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Anas al Liby

Photo courtesy of: FBI

aka "Anas al Sebai"
aka "Nazih al Raghie"

Leadership: al-Qaida **RF1**, **RF2**

A Libyan national who allegedly sat on al-Qaida’s consultation council. He was indicted in the United States on December 20, 2000, on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, kill U.S. citizens, commit terrorist acts, and destroy U.S. defense installations. He allegedly took photographs of the embassy in Kenya that were later used by bin Laden to pinpoint where the explosives should go.**RF3** Al Liby was a political refugee in the United Kingdom until 2000 but vanished before he could be arrested.

REFERENCES:

**RF1** United States v. Usama bin Laden et al., S (7) 98 Cr. 1023 (LBS), p. 34.

**RF2** "Hunting bin Laden: Who is bin Laden?" PBS Frontline (1999),

**RF3** "Five More People Indicted in Embassy Bombings Case," CNN, December 20, 2000, and Statements made by prosecution witness Jamal al-Fadl under oath in Southern District Court of New York February 6, 2001.

SOURCE:

Excerpted from Usama Bin Laden's al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network, by Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Swetnam. NY: Transnational Publishers, 2001.