The al-Qaida mastermind behind the 1998 bombings of US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was killed this week at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu by Somali forces who did not immediately realise they had killed the most wanted man in East Africa, officials said today.

The first Guantanamo Bay detainee was today flown to the United States to face trial for bombing US embassies.

Saddam Hussein has joined terror chief Osama bin Laden at the top of the list of America’s most wanted men, US officials said today.