The FBI’s most wanted al-Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, President Biden announced Monday night. Al-Zawahiri, 71, helped plan the 9/11 attack and led al-Qaida after Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forced in 2011. “We make it clear again tonight that, that no…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives may have been dead for more than two decades. WUSA9 reports that the FBI plans to exhume a body that bears a “strong physical resemblance” to Bradford Bishop, who has been wanted for allegedly murdering his mother, wife and three sons in Montgomery…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A few days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Anas al Libi was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list. The reward – $25 million, the same amount offered for the capture of Osama bin Laden. On Saturday, authorities finally captured al Libi in Libya, accusing him of being one of the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former college professor accused of molesting children is in custody just one day after the FBI placed him on its most wanted list, CNN reports. Walter Lee Williams, who is wanted for alleged sexual exploitation of children, was arrested in Mexico on Tuesday. Williams was the 500th suspect to be placed…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joanne Chesimard, 65, a convicted cop killer, recently became the first woman placed on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Terrorist List. While Chesimard made news by making the list, eight of the 500 people who appeared on the FBI’s most wanted fugitive list were women, Discovery reports. Discovery lists details of each…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI placed the first woman on its list of most wanted terrorists Thursday, NBC News reports. Joanne Chesimard was a 1970s black radical who is accused of shooting a New Jersey trooper and fleeing prison in a daring daylight escape. The FBI said Chesimard, who was part of the Black Liberation…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s list of most wanted terrorists now includes an American accused of working with terrorists in Somalia, the Associated Press reports. The AP reported that the FBI on Wednesday added former Alabama resident Omar Shafik Hammami to the most wanted list, which has grown to 31 since being created a month…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward to help locate a Massachusetts man who was training how to kill Americans soldiers while visiting Pakistan and Yemen, the bureau announced Wednesday. The FBI believes Ahmad Abousamra may be living in Syria with his wife, at least a daughter and extended family. Abousamra allegedly…
