06/02/2002

EDITORIAL NUMBER=0-09920

INTERNATIONAL CRIME ALERT: AL-ADEL

The United States has established a list of "Most Wanted Terrorists." Several of the twenty-two fugitives on this list, including Osama bin Laden, are part of al-Qaida, the terrorist group responsible for the September 11^th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Others are wanted in connection with previous terrorist attacks.

Saif Al-Adel [SAFE ahl-AH-del] is wanted in connection with the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, in which over two-hundred people were killed and over five-thousand were wounded. He has trained terrorist recruits in handling explosives, and he trained tribal fighters to attack the United Nations peacekeeping force in Somalia in 1993.

Saif Al-Adel is a top lieutenant of Osama bin Laden. He came to the al-Qaida network as part of its merger with Egyptian Islamic Jihad. He is said to be a member of al-Qaida’s consultation council, the body that approves all terrorist operations. Al-Adel is believed to have trained the hijackers of the two commercial jets that were deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center.

Al-Adel was born in Egypt and is an Egyptian citizen. For his birth date he uses April 11^th, 1963, or April 11^th, 1960. He has dark hair, dark eyes, and an olive complexion.

Saif Al-Adel uses the aliases Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi [moo-HAH-mahd EEB-ra-heem mak-KAH-wee] and Ibrahim Al-Madani [EEB-ra-heem ahl-MA-da-nee].

The U.S. is offering a reward of up to twenty-five-million dollars for information leading to the arrest of Saif Al-Adel. If you have information concerning this fugitive, you should contact the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. The identities of all informants will be kept confidential.