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'Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai'i' alias^[1] 'Anas al-Liby' (born March 30 1964 or May 14 1964), a Libyan, is under indictment^[2] in the United States for his part in the 1998 United States embassy bombings
in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. His aliases in the indictment are 'Nazih al Raghie' and 'Anas al Sebai'. In the FBI and State Department wanted posters^[3][4] about this individual, another variant of his name is transliterated 'Nazih Abdul Hamed Al-Raghie'.
The indictment accuses al-Liby of surveillance of potential British, French, and Israeli targets in Nairobi, in addition to the American embassy in that city, as part of a conspiracy by al-Qaeda and Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
Al-Liby had lived in the United Kingdom, where he was granted political asylum, and was later believed to have fled to Afghanistan to avoid prosecution for his involvement in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings.
He speaks Arabic and English.
In January 2002, news reports stated that al-Liby had been captured by American forces in Afghanistan ^[5]. Following this, in March 2002 news reports stated that al-Liby had been arrested by the Sudanese government and was being held in a prison in Khartoum.^[6] However U.S. officials soon denied those reports^[7] and al-Liby is still being sought.^[8]
Al-Liby has been on the USA's list of Most Wanted Terrorists since its inception on October 10, 2001. The United States Department of State, through the Rewards for Justice Program, is offering up to US$5,000,000 (formerly $25,000,000) for information about the location of Anas al-Liby.^[9]
A February 2007 Human Rights Watch document^[10] claims that al-Liby and others "may have once been held" in secret detention by the CIA, but the document includes no evidence or testimony to support that assertion.
On June 6, 2007, al-Liby was listed as a possible CIA "Secret Prisoner" by Amnesty International, without giving any reason or evidence, and despite the fact he remains on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list as of the published date (June 6, 2007). ^[11]

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Aliases

Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai'i	نزيه عبد الحمد نبيه الرقيعي	The surname is spelled لراجعي in the UN list.[12]
Anas al-Liby	أنس الليبي
Abu Anas al-Liby	أبو أنس الليبي	Some Arabic press reports call him by this name.
Anas al-Sebai	أنس السباعي
Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Raghie	نزيه عبد الحمد الراغي
Bananas Al-Liby	أبو أنس الليبي	Some Playing card manufacturers call him by this name.

References

1. Affiliates of al-Qaida and the Taliban, United Nations Security Council Committee 1267
2. Copy of indictment USA v. Usama bin Laden et al., Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
3. Wanted Poster on al-Liby (English), Rewards for Justice
4. Wanted Poster on al-Liby (Arabic), Rewards for Justice
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1717297.stm
6. Top al-Qaeda man 'held in Sudan', BBC News, Tuesday, 19 March 2002, 17:07 GMT
7. I'm Not the Man You're Looking For, ''Wall Street Journal'', Opinion Journal, by James Taranto, Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:49 p.m. EST
8. al-Liby profile, at the FBI
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10. Ghost Prisoner, Human Rights Watch, February 2007
11. http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR510932007
12. c