Al-Qaida suspects : Who are they? Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller urged the public Wednesday to help them search for seven al-Qaida suspects who could be in the United States plotting an attack. The FBI urges people to contact their local FBI office or consulate office overseas if they have any information about the suspects.   ADAM YAHIHYE GADAHN A 25-year-old U.S. citizen who also goes by the
names Adam Pearlman and Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki. FBI Director Robert Mueller said he attended al-Qaida training camps and acted as a translator for al-Qaida leaders. Gadahn describes himself on a Web site as having been raised on a goat ranch in Riverside County, Calif. He converted to Islam as a teenager after moving to Garden Grove, Calif.
goes by a slew of aliases and nicknames. He was also indicted for taking part in al-Qaida attacks on two U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998.
was among five men who vowed to die for al-Qaida's cause against America on videotapes found in the home of Mohammed Atef, al-Qaida's military chief who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan.
for 15 years. Nicknamed "Jafar the Pilot," Ashcroft said El Shukrijumah, 28, could be a "future facilitator of terrorist attacks for al-Qaida." He speaks English well and has tried to return on many occasions using various passports. "We know that he has been involved in terrorist planning with senior al-Qaida leaders overseas and has scouted sites across America that might be vulnerable to a terrorist attack," Ashcroft said.
Institute of Technology and received a biology degree in 1995 from Brandeis University. Officials believe she could be helping al-Qaida with logistics given her knowledge of the United States.
old is a licensed pilot and believed to have discussed hijacking a plane in Canada to crash it into a building over the border in the United States, according to Mueller.
Indian Ocean, officials believe he is al-Qaida's chief of operations for East Africa. A federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York indicted Mohammed in 1998 for allegedly taking part in the al-Qaida attacks on the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed more than 200 people. There is a $25 million reward for his capture. Officials believe he is in Kenya or Somalia. |

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