Saudi list of most-wanted suspected terrorists

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Periodically Saudi Arabia's 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]

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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, the Riyadh compound bombings took place.

EnglishArabic
1 Turki Nasir Al-Dandani تركي ناصر الدندنيdied by suicide July 2003 in al-Jawf [13] [14]
2 Ali A. Al-Ghamdi علي عبد الرحمن الفقعسي الغامديsurrendered 26 June 2003 [15]
3 Khalid al-Juhani خالد محمد الجهنيone of twelve dead perpetrators of the Riyadh compound bombings. [16]
4 Saleh M. al-Oufi صالح محمد عوض الله العلوي العوفيbecame the leader after al-Muqrin death, killed 17 or 18 August 2005 in Madinah [17]
5 Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin عبد العزيز عيسى المقرنbecame the leader after al-Ayiri's death, killed in Riyadh 18 June 2004 [18] [19]
6 Abdulrahman M. Yazji عبدالرحمن محمد يازجيkilled 6 April 2005 [20]
7 Hani S. Al-Ghamdi هاني سعيد الغامدي [21]
8 Mohammed O. Al-Waleedi Al-Shihri محمد عثمان الوليدي الشهري [14]
9 Rakan M. Al-Saikhan راكان محسن الصيخانkilled 12 April 2004 in Riyadh
10 Yusuf Salih al-Ayiri يوسف صالح العييري الملقب بالبتارIslamic scholar, writer and al-Qaeda member killed June 2003 in Saudi Arabia [22]
11 Othman H. Al Maqboul al-'Amari عثمان هادي آل مقبول العمريrecanted, under an amnesty deal, 28 June 2004 [23] [24]
12 Bandar A. Al-Ghamdi بندر عبد الرحمن الغامديcaptured September 2003 in Yemen [25] and extradited to KSA
13 Ahmad N. Al-Dakheel أحمد ناصر الدخيلkilled on July 28 in a police raid on a farm in Al-Qassim Province [26]
14 Hamid F. Al-Asalmi al-Shammri حمد فهد الأسلمي الشمري [14]
15 Faisal A. Al-Dakheel فيصل عبدالرحمن الدخيلkilled with al-Muqrin [19]
16 Sultan J. Al-Qahtani alias Zubayr Al-Rimi سلطان جبران القحطانيq.v., killed 23 September 2003 in Jizan
17 Jubran A. Hakami جبران علي حكمي [21]
18 Abdul-Rahman M. Jabarah 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 حاجleader, 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]
ranknamenation
1. Abdulaziz Abdulmuhsin Almughrin Saudi
2. Rakan Muhsin Mohammad Alsaykhan Saudi
3. Khalid Ali Ali-Haj Yemeni
4. Kareem Altohami Almojati Moroccan
5. Salih Mohammad Awadallah Alalawy Aloafi Saudi
6. Ibrahim Mohammad Abdullah Alrayis Saudi
7. Saud Homood Obaid Alqotaini Alotaibi Saudi
8. Ahmad Abdul-Rahman Saqr al-Fadhli Saudi
9. Sultan Bjad So'doon Alotaibi Saudi
10. Abdullah Saud Abunayan Alsobaie'e Saudi
11. Faisal Abdulrahman Abdullah Aldakheel Saudi
12. Faris al-Zahrani Saudi
13. Khalid Mobarak Habeeb-Allah Alqurashi Saudi
14. Mansoor Mohammad Ahmad Faqeeh Saudi
15. Isa Saad Mohammad bin O'ooshan Saudi
16. Talib Saud Abdullah Al Talib Saudi
17. Mostafa Ibrahim Mohammad Mobaraki Saudi
18. Abulmajeed Mohammad Abdullah Almoneea' Saudi
19. Nasir Rashid Nasir Alrashid Saudi
20. Bandar Abdulrahman Abdullah Aldakheel Saudi
21. Othman Hadi Al Maqboul al-Amri Saudi
22. Talal A'nbar Ahmad A'nbari Saudi
23. A'amir Mohsin Moreef Al Zaidan Alshihri Saudi
24. Abdullah Mohammad Rashid Alroshood Saudi
25. Abdulrahman Mohammad Mohammad Yazji Saudi
26. Hosain Mohammad Alhasaki 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
namestatusnotes
Younis Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hayari 2005-07-03KIA
  • 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.
Fahd Farraj Mohammed Aljuwair 2006-02-27KIA
  • 35-year-old Saudi national [5] [6]
Zaid Saad Zaid Alsammari 2005-09-07KIA
  • Killed in raid September 4–7, 2005 [5] [6]
Abdulrahman Salih Abdulrahman Almit'eb 2005-12-27KIA
Salih Mansour Mohsin Alfiraidi Alharbi 2005-09-07KIA
  • a 22-year-old Saudi [5] [6]
  • Killed in raid September 4–7, 2005
Sultan Salih Hosan Alhasri 2005-09-07KIA
  • a 26-year-old Saudi; [5] [6]
  • Killed in raid September 4–7, 2005
Mohammed Abdulrahman Alsuwailmi 2005-12-27KIA
Mohammed Salih Mohammed Alghaith 2006-02-24KIA
Abdullah Abdulaziz Ibrahim Altuwaijri 2006-02-24KIA
Mohammed Saeed Mohammed Alsiyam Alamri 2005-07-25Arrested
Ibrahim Abdullah Ibrahim Almateer 2006-02-27KIA
Waleed Mutlaq Salim Alraddadi
Naif Farhan Jalal Aljihaishi Alshammari 2005-09-07KIA
  • a 24-year-old Saudi [5] [6]
  • Killed in raid September 4–7, 2005
Majed Hamid Abdullah Alhasiri 2005-08-18KIA
  • a 29-year-old Saudi [5] [6]
  • Reportedly exploded a suicide belt, during an attempt to capture him by Saudi security officials. [32] [33]
Abdullah Mohayya Shalash Alsilaiti Alshammari 2006-02-27KIA
Noor Mohammed Musa
  • a 21-year-old Chadian national. [5] [6]
Manoor Mohammed Yousef
  • a 24-year-old Chadian national. [5] [6]
Othman Mohammed Hasan Korati
  • a 23-year-old Chadian national. [5] [6]
Mohsen Ayed Fadhel Alfadhli
  • a 25-year-old Kuwaiti national. [5] [6]
Abdullah Wild Mohammed Sayyed
  • a 37-year-old Mauritanian national. [5] [6]
Zaid Hasan Mohammed Hameed Arrested
  • a 34-year-old Yemeni national. [5] [6]
  • Under arrest in Yemen
Fahd Salih Rizqallah Almohayyani
Adnan bin Abdullah bin Faris al Omari 2005-11-08Extradited
  • a 28-year-old Saudi. [5] [6]
  • Transferred to Saudi Arabia on September 11, 2005. [31]
Marzooq Faisal Marzooq Alotaibi
Adel Abdullatif Ibrahim Alsaneea'
Mohammed Abdulrahman Mohammed Aldeet
Sultan Sinaitan Mohammed Aldeet
Salih Saeed Albitaih Alghamdi
Fayez Ibrahim Omer Ayyoub 2005-07-01Surrendered
Khalid Mohammed Abbas Alharbi
Mohammed Othman Mufreh Alzahrani
Abdullah Mohammed Salih Alramyan
Mohammed Salih Sulaiman Alrushoodi
Saad Mohammed Mubarak Aljubairi Alshihri
Ali Mater Ibrahim Alosaimi
Faris Abdullah Salim Aldhahiri Alharbi
  • 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 Abdullah al-Qarawi. 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 Abdullah El Qarawi, who it described as the "most dangerous" individual on the list, as the leader of Al Qaeda operations in the Persian Gulf. 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 RankAgeNamesNotes
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
177 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
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
34 Mohamed Abul-Khair
16 or 17 Abdullah Al Jebairi Al Shahri
20 Baheij Al-Buheajy [38]
2920 Rayed Abdullah Salem Al Harbi
21 Naif Mohamed Al Qahtani [38]
21 Hamd Hussein Nasser Al Hussein [38]
22 Hassan Ibrahim Hamd Al Shaban [38]
23 Abdullah al-Asiri
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 Ahmed Abdullah Al Zahrani [38]
37 Ibrahim al-Asiri [38]
1538 Badr Al Oufi Al Harbi [38] [56]
4339 Abdullah Abdul-Rahman Al Harbi [38] [56]
52 Hussein Abdu Mohamed [38]
Abdulmohsin Al-Sharikh
Abdullah Al-Juwair
  • The Saudi Gazette reports he is the brother to Fahd Al-Juwair 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 Ahmad Al-Shiha
  • Was studying Shariah law at University, when he disappeared. [11]
31 Aqil Al-Mutairi
  • Disappeared unexpectedly three years ago—believed to have gone to Iraq. [11]
6027 Faiz Al-Harbi
  • 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 Fayez Ghuneim Hameed Al-Hijri Al-Harbi. [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
32 Sultan Radi al-Utaibi
  • 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 Abdullah Mohammed Abdullah al-Ayad
  • He was profiled as a deceased martyr in a propaganda video in 2008. [59]
Ahmed Owaidan Al-Harbi
  • Reportedly captured in Yemen in early 2009, described as "wanted" by Saudi security officials. [62]
73 Mohammed Otaik Owaid Al-Aufi Al-Harbi [56]
26 Khaled Saleem Owaid Al-Luhaibi Al-Harbi [56]
34 Abdullah Thabet
  • 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 "The 20th hijacker" about his jihadist years. [63]
6131 Fahd Raggad Samir Al-Ruwaili
  • 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]
Badr Mohammed Nasser al-Shihri
  • 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]

EnglishArabicNationalityAgeNotes
1. Ahmad Abdul Aziz Jassir Al-Jassir [71] أحمد عبد العزيز جاسر آل جاسر
2. Ahmad Muhammada Abdul Aziz Al-Suwaid أحمد محمد عبدالعزيز السويدSaudi
3. Anas Ali Abdul Aziz Al-Nashwan أنس علي عبد العزيز آل نشوانSaudi
4. Basim Salim Inad Al-Subail Saudi
5. Basim Muhammad Hamid Al-Fazzi Al-Juhani باسم محمد حامد الفزي الجهنيSaudi
6. Bassam Ibrahim Yahya Al-Sulaimani بسام إبراهيم يحيى السليمانيSaudi
7. Bandar Mushil Shai'an Al-Shaibani Al-Otaibi بندر مسحل شيعان الشيباني العتيبي
8. Turki Sa'ad Muhammad Qulais Al-Shahrani تركي سعد محمد قليص الشهرانيSaudi
9. Turki Hadi Sa'ad Al-Atifi Al-Qahtani تركي هادي سعد العاطفي القحطانيSaudi
10. Hussein Saleh Dhafir Aal Bahri حسين صالح ظافر آل بحريSaudi
11. Hamza Muhammad Hassan Uraishi Saudi
12. Khalid Ali Abdul Rahman Al-Jubaili Al-Qahtani خالد علي عبد الرحمن الجبيلي القحطانيSaudi
13. Khalid Hadhal Abdullah Al-Atifi Al-Qahtani خالد هذال عبدالله العاطفي القحطانيSaudiSurrendered [72]
14. Za'am Saeed Farhan Al-Shaibani Al-Otaibi زعام سعيد فرحان الشيباني العتيبيSaudi
15. Sa'ad Qa'ed Muq'id Al-Maqqati سعد قاعد مقعد المقاطيSaudi
16. Solaiman Ahmad Turaikhim Al-Hamdan سليمان أحمد طريخم الحمدانSaudi
17. Saleh Abdul Aziz Hamad Al-Luhaib صالح عبدالعزيز حمد اللهيبSaudi
18. Adil Radhi Saqr Al-Wahabi Al-Harbi عادل راضي صقر الوهابي الحربيSaudiUS$5,000,000 reward [73] [74]
19. Adil Salhe Ahmad Al-Qumaishi عادل صالح أحمد القميشيSaudi
20. Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Rashid Al-Farraj عبد الرحمن عبد العزيز راشد آل فراجSaudi
21. Abdul Majeed Faisal Muhammad Al-Jubairi Al-Shehri عبد المجيد فيصل محمد الجبيري الشهاريSaudi
22. Amr Solaiman Ali Al-Ali عمرو سليمان علي العليSaudi
23. Fahd Awaiyedh Mu'tiq Al-Ma'badi Saudi
24. Fawwaz Ayedh Jaman Al-Masoudi Al-Otaibi فواز عايض جمعان المسعودي العتيبيSaudi
25. Fawwaz Awaiyedh Mu'tiq Al-Ma-badi Saudi
26. Faisal Mu'tad Muqbil Al-Muraikhan Al-Harbi
27. Mu'tib Hamad Muhammad Al-Juraiwi Saudi
28. Mu'tib Saeed Humammad Al-Amri Saudi
29. Muhammad Saleem Saeed Buraikan أنس علي عبدالعزيز النشوانSaudi
30. Muhammad Farhan Salman Al-Maliki محمد فرحان سلمان المالكيSaudi
31. Nuhammad Mufrih Muhammad Al-Adwani Al-Zahrani Saudi
32. Mu'jib Muhammad Jamal Al-Qahtani Saudi
33. Hashim Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Hindi هاشم محمد إبراهيم الهنديSaudi
34. Waleed Jarbou' Edi Al-Julaidi Al-Harbi Saudi
35. Waleed Humayeed Hameed Al-Waladi Saudi
36. Yasser Dahheel Nafi' Al-Wahabi Al-Harbi Saudi

Suspects who remain at large, or otherwise unaccounted for


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 Badr Mohammed Nasser al-Shihri, 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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