Who Tops U.S. Most Wanted List After Laden's Death

By STAFF Writer
TUESDAY, May 03, 2011

After the death of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden on Sunday in Pakistan, the official website of F.B.I. gets an update. It layered a red box over the black and white portrait of Osama with the word "DECEASED."

The Al-Qaida leader was on the top of the U.S. "most wanted" list with a reward of $27 million, though U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not mention about payment of any reward in a news conference on Monday.

F.B.I has now eliminated Osama from the Most Wanted list and Ayman al-Zawahiri takes the top spot. His name is associated with a reward of $25 million and he is the only other person on the list presently carrying a reward of such huge amount.

Up to $5 million is rewarded for information that leads to the capture of wanted militants or its conviction and $1 million for others.

State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security administers the Most Wanted lists reward program.

Now, who is Ayman al-Zawahiri?

Ayman al-Zawahiri is the person behind bombings of U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya on August 7, 1998. He is the founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), organization that opposes the secular Egyptian Government. It is believed that in 1988 the EIJ merged with Al Qaeda.

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OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD

By STAFF Writer
Monday, May 02, 2011

Al-Qaeda leader Bin Laden is Dead, says U.S. President Barack Obama.

Al-Qaida mastermind and the most wanted face of terrorism Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan in a firefight with United States forces on Sunday, announced President Obama.

Mr. President declared in a dramatic late-night appearance in White House East Room that "justice has been done."

Six days after 9/11 WTC attacks a reporter asked the then U.S. President George W. Bush, "Do you want Bin Laden dead?" Bush replied, "I want him — I want justice." About a decade after the quest ended with the death of Osama.

Crowds outside White House after the news of Laden's death flashed

In a 80-minute confrontation with American forces in the medium-sized city of Abbttabad in Pakistan came end of Bin Laden. He was presumed to be hiding for long in this remote tribal area, about an hour's drive from Islamabad and home to Pakistani military base.

The massive compound where he was sheltered included a house about eight times larger than other homes in the locality. The house, however, had no Internet connections and not even a telephone.

According to a senior administration official, when American operatives converged, Osama "resisted the assault force" and in the middle of intense gun battle he was killed.

The official added further that first time last summer intelligence and military officials learned about a "high-value target" being protected in the compound. Since then a plan was being worked to get Laden. President Obama presided few national security meetings in beginning of March at the White House to discuss about the operation plan and on Friday morning he gave the final order of strike.

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