PARIS, May 2 – Osama bin Laden, killed on Sunday, is survived by high-ranking leaders and supporters of his Al-Qaeda militant movement. Here are profiles of the top 10 at large, according to media and Western intelligence.
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Age: 60
Country of origin: Egypt
Suspected location: Pakistan
Role: Bin Laden\’s right-hand man and co-founder of Al-Qaeda. An Egyptian doctor who met bin Laden in Afghanistan where they were fighting the Soviets and went on to help recruit militants and shape the Al-Qaeda network.
FBI reward for capture: 25 million dollars
Seif al-Adel
Age: about 50
Country of origin: Egypt
Suspected location: Pakistan or Afghanistan
Role: Al-Qaeda\’s top military leader. Accused of involvement in the attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Like Zawahiri, a former member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
FBI reward: five million dollars
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed
Age: about 40
Country of origin: Comoros Islands
Suspected location: Somalia
Role: Al-Qaeda\’s leader in East Africa, a hotbed of Islamist instability. Like Adel, suspected of the two embassy attacks in Kenya and Tanzania. Suspected of links to Islamists in volatile Somalia.
FBI reward: five million dollars
Anwar al-Awlaqi
Age: 39
Country of origin: United States
Suspected location: Yemen
Role: US-born Yemeni radical preacher, suspected of being one of the leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and of instigating a string of attacks against the United States.
Reward: not listed by FBI
Adam Yahiye Gadahn
Age: 32
Country of origin: United States
Role: Californian convert to Islam, dubbed Al-Qaeda\’s "American spokesman." Author of numerous online calls for anti-US attacks. Accused by US authorities of treason, "terrorist activities" and supporting Al-Qaeda.
Reward: one million dollars
Suleiman Abu Ghaith
Age: 46
Country of origin: Kuwait
Suspected location: Yemen
Role: Radical preacher who served as close aide to bin Laden from 2000 in Afghanistan and leading spokesman for Al-Qaeda. Stripped of Kuwaiti citizenship in 2001 for alleged links to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Reward: not listed
Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso
Age: 36
Country of origin: Yemen
Role: Suspected current leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Wanted by United States for allegedly organising deadly attack against American vessel USS Cole in Gulf of Aden in 2000.
Reward: five million dollars
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah
Age: late forties
Country of origin: Egypt
Role: Adel\’s suspected number two in Al-Qaeda in East Africa, also accused of role in the Kenya and Tanzania bombings.
Reward: five million dollars
Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqi, alias Anas al-Liby
Age: 47
Country of origin: Libya
Role: Wanted for US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
Reward: five million
Ali Saeed Bin Ali al-Hooriyeh
Age: 46
Country of origin: Saudi Arabia
Role: Wanted for truck bombing of Khobar Towers military housing complex in Saudi Arabia in 1996, which killed 19 US military personnel.
Reward: five million dollars
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