Al-Qaida leaders, associates

Abdul Rahman Yasin

Citizenship: U.S.

Aliases: Abdul Rahman Said Yasin, Aboud Yasin, Abdul Rahman S. Taha, Abdul Rahman S. Taher

Personal: Believed to be at large in Iraq.  He fled to Iraq after participating in the terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center, New York City, on Feb. 26, 1993, which resulted in six deaths.  Jailed by Saddam Hussein’s regime, he was interviewed in prison garb by CBS’s Leslie Stahl in 2002.  Released during a general amnesty just before the war, he is being hunted by a CIA team.

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

Citizenship: Kenyan

Aliases: Fahid Mohammed Ally, Fahid Mohammed Ali Musalaam, Fahid Mohammed Ali Msalam, Fahid Muhamad Ali Salem, Mohammed Ally Msalam, Usama Al-Kini, Fahad Ally Msalam

Personal: Msalam sometimes wears a light beard or moustache and has, in the past, worked as a clothing vendor.  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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Abdul Jamal Balfas

Citizenship: Indonesia

Aliases: N/A

Personal: Arrested in Philippines for illegal explosives possession and violation of immigration laws. Later acquitted, with help of Indonesian Embassy in Philippines, due to lack of evidence.

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El Ayasi Radi El Samie

Citizenship: Egypt

Alias: Mera’I

Personal:  Believed to have organized the transfer of dozens of Islamic fundamentalists from Italy to Iraq.

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Francisco Palop Monje

Citizenship: Spanish

Aliases: N/A

Personal: Allegedly part of al-Qaida’s financial network (specifically, a money-laundering network of individuals and businesses in Spain that channels profits to al-Qaida; the money helps buy materials and finance safe houses for al-Qaida members).

Might have been involved in synagogue bombing in Djerba, Tunisia, in April 2002.

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Issa Ismail Mohamed

Citizenship: Pakistani

Alias: “Isaac of Karachi”

Personal: Alleged to have financed the Djerba synagogue attack. International arrest warrant issued for him; believed to be in Pakistan.

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Mevlit Zikara

Citizenship: Turkey

Alias: Abu Obeida the Turk

Personal: Arrest warrant issued by Lebanese authorities in February 2003 for Zikara. Accused of membership in al-Qaida and of setting up terrorist network in Lebanon. 

Following 9/11, Zikara allegedly helped members of al-Qaida living in Arab countries to reach Afghanistan via Iran, to fight with Taliban. If convicted, could face death.

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