Syed Ali
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Syed Ali is a fictional character on the American television series 24 portrayed by Francesco Quinn
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| Syed Ali | |
| Gender | Male |
| Jobs held | Second Wave Leader |
| Affiliation | Second Wave |
| Family | Asad Ali (Son) Fareed Ali (Son) |
| Spouse | Unnamed Wife |
| Current status | Deceased |
| Portrayed by | Francesco Quinn |
| Seasons | 2 |
[edit] Day 2
Syed Ali was the leader of the terrorist group Second Wave, and the mastermind of a plot to nuke Los Angeles. A militant Islamic fundamentalist, he seemed to be motivated by religious reasons.
At some time prior to Day 2, Ali came into contact with Nina Myers, who fed information about CTU to his organization. Ali used this information to attack CTU. His plan involved loading a nuclear warhead over Los Angeles on a Cessna plane, then detonating it over the city. He intended on flying the plane himself, in a suicidal gesture. Before heading to the airfield, he stopped at a mosque to pray, and was captured by Jack Bauer. Forced with the prospect of seeing his family executed in front of him, Ali broke and revealed where the bomb was held.
After the nuke plot was foiled, authorities raided Ali's hotel room and found a recording implicating his home nation and two other Middle-Eastern nations in the plot. Ali insisted that he acted alone, and that the recording was a fake. Shortly thereafter, he was assassinated by the men who fabricated the recording, in an attempt to silence him.
| Terrorists & Antagonists on 24 |
| Mandy | Ira Gaines | Kevin Carroll | Andre Drazen | Alexis Drazen | Victor Drazen | Nina Myers Syed Ali | Marie Warner | Peter Kingsley | Max | Ramon Salazar | Hector Salazar | Michael Amador Stephen Saunders | Navi Araz | Habib Marwan | Mitch Anderson | Walt Cummings | Vladimir Bierko Christopher Henderson | Charles Logan | Graem Bauer | Abu Fayed | Phillip Bauer Dmitri Gredenko | Anatoly Markov | Minor characters |
