08/18/2002

EDITORIAL NUMBER=0-10074

INTERNATIONAL CRIME ALERT: EL-HOORIE

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.

Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie [AH-lee sah-EED bin AH-lee el-HOO-ree] is wanted in connection with 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. El-Hoorie was involved in preparing the explosives. Hours before the attack, he reportedly met with a Hezbollah terrorist group associate tied to the Iranian military.

Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie was born in El Dibabiya, Saudi Arabia. For his birth date, he uses either July 10^th or 11^th, 1965. He is one meter fifty-seven centimeters tall, and he weighs fifty-nine kilograms. He has black hair, black eyes, and an olive complexion. El-Hoorie has a mole on his face.

The U.S. is offering a reward of up to twenty-five-million dollars for information leading to the arrest of Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie. 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.