There are seven men worth more than $7 million to the U.S. government.
These are the men who have eluded capture for years. The ones who have allegedly planned and executed terror attacks that have cost thousands of lives and contribute to continuing unrest around the world. They are the planners, the leaders, the masterminds.
The U.S. State Department maintains the list of the most wanted terrorists in the world. It’s different from the FBI’s list, and the rewards are much heftier.
Ahmed Abdi Aw-Mohamed
Reward: Up to $7 million
Nationality: Somali
Aw-Mohamed, who is also known as Ali Zubeyr Godane, is the alleged founder and leader of Harakat Shabaab al-Mujaheddin, the most prominent insurgent group in Somalia.
Al Shabaab has taken responsibility for death and destruction in Mogadishu and in central and northern Somalia, mostly for targeting members of the Somali government. The group has formally allied itself with Al Qaeda.
In what was undoubtedly a major resume booster, Time Magazine named Aw-Mohamed one of the 100 most influential people of 2012, along with fellow most wanted outlaw Mullah Omar, the Taliban founder.
Muhsin al-Fadhli
Reward: Up to $7 million
Born: April 24, 1981
Nationality: Kuwaiti
Al-Fadhli reportedly heads Al Qaeda operations in Iran.
Prior to that, he was a longtime facilitator and financier for the terror group, helping funnel money and resources from the Middle East to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
He has been subject to international freezing of assets, a travel ban, and an embargo on supply of equipment and other legal assistance by the UN Security Council for his terror affiliations.
He is wanted by the U.S., Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.
Hafiz Mohammad Saeed
Reward: Up to $10 million
Born: June 5, 1950
Nationality: Pakistani
Saeed leads the radical Islamist organization Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its militant arm, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba.
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba executed the 2008 terror attack in Mumbai, India that killed 166 people, including six Americans.
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