President Bush announced Wednesday that these 14 prominent terrorism suspects have been transferred from secret CIA prisons to Guantanamo Bay for trials:
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was captured near Islamabad, Pakistan, in March 2003 by Pakistani authorities and CIA officers.
Ramzi Binalshibh, who is believed to have helped plan the 9/11 attacks and allegedly was a lead operative for a foiled plot to crash aircraft into London’s Heathrow Airport. He was captured in September 2002 in Karachi, Pakistan, after a shootout.
Abu Zubaydah, a Palestinian raised in Saudi Arabia, was believed to be a link between Osama bin Laden and many al-Qaeda cells before he was captured in Pakistan in 2002.
Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, also known as Ammar Al-Baluchi, is accused of serving as a key lieutenant to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Pakistan and delivering funds to the 9/11 hijackers.
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian, allegedly helped coordinate the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania before running a document-forgery office for al- Qaeda in Afghanistan.
Riduan Isamuddin, an Indonesia native also known as Hambali, is believed to be the main link between al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah, the regional terror group blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings.
Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi, a Saudi, reportedly arranged financing and travel for the 9/11 plot participants from his post in the United Arab Emirates.
Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep, a Malaysian also known as Lillie, allegedly helped transfer al-Qaeda funds for a 2003 car bombing at a hotel in Jakarta that killed 12.
Majid Khan, also known as Yusif, was allegedly being groomed by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for a U.S. attack.
Waleed bin Attash, better known as Khallad, was an alleged al-Qaeda operative accused of serving bin Laden as a bodyguard.
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the suspected mastermind of the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and al-Qaeda’s operations chief in the Arabian Peninsula until his capture in 2002.
Abu Faraj al-Libi, a Libyan, was regarded by Pakistani intelligence as a successor to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and became the most wanted man in Pakistan for masterminding two bombings in December 2003 that targeted President Pervez Musharraf for supporting the U.S.-led war on terrorism.
Mohd Farik Bin Amin, a Malaysian better known as Zubair, allegedly assisted Jemaah Islamiyah’s operational planner case targets for attacks.
Gouled Hassan Dourad, a native of Somalia, allegedly headed a Mogadishu-based network that supported al-Qaeda members in the country.
Sources: U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence and AP archives.
