Al-Qaida leaders, associates

OPERATIVES AND FACILITATORS

Adnan G. El Shukrijumah

Citizenship: Reportedly Saudi citizen (although the Saudi Embassy disputes this)

Alias: “Jaffar the pilot”

Personal: Al-Qaida field commander being sought by U.S. officials for several months out of a fear he may be a leader of the next attack on the U.S.  Photos of him have been released by FBI. 

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Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah                  

Citizenship: Egyptian

Aliases: Abu Mohamed Al-Masri, Saleh, Abu Mariam

Personal: Indicted for his alleged involvement in the Aug. 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.  Abdullah fled Nairobi, Kenya on Aug. 6, 1998 and went to Karachi, Pakistan.

The U.S. has established a reward of $5 million for information leading to his capture.

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Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah

Citizenship: Egyptian

Aliases: Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rahman Al-Muhajir, Abdel Rahman, Mohammed K.A. Al-Namer

Personal: wanted in connection with the Aug. 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. Believed to have fled to Afghanistan.

The U.S. has established a reward of $5 million for information leading to his capture.

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Citizenship: Tanzanian

Aliases: 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"

Personal: Wanted for his role in the al-Qaida bombing of the U.S. embassy in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

The U.S. has established a reward of $5 million for information leading to his capture.

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Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali

Citizenship: Egyptian

Aliases: 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

Personal: Wanted in connection with the Aug. 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.  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.

The U.S. has established a reward of $5 million for information leading to his capture.

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Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil

Citizenship: Egyptian, Kenyan

Aliases: Moustafa Ali Elbishy, Mustafa Mohammed, Mustafa Fazul, Hussein, Hassan Ali, Mustafa Muhamad Fadil, Abd Al Wakil Al Masri, Abu Anis, Abu Yusser, Hassan Ali, Nu Man, Khalid, Abu Jihad, Abu Jihad al-Nubi

Personal: 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.

The U.S. has established a reward of $5 million for information leading to his capture.

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Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan

Citizenship: Kenyan

Aliases: Sheikh Ahmad Salem Suweidan, Sheikh Ahmed Salem Swedan, Sheikh Swedan, Sheikh Bahamadi, Ahmed Ally, Bahamad, Sheik Bahamad, Ahmed the Tall

Personal: Some reports, unconfirmed, that Swedan, which means “the Sudanese”, has been captured, but U.S. officials decline to confirm that. has, in the past, managed a trucking business in Kenya. indicted on Dec. 16, 1998, in the Southern District of New York, for his alleged involvement in the Aug. 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, and for conspiring to kill U.S. nationals.

The U.S. has established a reward of $5 million for information leading to his capture.

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