Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ( _ar. Paul Johnson] in Riyadh, this group is suspected in connection with one bombing in Doha, Qatar in March 2005. [http://www.forbes.com/home/energy/2005/03/25/cz_0325oxan_qatarattack.html The Advent Of Terrorism In Qatar] , "Forbes", 25 March 2005] The group also publishes the al-Qaeda online magazine Voice of Jihad.

For a chronology of recent terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia, see Insurgency in Saudi Arabia.

The following is a list of names of people who have been purported in one way or another to be AQAP members. Most, but not all, are or were Saudi nationals. Roughly half have appeared on Saudi "most wanted" lists. In the left column is the rank of each member in the original 2003 list of the 26 most wanted.

2005 list of KSA's 36 most wanted

Riyadh published a new 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 wanted suspects on 28 June 2005. Of its 36 members, the Saudis believed 15 to be within the country and 21 abroad. The following version of the list was current in 2006.

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