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» Steven_Russell - Top al Qaeda body count, December 15, 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 15, 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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Other Top al Qaeda: ........... 53 on list - 3 KIA, 36 prisoners, 3 wounded/in peril, 14 at large
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Other Top al Qaeda Fugitives

This list consists of other important al Qaeda members or close associates, who are not on the FBI Top Most Wanted List, and who are "foreign", "Arab", "Pakistani", or otherwise associated more closely to al Qaeda than to the Afghan Taliban.

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1 Fahmi Nasr ------------------------------- KIA at Khost, November 12-19, 2001
(a.k.a. Mohammed Salah), Egyptian, senior leader and operations officer of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, al Qaeda lieutenant. Killed in the US warplane bombing at Khost. He may have died on November 19, 2001, during a US bombing raid east of Gardez, southeast from Kabul, halfway to Khost, which is on the northern Pakistan border below Jalalabad. In the bombing of targets to the east of the town of Gardez, seven people were killed and three others injured. The victims were a family of refugees sheltering near buildings belonging to a United Nations mine clearance agency which were destroyed overnight. It was the second bombing in 24 hours. The area was devastated. Pieces of wood and metal and great chunks of corrugated iron were blown over a huge area. In the market place hundreds of men and boys asked why the Americans were still bombing their town, a week after it fell to anti-Taleban forces. They said there are no Arabs here, no Pakistanis, no Osama Bin Laden and no Taleban. Tribal elders have been holding councils every day since the fall of the Taleban. But there were strong Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in the region of Khost in the prior week. The area was one of the regions that reportedly gave way to local uprisings against the Taliban, on Tuesday, November 13, when Kabul was abandoned by the Taliban.

2 Tariq Anwar al-Sayyid Ahmad ----------------------------- KIA at Khost, November 12-19, 2001
Egyptian, senior leader and chief of the special action committe of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and a longtime bin Laden associate. Killed in the US warplane bombing of a building at Khost.

3 Abu Zubaydah --------------------------------- at Tora Bora, mid December 2001
A top al Qaeda deputy, 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 Mr. Atef. Abu Zubaydah, believed to be from the Gaza Strip, was suspected by the United States of being the coordinator of the unsuccessful millennium plots that included a plan to bomb Los Angeles International Airport. Both Mr. Zawahiri and Mr. Zubaydah are believed to be in the Tora Bora region, as of mid-December 2001.

4 Abu Jaffar ---------------------------------wounded at Tora Bora, December 11, 2001
Born in 1960, a 41-year-old Saudi financier and a senior al-Qa'eda member, who studied in Cairo's al-Ahzar University. On December 11, 2001, his foot was blown off by a cluster bomb at Tora Bora. Jaffar, his Egyptian wife, a daughter and a 13-year-old Yemeni orphan boy, had left their cave in the Tora Bora complex after the attack and walked for four hours to reach an Afghan village still sympathetic to bin Laden, at the base of Tora Bora. On December 12, Jaffar was speaking to an Arabic-speaking reporter working for The Daily Telegraphs who was brought blindfolded into the village. He gave the reporter the first detailed account of bin Laden's recent movements in early December. On the morning of December 13, Jaffar and his family intended to leave for Pakistan. For much of the interview, Jaffar was unaware that he was speaking to a reporter. After a while, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a wad of British banknotes, to show that he had enough money for his travels. He said: "Osama is my good friend. My own son was working with his son, Salah Uddin, in Ghazni. The village is used as the starting point for an "underground railway" which helps transport important Arabs and their families from the embattled al-Qa'eda base in the White Mountains. Jaffar's wife cried throughout the two-hour interview. She said: "I've seen my sweet brothers and sisters killed by fire from the sky. Alas, I've begged them to leave and they have refused. They want to die there for the sake of Allah." Egyptian and Afghan sources close to al-Qa'eda say that 120 fighters in Tora Bora had been killed by US air raids, as of December 13.

5 Ahmed Abdel Rahman --------------------- prisoner in Afghanistan by NA, November 2001
Born in 1973, age 28, the son of Omar Abdel Rahman, now jailed for life in a U.S. prison for plotting to blow up New York landmarks in 1993. When Kabul fell, the Northern Alliance nabbed Young Ahmed. He and his brother Mohammed, 29, still on the run, were sent to Afghanistan in 1988 as teen recruits in the Islamic holy war. Some U.S. officials think Ahmed could spill a trove of useful information, since he spent years at bin Laden's side. But so far, Ahmed has refused to cooperate with his captors, and U.S. officials say they have not yet had access to question him, as of November 2001.

6 Mohammed Rahman
born in 1972, age 29, son of imprisoned Omar Abdel Rahman, still on the run, sent to Afghanistan in 1988 as teen recruit in the Islamic holy war.

7 Salah Uddin --------------------------------- at Tora Bora, since December 5, 2001
Son of Osama bin Laden. Born in 1982, he is married to a daughter of the late Muhammad Atef, who was on the FBI list of initial 22 most wanted terrorists. Around December 5, 2001, 19-year-old Salah Uddin was reportedly sent to Tora Bora by bin Laden, as his replacement, and at the time reportedly was the only bin Laden family member at Tora Bora, 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. "After Osama left 10 days ago, he contacted us inside Tora Bora to tell us that he was sending his own son to be with us there. His son travelled through Paktia province with 30 Arabs and 50 Afghan fighters. "Yesterday, Salah Uddin told me to leave and he gave me money because I will likely need another operation on my leg."

8 Ali Mahmud --------------------------------- KIA at Tora Bora, December 3, 2001
bin Laden's financial manager

9 Fazle Raziq ------------------------------------------arrested in Peshawar, Pakistan, November 19, 2001, caught while on a sabotage mission to Kuwait. A top bin Laden aide
An ethnic Pashtun resident of Swabi district of the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, and a top Osama bin Laden aide. He was caught close on the heels of the death of bin Laden's deputy Mohammad Atef in US air strikes. Arrested by Pakistani authorities in Peshawar on Monday, November 19, 2001, he was "being quizzed by a joint interrogation team, which comprises both civil and military officials." Raziq was "travelling on a sabotage mission, which entailed action against American military targets in Kuwait". Analysts say that "without doubt, Raziq is a prize catch. This may very well be the beginning of the end for Bin Laden". In the present circumstances, "arrest of a top aide (Raziq) may be a serious blow to Bin Laden, who has already lost his deputy Atef to the relentless US air strikes."

10 Zacarias Moussaoui ----------------------- prisoner in US, indicted December 11, 2001
aliases "Shaqil" and "Abu Khalid al Sahrawi"
Born in 1968, a 33-year-old French citizen. A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., filed a 30-page six-count indictment, exactly three months after the hijacked airline attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The indictment accuses Moussaoui of conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism, to commit aircraft piracy, to destroy aircraft, to use weapons of mass destruction, to murder U.S. employees and to destroy property. If convicted, he could face the death penalty on four of the counts. Almost a year before the hijackings took place, Moussaoui contacted Airman Flight School, in Norman, Okla. Soon after, he bought flight deck pilot training videos for the Boeing 747 Model 200 and Boeing 757 Model 200 from a pilot store in Ohio, the indictment said. He then traveled to Pakistan, declaring at least $35,000 in cash when he returned to the United States in February 2001. Moussaoui allegedly inquired about crop-dusting equipment in Oklahoma in June, and then traveled to Minnesota about a month before Sept. 11. He paid $6,300 in cash to the Pan Am International Flight Academy in Minnesota to take simulator training courses on the 747 Model 400. Detained before the Sept. 11 attacks, after instructors at the Minnesota flight school became suspicious. FBI and Immigration and Naturalization Service investigators held him initially on visa violation charges. When authorities detained him on Aug. 17, they reported finding a variety of incriminating evidence in his possession, including two knives, binoculars, flight manuals for the 747, flight simulator computer program, fighting gloves, shin guards, papers referring to a global positioning device, and a hand-held aviation radio. They also found notes and phone numbers linked to Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, who had Atta stay with him in Hamburg, Germany. Bin al-Shibh was prevented from entering the United States when his visa requests were denied repeatedly, and Moussaoui may have been intended to take his place on one of the planes. Three of the Sept. 11 hijacking teams had five members, but one had only four. Moussaoui was placed under arrest as a material witness in September. He was indicted December 11, 2001. A report Saturday December 15 in the news magazine Der Spiegel said the fingerprints of Ramsi Binalshibh, one of three fugitives sought by Germany suspected of helping plot the attacks, were found on documents relating to the transfer of money to a suspect in the United States. The money was sent to Zacarias Moussaoui.

11 Tawfiq bin Atash
(a.k.a. Khallad) He once commanded bin Laden's bodyguards. He is a key fugitive who both served as operational chief of the the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, and appears to have had a hand in the September 11 attacks. Investigators are particularly interested in a meeting that took place in Malaysia on Jan. 5, 2000. Also present were Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi, two of the September 11 hijackers. When Almihdhar and Alhazmi left Malaysia, they flew directly to Los Angeles, where they quickly enrolled in a San Diego flight school. That leads investigators to believe that at least some of the planning for September 11 took place at the Malaysia meeting.

12 Fahad al-Quso
Key fugitive who appear to have had a hand in both the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen and the September 11 attacks. He helped plan the Cole attack in a meeting that took place in Malaysia on Jan. 5, 2000.

13 Ramzi Binalshibh --------------------------- fingerprints found on documents of money transfer to "20th" hijacker, Zacarias Moussaoui, December 15, 2001
(a.k.a. Ramzi Omar), a key fugitive who may have been the phantom "20th hijacker". He was prevented from entering the United States when his visa requests were denied repeatedly prior to September 11. The indicted Zacarias Moussaoui may have been intended to take his place on one of the planes. Binalshibh traveled to Spain in the summer of 2001, at the same time hijacker Mohamed Atta was there. And on Sept. 5, the FBI believes, he flew to the United Arab Emirates, the financial hub of the September 11 operation. He disappeared on the 10th and hasn't been seen since. A report Saturday, December 15, 2001 in the news magazine Der Spiegel said the fingerprints of Ramsi Binalshibh, one of three fugitives sought by Germany suspected of helping plot the attacks, were found on documents relating to the transfer of money to a suspect in the United States. The money was sent to Zacarias Moussaoui, a French national who was indicted Tuesday December 11 for conspiracy in the Sept. 11 attacks. Moussaoui was arrested Aug. 17, for visa violations, and was already in jail during the Sept. 11 attack, and so was thus prevented from replacing Binalshibh. He would have likely been a 5th terrorist on the plane that went down in Pennsylvania, in the passenger air revolt.

14 Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood --------------------- disappeared from Kabul, November 2001, Pakistani nuclear scientist whose Kabul house was used for studying anthrax and helium
One of Pakistan's leading nuclear scientists. Mahmood had founded and became president of a Pakistani aid group, The Foundation for Construction, after retiring from his job at Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission in 1998. His Kabul house was a shabby, two-story villa located in a quiet residential area of Kabul favored by a number of international charities. The house is next to the British charity Save the Children and a few doors from the offices of the United Nations refugee agency. Neighbors say the house had been occupied by three Pakistani men and their wives and children, and they said they had no reason to believe the occupants were engaged in anything other than charitable work. Those living in the house left abruptly after Sept. 11, leaving behind one man. In October 2001, Pakistani authorities detained Mahmood along with another retired nuclear scientist. Mahmood was questioned about his links with the Taliban amid concerns that he may have shared Pakistan's nuclear secrets with Osama bin Laden. He denied ever meeting bin Laden and insisted that his frequent contacts with the Taliban were due to his involvement in the delivery of humanitarian aid. No evidence of wrongdoing was found. The one man left residing at Mahmood's Kabul house was later joined by a number of Pakistani fighters, local guards said. They all left on the night the Taliban fled Kabul, November 12, 2001. Northern Alliance fighters visited the house soon after that and ordered local residents not to go inside, said the guards, who added that three foreigners wearing masks and gloves visited the house a few days later and removed boxes of materials. The men spoke English and had a document from local commanders giving them permission to remove the material, said a guard who sits outside a house across the street. In November 2001 after the discoveries at the house, Mahmood and his associate, Abdul Majeed, were detained for questioning again, although Pakistan still insists it has found no evidence that he was involved in wrongdoing. "There is no linkage established at all with any anthrax-related capability," said a Pakistani government spokesman, Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi. Pakistan also has denied Pakistani newspaper reports that Mahmood had been involved in the development of Pakistan's nuclear bomb. Nothing was found at the house to suggest any link to nuclear weapons or efforts to acquire nuclear expertise, nor was there anything directly linking the house to bin Laden, apart from a newsletter published by Al Qaeda. But items found at the house since the Taliban fled Kabul on November 12, 2001 suggest that Mahmood's Islamabad-based "charity" Foundation for Construction may have been interested in something other than helping Afghans rebuild their country. The house contained sheaves of disturbing documents. These include the results of a massive Internet search on anthrax vaccines, and a report titled "Bacteria: What You Need to Know." Investigators also found a report titled "Iraqi Anthrax Troops," and a New York Times article on Plum Island, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's animal-disease center near the north fork of Long Island. The Plum Island center does research to help guard the United States "against catastrophic economic losses caused by foreign animal disease agents accidentally or deliberately introduced into the U.S.," its Web site explains. Also at the house in Kabul, piles of documents containing detailed information about the use of anthrax in biological warfare, boxes containing gas masks and diagrams suggestive of a plan to use a helium-filled balloon to disperse anthrax across a wide area were found in the house by journalists. But someone either living at the house or visiting it had taken a close interest in anthrax and in studying ways to deliver biological weapons. In one upstairs room, there were dozens of copies of documents about anthrax, including details about the U.S. military's vaccination program downloaded from a Defense Department Web site and other Defense Department documents relating to anthrax. One, titled "The bacteria: what you need to know" contains the statement that anthrax spores "can easily be spread in the air by missiles, rockets, artillery, aerial bombs and sprays." There were 10 copies each of most of the documents, suggesting that a seminar or perhaps a brainstorming session had taken place. On the floor, there was what appeared to be a disassembled rocket alongside a canister labeled "helium," as well as two bags of powder, which journalists have refrained from inspecting. An elaborate diagram on a white board depicts what appears to be a balloon rising at various trajectories, alongside a fighter jet apparently shooting at the balloon. Beside the jet are the words, "You are dead, bang," which appear to have been added later because they are written in a different color. There are also pictures of ground missiles linked by lines to the balloon. Mathematical calculations indicate the height at which the balloon would fly, the distance from which it would be shot down and the area over which its contents would be dispersed. Next to one of the balloons is the word "polystyrene"; next to another is the word "cyanide." There is no mention of anthrax on the diagram, but the impression is of a plan to deliver biological agents by packing them into the gondola of a balloon that would be shot down by a jet or a missile. Loose sheets of paper containing scribbles of missiles and balloons similar to those on the board were found among the documents, suggesting that those at a possible seminar had been taking notes or elaborating on the calculations. The photocopied documents are faded, suggesting they have been there awhile. Western diplomats in Kabul, speaking on condition of anonymity, say that they have no reason to believe the evidence was planted but that they had not studied it. "We know there were a lot of houses like this, and many that have been found by journalists in very similar circumstances," one diplomat said. Investigators know Al Qaeda had been trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction, he said. "It's a question of whether they have the availability, and there's no evidence yet that they do have the availability or the capability. The evidence is inconclusive." As of December 2, most of the documents found have been removed by journalists, and at least some have been turned over to Western diplomats.

15 Essid Sami Ben Khemais ---------------------------- arrested in Italy, before December 14, 2001, the suspected head of bin Laden's European logistical operation

16 Yasser al-Siri ------------------------------------- arrested in London, November 26, 2001, in al Qaeda conspiracy to kill Massoud
Born in 1963, he was arrested in London and charged in connection with Mr. Massoud's killing. Mr. Siri runs the Islamic Observation Center in London, and the assassins got close to Mr. Massoud with the help of a letter on the center's stationery saying they were journalists with an Arab news agency. Mr. Siri says the men altered the text of what he gave them. His lawyer, Gareth Peirce, did not return phone calls. Investigators piecing together the suicide-bomb assassination of Ahmed Shah Massoud, the Afghan rebel leader, say they believe the plot was carried out by members of a European-based cell of Al Qaeda, mainly North Africans. One assassin was a Moroccan. The other of the two assassins was the cell's presumed leader, Dahmane Abd al-Sattar, 39. a Tunisian who came to Europe as a student. Mr. Sattar had left for Belgium in 1987 after obtaining a journalism degree, planning to pursue studies at the Free University of Brussels and the Catholic University in Leuven. Mr. Sattar enrolled at the Free University in 1990 but left after a year without taking exams. The Tunisian lived in Belgium from the late 1980's until he departed on his suicide mission. Though both men said they were Moroccans, Mr. Sattar did not betray a Moroccan accent when speaking Arabic. Mr. Sattar went underground in 1999, after the Belgian authorities sought to expel him because his residence permit had expired. He next surfaced in Britain in June 2000, when he was detained at Heathrow Airport for using a fake Belgian passport. The killers used Belgian passports stolen in 1999 from the Belgian Consulate in Strasbourg, France, and the embassy in The Hague. Mr. Sattar used a passport issued to Karim Touzani, 34, while that used by his accomplice had been issued to Kacem Bakkali, 26. Traveling to Britain, they boarded a flight from Heathrow Airport to Pakistan, which they entered using forged multiple-entry visas. Mr. Massoud was killed on Sept. 9, 2001 by the two suicide bombers posing as journalists and photographers. The killers detonated bombs on their bodies and in a camera at the start of what was to have been an interview in northern Afghanistan. From early on, American intelligence officials have said the killing was a preemptive strike for the overall terror scheme that unfolded in America two days later.

17 Adel Tebourski ------------------------------------ detained in France November 26, 2001, ties to Belgian al Qaeda cell in killing of Massoud
Born in 1963, a native of Tunisia, he confessed to purchasing the airline ticket used by the Tunisian Dahmane Abd al-Sattar, one of the two September 9 assassins of Ahmed Shah Massoud, the Afghan rebel leader. Tebourski described to investigators the activities of the Belgian al Qaeda group in providing forged travel documents and recruiting young Arabs to travel to Al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan. But he denied knowledge of the assassination plot.

18 Boualem B. ----------------------------------------- arrested in Belgium, November 26, 2001 accused of altering stolen passports used in Afghan Massoud murder on Sep. 9

19 An Algerian man --------------------------------- arrested in Belgium, November 26, 2001 accused of altering stolen passports used in Afghan Massoud murder on Sep. 9

20 Moroccan ------------------------------------- arrested in Belgium, week prior to December 7, 2001, accused of altering stolen passports used in Afghan Massoud murder on Sep. 9
An unidentified Moroccan forger. He was arrested in Belgium, in the week prior to December 7, 2001, suspected of having supplied the forged documents used by Mr. Massoud's killers. The forgers had been found in possession of passports with serial numbers corresponding to those stolen in Strasbourg and The Hague in 1999. The arrests were the latest in roundups in France and Belgium of Arab men suspected of ties to the forgers' group.

21 Tunisian ------------------------------------- arrested in Belgium, week prior to December 7, 2001, accused of altering stolen passports used in Afghan Massoud murder on Sep. 9
An unidentified Tunisian forger. He was arrested in Belgium, in the week prior to December 7, 2001, suspected of having supplied the forged documents used by Mr. Massoud's killers. The forgers had been found in possession of passports with serial numbers corresponding to those stolen in Strasbourg and The Hague in 1999. The arrests were the latest in roundups in France and Belgium of Arab men suspected of ties to the forgers' group.

22 Mounir El Motassadeq --------------------------- arrested in Germany, before December 14, 2001, accused of controlling an account used to bankroll several of the 9/11 hijackers.
Motassadeq is the only person in custody in Germany on charges related to the attacks.

23 Sheik Sulayman ------------------------ host of bin Laden dinner in WTC attack video, November 9, 2001, believed to be at Kandahar
He is a Saudi, paralyzed from the waist down. Seen on the video as the host to bin Laden, in the Kandahar home where the infamous videotaped dinner was held on November 9, 2001, in which bin Laden laughed about his planning of the 9-11 WTC attacks. The Sheik in the video frequently flatters bin Laden about the success of the attack, while they eat and converse. He also offers bin Laden news and praise from religious figures in Saudi Arabia. The tape was found by non-Americans, at a private home in Jalalabad, in late November. It was then given to the CIA, which translated it. It was first broadcast to the public on December 13, 2001.

24 Sheik Rhamdi ------------------------ present at bin Laden dinner in WTC attack video, November 9, 2001, believed to be at Kandahar
He is the "other" person in the video, taped in the Kandahar home where the infamous videotaped dinner was held on November 9, 2001, in which bin Laden laughed about his planning of the 9-11 WTC attacks. The tape was found by non-Americans, at a private home in Jalalabad, in late November. It was then given to the CIA, which translated it. It was first broadcast to the public on December 13, 2001.

25 Unknown Yemeni intelligence officer
Captured FBI Top 22 Most Wanted terrorist Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, aka Abu Ahmed, 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. Also involved in that al Qaeda conspiracy were fugitive Tawfiq bin Atash (a.k.a. Khallad), who served as operational chief of the the bombing, and fugitive Fahad al-Quso, who helped plan the Cole attack in a meeting that took place in Malaysia on Jan. 5, 2000.

26 Dr. Ahmad Abu-al-Khair ------------------------------- with bin Laden in Afghanistan, on September 9, 2001, mentioned by bin Laden on the Osama video, 11/9/01
bin Laden: "It was 5:30 pm our time. I was sitting with Dr. Ahmad Abu-al-Khair. Immediately we heard the news that a plane had hit the World Trade Center."

27 Sulayman Abu Guaith ---------------------------- with bin Laden in Afghanistan, on September 9, 2001, mentioned himself on the Osama video, 11/9/01, at Kandahar
Guaith: "I was sitting with the Shayk [meaning Osama bin Laden] in a room, then I left to go to another room where there was a TV set. The TV broadcasted the big event."

28 Abu Salahaddin --------------------------------- at Tora Bora, December 15, 2001, main al Qaeda negotiator
aka Mairajudin. On December 15, 2001, this exchange occurred between battlefield opponents, over short-range radios at Tora Bora: "Where is the big guy?" Commander Mazrat Ali asked a Qaeda representative at one point during the radio conversation, referring to Mr. bin Laden. "This is not the right time to disclose that," said the main Qaeda negotiator, Mairajuddin, who is also known as Abu Salahaddin.

29-33 Five other al Qaeda members ------------------------ arrested in Saudi Arabia after September 11, 2001.
They were arrested while attempting to leave Saudi Arabia, after September 11, 2001. One of them was picked up in Bahrain the week of September 11, along with Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, aka Abu Ahmed, one of the FBI's Top 22 Most Wanted terrorists.

34-41 Eight suspected al Qaeda members ---------------------- arrested in Spain, week of November 18-22, 2001.
were arrested in Spain in the week of November 18-22, 2001. On November 22, the CIA provided the name of one of the eight suspected al Qaeda members arrested in Spain earlier in the week.

42-53 Twelve Jordanian al Qaeda members ------------------------ arrested in Jordan, as of November 22, 2001.
The Jordanian General Intelligence Department (GID) has been involved in more than a dozen arrests, as of November 22, 2001.

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Not yet known to be active in al Qaeda terrrorism:

Abdullah Omar Abdul Rahman ----------------------------------- free in Cairo, December 2001
Two of his brothers are terrorist criminals, trainees in al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan, ever since they were teenagers. They are sons of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, an Egyptian cleric jailed for life since 1995 for a foiled plot to bomb New York landmarks. Abdullah said in Cairo on December 14, 2001, about the bin Laden tape, that the United States "has the technology it takes to forge a videotape of this kind."

-- posted by Steven_Russell