FBI Adds U.S. Citizen To Most Wanted Terrorist List
Two individuals — one a United States citizen who allegedly provided support to a foreign terrorist organization, the other wanted for his alleged role in the overseas kidnapping of an American — were added Wednesday to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list.
A third man wanted for questioning in connection with providing material support to terrorists has been added to the FBI’s Seeking Information—Terrorism list.
The FBI said that Omar Shafik Hammami, formerly from Alabama, has reportedly been a senior leader in al Shabaab, an insurgency group in Somalia.
Al Shabaab was designated a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department in 2008; it has since repeatedly threatened terrorist actions against America and American interests. Hammami allegedly traveled to Somalia in 2006 and joined al Shabaab’s military wing, eventually becoming a leader in the organization.
Hammami—who has been indicted in the U.S. on various terrorism charges—is believed to be in Somalia.
The other person designated by the FBI is Raddulan Sahiron, a native of the Philippines. Sahiron is wanted for his alleged involvement in the 1993 kidnapping of an American in the Philippines by the Abu Sayyaf Group, designated a foreign terrorist organization in 1997.
Sahiron, believed to be the leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group, was indicted on federal hostage-taking charges and may currently be in the area of Patikul Jolo, Sulu, Philippines.
The FBI said it is also seeking information on Shaykh Aminullah, who is wanted for questioning in connection with providing material support to terrorists…with the aid of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (designated a foreign terrorist organization in 2001). Among other activities, Aminullah allegedly provided assistance, including funding and recruits, to the Al Qaeda network; provided funding and other resources, including explosive vests, to the Taliban; and facilitated the activities of anti-coalition militants operating in Afghanistan by raising money in support of terrorist activities. He is believed to be in the Ganj District of Peshawar, Pakistan.
The FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List was created in October 2001, and later the Seeking Information—Terrorism list, to publicize efforts to locate terrorism suspects not yet indicted in the U.S.