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Wednesday, 10 October, 2001, 19:44 GMT 20:44 UK

America's 'most wanted terrorists'


Osama Bin Laden (l) and Ayman al-Zawahiri
Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri top the FBI's list
The FBI says the suspected terrorists named in its list are wanted in connection with crimes committed since 1985. A reward of up to $5m is offered for information leading to their arrest.

1. Osama Bin Laden: Born in Saudi Arabia, 1957. Head of the al-Qaeda network and prime suspect in the attacks on New York and Washington; also wanted in connection with the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania which killed more than 220 people. Believed to be in Afghanistan.

2. Ayman al-Zawahiri: Born in Egypt, 1951. Founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad movement. Believed to serve as an adviser to Bin Laden. Wanted in connection with the US embassy bombings in Africa. Believed to be in Afghanistan.

3) Abdelkarim Hussein Mohammed al-Nasser 4) Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah 5) Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah 6) Ali Atwa

3. Abdelkarim Hussein Mohammed al-Nasser: Born in Saudi Arabia. Charged with the Khobar Towers bombing in Doha, Saudi Arabia, in 1996, in which 19 American servicemen died.

4. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah: Born in Egypt, 1963. Charged in connection with the US embassy bombings in Africa. Believed to be in Afghanistan.

5. Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah: Born in Egypt, 1964. Wanted in connection with the US embassy bombings in Africa. Believed to be in Afghanistan.

6. Ali Atwa: Born in Lebanon, 1960. Suspected member of the Lebanese Hezbollah organisation. Wanted in connection with the hijacking of TWA flight 847 from Athens to Rome in 1985, in which an American citizen was killed. Believed to be in Lebanon.

7) Anas al-Liby 8) Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani 9) Hasan Izz-al-Din 10) Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali

7. Anas al-Liby: Born in Libya, 1964. Wanted in connection with the bombings of the US embassies in Africa. Recently lived in the UK, believed to currently be in Afghanistan.

8. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani: Born in Tanzania, 1974. Charged in connection with the US embassy bombings in Africa.

9. Hasan Izz-al-Din: Born in Lebanon, 1963. Suspected member of the Lebanese Hezbollah organisation. Charged in connection with the hijacking of TWA flight 847. Believed to be in Lebanon.

10. Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali: Born in Egypt, 1965. Thought to have previously worked in agriculture. Wanted in connection with the US embassy bombings in Africa. Believed to be in Afghanistan.

11) Fazul Abdullah Mohammed 12) Imad Fayez Mugniyah 13) Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil 14) Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan

11. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed: Born in Comoros Islands. Believed to be a computer expert. Charged in connection with the US embassy bombings in Africa.

12. Imad Fayez Mugniyah: Born in Lebanon, 1962. Believed to be head of the security apparatus of the Lebanese Hezbollah. Wanted in connection with the hijacking of TWA flight 847 in 1985. Thought to be in Lebanon.

13. Mustafa Mohammed Fadhil: Born in Egypt, 1976, Fadhil has Egyptian and Kenyan citizenship. Charged in connection with the US embassy bombings in Africa.

14. Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan: Kenyan citizen. Charged in connection with the US embassy bombings in Africa.

15) Abdul Rahman Yasin 16) Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam 17) Ahmad Ibrahim al-Mughassil 18) Khalid Shaikh Mohammed

15. Abdul Rahman Yasin: Born in Indiana, 1960. Wanted in connection with the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York in 1993, in which six people died.

16. Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam: Born in Kenya, 1976. Wanted in connection with the US embassy bombings in Africa.

17. Ahmad Ibrahim al-Mughassil: Born in Saudi Arabia, 1967. Wanted in connection with the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia in 1996.

18. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed: Kuwaiti citizen. Wanted in connection with a plot to bomb US airliners flying to the US from Southeast Asia in January, 1995.

19) Mohammed Atef 20) Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie 21) Saif al-Adel 22) Ibrahim Salih Mohammed al-Yacoub

19. Mohammed Atef: Egyptian citizen. Believed to be Bin Laden's second-in-command in al-Qaeda. Wanted in connection with the US embassy bombings in Africa.

20. Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie: Born in Saudi Arabia, 1965. Charged in connection with the Khobar Towers bombing.

21. Saif al-Adel: Egyptian citizen. Believed to be a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda. Wanted in connection with the US embassy bombings in Africa. Believed to be in Afghanistan.

22. Ibrahim Salih Mohammed al-Yacoub: Born in Saudi Arabia, 1966. Charged in connection with the Khobar Towers bombing.


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