Press Release Washington Field Office December 3, 2009 601 ...

Press Release

December 3, 2009

Washington Field Office

601 4th St. NW

Washington, D.C. 20535

202-278-3519

Katherine Schweit



For Immediate Release

Four Alleged Hijackers Added to the FBI¡¯s Most Wanted Terrorists List

with a Reward For Justice Offer Announced

The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced today that four individuals who have

been charged for their role in a 1986 hijacking have been placed on the FBI¡¯s Most

Wanted Terrorists list. This action is undertaken in coordination with a joint

announcement with the U.S. Department of State that the Rewards for Justice Program is

offering a reward of up to $5 million each for information leading to the arrest and/or

conviction of the four individuals.

The following is the text of a joint Rewards for Justice ¨C Federal Bureau of Investigation

statement on a reward offer for information about the hijackers of Pan Am Flight 73:

The U.S. Department of State has authorized a reward of up to $5 million each for

information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Wadoud Muhammad Hafiz

al-Turki , Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim, Muhammad Abdullah Khalil Hussain arRahayyal, and Muhammad Ahmed al-Munawar ¡ª all believed to have been

members of the Abu Nidal terrorist organization.

These four suspects have been charged in the District of Columbia for their role in

the September 5, 1986 hijacking of Pan American World Airways Flight 73

during a stop in Karachi, Pakistan. The attack resulted in the murder of at least 20

passengers and crew, including two Americans, the attempted murder of 379

passengers and crew, and the wounding of more than 100 individuals on board.

Pakistani authorities arrested four suspects at the scene and later captured a fifth

suspect who helped plan the attack. All five, including the four individuals subject

to this reward offer, were tried, convicted and sentenced to prison in Pakistan.

In September 2001, one of the five convicted terrorists was released by Pakistani

authorities. This individual was later apprehended by the Federal Bureau of

Investigation, prosecuted and convicted in U.S. federal court on criminal charges,

and is now serving a 160-year sentence in a maximum-security prison.

In January 2008, the four hijackers subject to this reward offer were reportedly

released from Pakistani custody. Their current whereabouts are unknown.

Wadoud Muhammad Hafiz al-Turki was born on June 21, 1955, in Iraq. He stands

approximately 5 feet, 10 inches tall and has black hair and dark eyes. He is known

to have used the following aliases: Wadoud Muhammad Fahd al-Turk, Sliman Ali

Ahmad El-Turki, Salman Ali El-Turki, Bou Baker Muhammad, Sulaiman Alturki,

and Sulaiman Turki.

Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim is believed to have been born on September 5, 1965, in

Lebanon. He is approximately 5 feet, 9 inches tall and has brown hair and dark

eyes. He also is known by the aliases Ali Al Jassem Fahd, Fahd Ali al-Jassem,

Jamal Saeed Abdulrahim, Fahad Ali Al Jasseen, Ismael, and Fahad

Muhammad Abdullah Khalil Hussain ar-Rahayyal was born on November 27,

1965, in Lebanon. He is approximately 5 feet, 9 inches tall, and has black hair and

dark eyes. He has a scar under his left eye and a scar on his right cheek. He has

used the following aliases: Abdullah Khalil Muhammad, Abdullah Muhammad

Khalil, Khalil Antwan Kiwan, Khalil Alid, Antawan Kaiwan Khalil, Khalil and

Walid.

Muhammad Ahmed al-Munawar was born on May 21, 1965, in Kuwait. He

stands approximately 5 feet, 9 inches tall, has black hair, dark eyes, and a scar on

his left thumb. He has used various aliases, including Abdarahman Al Rashid

Mansour, Mansoor al-Rashid, Mansour Abdul Rahman Rashed, Ashraf Naeem,

Mansour, Zubair, and Shamed Khalil Zubair.

Information about Wadoud Muhammad Hafiz al-Turki, Jamal Saeed Abdul

Rahim, Muhammad Abdullah Khalil Hussain ar-Rahayyal, and Muhammad

Ahmed al-Munawar is located on the Rewards for Justice website:

(). The FBI also has placed these suspects on its Most

Wanted Terrorists website: (wanted/terrorists/fugitives.htm).

We encourage anyone with information on the location of Wadoud Muhammad

Hafiz al-Turki, Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim, Muhammad Abdullah Khalil Hussain

ar-Rahayyal, and Muhammad Ahmed al-Munawar to contact the nearest U.S.

embassy or consulate, any U.S. military commander, or the Rewards for Justice

office via the website (), e-mail (RFJ@) or

mail (Rewards for Justice, Washington, DC 20520-0303, USA). All information

will be kept strictly confidential.

Since its inception in 1984, the Rewards for Justice Program has paid more than

$80 million to more than 50 persons who provided credible information that has

resulted in the capture, prosecution, or death of terrorists or prevented acts of

international terrorism.

The Pan Am Flight 73 investigation is being handled by the FBI¡¯s Washington Field

Office (WFO). Inquiries and information about this release should be directed to the FBI

WFO¡¯s public information office at 202-278-3519. To share information and tips about

these individuals, please contact the Washington Field office at 202-278-2000.

The alleged terrorists on the FBI¡¯s Most Wanted Terrorists list have been indicted by

sitting Federal Grand Juries in various jurisdictions in the United States for the crimes

reflected on their wanted posters. The indictments currently listed on the posters allow

them to be arrested and brought to justice. Additional information regarding the FBI¡¯s

Most Wanted Terrorists program can be found

at: .

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