According to a report carried by Asharq Al-Awsat yesterday, some of the terrorists appearing on the new list are dangerous. Moroccan Younus Mohamed Al-Hayari, who is No. 1 on the list, is believed to be the leader of Al-Qaeda network in the Kingdom. Quoting a Saudi security source, the paper said Hayari, 36, is believed to have, âextensive contact with Al-Qaeda and handles the financial and organizational matters in the Kingdom.â Al-Hayari is believed to have entered the Kingdom using a Bosnian passport in February 2001. âPutting him as the first person on the list is an indication that he is the most dangerous suspect. He has wide military experience, he trained and fought in Bosnia and Herzegovina and can be considered the leader of the terrorist group in Saudi Arabia,â the Arabic daily said.The second on the list, Saudi Fahd Farraj Al-Juwair, 35, is believed to have been involved in clashes between Saudi forces and gunmen in January in Zulfi, northwest of Riyadh. The clashes resulted in four gunmen killed and three Saudi security men injured. âAl-Juwair was among those who frequented the location of the clashes before the confrontation,â the paper said. Both Al-Hayari and Al-Juwair are believed to be in Saudi Arabia. The paper also said that Saudi Abdullah Mohamed Al-Rumayan is believed to be held by Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq. âWe want him and believe he is a very important suspect,â the paper quoted the security source as saying.
The security source said that the list of 21 suspects outside Saudi Arabia, âare not necessarily in Iraq...We donât want to fall into the myth that the only safe haven (for suspects) is Iraq,â the security source said. Kuwaiti suspect Mohsen Ayed Al-Fadhili, 25, is also wanted by Kuwaiti authorities and is suspected of involvement in attacks in Kuwait and Iraq, in addition to the October 2000 attack on the American destroyer USS Cole in Yemen. âHe is one of the major financiers of Al-Qaeda in the Kingdom,â the security source told Asharq Al-Awsat.