Anas al-Liby

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name =Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai'i
alias Anas al-Liby


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caption =Senior al-Qaeda suspect
birth_date =March 30, 1964
birth_place =Tripoli, Libya
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Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai'i alias [http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/consoltablelist.shtml Affiliates of al-Qaida and the Taliban] , United Nations Security Council Committee 1267] Anas al-Liby (born March 30 1964 or May 14 1964 ), a Libyan, is under indictment [http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/pdfs/binladen/indict.pdf Copy of indictment] USA v. Usama bin Laden et al., Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies] in the United States for his part in the 1998 United States embassy bombingsin Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. His aliases in the indictment are Nazih al Raghie and Anas al Sebai. In the FBI and State Department wanted posters [http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=Al_Liby Wanted Poster on al-Liby (English)] , Rewards for Justice] [http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/arabic/index.cfm?page=Al_Liby Wanted Poster on al-Liby (Arabic)] , Rewards for Justice] about this individual, another variant of his name is transliterated Nazih Abdul Hamed Al-Raghie.

The indictment accuses al-Liby of surveillance of potential British, French, and Israeli targets in Nairobi, in addition to the American embassy in that city, as part of a conspiracy by al-Qaeda and Egyptian Islamic Jihad.

Al-Liby had lived in the United Kingdom, where he was granted political asylum, and was later believed to have fled to Afghanistan to avoid prosecution for his involvement in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings.

He speaks Arabic and English.

In January 2002, news reports stated that al-Liby had been captured by American forces in Afghanistan [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1717297.stm BBC NEWS | South Asia | Who's who in al-Qaeda ] ] . Following this, in March 2002 news reports stated that al-Liby had been arrested by the Sudanese government and was being held in a prison in Khartoum. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1881397.stm Top al-Qaeda man 'held in Sudan'] , BBC News, Tuesday, 19 March 2002, 17:07 GMT] However U.S. officials soon denied those reports [ [http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=105001796 I'm Not the Man You're Looking For] , "Wall Street Journal", Opinion Journal, by James Taranto, Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:49 p.m. EST] and al-Liby is still being sought. [http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/teralliby.htm al-Liby profile] , at the FBI]

Al-Liby has been on the USA's list of Most Wanted Terrorists since its inception on October 10, 2001. The United States Department of State, through the Rewards for Justice Program, is offering up to US$5,000,000 (formerly $25,000,000) for information about the location of Anas al-Liby.c]

A February 2007 Human Rights Watch document [http://hrw.org/reports/2007/us0207/us0207web.pdf Ghost Prisoner] , Human Rights Watch, February 2007] claims that al-Liby and others "may have once been held" in secret detention by the CIA, but the document includes no evidence or testimony to support that assertion.

On June 6, 2007, al-Liby was listed as a possible CIA "Secret Prisoner" by Amnesty International, without giving any reason or evidence, and despite the fact he remains on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list as of the published date (June 6, 2007). [ [http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR510932007 USA: Off the Record. U.S. Responsibility for Enforced Disappearances in the "War on Terror" | Amnesty International ] ]

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