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Viewing cable 09RIYADH272, SAUDI MOST WANTED LIST

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09RIYADH272 2009-02-11 04:53 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Riyadh
VZCZCXYZ0010
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHRH #0272/01 0420453
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 110453Z FEB 09
FM AMEMBASSY RIYADH
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0115
INFO RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 4729
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL 0241
RUEHYN/AMEMBASSY SANAA 1617
UNCLAS RIYADH 000272 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER YM SA
SUBJECT: SAUDI MOST WANTED LIST 
 
REF: RIYADH 268 
 
Following is the Saudi list of 85 most wanted terror suspects.  All 
are Saudi nationals except numbers 47 and 64, who are Yemenis. 
Additional information on individual names is from Saudi media 
sources. 
 
1. Abdul-Ilah Mustafa Mohammed Al-Jubeiri Al-Shihri: nephew of 
Yousef Mohammed Mubarak Al-Jubeiri Al-Shihri (see 85); brother of 
Saad al-Shihri who was on 2005 Saudi most wanted list. 
 
2. Abdulrahman Abdullah Abdurrahman Al-Dosari 
3. Abdullah Hassan Tali Assiri 
4. Abdullah Salim Duheim Al-Qahtani 
5. Abdullah Abdurrahman Abdullah Al-Murshid 
6. Abdullah Abdurrahman Mohammed Al-Harbi 
7. Abdullah Abdel-Karim Ibrahim Al-Salloum 
8. Abdullah Othman Abdurrahman Al-Dubeikhi 
9. Abdullah Farraj Mohammed Hamoud Al-Juweir: brother Fahd was 
killed in confrontation with Saudi security forces after failed 
attempt to blow up Abqaiq refinery in 2006. 
 
10. Abdullah Mohammed Abdullah Al-Ayed 
11. Abdullah Nasser Suleiman Al-Raya'ei 
12. Abdul-Mohsin Abdullah Ibrahim Al-Sharikh: brother of 2007 
Guantanamo returnees Abdulhadi and Abdulrazzaq al-Sharikh. 
 
13. Adel Fileih Salim Al-Jaffari Al-Anazi 
14. Adnan Mohammed Ali Al-Sayigh/(Sayegh):  Age 27; went to 
Afghanistan in 2000 as a relief worker; released from Guantanamo in 
2006 and completed rehabilitation program; disappeared in January 
2009 while visiting relatives in Bahah; brother-in-law of Othman 
al-Ghamidi (see 70). 
 
15. Ahmad Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Tuweijiri 
16. Ahmad Salih Ali Al-Shiha:  left home two and a half years ago to 
"study abroad;" spent one semester as full-time student at Imam 
University in Riyadh; last contacted his family early January 2009. 
 
17. Ahmad Abdullah Salih Al-Zahrani 
18. Ahmad Ali Barakat Al-Zahrani 
19. Ahmad Ali Atallah Al-Farhood 
20. Ahmad Kuteim Mohammed Al-Huzali 
21. Ali Saud Omeir Al-Shanbari 
22. Ali Abdulaziz Ali Al-Omar 
23. Ateik Faraj Sati Al-Hassanani 
24. Azzam Abdullah Zureik Al-Maulid Al-Subhi 
25. Badah Mukhis Badah Al-Kodari Al-Qahtani 
26. Badr Saud Oweid Al-Aufi Al-Harbi 
27. Badr Mohammed Nasser Al-Shihri 
28. Baheej Abdulaziz Abdullah Al-Baheeji 
29. Bassil Ayed Ali Al-Qahtani 
30. Fahd Rikad Sameer Al-Ruweili 
31. Fahd Salih Suleiman Al-Jutaili 
32. Fahd Mohammed Saad Al-Ajlan 
33. Fahd Mohammed Ali Al-Jueithin 
34. Faisal Jassim Mohammed Al-Omari Al-Khalidi 
35. Fawaz Al-Humeidi Hajid Al-Habradi Al-Oteibi 
36. Fawaz Oweiz Ateeq Al-Zahimi Al-Salami 
37. Fayez/(Faiz) Ghuneim Hameed Al-Hijri Al-Harbi (27): finished 
secondary school in Jeddah then joined a madrassah; left in 
September 2008 to "seek Islamic education outside the Kingdom." 
 
38. Hassan Ibrahim Hamad Al-Shabaan 
39. Hassan Ayed Badah al-Saad Al-Qahtani 
40. Hussein Mohammed Abdu 
41. Hamad Hussein Nasser Al-Hussein 
42. Ibrahim Hassan Tali Assiri 
43. Ibrahim Suleiman Hamad Al-Hablain 
44. Ibrahim Salman Mohammed Al-Rubeish 
45. Ibrahim Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mudian 
46. Jaber Jabran Ali Al-Fifi/(Faifi): age 33; elementary school 
education; traveled to Pakistan/Tora Bora; arrested there and sent 
to Guantanamo; released in February 2007. 
 
47. Kassem/(Qassem) Mohammed Mehdi Al-Rimi/(Reemi): age 30; Yemeni; 
rented a house where a plan to assassinate the U.S. Ambassador in 
Yemen was developed; engaged in monitoring of the U.S. Embassy in 
Sana'a. 
 
48. Khalid Ibrahim Ahmad Al-Sunbul Al-Assiri 
49. Khalid Saleem Oweid Al-Luheibi Al-Harbi 
50. Khalid Salih Ali Al-Samiti 
51. Khalid Ghallab Fari Al-Rouki Al-Oteibi 
52. Majed Mohammed Abdullah Al-Majed 
53. Mohammed Abdullah Hassan Abul-Khair: age 34; married to Osama 
bin Laden's daughter and served as his bodyguard; linked to Ramzi 
Binalshibh. 
 
54. Mohammed Abdurrahman Suleiman Al-Rashid 
55. Mohammed Ali Mohammed Al-Mutlaq 
56. Mohammed Hilal Thawab Al-Makati Al-Oteibi 
57. Mohammed Oteik Oweid Al-Aufi Al-Harbi/(Muhammad al-Oufi): 
reportedly fought in Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Kashmir before being 
captured; claimed he was in Afghanistan to help refugees; released 
from Guantanamo in 2007; appeared in al-Qaeda video in Yemen with 
Saeed al-Shihri (see 74). 
 
58. Mohammed Saad Saeed Al-Siam Al-Omari 
59. Mishaal Mohammed Rasheed Al-Shadoukhi 
60. Mujab Atiyyah Abdel-Karim Al-Zahrani 
61. Mukad Qa'ed Mukad Al-Mukati 
62. Murtada Ali Saeed Mukram/(Murtadha Ali Sa'eed Magram)/(Murtadi 
Muqrim): former employee of Saudi Electric Co. in Riyadh; went to 
Afghanistan with two friends who were killed; returned from 
Guantanamo in 2007; served time in Haer prison in Riyadh; received 
government stipend upon release and started a vegetable business 
which he abandoned after a short time; disappeared in October 2008; 
married with 2 children. 
 
63. Naif Mohammed Saeed Al-Kodari Al-Qahtani 
64. Nasser Abdel-Karim Abdullah Al-Wiheishi, Yemeni 
65. Obeid Abdurrahman Abdullah Al-Oteibi 
66. Obeid Mubarak Obeid Al-Kufeil 
67. Okeil Omeish Okeil Al-Muteiri/(Aqil al-Mutairi): age 31; from 
al-Bikairiyah; left for Iraq three years ago; last contacted his 
family five months ago. 
 
68. Osama Ali Abdullah Damjan 
69. Osama Hamoud Gharman Al-Shihri 
70. Othman Ahmad Othman Al-Omeirah Al-Ghamidi/(Ghamdi): Released 
from Guantanamo in 2006; lived in Bahah and worked as a car dealer; 
married with one son; brother-in-law of Adnan Mohammed Ali Al-Sayigh 
(see 14) 
 
71. Othman Suleiman Dakheel Al-Suweid 
72. Rayed Abdullah Salim Al-Zahiri Al-Harbi 
73. Rayyan Mohammed Humeidi Al-Zayedi 
74. Saeed Bin Ali Jaber Al-Shihri:  Allegedly went to Afghanistan 
two weeks after 9/11 where he provided funds to other extremists and 
trained in urban warfare militants ; arrested in a hospital in 
Pakistan after suffering injuries; released from Guantanamo in 2007; 
recently surfaced in Yemen where he appeared in al-Qaeda video with 
Muhammad al-Oufi (see 57). 
 
75. Sultan Radi Sumeilil Al-Oteibi 
76. Salih Abdullah Salih Al-Qar'awi: age 27; provided finds and 
recruits to late head of al-Qaeda in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi; 
received explosives training in Iran; worked to unify various 
branches of al-Qaeda; left Saudi Arabia for the UAE on a forged 
passport in 2007. 
 
77. Salih Naif Eid Al-Makhlafi 
78. Salih Suleiman Hamad Al-Hablain 
79. Thamir Mohammed Ghiram Al-Omari 
80. Tuleihan Mutlaq Tuleihan Al-Muteiri 
81. Turki Mashouy Zayed Assiri 
82. Waleed Abdullah Ibrahim Bin Barghash 
83. Waleed Ali Mishafi Al-Mishafi Assiri 
84. Yousef Mohammed Jameel Abdullah Al-Takrooni 
85. Yousef Mohammed Mubarak Al-Jubeiri Al-Shihri 
 
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