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The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Most Wanted Terrorists is a list of persons who have been indicted ( formally accused ) by sitting Federal grand juries in the United States district courts, for alleged crimes of terrorism.

The initial list was formed in late 2001 in the immediate aftermath of the 9 / 11 attacks and contained the names of 22 persons alleged to be terrorists by U. S. authorities.

It was the second major " wanted " list following the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

It now serves as a companion to that earlier list, which in years past, had listed several major terrorist fugitives.