The State Department, using digital imaging, has updated the 1998 photograph of Osama bin Laden, a founder of al-Qaeda and one of its current leaders, along with Ayman al-Zawahiri.
US Embassy Bombing, Kenya
Al Qaeda (The Base), is a secretive terrorist network that operates as a network comprising a fundamentalist Sunni movement calling for global Jihad (Holy War).
The age-enhanced photo adds 10-years while depicting what bin Laden would look like with changes to his facial hair.
Thought to be behind the numerous terrorist activities world-wide, Osama bin Laden’s being sought for the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the bombing of a U.S. Embassy in Tanzania, and a second Embassy bombing in Nairobi, Kenya.
Osama bin Laden is suspected to be hiding in frontier Pakistan along the Afghan border although his exact location isn’t certain. In 2001, the last verified location of Bin Laden was in Tora Bora. For the last 9-years, his whereabouts, while suspected, have been largely unknown, evading U.S. special forces and Afghan militias.
Osama bin Laden is now 52, and there’s a $25 million bounty on his head. The U.S. State Department’s terrorism web site, Rewards for Justice, list 41 other wanted terrorists.
The information, including photographs, for Osama bin Laden’s page is below.
Wanted: Usama bin Ladin; Up to $25 Million Reward
Osama bin Laden
Height : 6’4″ – 6’6″(193 – 198 cm)
Weight : 160 lbs (71 kg)
Hair : Brown
Eyes : Brown
Complexion : Olive
Sex : Male
Nationality : Saudi Arabian
Characteristics : Full beard, mustache; walks with cane.
Status : Fugitive
Aliases : Usama bin Muhammad bin Ladin, Shaykh Usama bin Ladin, the Prince, the Emir, Abu Abdallah, Mujahid Shaykh, Hajj, the Director
Usama bin Ladin is wanted in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and for the August 7, 1998 bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya.
The individual listed above has been indicted on the following charges:
- Murder of U.S. nationals outside the United States
- Conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals outside the United States A
- ttack on a federal facility resulting in death.
Usama bin Ladin, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, Saif al-Adel, Anas al-Liby, Ahmed Mohamed Hamed Ali, and others already in custody are believed to be responsible for the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya on August 7, 1998. The embassy bombings killed 224 civilians and wounded over 5,000 others. These terrorists are believed to be members of al-Qa’ida, an international terrorist network headed by Usama bin Ladin.
