul Wadood, Salem Ali, Fahd Bin Adballah Bin Khalid. DETAILS: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is wanted for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy plot, based in Manila, The Philippines, to bomb commercial United States airliners flying routes to the United States from Southeast Asia in January of 1995. He was indicted in the Southern District of New York in January of 1996. REWARD: $5 million.

19 Muhammad Atef ------------------------------ KIA by US bomb, south of Kabul, November 14, 2001, Deputy Operational Commander of Al Qaeda
Born in 1944 in Egypt, 6'4" to 6'6". Atef was alleged to be Usama Bin Laden's second in command of the terrorist organization, Al-Qaeda, as Deputy Operational Commander, and bin Laden's top military commander. Veteran of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. A former Egyptian policeman, he came to prominence after he moved from Egypt to Afghanistan in the mid-1980s to join Afghan guerrillas fighting Soviet forces. After the Soviets pulled out, he joined Al Qaeda. Atef was a seasoned hand at terrorism whose resume reads like that of a CEO of destruction. He was accused of helping plan a 1993 helicopter shootdown in Somalia that killed 18 U.S. soldiers. Atef was promoted to al-Qaida's second in command in 1996. He also directly planned the embassy bombings in Africa in 1998 that killed 224 people. Atef wrote Al Qaeda's terrorism manual, ran the organization's training camps and was suspected of helping plan the attacks. A close confidant of bin Laden, whose daughter was married to bin Laden's son, he was often seen at bin Laden's side in photographs and videotapes taken in Afghanistan in recent years. He is suspected of being one of the key planners of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, along with Mr. Zawahiri and another top deputy, Abu Zubaydah. On November 8, 2001, the Taliban granted him Afghan nationality. On November 14, 2001, at age 57, he was killed in the US warplane bombing of a building near Kabul. In November, officials said that they had learned of Mr. Atef's death in part from the intercepted communications of Al Qaeda members. United States officials said that they did not believe that Al Qaeda members knew the Americans were listening to them, and that the conversations were not a ruse. As of mid-December, 2001, Mr. Atef, whose daughter is married to Mr. bin Laden's son, still remains the highest-ranking Qaeda leader to be killed.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Abu Hafs, Abu Hafs El-Masry El-Khabir, Taysir, Sheikh Taysir Abdullah, Abu Khadijah. DETAILS: Muhammad Atef has been indicted for his alleged involvement with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. REWARD: $5 million.

20 Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie
Born July 10-11, 1965 in El Dibabiya, Saudi Arabia, very short at 5'2", 130 pounds. El-Hoorie has a mole on his face.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Ali Saed Bin Ali Al-Houri. DETAILS: Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie has been indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia for the June 25, 1996, bombing of the Khobar Towers military housing complex in Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. REWARD: $5 million.

21 Saif Al-Adel Abu Hafz -------------------------------- in Afghanistan October 2001, Operational Commander of Al-Qaeda
Born April 11, 1960 or April 11, 1963 in Egypt. Al-Adel is thought to be affiliated with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), and is believed to be a high-ranking member of the Al-Qaeda organization, currently in Afghanistan, as of October 2001. On November 8, 2001, the Taliban granted Afghan nationality to Operational Commander of Al-Qaeda, Saif-ul-Adil Abu Hafz. He belongs to Egypt, however, the Egyptian government has already terminated his nationality.
(www.fbi.gov)
AKA: Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi, Seif Al Adel, Ibrahim Al-Madani. DETAILS: Saif Al-Adel is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. REWARD: $5 million.

22 Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub
Born October 16, 1966 in Tarut, Saudi Arabia, 5'4", 150 pounds.
(www.fbi.gov)
DETAILS: Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub has been indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia for the June 25, 1996, bombing of the Khobar Towers military housing complex in Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. REWARD: $5 million. Information provided by FBI and State Department

-- posted by Steven_Russell

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