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Adnan el Shukrijumah 
July 1, 2004 : Police Searching for Next Mohammad Atta Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama are on alert for the possible entry of suspected terrorist Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, after Honduran authorities warned that the 29-year old suspect, referred to by law enforcement sources as "the next Mohammed Atta," may be seeking to cross into one of the countries. Costa Rica is bordered on the north by Nicaragua and on the south by Panama. Shukrijumah, who is considered one of the FBI's "top 5" terrorist concerns, allegedly was spotted in Honduras on May 27 at a Tegucigalpa Internet cafe "We found out that this man was in Tegucigalpa at the end of May," Leonel Sauceda, spokesman for the Honduran Security Ministry told media. "He was seen in an Internet cafe in the city and we confirmed that he made phone calls to France and the United States from there." Calls were also made to Canada, according to the Security Ministry. An official with the Honduran Security Ministry told WND the female Internet café owner recognized Shukrijumah from photos in the newspaper. Police arrived at the café just after the suspect had left. He apparently was speaking in English, and a little in Spanish and French. The suspect was seen with two bearded individuals who "had a rough appearance," according to the government official. Information from the cafe's phone records has been relayed to various allied foreign intelligence agencies. The Honduran official told WND that border security in Honduras, Costa Rica and Nicaragua had been strengthened after the terror suspect was spotted in Tegucigalpa. She also said, "We don't know his arrival date or the method of his arrival." Honduran Security Minister Oscar Alvarez currently is in a meeting with the Honduran president. The Security Ministry is working closely with the U.S. Embassy in Honduras. Carlos Bakota, the U.S. Embassy press attache in Costa Rica, also confirmed that the country was on alert for possible entry of the suspect. Costa Rican Security Minister Rogelio Ramos will meet officials of the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica today. The US Embassy in Panama is awaiting guidance from the State Department. The Honduran press initially quoted Security Minister Oscar Alvarez as saying Shukrijumah had been involved in a plot to disrupt shipping lanes by using explosives to damage the Panama Canal. Three hours after WND reported that FBI officials, the U.S. Embassy in Panama and the FBI legal attache in Panama had no knowledge of the allegations and could not confirm the report, Oscar Alvarez clarified the allegations and denied he referenced a plot to bomb the Panama Canal.
Mentioned in Osama's Revenge: Quotes Possible operatives in the nuclear plot: "Four purported al Qaeda operatives - Adnan el Shukrijumah (emphasis added), Anas al Liby, Jaber A. Elbaneh, and Amer el Maati - had been sent to Hamilton, Ontario, where they either enrolled or posed as students at McMaster University, a state-of-the-art technological institution that housed a 5-megawat nuclear research reactor."
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