Saudi list of most-wanted suspected terrorists

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Periodically Saudi Arabias Ministry of Interior publishes a most wanted list.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] According to Asharq Alawsat Saudi Arabia has published four lists of "most wanted" suspected terrorists, and those lists contained 19, 26, 36 and 85 individuals.[1]

The list of 85 most wanted suspected terrorists published in February 2009 named eleven former Guantanamo captives.[11]

Earlier lists[]

On May 7, 2003, the Saudi Interior Ministry announced a list of 19 names who it said were planning to carry out subversive activities.[12] On May 12, 2003 Riyadh compound bombings took place.

English Arabic
1 تركي ناصر الدندني died by suicide July 2003 in al-Jawf[13][14]
2 Ali A. Al-Ghamdi علي عبد الرحمن الفقعسي الغامدي surrendered 26 June 2003[15]
3 Khalid al-Juhani خالد محمد الجهني one of twelve dead perpetrators of the Riyadh compound bombings.[16]
4 Saleh M. al-Oufi صالح محمد عوض الله العلوي العوفي became the leader after al-Muqrin death, killed 17 or 18 August 2005 in Madinah[17]
5 Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin عبد العزيز عيسى المقرن became the leader after Al-'Uyayri death, killed in Riyadh 18 June 2004[18][19]
6 عبدالرحمن محمد يازجي killed 6 April 2005[20]
7 هاني سعيد الغامدي [21]
8 محمد عثمان الوليدي الشهري [14]
9 راكان محسن الصيخان killed 12 April 2004 in Riyadh
10 Yousif S. Al-'Uyayri (or Ayyiri or etc.) aka al-Battar يوسف صالح العييري الملقب بالبتار first operational leader of AQAP, author, and webmaster, killed June 2003 in Saudi Arabia[22]
11 عثمان هادي آل مقبول العمري recanted, under an amnesty deal, 28 June 2004[23][24]
12 بندر عبد الرحمن الغامدي captured September 2003 in Yemen[25] and extradited to KSA
13 أحمد ناصر الدخيل killed on July 28 in a police raid on a farm in Al-Qassim Province[26]
14 حمد فهد الأسلمي الشمري [14]
15 Faisal A. Al-Dakheel فيصل عبدالرحمن الدخيل killed with al-Muqrin[19]
16 Sultan J. Al-Qahtani alias Zubayr Al-Rimi سلطان جبران القحطاني q.v., killed 23 September 2003 in Jizan
17 جبران علي حكمي [21]
18 عبدالرحمن منصور جبارة "Canadian-Kuwaiti of Iraqi origin",[14] dead according to al-Qaeda; brother of Kuwaiti-Canadian Mohamed Mansour Jabarah
19 Khalid A. Hajj or Abu-Hazim al-Sha'ir[27] خالد علي بن علي حاج leader, killed in Riyadh March or April 2004[28]

List of December 6, 2003[]

A list published on December 5, 2003 contained twenty-six names.[4] When a new list was published in February 2009 Carol Rosenberg, writing in the Miami Herald, reported that all, but one of the captives had been killed or captured.[29]

December 6, 2003 list[30]
rank name 'nation
1. Saudi
2. Saudi
3. Yemeni
4. Kareem Altohami Almojati Moroccan
5. Saudi
6. Saudi
7. Saudi
8. Ahmad Abdul-Rahman Saqr al-Fadhli Saudi
9. Saudi
10. Saudi
11. Faisal Abdulrahman Abdullah Aldakheel Saudi
12. Faris al-Zahrani Saudi
13. Khalid Mobarak Habeeb-Allah Alqurashi Saudi
14. Saudi
15. Saudi
16. Saudi
17. Saudi
18. Saudi
19. Saudi
20. Saudi
21. Othman Hadi Al Maqboul al-Amri Saudi
22. Saudi
23. Saudi
24. Saudi
25. Saudi
26. Moroccan

List of June 28, 2005[]

The list of June 28, 2005 contained thirty-six names.[4][5][6] The Saudi government encouraged those named on the list to surrender, and promised lenient treatment. By April 7, 2007 the Saudi government reported that twenty-three of those individuals had been killed or captured.

36 individuals wanted by Saudi Arabia on 2005-06-28
name status notes
Younis Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hayari 2005-07-03 KIA
  • 36-year-old Moroccan;[5][6]
  • overstayed his visa when on the Hajj;
  • hid out with his wife and daughter;
  • killed in a shootout in Rawda.[31]
  • described as the head of Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.
2006-02-27 KIA
  • 35-year-old Saudi national[5][6]
2005-09-07 KIA
  • Killed in raid September 4–7, 2005[5][6]
2005-12-27 KIA
2005-09-07 KIA
  • a 22-year-old Saudi[5][6]
  • Killed in raid September 4–7, 2005
2005-09-07 KIA
  • a 26-year-old Saudi;[5][6]
  • Killed in raid September 4–7, 2005
2005-12-27 KIA
2006-02-24 KIA
2006-02-24 KIA
2005-07-25 Arrested
2006-02-27 KIA
2005-09-07 KIA
  • a 24-year-old Saudi[5][6]
  • Killed in raid September 4–7, 2005
2005-08-18 KIA
  • a 29-year-old Saudi[5][6]
  • Reportedly exploded a suicide belt, during an attempt to capture him by Saudi security officials.[32][33]
2006-02-27 KIA
  • a 21-year-old Chadian national.[5][6]
  • a 24-year-old Chadian national.[5][6]
  • a 23-year-old Chadian national.[5][6]
  • a 25-year-old Kuwaiti national.[5][6]
  • a 37-year-old Mauritanian national.[5][6]
Arrested
  • a 34-year-old Yemeni national.[5][6]
  • Under arrest in Yemen
Adnan bin Abdullah bin Faris al Omari 2005-11-08 Extradited
  • a 28-year-old Saudi.[5][6]
  • Transferred to Saudi Arabia on September 11, 2005.[31]
2005-07-01 Surrendered
  • a 22-year-old Saudi[5][6]
  • His younger brother Rayed Abdullah Salem Al Harbi was killed in a shootout with Saudi police, in October 2009, while dressed in a head-to-toe women's garment, and while wearing an explosive suicide belt.[34]

List of February 3, 2009[]

The most recently published list was published on February 3, 2009.[10][29][35][36] It listed 85 individuals, 83 of whom were Saudis, and two were from Yemen. Carol Rosenberg, reporting in the Miami Herald, wrote that six of the men on the new most wanted list were former Guantanamo captives. Robert Worth, reporting in the New York Times, wrote that fourteen Saudis, formerly held in Guantanamo, had fallen under suspicion of supporting terrorism following their release.[37] The men were all believed to be living outside of Saudi Arabia, some of them receiving militant training. They were promised lenient treatment, and encouraged to turn themselves in at the nearest Saudi embassy.

Those on the new list include three Saudis who appeared in a threatening al Qaeda video:[37] Said Ali al-Shihri, Abu Hareth Muhammad al-Awfi and Nasir al-Wuhayshi, and another individual named . Al-Wuhayshi claims he is the leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Al-Shihri and Al-Awfi are former Guantanamo captives, and Al-Shihri stated he was Al-Wuyashi's deputy.

The Saudi Gazette reported that Saudi security officials identified an individual named Saleh Al-Qaraawi as the leader of Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.[10]

An article published in Asharq Alawsat on February 6, 2009, noted the range in age among the suspects—from seventeen to fifty-two.[38] This article named , who it described as the "most dangerous" individual on the list, as the leader of . According to the article Abdullah El Qarawi is just 26 years old, and most of the individuals on the list are between 25 and 25. The article listed the names and ages of fifteen other individuals.

Another article in the Asharq Alawsat identified other individual from the list, including: Abdullah al-Abaed—wanted for the assassination of a senior police official, and Mohamed Abul-Khair, one of Osama bin Laden's bodyguards, and one of his sons-in-law.[39]

On February 7, 2009 the Saudi Gazette reported some details of some of the wanted men.[11] The article named seven men it identified as former Guantanamo captives, and five other most wanted suspected terrorists it did not identify as former Guantanamo captives.

Individuals said to be named on the February 2009 list
ISN Rank Age Names Notes
71 27 Mish'al Muhammad Rashid Al-Shedocky
  • Repatriated on May 14, 2003—one of the first captives to be repatriated.[40]
  • His repatriation was reported to have been part of an exchange of prisoners that resulted in the release of five United Kingdom citizens.[41][42]
  • In 2014, AQAP indicated in a three-part documentary about the group's former deputy leader Said Ali al-Shihri’s life and death that al-Shedocky was dead by having the phrase "May Allah accept him" posted next to his name. The phrase is reserved for jihadists who have been killed in battle. The group did not provide any details on al-Shedocky's death.[43]
105 31 Adnan Muhammed Ali Al Saigh[11]
  • Repatriated on May 19, 2006.[40]
  • The Saudi Gazette reported he is believed to have traveled to a neighboring country with his brother-in-law, fellow suspect and fellow former Guantanamo captive, Othman al-Ghamdi, leaving behind his wife and son.[11]
114 23 Yousuf Mohammed Mubarak Al Jubairi Al Shahri
Fahd Salih Sulayman Al Jutayli
  • According to his mother he was living openly in Saudi Arabia just days prior to the publication of the most wanted list.[42]
  • Reported to have been killed by Yemeni security officials in September 2009.[48]
184 35 Othman Ahmad Othman al-Ghamdi[11]
  • Repatriated on June 24, 2006.[49]
  • Worked as a car dealer following his release.[11]
  • The Saudi Gazette reported he is believed to have traveled to a neighboring country with his brother-in-law, fellow suspect and fellow former Guantanamo captive, Adnan Al-Sayegh, leaving behind his wife and son.[11]
185 31 Turki Mash Awi Zayid Al Asiri[38]
  • Rrepatriated to Saudi custody on November 9, 2007, with thirteen other men.
  • Name and age are a close match to former Guantanamo captive Turki Mash Awi Zayid Al Asiri.
187 32 Murtadha al Said Makram[11]
  • Repatriated to Saudi Arabia on November 9, 2007.[40]
  • Repatriated in spite of the annual review procedures recommending his continued detention.
188 34 Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi[38]
  • Identified as a former captive Jaber Al-Faifi[11]
  • Repatriated on February 21, 2007.[50]
  • Repatriated in spite of the annual review procedures recommending his continued detention.
192 29 Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh
  • Repatriated on December 14, 2006 with sixteen other men.[50]
333 35 Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi
  • Repatriated to Saudi Arabia on November 9, 2007.[40]
  • Appeared in a threatening video from Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.[51]
  • Also identified as Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi.
  • Repatriated in spite of the annual review procedures recommending his continued detention.
  • Reported to have turned himself in Saudi Authorities on February 18, 2009.[52]
372 35 Said Ali al-Shihri
  • Repatriated to Saudi Arabia on November 9, 2007.[40]
  • Claimed he was the deputy leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.[51]
  • Repatriated in spite of the annual review procedures recommending his continued detention.
  • Killed in a drone strike in Yemen in 2013.[43]
Nasir al-Wuhayshi
  • Appeared in a threatening video from Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.[51]
  • Claims he is the leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.[51]
34 Mohamed Abul-Khair
16 or 17
  • Nephew of fellow suspect Yusuf Al Jebairi Al Shahri.[38]
  • Reportedly smuggled into Yemen, by his uncle, to join al Qaida.[53]
20 [38]
29 20 Rayed Abdullah Salem Al Harbi
  • Killed in a firefight with Saudi police on October 18, 2009 together with Yussef Al Shihri.[38][44][45][46][47]
21 [38]
21 [38]
22 [38]
23 Abdullah al-Asiri
  • Attempted to assassinate Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Nayef with a suicide bomb.[38][54] Al Aseery told security officials he wanted to surrender, but asked to meet the Prince personally.
26 Saleh Al-Qaraawi
  • Reportedly was the leader of Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia.[10][53]
  • Also referred to as "Abdullah Al-Qaraawi."[38]
  • Described as the "most dangerous" individual on the list.[38]
  • Captured in Saudi Arabia on June 9, 2012 after being gravely injured in a drone strike in Pakistan.[55]
31 [38]
37 Ibrahim al-Asiri[38]
15 38 [38][56]
43 39 [38][56]
52 [38]
  • The Saudi Gazette reports he is the brother to two former Guantanamo captives -- Abdulhadi Al-Sharikh and Abdulrazzaq Al-Sharikh.[11]
  • The Saudi Gazette reports he is the brother to who was killed in a shootout with Saudi security officials, following an attempt to blow up a petroleum facility.[11] His brother Fahd was listed on and earlier most wanted list.
6
  • Was studying Shariah law at University, when he disappeared.[11]
31
  • Disappeared unexpectedly three years ago—believed to have gone to Iraq.[11]
60 27
  • Disappeared five months ago—had recently told his mother he was thinking of seeking an Islamic education outside of Saudi Arabia—but he hadn't said where.[11]
  • Also transliterated as .[56]
Qasim al-Raymi
  • One of the two Yemenis on the list.[57]
  • Alleged to be linked to: "a plot targeting the U.S. ambassador in San'a."
Obaida Abdul-Rahman Al Otaibi
  • A journalist with ;[58]
  • Attended Imam Mohamed Bin Saud University where he earned a degree in media;[58]
  • Attended the same high school as ", a former Al Qaeda commander."[58]
  • Accused of "planning to target vital infrastructure within Saudi Arabia."[58]
32
  • His family reports that he was killed fighting Americans in Baghdad in January 2007.[59]
  • The Saudi Interior Ministry assert DNA tests confirm he was killed in a skirmish with Yemeni security officials, on September 14, 2009.[60][61]
47
  • He was profiled as a deceased martyr in a propaganda video in 2008.[59]
  • Reportedly captured in Yemen in early 2009, described as "wanted" by Saudi security officials.[62]
73 [56]
26 [56]
34
  • Alleged to hold Osama bin Laden as a hero.[63]
  • Alleged to have entered "clandestine cells" that launched raids against "non-believers".[63]
  • Alleged to have written a novel entitled "" about his jihadist years.[63]
61 31
  • On March 26, 2009, Al-Arabiya television reported he surrendered to Saudi authorities.[64]
  • ABC News transliterates his name as "Fahad al-Ruwaily", and reports: "A news Web site close to the ministry said Thursday that al-Ruwaily was a key figure in al-Qaida training camps along Syria's border with Iraq."[65]
  • Al-Shihri's surrender was reported on October 19, 2010.[66]
  • Al-Shihri was reported to have surrendered when he was living in Pakistan.[66]
  • The Associated Press reported that Saudi officials allowed al-Shihri to be released into the custody of his family, following his repatriation.[66]

List of January 2011[]

December 6, 2003 list[30]

According to the Saudi Gazette, the list was published by Interpol on January 5, 2011.[67][68][69] They reported one of the wanted men was 18, 34 of the men were between 20 and 30, and the remaining 12 were between 30 and 40. The list of 47 suspects included the following individuals:[70]

English Arabic Nationality Age Notes
1. [71] أحمد عبد العزيز جاسر آل جاسر
2. أحمد محمد عبدالعزيز السويد Saudi
3. أنس علي عبد العزيز آل نشوان Saudi
4. Saudi
5. باسم محمد حامد الفزي الجهني Saudi
6. بسام إبراهيم يحيى السليماني Saudi
7. بندر مسحل شيعان الشيباني العتيبي
8. تركي سعد محمد قليص الشهراني Saudi
9. تركي هادي سعد العاطفي القحطاني Saudi
10. حسين صالح ظافر آل بحري Saudi
11. Saudi
12. خالد علي عبد الرحمن الجبيلي القحطاني Saudi
13. خالد هذال عبدالله العاطفي القحطاني Saudi Surrendered[72]
14. زعام سعيد فرحان الشيباني العتيبي Saudi
15. سعد قاعد مقعد المقاطي Saudi
16. سليمان أحمد طريخم الحمدان Saudi
17. صالح عبدالعزيز حمد اللهيب Saudi
18. عادل راضي صقر الوهابي الحربي Saudi US$5,000,000 reward[73][74]
19. عادل صالح أحمد القميشي Saudi
20. عبد الرحمن عبد العزيز راشد آل فراج Saudi
21. عبد المجيد فيصل محمد الجبيري الشهاري Saudi
22. عمرو سليمان علي العلي Saudi
23. Saudi
24. فواز عايض جمعان المسعودي العتيبي Saudi
25. Saudi
26.
27. Saudi
28. Saudi
29. أنس علي عبدالعزيز النشوان Saudi
30. محمد فرحان سلمان المالكي Saudi
31. Saudi
32. Mu'jib Muhammad Jamal Al-Qahtani Saudi
33. هاشم محمد إبراهيم الهندي Saudi
34. Saudi
35. Saudi
36. Saudi

Suspects who remain at large, or otherwise unaccounted for[]

Hani Al Mubarak, the flight student from Saudi Arabia, has been located by Kimberly Zechman Webster in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

According to the Agence France Presse, the SPA News Agency reported on May 23, 2009, that three Saudis suspected of ties to Al Qaida returned to Saudi Arabia and turned themselves in to authorities.[75] The Arab News reported the identities of the three men were not made public, but that they had not been listed on the February 2009 most-wanted list.[76] The Saudi Gazette reported that only two of the men voluntarily surrendered and that the third man was captured in Yemen.[77]

On October 19, 2010, when reporting the surrender of Jabir Jubran Al Fayfi and , the Associated Press asserted that 70 of the original 85 men named on the list remained at large or unaccounted for.[66]

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