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FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

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The FBI's "Most Wanted Terrorists" is a list of fugitives who have been indicted by sitting Federal Grand Juries in various jurisdictions in the United States, for alleged crimes of terrorism. The concept of the list is based on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

See also Terrorism, Terrorist incidents.

List of initial 22 wanted suspects

In response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, President Bush released to the public this initial list on Oct. 10, 2001 of the FBI's top 22 Most Wanted Terrorists. Major terrorist attacks are listed by date, with a brief summary, identifying the groups most directly responsible for the attack. Suspects on the list are grouped by the attacks for which each suspect was first indicted:




June 14, 1985
TWA Flight 847 skyjacking over Greece, by Hezbollah

indicted 1985 TWA suspects (total listed: 3)

Imad Mugniyah
Imad Mugniyah

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large

Hassan Izz Al-Din
Hassan Izz Al-Din

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large

Ali Atwa
Ali Atwa

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large




February 26, 1993
World Trade Center bombing in Manhattan (and foiled New York City landmark bomb plot), by coalition of 5 linked NYC area groups: [1]

--(Egyptians in Brooklyn)-- Jamaat Al-Fuqra';
-- plus Gamaat Islamiya (Al-Farooq Mosque, Nosair)
-- plus (Palestinians in Jersey City)-- Hamas (Saleh, in Yonkers) with Pakistani-Kuwaiti operative Yousef with Iraqi-American born Yasin brothers in Jersey City
-- plus Islamic Jihad (Odeh)
-- plus the Sudanese Mission members' National Islamic Front et. al.

indicted 1993 Manhattan WTC suspects (total listed: 1)

Abdul Rahman Yasin in 2002
Abdul Rahman Yasin in 2002

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large
special note: was allegedly a prisoner of Saddam in 2002, but has since gone missing from Iraq




December 11, 1994
Bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434 en route to Tokyo (test run), and
Foiled January 6-7, 1995
Operation Bojinka in Manila, Philippines, by Ramzi Yousef with Abu Sayyaf Group (in Philippines) plus Jemaah Islamiyah-Konsojaya's Hambali et. al. (in Indonesia & Malaysia)

indicted 1995 Bojinka suspects (total listed: 1)

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in 2003
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in 2003

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: captured in Pakistan on March 1, 2003




June 25, 1996
Khobar Towers bombing in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia by Hizballah Al-Hijaz (Saudi) with Iranian support

indicted 1996 Khobar suspects (total listed: 4)

Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Mughassil
Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Mughassil

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large


Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie
Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large


Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub
Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large


Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser
Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large




August 7, 1998
1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, by al-Qaeda

indicted 1998 embassy suspects (total listed: 13)

Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large

Muhammad Atef
Muhammad Atef

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: Killed in Afghanistan on November 14, 2001 by a Predator missile attack on his home outside of Kabul

Ayman Al-Zawahiri
Ayman Al-Zawahiri

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large

Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil
Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: Captured in Pakistan?

Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam
Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: Captured in Pakistan on July 25, 2004

Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large

Anas Al-Liby
Anas Al-Liby

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large

Saif Al-Adel
Saif Al-Adel

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: - Arrested in Iran?

Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali
Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: at large

Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah
Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah

listed date: October 10, 2001
status: Killed in Pakistan on April 12, 2006

See also captured al Qaeda terrorists

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