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Yemeni list of most wanted suspected terrorists

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Yemen maintains a Yemeni list of most wanted suspected terrorists.[1] On March 30, 2009, Yemen added "38 wanted Al Qaeda-linked militants", bring the number of individuals on the list to 154.[2][3] The list includes 85 individuals who are also listed on the Saudi list of most wanted suspected terrorists.

In 2009, after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian who lived in Yemen, who subsequently attempted to bomb an airliner, Yemen's Minister of Information appeared on PBS Newshour to respond to President Barack Obama, who questioned why he was not on Yemen's list of most wanted suspected terrorists.[4]

In October 2011 a missile from an American unmanned aerial vehicles was reported to have killed Anwar al-Awlaki, Samir Khan and Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri.[5] According to The Guardian al-Awlaki and Khan were joint citizen of both Yemen and the USA, and all three men had been on Yemen's most wanted list. Al-Awlaki had been prominent, in the USA, where he presented two faces. Speeches he made in English were moderate, while speeches made in Arabic included fiery calls for violence and militancy. reported that prominent bomb-maker [[]] [5]

The Times of Israel reported on a list of 25 individuals added to the list in August 2013, that included Ibrahim Mohammed el-Rubaish and Ibrahim Hassan el-Assiri, even though al-Asiri had already been reported to have been killed in 2011.[6] Yemeni authorities promised to pay a reward of $23,000 for information leading to the arrest of these individuals.[7]

In May 2014 the Associated Press reported that Saleh al-Tays had been killed by Yemeni forces, and described him as someone they had listed on their list of most wanted suspected terrorists.[8]

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  1. ↑ "Saudi Arabia nabs 11 al-Qaeda suspects on southern border - Summary". Earth Times. 2009-04-07. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29.
  2. ↑ "Yemen raises number of wanted militants to 154". The Peninsula. 2009-03-31. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  3. ↑ "Yemen hunts 154 al-Qaeda suspects". Saba News Agency. 2009-03-30. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
  4. ↑ "Obama Sharpens Criticism of Bomb Plot's 'Human and Systemic Failures'". PBS Newshour. 2009-12-29. Archived from the original on 2020-03-15. Retrieved 2026-08-08. He is not on the Yemeni list of most-wanted suspected terrorists. He only visited Yemen twice. His first visit was in 2004, and it lasted until 2005. And the second visit was last August, and he left during the last week of December. He came under the pretense of studying the Arabic language.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Bomb maker believed to be third victim of al-Awlaki drone strike in Yemen". The Guardian. 2011-10-01. Archived from the original on 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2026-08-08. Christopher Boucek, an expert who has studied AQAP and Yemen, told the Associated Press that the suspected death of Asiri was so important that it could "overshadow" the deaths of Awlaki and Khan. Asiri, 28, a Saudi Arabian engineer had fled to Yemen after being put on a list of his home country's most wanted terrorists.
  6. ↑ "Yemen releases names of 25 wanted al-Qaeda men". The Times of Israel. 2013-08-05. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2026-08-08. The statement listed some allegedly senior figures in the branch, known as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, including Saudi nationals Ibrahim Mohammed el-Rubaish and Ibrahim Hassan el-Assiri.
  7. ↑ Ahmed Al-Haj (2013-08-06). "Yemen released names of 25 wanted al-Qaeda men". Associated Press. Sanaa. Archived from the original on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2026-08-08 – via USA Today. Yemeni authorities released the names of 25 wanted al-Qaeda suspects on Monday, saying they were planning terrorist attacks in the capital, Sanaa, and other cities across the country.
  8. ↑ Ahmed Al-Haj (2014-05-25). "Yemen army says kills top al-Qaida militant". Associated Press. Retrieved 2026-08-08 – via WTOP News. Al-Tays is one of 25 on a list of wanted terrorists issued by the government in August 2013 on suspicion they were plotting to attack foreign offices and organizations, as well as Yemeni government installations and police and military. The statement listed some allegedly senior figures in the branch, known as Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, including Saudi nationals Ibrahim Mohammed el-Rubaish, who was released from the U.S.’s Guantanamo Bay facility in 2006, and Ibrahim Hassan el-Assiri.
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