. It was named for
. Like al-Qaeda, it opposes the Al Saud
In addition to a number of attacks in Saudi Arabia, and the kidnap and murder of
in March 2005. The group also publishes the al-Qaeda online magazine
attributes the 2004 Khobar massacre to this group. In this guise, it is also known as "The Jerusalem Squadron".
The following is a list of names of people who have been purported in one way or another to be AQAP members. Most, but not all, are or were Saudi nationals. Roughly half have appeared on Saudi "most wanted" lists. In the left column is the rank of each member in the original 2003 list of the 26 most wanted.
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Yousif Saleh Fahd al-'Uyayri (or Ayyiri or etc.) |
يوسف صالح فهد العييري |
first operational leader of AQAP, writer, and webmaster, killed June 2003 in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south...
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Khalid Ali bin Ali Hajj |
خالد علي بن علي حاج |
leader, killed in RiyadhRiyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 1,444,500 people, and the urban center of a...
March or April 2004 |
| 1 |
Abdulaziz Issa Abdul-Muhsin al-Muqrin Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin al-Muqrin alias Abu Hajr and Abu Hazim, , was the leader of the mujahedeen group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He reportedly succeeded Yousif Salih Fahad Al-Ayeeri in this role, when the latter was killed in a shootout in May 2003...
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عبد العزيز عيسى عبد المحسن المقرن |
leader, killed in RiyadhRiyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 1,444,500 people, and the urban center of a...
18 June 2004 |
| 5 |
Saleh Muhammad 'Audhuallah al-'Alawi al-Oufi Born in al-Hindiya, the Saudi Saleh Muhammad 'Awadullah al-'Alawi al-'Oufi was a member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula , and became the leader of that group when Abdel Aziz al-Muqrin was killed in June 2004...
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صالح محمد عوض الله العلوي العوفي |
leader, killed 17 or 18 August 2005 in Madinah |
| 2 |
Rakan Muhsin Mohammed al-Saikhan Rakan Muhsin Mohammad Alsaykhan was a terrorist who participated in a series of attacks against Westerners in Saudi Arabia in 2004 and in the kidnapping and beheading of American contractor Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia...
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راكان محسن محمد الصيخان |
killed 12 April 2004 in RiyadhRiyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 1,444,500 people, and the urban center of a...
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| 7 |
Saud Hamoud 'Abid al-Qatini al-'Otaibi |
سعود حمود عبيد القطيني العتيبي |
senior member, one of 15 killed in a 3-day battle in Ar RassRass is a Saudi Arabian town, located in the Al Qassim Province. It lies southwest of Buraydah, the capital of the province and also north of Riyadh, the national capital....
April 2005 |
| 4 |
Abdul Kareem Al-Majati |
عبد الكريم المجاطي |
Moroccan, killed with Saud al-Otaibi at Ar Rass, was wanted in the USA under the name Karim El Mejjati |
| 6 |
Ibrahim Muhammad Abdullah al-Rais |
إبراهيم محمد عبدا لله الريس |
killed 8 December 2003 in RiyadhRiyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 1,444,500 people, and the urban center of a...
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| 8 |
Ahmad Abdul-Rahman Saqr al-Fadhli |
أحمد عبدالرحمن صقر الفضلي |
killed 22 April 2004 in JeddahJeddah is a Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh...
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| 9 |
Sultan Jubran Sultan al-Qahtani alias Zubayr Al-Rimi Born Sultan Jubran Sultan al-Qahtani on August 19, 1974 in Saudi Arabia, Zubayr al-Rimi was a militant in al-Qaeda's Saudi wing....
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سلطان جبران سلطان القحطاني |
q.v., killed 23 September 2003 in Jizan Jizan is the new name of the capital of the Jizan Province in the far south-west of Saudi Arabia. Jazan city is situated on the Red Sea coast and serves a large agricultural hinterland. It has a population of 100,694 . In the north there are Farasan Islands...
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| 10 |
Abdullah Saud Al-Siba'i |
عبد الله سعود السباعي |
killed 29 December 2004 |
| 11 |
Faisal Abdul-Rahman Abdullah al-Dakhil |
فيصل عبدالرحمن عبدالله الدخيل |
killed with al-Muqrin |
| 12 |
Faris al-Zaharani Faris Ahmed Jamaan al-Showeel al-Zahrani was on Saudi Arabia's list of 26 'most-wanted' suspected terrorists.-Life:Growing up in the Al-Baha region, al-Zahrani attended the Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University where he studied law, while working as an Imam.-Arrest:He was arrested in Abha by...
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فارس آل شويل الزهراني |
ideologue, captured 5 August 2004 in AbhaAbha is the capital of Asir province in Saudi Arabia. It is situated at 2,200 metres above sea level in the fertile mountains of south-western Saudi Arabia near the National Park of Asir. Its mild climate makes it a popular tourist destination for Saudis...
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| 13 |
Khalid Mobarak Habeeb-Allah al-Qurashi |
خالد مبارك حبيب الله القرشي |
killed 22 April 2004 in JeddahJeddah is a Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh...
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| 14 |
Mansoor Muhammad Ahmad Faqeeh |
منصور محمد أحمد فقيه |
surrendered 30 December 2003 in Najran Najran is a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the frontier with Yemen. It is the capital of Najran Province. Designated a New town by the Saudi Government in 1965, Najran is one of the fastest-growing cities in the kingdom, its population having risen from 47,500 in and 90,983 in 1992 to...
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| 15 |
'Issa Saad Muhammad bin 'Ushan |
عيسى سعد محمد بن عوشن |
ideologue, killed 20 July 2004 in RiyadhRiyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 1,444,500 people, and the urban center of a...
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| 16 |
Talib Saud Abdullah Al Talib |
طالب سعود عبدالله آل طالب |
at large (last of the original 26) |
| 17 |
Mustafa Ibrahim Muhammad Mubaraki |
مصطفى إبراهيم محمد مباركي |
killed 22 April 2004 in JeddahJeddah is a Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh...
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| 18 |
Abdul-Majiid Mohammed al-Mani' |
عبد المجيد محمد المنيع |
ideologue, killed 12 October 2004 in Riyadh |
| 19 |
Nasir Rashid Nasir Al-Rashid |
ناصر راشد ناصر الراشد |
killed 12 April 2004 in RiyadhRiyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 1,444,500 people, and the urban center of a...
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Sultan bin Bajad Al-Otaibi |
سلطان بن بجاد العتيبي |
spokesman and writer for al-Qaeda, killed 28 or 29 December 2004 |
| 20 |
Bandar Abdul-Rahman Abdullah al-Dakhil |
بندر عبدالرحمن عبدالله الدخيل |
killed December 2004 |
| 21 |
Othman Hadi Al Maqboul Almardy al-'Amari |
عثمان هادي آل مقبول العمري |
recanted, under an amnesty deal, 28 June 2004 in Namas |
| 22 |
Talal A'nbar Ahmad 'Anbari |
طلال عنبر أحمد عنبري |
killed 22 April 2004 in JeddahJeddah is a Saudi Arabian city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh...
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| 23 |
'Amir Muhsin Moreef Al Zaidan Al-Shihri |
عامر محسن مريف آل زيدان الشهري |
killed 6 November 2003 in RiyadhRiyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 1,444,500 people, and the urban center of a...
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| 24 |
Abdullah Muhammad Rashid al-Rashoud Abdullah Muhammad Rashid al-Rashoud was a member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and its so-called sharia committee, and, briefly, a member of al-Qaeda in Iraq. He was one of Saudi Arabia's most wanted fugitives when he was killed in Iraq in May or June 2005...
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عبد الله محمد راشد الرشود |
q.v., ideologue, killed May or June 2005 in IraqIraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , also known as Mesopotamia, is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.Iraq shares borders with Jordan to the west, Syria...
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| 25 |
Abdulrahman Mohammad Mohammad Yazji |
عبدالرحمن محمد محمد يازجي |
killed 6 April 2005 |
| 26 |
Hosain Mohammad Alhasaki |
حسين محمد الحسكي |
Moroccan, held in BelgiumThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
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Turki N. M. al-Dandani |
تركي ناصر مشعل الدندني |
cell leader, a former #1 most wanted, died by suicide July 2003 in al-Jawf Al Jawf may refer to:* Al Jawf, Saudi Arabia, a city known in Saudi Arabia for its major prison* Al Jawf Province, a province of Saudi Arabia* Al Jawf Governorate, a governorate of Yemen* Al Jawf, Libya, a city and municipality in Libya...
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Ibrahim bin Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad al-Muzaini |
إبراهيم بن عبد العزيز بن محمد المزين |
killed with Khalid Ali Hajj |
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Abdul-Rahman Mohammed Jubran al-Yazji |
عبدالكريم محمد جبران اليازجي |
killed 2 June 2004 in Ta'if |
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Mohammed Othman Abdullah al-Waleedi al-Shuhri |
محمد عثمان عبدالله الوليدي الشهري |
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Mansour Faqeeh |
منصور فقيه |
surrendered |
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Hamid Fahd Abdullah al-Salmi al-Shamri |
حمد فهد عبدالله الأسلمي الشمري |
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Ahmad Nasser Abdullah al-Dakhil |
أحمد ناصر عبدالله الدخيل |
(dead) |
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Turki bin Fuheid al-Mutairi a/k/a Fawaz al-Nashimi Fawaz bin Mohammed al-Nashimi , also known as Turki bin Fuheid al-Muteiry, was a member of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and was identified by the group as the 20th hijacker of the September 11th attacks. Born in Saudi Arabia, Nashimi participated in the 29 May 2004 Al-Khobar massacres and...
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تركي بن فيهد المطيري |
killed with al-Muqrin |
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Ibrahim bin Abdullah al-Dreiham |
إبراهيم بن عبد الله الدريهم |
killed with al-Muqrin |
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Jubran Ali Hakmi |
جبران علي حكمي |
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Hani Said Ahmed Abdul-Karim al-Ghamdi |
هاني سعيد أحمد عبد الكريم الغامدي |
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Ali Abdul-Rahman al-Ghamdi |
علي عبد الرحمن الغامدي |
surrendered 26 June 2003 |
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Bandar bin Abdul-Rahman al-Ghamdi |
بندر عبد الرحمن الغامدي |
captured September 2003 in YemenYemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is a country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia...
and extradited to KSASaudi Arabia , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south...
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Fawaz Yahya al-Rabi'i Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeiee was a al-Qaeda terrorist, sentenced to death in 2004 by a Yemeni court for his part in the 2002 attack on the French tanker Limburg...
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فواز يحيى الربيعي |
q.v., killed 1 October 2006 in Yemen |
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Abdul-Rahman Mansur Jabarah |
عبدالرحمن منصور جبارة |
"Canadian-Kuwaiti of Iraqi origin", dead according to al-Qaeda; brother of Kuwaiti-Canadian Mohamed Mansour Jabarah |
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Adnan bin Abdullah al-Omari |
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captured somewhere outside KSA, extradited to KSA November 2005 |
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Abdul-Rahman al-Mutib |
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killed in al QasimAl Qassim Province is one of the thirteen administrative provinces of Saudi Arabia. Located at the heart of the country, and almost in the center of the Arabian Peninsula. It has a population of 1,016,756 and an area of 65,000 km²...
December 2005 |
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Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman al-Suwailmi, alias Abu Mus'ab al-Najdi |
محمد بن عبد الرحمن السويلمي |
killed in al QasimAl Qassim Province is one of the thirteen administrative provinces of Saudi Arabia. Located at the heart of the country, and almost in the center of the Arabian Peninsula. It has a population of 1,016,756 and an area of 65,000 km²...
December 2005 |
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According to Saudi authorities, these 12 died or were killed while committing the Riyadh compound bombings The Riyadh compound bombings took place on May 12, 2003, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Altogether, some 35 people were killed, and over 160 wounded...
on 12 May 2003. Several were previously wanted. |
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Khaled Mohammad Muslim Al-JuhaniKhalid Ibn Muhammad Al-Juhani was a Saudi member of al-Qaeda who appeared cradling a rifle, in a 2002 videotape in which he promised a "martyrdom" attack...
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خالد محمد مسلم الجهني |
leader of this group |
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Abdul-Karim Mohammed Jubran Yazji |
عبد الكريم محمد جبران اليازجي |
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Mohammed Othman Abdullah Al-Walidi Al-Shehri |
ومحمد عثمان عبد الله الوليدي الشهري |
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Hani Saeed Ahmad Al Abdul-Karim Al-Ghamdi |
هاني سعيد أحمد عبد الكريم الغامدي |
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Jubran Ali Ahmad Hakami Khabrani |
جبران علي أحمد حكمي خبراني |
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Khaled bin Ibrahim Mahmoud |
خالد بن إبراهيم محمود |
called "Baghdadi" |
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Mehmas bin Mohammed Mehmas Al-Hawashleh Al-Dosari |
محماس بن محمد محماس الهواشلة الدوسري |
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Mohammed bin Shadhaf Ali Al-Mahzoum Al-Shehri |
محمد بن شظاف علي آل محزوم الشهري |
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Hazem Mohammed Saeed |
حازم محمد سعيد |
called "Kashmiri" |
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Majed Abdullah Sa'ad bin Okail |
ماجد عبدالله سعد بن عكيل |
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Bandar bin Abdul-Rahman Menawer Al-Rahimi Al-Mutairi |
بندر بن عبد الرحمن منور الرحيمي المطيري |
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Abdullah Farres bin Jufain Al-Rahimi Al-Mutairi |
عبدالله فارس بن جفين الرحيمي المطيري |
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The following five were reported killed in Dammam Dammam is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province and third largest in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh and Jeddah. Dammam Port is the largest on the Persian Gulf...
in early September 2005. |
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Zaid Saad Zaid al-Samari |
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a former most wanted |
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Saleh Mansour Mohsen al-Fereidi al-Harbi |
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Sultan Saleh Hussan al-Haseri |
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Naif Farhan Jalal al-Jehaishi al-Shammari |
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Mohammed Abdul-Rahman Mohammed al-Suwailmi |
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Riyadh published a new list of wanted suspects on 28 June 2005. Of its 36 members, the Saudis believed 15 to be within the country and 21 abroad. The following version of the list was current in 2006.
| English |
Arabic |
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| 15 allegedly inside Saudi Arabia: |
| Younus Muhammad Ibrahim al-Hiyari The Morrocan Younis Mohammad Ibrahim al-Hayyari was #1 on Saudi Arabia's list of 36 "most wanted terrorist suspects" published on 28 June 2005. He was killed five days later in a Saudi raid in western Riyadh. His name in Arabic was...
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يونس محمد إبراهيم الحياري |
Morocco |
killed in 3 July 2005 in RiyadhRiyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Nejd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 1,444,500 people, and the urban center of a...
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| Fahd Farraj Muhammad al-Juwair |
فهد فراج محمد الجوير |
KSA |
killed 27 February 2006 (shortly after the Abqaiq Bqaiq is a Saudi Aramco camp in the interior of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, located in the desert 60 km southwest of the Dhahran-Dammam-Khobar metropolitan area. The camp was built in the 1940s by ARAMCO...
attack) |
| Zaid Sa'ad Zaid al-Sammari |
زيد سعد زيد السماري |
KSA |
killed in the Dammam Dammam is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province and third largest in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh and Jeddah. Dammam Port is the largest on the Persian Gulf...
battle 4-7 September 2005 |
| Abdul-Rahman Salih Abdul-Rahman al-Miteb |
عبد الرحمن صالح عبد الرحمن المتعب |
KSA |
killed in Qassim 27 December 2005 |
| Saleh Mansour Muhsin al-Faridi al-Harbi |
صالح منصور محسن الفريدي الحربي |
KSA |
killed in the Dammam battle 4-7 September 2005 |
| Sultan Saleh Mussaan al-Hasri |
سلطان صالح هوصان الحاسري |
KSA |
killed in the Dammam battle 4-7 September 2005 |
| Mohamed Abdul-Rahman Muhammad al-Suwailemi |
محمد عبد الرحمن محمد السويلمي |
KSA |
killed in Qassim 27 December 2005 |
| Mohamed Saleh Muhammad al-Ghaith |
محمد صالح محمد الغيث |
KSA |
killed in the Abqaiq attack 24 February 2006 |
| Abdullah Abdul-Aziz Ibrahim al-Tuwaijeri |
عبد الله عبد العزيز إبراهيم التويجري |
KSA |
killed in the Abqaiq attack 24 February 2006 |
| Mohamed Saeed Muhammad Al Siam al-'Amri |
محمد سعيد محمد آل صيام العمري |
KSA |
captured 25 July 2005 in KSA |
| Ibrahim Abdullah Ibrahim al-Motair |
إبراهيم عبد الله إبراهيم المطير |
KSA |
killed 27 February 2006 |
| Walid Mutlaq Salaam al-Radadi |
وليد مطلق سالم الردادي |
KSA |
at large |
| Naif Farhan Khalid al-Juhaishi al-Shammari |
نايف فرحان جلال الجحيشي الشمري |
KSA |
killed in the Dammam battle 4-7 September 2005 |
| Majed Hamid Abdullah al-Hasri |
ماجد حامد عبد الله الحاسري |
KSA |
killed 18 August 2005 |
| Abdullah Muhaya Shalash al-Saliti al-Shammari |
عبد الله محيا شلاش السليطي الشمري |
KSA |
killed 27 February 2006 |
| 21 allegedly outside Saudi Arabia: |
| Noor Muhammad Moussa |
نور محمد موسى |
Chad |
killed in Iraq |
| Manour Muhammad Yousef |
مانور محمد يوسف |
Chad |
killed in Iraq |
| Othman Muhammad Hassan Kourani |
عثمان محمد حسن كوراني |
Chad |
killed in Iraq |
| Mohsen Ayed Fadhl al-Fadhli |
محسن عايد فاضل الفضلي |
Kuwait |
at large |
| Abdullah Walad Muhammad Sayyed |
عبد الله ولد محمد سيد |
Mauritania |
at large |
| Zaid Hassan Muhammad Humaid |
زيد حسن محمد حميد |
Yemen |
captured in Yemen |
| Fahd Saleh Razak-Allah al-Mahyani |
فهد صالح رزق الله المحياني |
KSA |
at large |
| Adnan Abdullah Faris al-'Amri al-Sharif |
عدنان عبد الله فارس العمري الشريف |
KSA |
held in KSA November 2005, captured elsewhere |
| Marzouq Faisal Marzuq al-'Otaibi |
مرزوق فيصل مرزوق العتيبي |
KSA |
at large |
| Adel Abdul-Latif Ibrahim al-Sani' |
عادل عبد اللطيف إبراهيم الصنيع |
KSA |
at large |
| Muhammad Abdul-Rahman Muhammad al-Dhait |
محمد عبد الرحمن محمد الضيط |
KSA |
at large |
| Sultan Sunaitan Muhammad al-Dhait |
سلطان صنيتان محمد الضيط |
KSA |
at large |
| Salih Sa'id Al Batih al-Ghamdi |
صالح سعيد آل بطيح الغامدي |
KSA |
at large |
| Faiz Ibrahim 'Umar Ayub |
فايز إبراهيم عمر أيوب |
KSA |
surrendered in KSA 1 July 2005 (3 days after this list appeared) |
| Khaled Muhammad 'Abas al-Harbi |
خالد محمد عباس الحربي |
KSA |
at large |
| Muhammad Othman Muqrah al-Zahrani |
محمد عثمان مفرح الزهراني |
KSA |
at large |
| Abdullah Muhammad Salih al-Ramyan |
عبدالله محمد صالح الرميان |
KSA |
held outside KSA |
| Muhammad Salih Sulaiman al-Rashoudi |
محمد صالح سليمان الرشودي |
KSA |
held outside KSA |
| Sa'ad Muhammad Mubarak al-Jubairi al-Shuri |
سعد محمد مبارك الجبيري الشهري |
KSA |
at large |
| Ali Matir Ibrahim al-'Osaimi |
علي ماطر إبراهيم العصيمي |
KSA |
killed in Iraq |
| Faris Abdullah Salaam al-Dhahiri al-Harbi |
فارس عبدالله سالم الظاهري الحربي |
KSA |
killed in Iraq |