Adnan El Shukrijumah left his family's home in 2001 and went to Trinidad on business supposedly to buy sunglasses and children's clothes for resale in South Florida flea markets.
Ten years later, Shukrijumah is a fugitive -- sought by the FBI as a leading operative for al-Qaida amid lingering questions about his possible association with key 9/11 hijackers before the terrorist attacks. He's also under indictment charged with directing a suicide-bomb plot in 2009 against the New York City subway system. The reward for his capture: $5 million.
Shukrijumah is especially dangerous because of the time he spent in America. His whereabouts -- and whether he played a direct role in 9/11 -- remains among the key unanswered questions a decade after the attacks.
Shukrijumah is now a top member and perhaps the head of al-Qaida's foreign operations subcommittee, according to terror expert Rohan Gunaratna. Gunaratna said, "He has moved up in the ranks because he's very clever and because he knows the main target, the United States." |