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The suspects
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Usama bin Laden
Jamal
al-Badawi
The
most senior of the six arrested suspects. Told investigators
he received telephone instructions for the bombing from
Mohammed Omar al-Harazi in the United Arab Emirates. Badawi
said he had met Harazi in Afghanistan during the war but had
not seen him since.
Mohammed
Omar
al-Harazi
Identified
by Badawi as his contact in the Emirates. Believed to have
financed the attack. Saudi citizen born to a Yemeni family
in the Haraz region. Also known as "Abu al-Mohsin"
and "Abu al-Hasan". Still at large. According to
the Yemen Times (11 December), he was living in the UAE and
used to visit Aden, although he disappeared four days before
the bombing.
Walid
al-Sourouri
Policeman
from Lahej. Provided false identification and other
documents for the suicide bombers, but may not have been
aware of the plot.
Fatha
Abdul Rahman
Policeman
from Lahej. Provided false identification and other
documents for the suicide bombers, but may not have been
aware of the plot.
Yasser
al-Azzani
Knew
the bombers and gave them lunch at his home in Aden on the
day before the attack, but it is unclear how much he knew of
their plans.
Jamal
Ba Khorsh
Apparently
recruited to videotape the attack, but failed to do so.
Ahmad
al-Shinni
No
details given.
Raed
Hijazi
Former
Boston taxi driver - American citizen of Palestinian origin.
Was handed over from Syria to Jordan, where he had been
sentenced to death in his absence. US authorities reportedly
want to extradite him for trial in the US in connection with
the Cole bombing.
Tawfiq
Atash
A
Saudi of Yemeni descent. Arrested in Yemen in 1996 on
suspicion of having Bin Laden connections but later
released. Met Khalid al-Midhar, the Pentagon hijacker, in
Malaysia in January 2000. Alleged to have brought a letter
from Bin Laden out of Afghanistan discussing an attack on
American ships off the coast of Aden.
Abd
al-Muhsin al-Taifi
Believed
to be one of the two suicide bombers. Yemeni national,
possibly with Saudi connections. Was wanted for questioning
about the 1998 bombing of the American embassy in Nairobi.
Hassan
Said Awadh Khemeri
Believed
to be the
second suicide bomber. Yemeni national, alleged to have
trained in Afghanistan. He had been arrested in 1999 (but
later released) in connection with a plot to kidnap
Americans working at a Baptist hospital in Jiblah. The
kidnap was apparently aimed at securing the release of Abu
al-Hassan al-Mihdar, leader of the Islamic Army.
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