Aug 3 (Reuters) - One of Africa's most wanted al Qaeda operatives, accused of a role in the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, has narrowly escaped capture in Kenya, police said on Sunday. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed is among five al Qaeda operatives or associates Washington says have been in Somalia. FAZUL ABDULLAH MOHAMMED: Escaped a home in Kenya's Indian Ocean resort of Malindi just minutes before officers crashed through the door on Aug 2 police said. On the FBI's most wanted list, with a $5 million reward for his capture. Indicted for his alleged role in 1998 Kenya, Tanzania embassy bombings, which killed 240 people. Born in Comoros, believed 32-34 years old, expert in disguise, forgery and bomb-making. Carries numerous passports, speaks five languages. Also on U.N.'s al Qaeda and Taliban sanctions list. ABU TALHA AL-SUDANI: Sudanese explosives expert, Al-Sudani is suspected by Western intelligence to lead east Africa's al Qaeda cell. Reported to have first visited Somalia in 1993 -- when U.S. troops were there on peacekeeping mission and suffered the incident portrayed in the film Black Hawk Down. May have been trained by Hezbollah in 1993. United States says he orchestrated the 2002 bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya that killed 15. SALEH ALI SALEH NABHAN: FBI wants the 27-year-old Kenyan for questioning over 2002 hotel bombing and simultaneous but botched missile attack on Israeli airliner leaving Mombasa airport. Believed to have owned truck that bombed hotel and to have hidden in Somalia with the help of Al-Itihaad Al-Islaami, or alumni of the militant group operating under a different name. SHEIKH HASSAN DAHIR AWEYS: In his late 60s or early 70s, is among 189 people or entities the United States "linked to terrorism" after Sept. 11, freezing their assets. Currently in Eritrea, he is on U.N. list of al Qaeda associates. Former Somali prison service colonel, involved with militant Somali Islamists. Most recently was leader of Somali Islamic Courts Council (SICC) ousted from power in December. Before that, he headed Al-Itihaad Al-Islaami's military wing until Ethiopia destroyed it. U.N. arms report says he has run training camps since 2005. Denies al Qaeda links. SHEIKH HASSAN TURKI: Intelligence sources say he leads the Somali wing of al-Takfir wal-Hijra -- international Islamist group linked to extremist violence. Took senior SICC role after participation in Al-Itihaad. Intelligence agencies believe he has long run militant training camp in Ras Kamboni, at Somalia's southern tip near Kenya, where fleeing Islamists hid in January.
REFILE - CORRECTING DATE OF ATTACK John Bergen gets a hug from his daughter Amanda after he arrived at the Calgary International Airport from Africa July 28, 2008. Bergen and his ...
