FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
List of most wanted terrorists sought by the FBI
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| November 2024 | A military judge rules that Mohammed's plea deal is 'valid and enforceable'. |
| September 2024 | Released a book online titled 'Free Reading of 33 Strategies of War' under the pen name 'Zaydan', outlining a new strategy for global Jihad that seeks to be more flexible and build broader relationships. |
| August 2 2024 | Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin revokes Mohammed's plea deal. |
| July 31 2024 | Mohammed agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence. |
| February 2023 | A report from the United Nations indicated that de facto leadership of Al-Qaeda had passed to Saif al-Adel based on member state intelligence. |
| August 2 2022 | Following the death of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. drone strike, Saif al-Adel remained in Iran, complicating his potential succession as al-Qaeda's leader. |
| September 7 2021 | Mohammed's trial restarts but is again postponed for plea deal negotiations. |
| December 18 2020 | Mohammed's trial is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| December 18 2020 | Trial date postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| July 26 2019 | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed submitted a letter to the court, expressing willingness to help 9/11 attack victims and their families in a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia, while requesting elimination of his death sentence. |
| April 2018 | A North Carolina court ordered payment of $15,000 to Shakur's representative, her sister Beverly Goins, as part of a land deal. |
| July 2017 | Women's March official Twitter feed celebrated Shakur's birthday, which generated media criticism. |
| April 2017 | Colin Kaepernick's foundation donated $25,000 to the Chicago Black activist group Assata's Daughters. |
| March 16 2016 | A Twitter account affiliated with al-Qaeda implicated Saif al-Adel as having been sent to Syria to aid against the Russian intervention in the Syrian Civil War. |
| 2015 | Kean University dropped hip-hop artist Common as a commencement speaker due to police complaints over his song 'A Song For Assata'. |
| 2015 | Al-Qaeda made a deal with the IRGC's Qods Force to return Saif al-Adel to Afghanistan, but he reportedly refused, preferring to maintain Iran as his base of activities. |
| September 20 2015 | Al Arabiya reported that Saif al-Adel was part of a prisoner exchange between Iranian authorities and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen. |
| August 2015 | A eulogy written by Saif al-Adel for Abu Khalid al-Suri, a prominent al-Qaeda figure, was released, where he criticized the Islamic State for its 'twisted' and 'perverted' thoughts. |
| March 2 2015 | Liban Haji Mohamed was detained by Somali authorities but remains on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list. |
| 2012 | Egyptian authorities reported the arrest of Saif al-Adel at Cairo International Airport upon his return from Pakistan via the United Arab Emirates, although other sources claimed he was still under house arrest in Iran. |
| February 29 2012 | Muhammad Ibrahim al-Makkawi was arrested by Egyptian police at Cairo Airport upon arrival from Pakistan. He denied being Saif al-Adel during interrogation. |
| 2011 | In 2011, connections were established linking Saif al-Adel to the earlier kidnapping of Daniel Pearl. |
| July 2011 | Reports indicated that Saif al-Adel returned to Iran. |
| June 8 2011 | Fazul Abdullah Mohammed killed by Somalian forces, confirmed by DNA testing. |
| March 2011 | Saif al-Adel is alleged to have released another set of five letters through Abu Walid al-Masri, which addressed the Arab Spring uprisings. |
| 2010 | Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali reported killed in a drone strike in Pakistan. |
| December 2010 | Saif al-Adel reportedly sent five letters to Abu Walid al-Masri, discussing the War in Afghanistan and criticizing the failings of the jihadist movement, which were later posted online by al-Masri. |
| October 2010 | Der Spiegel reported that Saif al-Adel was located in the Waziristan region, which lies between Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. |
| March 2010 | Saif al-Adel was released from house arrest in Tehran, Iran, in exchange for the release of Heshmatollah Attarzadeh, an Iranian diplomat kidnapped in November 2008. |
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