Submit A Tip | Most Wanted | War on Terrorism | FBI Home Page The alleged terrorists on this list have been indicted by sitting Federal Grand Juries in various jurisdictions in the United States for the crimes reflected on their wanted posters. Evidence was gathered and presented to the Grand Juries, which led to their being charged. The indictments currently listed on the posters allow them to be arrested and brought to justice. Future indictments may be handed down as various investigations proceed in connection to other terrorist incidents, for example, the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. It is also important to note that these individuals will remain wanted in connection with their alleged crimes until such time as the charges are dropped or when credible physical evidence is obtained, which proves with 100% accuracy, that they are deceased.
Usama Bin Laden	Ayman Al-Zawahiri	Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah	Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah	Ali Atwa
Anas Al-Liby	Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani	Hasan Izz-Al-Din
Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali	Fazul Abdullah Mohammed	Imad Fayez Mugniyah
Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil	Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan	Abdul Rahman Yasin
Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam	Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Mughassil	Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Muhammad Atef	Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie	Saif Al-Adel
Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub

Game for FBI and parents and children of the world: "Where's Saddam Hussein"

          We are about to launch a great war against Iraq, troops are converging on the scene, battle stations are being manned, bombs and bullets are being polished as we prepare to launch a full out effort to seek and destroy the Most Wanted Terrorist in the world--Saddam Hussein.
          But wait!   His picture isn't on the FBI list!
          Now, that does make you wonder.
          Above are listed the official Most Wanted Terrorists in the world according to the FBI, but one is missing--President. Hussein.   Dah, how come?
         The war on Iraq specifically geared to destroy Saddam Hussein is estimated conservatively to cost America about $60 billion dollars, plus countless lives that aren't included in that cost factor.   That's about $210 per person in America.   We're going to throw all our money, our power and our purpose to destroy a guy who isn't even on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorist list?
          That is most confusing.
          If the 22 guys listed by the FBI, plus the five ringers just thrown in at the last minute, represent the core of Terrorism, how come we haven't spent $60 billion to get them first?   It seems our priorities are off.
          Now, there's North Korea.   It's flagrantly building new nuclear bombs.   And it's not on the Most Wanted Terrorist list.  In fact, we've shelved the North Koreans as the Least Most Wanted Terrorists in favor of Iraq.
          The guy with the gun pointed at our back is favored over the guy who is threatening to build a gun to point at our head.  
          Then there's the five Not So Wanted Non-Terrorists we need to think about.

Ferris Wheel at Toys R Us

         And, the 22 Most Wanted Terrorists we have forgotten about.
          I truly don't mean to confuse anyone, least of all myself.
          I'm just thinking of my grandson asking me:  "Why, G-Pa, are we going to war with Iraq?"
          I'm sure the six-year-old will ask that question once the body bags start to fill up.  Kids always want to know who's killing whom and why.
            Yesterday, my wife and I took the kids up to Toys 'R Us to spend New Years afternoon riding the Ferris wheel and looking at all the toys on sale.   We also planned on taking them to Candyland located inside the store, a magical Willy Wonka display of candy that makes one's sweet tooth ache.
           On the way to the "N" Train we passed a dead pigeon.  It was lying on the sidewalk, its neck all twisted, the rain pelting its feathers, its pigeon feet curled in repose.
          "Oh," jumped Sarah, four, "a dead pigeon."

          "How come it died, G-Pa?  How come it died?"
          Hundreds of people passed by the dead bird.   It was a bad omen.  
          "It's in pigeon heaven," I said.  "It's flying around having fun in pigeon heaven," I quickly answered, not quite sure what to say.
           I thought about my answer.   When we kill Saddam, will I tell her and her brother Saddam is flying around Terrorist Heaven?   I wasn't sure.

Buying treats at CandyLand at Toys R Us

     But then, I realized I really couldn't go that far.  Saddam was not officially listed on the Most Wanted Terrorist list by the FBI.  Legally, he wasn't a "dead or alive" target.  
     All day I tried to get the dead pigeon analogy worked out.  I figured the U.S. was about to attack Iraq because they threw out the five Not So Wanted Terrorists on New Years Eve.    I figured that was a silent signal to all we were about to launch the attack, kind of like the French resistance playing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as a signal of Victory during World War II.   The opening--dah, dah, dah, dum--is Morse Code for the letter "V," a way of telling the world "We will be victorious!"

            So, I'm going to spend the rest of this week working out an answer to why the most wanted Terrorist of current time, Saddam Hussein, is not on the Most Wanted FBI list.   I'm going to work out an answer for my grandson when he asks:  "How come we're killing people in Iraq?"
           I know for sure how to answer the question about a dead pigeon, I just wish I had one for a dead Terrorist who didn't make the list..