Samir Abduh Sa'id al-Maktawi (Arabic: ) (born in 1968 in Saudi Arabia and identified as a Yemeni) became wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts. He was identified as a known associate of the Yemen cell leader, Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei. In early 2002, he had been named in a suspected Yemen plot, for which he became listed on the FBI's third major "wanted"...
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Samir Abduh Sa'id al-Maktawi (Arabic: ) (born in 1968 in Saudi Arabia and identified as a Yemeni) became wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts. He was identified as a known associate of the Yemen cell leader, Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei. In early 2002, he had been named in a suspected Yemen plot, for which he became listed on the FBI's third major "wanted" list, now known as the FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list.
Although he is no longer in the official count of suspects on the "Seeking Information" list, four years later, his photo and name remain archived by the FBI on a group page linked to that "wanted" list. Very little else is known about him.
On October 12, 2000, one year prior to 9/11, Yemen became an early theater in the War on Terrorism, when the 2000 USS Cole bombing killed 17 American sailors and wounded 40 off the port coast of Aden, Yemen. In the aftermath, the...
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