08/02/2002

EDITORIAL NUMBER=0-10043

INTERNATIONAL CRIME ALERT: AL-YACOUB

The United States has established a list of "Most Wanted Terrorists." Several of the 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.

Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub [EEB-ra-heem SAW-lee mo-HAHM-med ahl-YAH-koob] is wanted for the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers military housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Nineteen American servicemen were killed and three-hundred people were wounded in the attack.

Al-Yacoub was born on October 16^th, 1966, in Tarut, Saudi Arabia. He remains a Saudi Arabian citizen. He is one meter sixty-two centimeters tall, and weighs sixty-eight kilograms. He has black hair, brown eyes, and an olive complexion.

The U.S. is offering a reward of up to twenty-five-million dollars for information leading to the arrest of Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub. 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.