Date of birth: April 9, 1969 or April 9, 1960
Place of birth: Kenya
Height: 5'8" - 6'0" (173 - 183 cm)
Weight: 175 lbs (79 kg)
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Sex: Male
Nationality: Kenyan
Characterisitics: Swedan sometimes wears a light beard or moustache
Aliases: Sheikh Ahmad Salem Suweidan, Sheikh Ahmed Salem Swedan, Sheikh Swedan, Sheikh Bahamadi, Ahmed Ally, Bahamad, Sheik Bahamad, Ahmed the Tall
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan has, in the past, managed a trucking business in Kenya. He has been indicted for his alleged role in the August 7, 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya.
Indicted for: murder of U.S. nationals outside the United States; conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals outside the United States; attack on a federal facility resulting in death.
Usama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, Saif al-Adel, Anas al-Liby, Ahmed Mohamed Hamed Ali, and others already in custody are believed to be responsible for the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya on August 7, 1998. These terrorist attacks killed 224 civilians and wounded over 5,000 others. These terrorists are believed to be part of an international criminal conspiracy headed by Usama bin Laden. The U. S. government is offering a reward for information leading to the location, in any country, of those people listed above.