Younis Mohammad Ibrahim al-Hayyari

The Morrocan Younis Mohammad Ibrahim al-Hayyari (1969-2005) was #1 on Saudi Arabia's list [http://www.saudiembassy.net/2005News/Statements/StateDetail.asp?cIndex=532 List of 36 most-wanted terrorist suspects] , Embassy of Saudi Arabia to the United States, 28 June 2005, subject to updates] of 36 "most wanted terrorist suspects" published on 28 June 2005. He was killed five days later in a Saudi raid in western Riyadh. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4645765.stm 'Al-Qaeda chief' killed in Riyadh] , BBC, 3 July 2005] His name in Arabic wasيونس محمد إبراهيم الحياري.

The Saudi statement says that al-Hayyari traveled to KSA on hajj in 2001 and then went underground. He was accused of playing a part in several attacks in the country, in affiliation with fellow Moroccan Karim El Mejjati, who was killed at Ar Rass a few weeks earlier.

See also al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

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