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The following information was disseminated to appropriate law enforcement agencies around the United States and throughout the world on February 14, 2002:

ON 2/11/02, THE FBI ISSUED AN ALERT TO U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF A POTENTIAL PLANNED ATTACK IN THE UNITED STATES OR AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS IN THE COUNTRY OF YEMEN ON OR AROUND 2/12/02. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE REQUESTED TO STOP AND DETAIN FAWAZ YAHYA AL-RABEEI AND SIXTEEN OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK.

GIVEN THE URGENCY OF THE INFORMATION INDICATING A POSSIBLE ATTACK IN 24 HOURS, THE 2/11/02 ALERT WAS ISSUED. TODAY, WE HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT AT LEAST SIX POSSIBLE ASSOCIATES OF AL-RABEEI MAY BE IN CUSTODY IN THE MIDDLE EAST OR ELSEWHERE. WE ARE CONFIRMING THESE REPORTS. THE INDIVIDUALS REPORTEDLY IN CUSTODY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

ISSAM AHMAD DIBWAN AL-MAKHLAFI, AKA AKRAMA/SAUDI ARABIA, 1977/YEMENI (PHOTO REMOVED FROM FBI WEBSITE.)

AHMAD AL-AKHADER NASSER ALBIDANI/YEMEN, 1977/YEMENI (PHOTO REMOVED FROM FBI WEBSITE.)

BASHIR ALI NASSER AL-SHARARI/YEMEN, 1970/YEMENI (PHOTO REMOVED FROM FBI WEBSITE.)

ABDULAZIZ MUHAMMAD SALEH BIN OTASH/SAUDI ARABIA, 1975/YEMENI (PHOTO REMOVED FROM FBI WEBSITE.)

SHUHOUR ABDULLAH MUKBIL AL-SABRI/SAUDI ARABIA, 1976/YEMENI (PHOTO REMOVED FROM FBI WEBSITE.)

RIYADH SHIKAWI AKA SHAKAWI/UNKNOWN/YEMENI (NO PHOTO AVAILABLE.)

NAMES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY BEING SOUGHT FROM THE 02/11/02 ALERT CAN BE FOUND ON THE FBI WEBSITE.