Habib Marwan

Habib Marwan was the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks of Day 4. Habib Marwan was played by Arnold Vosloo.

Marwan was an immigrant from Turkey, and his American alias was Harris Barnes. Using the Barnes identity, he managed to obtain a middle management position at the McLennan-Forster Corporation. Marwan used his position in the company to create sleeper cells and acquire technology needed to implement his plans. He had his followers hijack a train to acquire an override device which would cause several nuclear reactors to meltdown. Although this plan was foiled by CTU, this threat kept President John Keeler in the air, allowing a pilot in Marwan's employ to shoot down Air Force One. Marwan stole the Nuclear Football (which contains nuclear launch codes) and used it to launch a nuclear missle at Los Angeles. He jumped off the Global Centre parking lot at the end of the day to stop his capture.

Marwan would stop at nothing to achieve his goal of striking a blow at the United States and had spent years planning for the day. He was not prepared to let anyone get in the way of his plans and mercilessly ordered the deaths of anyone who might be captured or who betrayed him. When faced with his own capture, he allowed himself to be dropped from a multi-story parking garage rather than be subjected to interrogation about the whereabouts of the missile threatening Los Angeles.

Marwan thought that American people should see their enemy and refused to have his face covered when he was making a video about the day's attacks.

Trivia

 * In one deleted scene, Marwan met up with his wife and young son.