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.
