Abd Al-Rahim was self-implicated on videotape as a possible al-Qaeda terrorist in 2002, and has since then been wanted by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which is seeking information about his identity and whereabouts. In January 2002, he was discovered as one of five men who had been videotaped pledging martyrdom, and who were then consequently placed on the original version, upon inception, of the FBI's third major wanted list, which is now known as the FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list. He was later removed by the FBI from the main page of that list, but his photo and name remain archived by the FBI on a group page linked to the list, along with the FBI compilation of the martyrdom videos in which he appears.