FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

Banner used by the FBI since inception on October 10, 2001 as the main title for the web site pages of both the group of wanted terrorists, and also on the wanted poster of each terrorist fugitive. The three overlapping seals on the left are the seal of the U.S. Department of State (similar to the Great Seal of the United States), the seal of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Most Wanted Terrorists is a list of persons who have been indicted (formally accused) by sitting Federal grand juries in the United States district courts, for alleged crimes of terrorism. The initial list was formed in late 2001 in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and contained the names of 22 persons alleged to be terrorists by U.S. authorities. It was the second major "wanted" list following the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. It now serves as a companion to that earlier list, which in years past, had listed several major terrorist fugitives.

List of initial 22 wanted terrorist fugitives

In response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, former President Bush released to the public this initial list on October 10, 2001 of the FBI's top 22 Most Wanted Terrorists. The 22 persons chosen by the FBI to be profiled on the list had all been earlier indicted for acts of terrorism between the years 1985 and 1998. None of the 22 had been captured by American or other authorities as of October 2001. Of the 22, only Osama bin Laden was by then already listed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
On the fugitive group wanted poster, The FBI did not list the persons in any particular stated order, except perhaps for the consistent placing of bin Laden in the number one position of the top row. However, the 22 can easily fit into distinct categories of over the two decades, based on the terrorist attacks in which they were, according to American authorities, involved. For organization and ease of reference here, the relevant major terrorist attacks are listed by date below, with a brief summary for each, identifying the terror cells most directly responsible for the attack. The 22 on the list are then grouped beneath the attack for which each person was first accused of involvement.

Photo	Name	Terrorist Activity	Date of Activity	Status
	Imad Mughniyah	TWA Flight 847	June 14, 1985	Dead
	Assassinated in a car bombing on February 12, 2008 in Damascus.
	Hassan Izz-Al-Din	TWA Flight 847	June 14, 1985	At large
	Thought to be living in Lebanon.
	Ali Atwa	TWA Flight 847	June 14, 1985	At large
	Thought to be living in Lebanon.
	Abdul Rahman Yasin	1993 World Trade Center bombing	February 26, 1993	At large
	Accused of constructing bombs in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Yasin was allegedly a prisoner of Saddam Hussein in 2002, but has since gone missing from Iraq.
	Khalid Sheikh Mohammed	Bojinka plot	1994–1995	Captured
	Captured in Pakistan on March 1, 2003.
	Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Mughassil	Khobar Towers bombing	June 25, 1996	At large
	Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie	Khobar Towers bombing	June 25, 1996	At large
	Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub	Khobar Towers bombing	June 25, 1996	At large
	Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser	Khobar Towers bombing	June 25, 1996	At large
	Mohammed Atef	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	Dead
	Killed in Afghanistan on November 14, 2001 by a Predator missile attack on his home outside of Kabul.
	Osama bin Laden	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	Dead
	Killed by U.S. Navy Seals in a mansion in Abbottabad, Pakistan; announced dead May 2, 2011. He was wanted for his claimed responsibility in the September 11, 2001 attacks. He was placed on the Most Wanted Terrorists list for his involvement in the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
	Ayman Al-Zawahiri	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	At large
	Al-Qaeda's No.1. Ayman al-Zawahiri is under indictment in the United States for his suspected role in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. The Rewards for Justice Program of the U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to US$25 million for information about his location and capture.
	Fazul Abdullah Mohammed	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	Dead
	Reports surfaced on June 11, 2011 that he was killed in Somalia. Kenyan police stated, through DNA testing, that they were certain he was killed by Somalian forces on June 8.Officially listed as deceased on the FBI website by June 12.
	Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	Unknown
	Was removed from the list in 2006. No official explanation has ever been provided. Fadhil remains off the list to this day and his fate is unknown to the public.
	Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	Dead
	Killed January 1, 2009, in an unmanned predator strike in Pakistan along with Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan.
	Ahmed Ghailani	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	Captured
	Captured in Pakistan on July 25, 2004.
	Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	Dead
	Killed January 1, 2009, in an unmanned aerial strike in Pakistan along with Fahid Mohammed Ali Musallam.
	Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	At large
	Believed to be in Iran.
	Anas Al-Liby	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	At large
	Saif Al-Adel	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	At large
	Believed to be in Iran.
	Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	Dead
	Reported as killed in a drone strike in 2010 in Pakistan by the National Counterterrorism Center. Was removed from the list by May 8, 2012.
	Mushin Musa Matwalli Atwah	1998 United States embassy bombings	August 7, 1998	Dead
	Killed April 12, 2006 along with 6 other alleged militants by Pakistani forces in a helicopter gunship raid on the village of Naghar Kalai near the Afghan border. Villagers reported that armed men removed the bodies. Was removed from the list by October 20, 2006; Atwah's death was confirmed by US officials on October 24, 2006, following DNA testing.