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)
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
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)
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)
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)
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
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)
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: Killed in Afghanistan on November 14, 2001 by a Predator missile attack on his home outside of Kabul
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: Captured in Pakistan?
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: Captured in Pakistan on July 25, 2004
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: - Arrested in Iran?
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: At large
Listed date: October 10, 2001
Status: Killed in Pakistan on April 12, 2006
See also captured al Qaeda terrorists
- Abu Faraj al-Libbi Captured in Pakistan
- Abu Zubaydah Captured in Pakistan
- Abdur Rahman Captured in
- Mustafa Setmariam Nasar Captured in Pakistan
- Abu Musab al-Suri Captured in Pakistan