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==Other terrorism activities== Bin al-Shibh is suspected of having been involved in the 2000 [[USS Cole bombing|USS ''Cole'' bombing]], and the 2002 [[Ghriba synagogue bombing]] in [[Tunisia]].<ref name="bbc" /> After January 14, 2002, bin al-Shibh was featured among five suspected al-Qaeda members on videos delivering what [[United States Attorney General]] [[John Ashcroft]] described as "[[martyrdom]] messages from [[suicide terrorism|suicide terrorists]]."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/archive/ag/speeches/2002/agcrisisremarks011702.htm|title=Attorney General Ashcroft Transcript News Conference with FBI Director Mueller Regarding Terrorist Tapes|date=January 17, 2002|website=www.justice.gov|access-date=January 5, 2020|quote=They depict, the videotapes depict young men delivering what appear to be martyrdom messages from suicide terrorists.}}</ref> [[NBC News]] said that the five videos had been recorded after the September 11 attacks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15082633|title=Video showing Atta, bin Laden is unearthed|first=Jim |last=Popkin |date=October 2, 2006|publisher=NBC News|language=en-US|access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref> Ashcroft said the five videotapes, shown by the FBI without sound, had been recovered from the rubble of the home of [[Mohammad Atef]] outside [[Kabul, Afghanistan]]. Ashcroft called upon people worldwide to help "identify, locate and incapacitate terrorists who are suspected of planning additional attacks against innocent civilians." The sound was left out to guard against the possibility that the messages contained signals for other terrorists. Ashcroft added that an analysis of the audio suggested "the men may be trained and prepared to commit future suicide terrorist acts." Ashcroft said not much was known about any of them except bin al-Shibh.<ref name=":0" /> The other three are still featured in compiled video clips, in order of appearance, [[Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan]], [[Abdul Rahim Jenko|Abd al-Rahim]], and [[Khalid Ibn Muhammad al-Juhani]].<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/mpg/persons.mpg FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism, Martyrdom Messages/video Seeking Information Alert] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805160829/https://www.fbi.gov/mpg/persons.mpg |date=August 5, 2009}}, VIDEO 2 minutes 11 seconds, mpg (29.1 mb)</ref><ref>[http://mfile.akamai.com/6066/rm/www.fbi.gov/mpg/persons.rm FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism, Martyrdom Messages/video Seeking Information Alert], VIDEO 2 minutes 11 seconds, rm (229 kb - stream)</ref><ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/mpg/persons_asf.asf FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism, Martyrdom Messages/video Seeking Information Alert] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805160917/https://www.fbi.gov/mpg/persons_asf.asf |date=August 5, 2009}}, VIDEO 2 minutes 11 seconds, asf (371 kb - stream)</ref> The fifth was identified a week later as Abderraouf Jdey, alias Al-Rauf bin al-Habib bin Yousef al-Jiddi. On January 17, 2002, the [[FBI]] published the first Most Wanted Terrorists Seeking Information list (now known as the [[FBI Seeking Information β Terrorism list]]). They identified the five wanted terrorists, about whom little was known but who were suspected of plotting additional terrorist attacks in martyrdom operations.<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/seekinfo/seek.htm Most Wanted Terrorists Seeking Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060314213748/https://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/seekinfo/seek.htm |date=March 14, 2006 }}, January 17, 2002,</ref> (see current version displaying photos of five terrorists on the remaining martyrdom videos FBI list, as of June 2006)<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/terseekinfomartyr.htm Martyrdom Messages/video, Seeking Information Alert] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805042335/https://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/terseekinfomartyr.htm |date=August 5, 2009 }} video clips published by the FBI January 17, 2002, and photos of remaining 5 terrorists, FBI archival after September 2002</ref> Ramzi bin al-Shibh was one of the four men among the five whose names were known. On September 8, 2006, al-Qaeda released a video that shows Osama bin Laden and some of the 9/11 hijackers. The tape identifies bin al-Shibh as the "coordinator of the 9/11 attacks" in its [[English language|English]] subtitles.<ref name="NYDailyNews">{{cite news |date=September 8, 2006 |title=Video shows Osama and killers |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/450616p-379142c.html |newspaper=New York Daily News}} {{dead link|date=June 2016|fix-attempted=yes|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The video shows bin al-Shibh and other hijackers training in [[kickboxing]], as well as disarming and concealing weapons at a [[terrorist training camp]] in or near [[Kandahar, Afghanistan]].<ref name="NYDailyNews" /><ref>{{cite news |date=September 8, 2006 |title=Al-Qa'ida releases film showing Bin Laden with the hijackers |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=705570 |work=Belfast Telegraph}} {{dead link|date=March 2017|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
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