Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser (Arabic: عبد الكريم حسين محمد الناصر) is a Saudi Arabian alleged member and suspected leader[1] of the organization Hezbollah Al-Hijaz, wanted[2] in the United States in connection with the June 25, 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 U.S. Air Force personnel and wounded 498 other people of many nationalities.[3]
Al-Nasser was born in Al Ihsa, Saudi Arabia and speaks Arabic and Persian.[citation needed]
Al-Nasser has been on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list since its inception in 2001. The Rewards for Justice Program is offering up to US$5 million for information leading to the capture of Abdelkarim Al-Nasser. Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser has been indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia for the June 25, 1996, bombing of the Khobar Towers military housing complex in Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Al-Nasser is the alleged leader of the terrorist organization, Saudi Hizballah.[4]
(at p.1, col. 4.) Then-Saudi Minister of Health, Dr. Osama Abdul Majeed Shobokshi, was quoted as putting the number of casualties at 498 and the number of deaths, all American, at 19. The report mentions no Saudi deaths.
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