02/01/2002
EDITORIAL NUMBER=0-09679

FIFTH TERROR SUSPECT IDENTIFIED

The United States now knows the identities of all five suspected al-Qaida members seen delivering martyrdom messages on videotapes discovered in Afghanistan.

The fifth man, whose identity was initially unknown, is a thirty-six-year-old Canadian citizen: Al Rauf Bin Al Habib Bin Yousef Al-Jiddi (al rawf al ha-beeb bin yussef al jeedee). Al Jiddi was born in Tunisia. He was identified in part from a suicide letter found in the rubble of the Afghanistan residence of Mohammad Atef. Atef, Osama bin Laden's military chief, was reportedly killed in a U.S. air strike last November.

The U.S. Justice Department has released the videos and photos of al-Jiddi and the four other suspected al-Qaida members. They are: Ramzi Binalshibh (Ramsey Ben-al-sheep), Abd Al-Rahim (Ab-dul Ra-hem), Muhammad Sa’id Ali Hasan (Muhammad Sa-ed Alee Ha-san), and Khalid Ibn Muhammad Al-Juhani (Ha-lid e-bin Muhammad Al-Jo-han-ee).

Binalshibh, from Yemen, was an associate of Mohamed Atta. Atta was one of the September 11th suicide hijackers and a member of an al-Qaida cell based in Hamburg, Germany.

The U.S. is also looking for an associate of Al-Jiddi. He is identified as Faker Boussora (fah-ker bow-SOR-ah), who is also a Canadian citizen born in Tunisia. He may be traveling with Al-Jiddi. Both men should be considered extremely dangerous.

Photographs of the five men have been released on the F-B-I’s internet site. The photos have been altered to show what each individual might look like if he adopted a Westernized appearance. The photos and other information about terrorist suspects can be viewed at www.fbi.gov

The pictures of these individuals are being distributed to law enforcement officials worldwide. Attorney General John Ashcroft said that international help is critical to finding these men.

The United States urges anyone who has seen Al Rauf Bin Al Habib Bin Yousef Al-Jiddi, Ramzi Binalshibh, Abd Al-Rahim, Muhammad Sa’id Ali Hasan, and Khalid Ibn Muhammad Al-Juhani to contact U.S. or other authorities.