2 0 0 3 , ▁then - State ▁Department ▁official ▁Ryan ▁Cro cker ▁provided ▁information ▁on ▁the ▁up coming ▁attack ▁to ▁Iran ian ▁officials , ▁who ▁apparently ▁took ▁no ▁action . ▁However , ▁according ▁to ▁Sa ad ' s ▁family ▁and ▁an ▁inter rog ation ▁of ▁former ▁al - Q a eda ▁sp okes man ▁S ula iman ▁Ab u ▁G ha ith , ▁Sa ad ▁and ▁al - Ad el ▁were ▁being ▁held ▁prisoner ▁in ▁Iran ▁when ▁the ▁attack ▁took ▁place . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁he ▁published ▁a ▁" ter ror ist ▁manual " ▁entitled ▁The ▁Base ▁of ▁the ▁V angu ard , ▁an ▁Arab ic ▁pun ▁on ▁the ▁phr ases ▁al - Q a eda ▁(" the ▁base ") ▁and ▁the ▁V angu ards ▁of ▁Con quest . ▁ ▁Al - Ad el ▁was ▁a ▁key ▁source ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁book ▁on ▁al - Q a eda ' s ▁global ▁strategy ▁by ▁the ▁journalist ▁Fou ad ▁Hus sein . ▁ ▁Al - Ad el ▁is ▁a ▁leader ▁of ▁al - Q a eda ▁in ▁Iran , ▁according ▁to ▁American ▁security ▁expert ▁S eth ▁Jones . ▁ ▁Current ▁location ▁Adel ▁has ▁been ▁on ▁the ▁F BI ' s ▁list ▁of ▁Most ▁W anted ▁T error ists ▁since ▁its ▁in ception ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁The ▁State ▁Department ' s ▁R ew ards ▁for ▁Justice ▁Program ▁is ▁offering ▁up ▁to ▁US $ 1 0 ▁million ▁for ▁information ▁on ▁his ▁location . ▁