The US National Counterterrorism Center is pleased to present the 

2016 edition of the Counterterrorism (CT) Calendar. Since 2003, we 

have published the calendar in a daily planner format that provides our 

consumers with a variety of information related to international terrorism, 

including wanted terrorists; terrorist group fact sheets; technical issue 

related to terrorist tactics, techniques, and procedures; and potential 

dates of importance that terrorists might consider when planning attacks. 

The cover of this year’s CT Calendar highlights terrorists’ growing use 

of social media and other emerging online technologies to recruit, 

radicalize, and encourage adherents to carry out attacks. 

This year will be the last hardcopy publication of the calendar, as 

growing production costs necessitate our transition to more costeffective dissemination methods. In the coming years, NCTC will use 

a variety of online and other media platforms to continue to share the 

valuable information found in the CT Calendar with a broad customer set, 

including our Federal, State, Local, and Tribal law enforcement partners; 

agencies across the Intelligence Community; private sector partners; and 

the US public.

On behalf of NCTC, I want to thank all the consumers of the CT Calendar 

during the past 12 years. We hope you continue to find the CT Calendar 

beneficial to your daily efforts. 

Sincerely,

 

Nicholas J. Rasmussen

Director
The US National Counterterrorism Center is pleased to present the 2016 

edition of the Counterterrorism (CT) Calendar. This edition, like others 

since the Calendar was first published in daily planner format in 2003, 

contains many features across the full range of issues pertaining to 

international terrorism: terrorist groups, wanted terrorists, and technical 

pages on various threat-related topics. The Calendar also marks dates that 

terrorists may believe are important if planning attacks to commemorate 

particular events.

Individuals portrayed in this calendar are all listed on the US 

Government’s Rewards for Justice site or on FBI sites devoted to 

terrorism. These individuals have all been either indicted or are being 

sought for their involvement in international terrorism. 

The CT Calendar is designed as a ready reference guide for 

law-enforcement, intelligence, military and security personnel, 

contingency planners, or citizens concerned about terrorist threats. The 

CT Calendar is oriented primarily to readers in the United States, but we 

hope it will be useful for citizens of other countries as well. We invite you 

to visit the interactive version of the calendar at http://www.nctc.gov.
Islamic Calendar

The Islamic calendar is based on the movement 

and observation of the moon. The Islamic 

year contains 12 months, none of which can 

exceed 30 days. Each month starts when the 

lunar crescent is first seen after a new moon. 

Because 12 lunar months multiplied by 29.53 

days equals 354.36 days, the Islamic calendar 

will always be approximately 11 days shorter 

than the Western (Gregorian) calendar. For 

example, 1 Muharram, the first day of Islamic 

year 1437 (known in the West by the Latin term 

Anno Hegirae, or A.H.), fell on 14 October 2015; 

in A.H. 1438, 1 Muharram falls on 2 October 

2016. Because of lunar observation and 

differences in time zones, the observance of 

Islamic holidays and calendar dates may vary 

from region to region.

Islamic dates and holidays are approximate, 

as they are determined by local lunar 

observation. Islamic and Jewish holidays begin 

the evening preceding the date shown unless 

stated otherwise.

Spelling of Arabic Names and Terms

While there is no universally accepted 

transliteration of Arabic names and terms, this 

edition of the Counterterrorism Calendar adheres 

to a transliteration system that is generally used 

throughout the US Government. In this system, 

the letters “u” and “a” are preferred over “o” 

and “e.” For example, the name of the al-Qa‘ida 

operative who was detained on 1 March 2003 is 

Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, not Khalid Sheikh 

Mohammed; he was an associate of Usama Bin 

Ladin, not Osama Bin Laden. We have retained, 

however, the spellings used on the Rewards for 

Justice and FBI terrorism sites; spellings there 

are designed for easy recognition or are used 

in legal documents and therefore do not always 

conform to these rules.

Map Boundaries

Boundary representation is not 

necessarily authoritative.

Date and Sources of Information

The information in this calendar is valid as 

of 29 August 2015. This publication contains 

only information in the public domain that 

has been verified and disseminated by US 

Government sources.

In the conduct of intelligence activities, the Intelligence Community (IC) recognizes that 

it must protect fully the legal rights of all US persons, including freedoms, civil liberties, 

and privacy rights guaranteed by Federal law. The IC is not authorized to collect, retain, 

or disseminate information about US persons solely based on Constitutionally protected 

activities such as First Amendment speech, and may not do so based solely on race, religion, 

or other protected classification. All individuals in this calendar are included only because 

of information linking them to international terrorism. Individuals identified as charged or 

indicted with criminal wrongdoing are entitled to a presumption of innocence in the US court 

system, unless and until such time as they are deemed guilty through the judicial process. 
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Rewards for Justice Program

The Rewards for Justice (RFJ) Program is one of 

the most valuable US Government assets in the 

fight against international terrorism. Established 

by the 1984 Act to Combat International 

Terrorism, Public Law 98-533, Rewards for 

Justice has developed into a global interagency 

effort led by the Department of State’s Bureau 

of Diplomatic Security.

Under this program, the Secretary of State may 

offer rewards for information that prevents 

or favorably resolves acts of international 

terrorism against US persons or property 

worldwide. The Secretary may also offer 

rewards for information leading to the 

disruption of financial mechanisms of a foreign 

terrorist organization. Rewards of up to $25 

million have been authorized for information 

leading to the capture of key al-Qa‘ida leaders.

The Rewards for Justice Program is very 

effective. Since the program’s inception, the 

United States has paid over $125 million to more 

than 80 people who provided information that 

prevented and/or led to the favorable resolution 

of acts of international terrorism. 

Although RFJ provides strict confidentiality to 

all its sources, in certain instances RFJ has been 

able to publicize some of its success stories. 

For example, RFJ paid a $2 million reward for 

information that led US and Pakistani authorities 

to the location of Ramzi Yousef, an international 

terrorist who was convicted in the 1993 

bombing of the World Trade Center.

Ten years later, on 3 July 2003, RFJ initiated 

an advertising campaign that was responsible 

for information that led US Armed Forces to 

Uday and Qusay Husayn, the sons of former 

Iraqi dictator Saddam Husayn. This campaign 

produced the fastest result in RFJ history—a 

turnaround of just 18 days. In that case, RFJ paid 

a reward of $30 million for information leading 

to the Husayn brothers’ location.

In June 2007, RFJ paid $10 million to Filipino 

citizens who provided information on the 

locations of Khadafi Janjalani and Abu 

Solaiman, Abu Sayyaf Group leaders. These 

men were involved in the kidnappings of Martin 

and Gracia Burnham, the murder of Guillermo 

Sobero, and attacks against the US Embassy 

in Manila.

RFJ is always interested in receiving proposals 

to add key terrorist leaders to its Most Wanted 

List and Web site—www.rewardsforjustice.net. 

Additionally, RFJ welcomes reward payment 

nominations from any US federal, state, or 

local government agency on behalf of persons 

who have already provided information that 

has prevented or favorably resolved an act of 

international terrorism against US persons 

or property.

If you want to propose adding a key terrorist 

leader to the RFJ Most Wanted List and Web 

site or to nominate a source for a reward, please 

contact the RFJ Program.

Ramzi Ahmed Yousef

Convicted

Uday Husayn

Deceased

Qusay Husayn

Deceased

Abu Solaiman

Deceased

Khadafi Janjalani

Deceased

Rewards for Justice

Washington, DC 20522-0303

www.rewardsforjustice.net

info@rewardsforjustice.net 

1-800-US-REWARD (1-800-877-3927)

@Rewards4Justice
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Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) are foreign organizations that are designated by the 

Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as 

amended. FTO designations play a critical role in our fight against terrorism and are an effective 

means of curtailing support for terrorist activities and pressuring groups to get out of the terrorism 

business. The listed groups appear in chronological order of designation.

For updates to the FTO list, visit http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm.

For fact sheets on the FTOs, visit http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/index.htm.

› Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)

› Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)

› Aum Shinrikyo (AUM)

› Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)

› Gama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group) (IG)

› HAMAS

› Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)

› Hizballah

› Kahane Chai (Kach)

› Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) (Kongra-Gel)

› Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

› National Liberation Army (ELN)

› Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)

› Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

› Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 

(PFLP)

› PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC)

› Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 

(FARC)

› Revolutionary Organization 17 November 

(17N)

› Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front 

(DHKP/C)

› Shining Path (SL)

› Al-Qa‘ida (AQ)

› Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)

› Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA)

› Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)

› Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)

› Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (AAMB)

› Asbat al-Ansar (AAA)

› Al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb 

(AQIM)

› Communist Party of the Philippines/New 

People’s Army (CPP/NPA)

› Jemaah Islamiya (JI)

› Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ)

› Ansar al-Islam (AAI)

› Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)

› Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)

› Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) 

(formerly al-Qa’ida in Iraq)

› Islamic Jihad Union (IJU)

› Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B)

› Al-Shabaab

› Revolutionary Struggle (RS)

› Kata’ib Hizballah (KH)

› Al-Qa‘ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

› Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI)

› Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

› Jundallah

› Army of Islam (AOI)

› Indian Mujahedeen (IM)

› Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT)

› Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB)

› Haqqani Network (HQN)

› Ansar al-Dine (AAD)

› Boko Haram

› Ansaru

› Al-Mulathamun Battalion

› Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi (AAS-B)

› Ansar al-Sharia in Darnah (AAS-D)

› Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (AAS-T)

› Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis

› Al-Nusrah Front

› Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of 

Jerusalem (MSC)
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Terrorist Designations: What They Are and What They Do

What They Are

Designations play a critical role in the US Government’s fight against terrorism, and are an 

effective means of curtailing support for terrorist activities and pressuring groups to get out of the 

terrorism business.

What They Do

Beyond asset freezes and travel restrictions listed below, designations are an important tool for 

US foreign policy. Designations support US Government efforts to curb terrorist finance, deter 

donations and contributions, block economic transactions, and implement international obligations 

under UN Security Council Resolution 1373. Terrorist designations also serve to stigmatize and 

isolate the organizations, heighten public awareness, and signal concerns to international partners 

about named organizations, individuals, and entities.

2. Executive Order (E.O.) 13224: Under this 

authority, a wider range of entities—including 

terrorist groups, individuals acting as part 

of a terrorist organization, and other entities 

such as financiers and front companies—can 

be designated as Specially Designated Global 

Terrorists (SDGTs) by both the Departments of 

State and the Department of the Treasury. Under 

E.O. 13224, the State Department designates 

individuals or entities that have committed, 

or pose a significant risk of committing, acts 

of terrorism that threaten the security of US 

nationals or the national security, foreign 

policy, or economy of the United States. The 

Department of the Treasury has derivative 

authority to carry out additional designations 

of those providing support to an already 

designated individual or entity.

Designation Consequences

FTO Authority E.O. 13224 Authority

▪ All funds under the control of a US 

institution are frozen, aliens are 

inadmissible to, and may be deportable 

from, the United States;

▪ Becomes illegal for persons subject to 

the jurisdiction of the United States to 

knowingly provide material support to 

the organization;

▪ Any violators are subject to civil and 

criminal penalties of up to 15 years 

imprisonment and fines; 

▪ Provides the Department of Justice an 

important prosecutorial tool.

▪ Property and transactions under US 

jurisdiction are frozen;

▪ Becomes illegal to engage in 

transactions with designated 

individuals or entities;

▪ Criminal penalties of up to 10 years 

imprisonment and fines;

▪ Provides the Department of the 

Treasury the ability to make derivative 

designations of individuals and entities 

providing support to a designated 

individual or entity.

There are two main authorities that the United 

States uses to designate terrorist groups and 

individuals. 

1. Immigration and Nationality Act (INA): 

Under this authority, the Department of 

State designates groups as Foreign Terrorist 

Organizations (FTOs). In order to be designated 

as an FTO under the INA, the group must be a 

foreign-based organization, engage in terrorist 

activity, or retain the capacity to engage in 

terrorist activity; and the terrorist activity of 

the organization must threaten the security 

of US nationals or the national defense, 

foreign relations, or economic interests of the 

United States.
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The Islamic State 

of Iraq and the 

Levant is a terrorist 

organization that has 

exploited the conflict 

in Syria and sectarian 

tensions in Iraq to 

entrench itself in both countries. ISIL’s stated 

goal is to solidify and expand its control of 

territory once ruled by early Muslim caliphs and 

to govern through implementation of its strict 

interpretation of sharia. The group’s strength 

and expansionary agenda pose an increasing 

threat to US regional allies and US facilities 

and personnel in the Middle East as well as in 

the West.

ISIL—formerly known as al-Qa‘ida in Iraq and 

later the Islamic State of Iraq—was established 

in April 2004 by Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqawi, who 

pledged his group’s allegiance to Usama Bin 

Ladin. The group targeted Coalition and Iraqi 

forces and civilians to pressure foreigners to 

leave Iraq, reduce Iraqi popular support for the 

US and Iraqi Government, and attract recruits. 

The group suffered a series of setbacks starting 

in 2007—resulting from the combination of 

Sunni civilian resistance and a surge in Coalition 

and Iraqi Government operations against the 

group—before rebounding in late 2011 after 

Coalition forces withdrew, amid growing 

Sunni discontent with the Shia-dominated 

Iraqi Government.

While gaining strength in Iraq, ISIL also 

expanded its presence in Syria and established 

al-Nusrah Front as a cover for its activities 

there. Disputes over the group’s strategic 

direction in Syria led to conflict and ultimately 

ISIL’s disavowal by al-Qa‘ida in February 2014, 

setting the stage for ISIL’s subsequent challenge 

to al-Qa‘ida for leadership of the global 

extremist movement.

In June 2014, ISIL unilaterally declared the 

establishment of an Islamic caliphate and 

called on all Muslims to pledge allegiance to 

the group. Since then, ISIL has announced 

the establishment of eight provinces outside 

of Iraq and Syria, including in Afghanistan 

and Pakistan, Algeria, the Caucasus, Egypt, 

Libya, Saudi Arabia, West Africa, and Yemen. 

It has also continued to attract a large number 

of foreigners to Iraq and Syria—including 

thousands of Westerners—to take part in the 

group’s campaign of violence and help the 

“caliphate” grow. 

ISIL’s vast territorial safe haven in Iraq and 

Syria, access to Western foreign fighters, and 

substantial financial resources pose a persistent 

and growing threat to the United States. Since 

September 2014, ISIL’s leadership has issued 

multiple public calls for attacks against US 

and Western interests around the world, and 

the group has made similar calls for attacks 

in its English-language magazine, Dabiq. ISIL 

members and sympathizers have responded 

by planning or conducting attacks at an 

unprecedented pace—at least 37 plots between 

February 2014 and July 2015.

ISIL is also known as DA’ESH or DA’ISH, an 

acronym for its name in Arabic. It is currently 

led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, also known as Abu 

Du’a. The group was designated as a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization on 17 December 2004.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239407.htm

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
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ISIL’s Proclaimed Caliphate Compared to Historical Islamic States

ISIL’s declaration of a caliphate on 28 June 2014 is an attempt to reestablish an Islamic institution 

that asserted authority over Sunni Muslims for the majority of their history until abolished in 1924. 

The major Sunni caliphates evolved from a state ruled by the immediate successors to the Prophet 

into a world empire under dynasties founded by his family members, then declined in significance 

for approximately one thousand years before its revival as aspirational ideal for Muslims in the 20th 

century. Other caliphates ruled over lesser territory, including a branch of the Umayyads that ruled 

in Spain until 1031, the 19th century Sokoto caliphate in present-day Nigeria, and the Shia Fatimid 

dynasty—which founded Cairo as its capital in 969. Between June 2014 and September 2015, ISIL 

has declared eight provinces outside Iraq and Syria.

a The Ottomans assumed the authority of the caliphs after conquering Cairo in 1517 and deposing 

the nominal ‘Abbasid caliph there, but they usually used the title of sultan instead of caliph. After 

WWI, the new secular Turkish Republic proposed—and then rescinded—an offer to recognize the 

sultan as a caliph with symbolic religious authority and no political power.
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ISIL and its followers have been more prolific in 

their use of social media than any other terrorist 

group. Their adept adoption of a wide variety 

of platforms allows the group to maximize the 

spread of its propaganda, share guidance on 

how to support the group, and connect with 

potential recruits. 

ISIL relies on the Internet to send their official 

propaganda outside of Iraq and Syria and 

has shown a particular affinity for Twitter 

to advertise their media products, probably 

because the platform allows the group to 

reach a very broad audience. ISIL supporters 

also regularly use other platforms such as 

Ask.fm and Facebook, to share information 

related to the Islamic State including specific 

guidance on how to travel to Syria and avoid 

Western authorities.

ISIL supporters also exploit the privacy of 

Twitter’s direct messaging capability to discuss 

topics they deem too sensitive to display on 

their public accounts, such as travel facilitation 

into Syria or Iraq. 

The group not only adopts these social media 

platforms, but fully exploits their features and 

functions to ensure widespread distribution 

of its message. ISIL supporters on Twitter, for 

example, have used various tactics to expose its 

messaging—such as hijacking popular hashtags 

associated with pop culture figures or current 

events and using commercial applications 

to automate its tweets—to make the group a 

trending topic. 

In addition to Twitter, ISIL and its supporters 

have used other social media sites such as 

YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, and Ask.fm, to 

attempt to spread its content and recruit others 

to join its ranks. For example, ISIL foreign 

fighters use the microblogging service Tumblr 

to share photos, stories, and advice about 

traveling to Syria and Iraq, and also uses the 

site’s anonymous “ask me anything” feature to 

interact directly with aspiring extremists. 

ISIL supporters use their public social media 

accounts to document and glamorize their 

travel to Syria and combat experiences. Many 

of these fighters have provided encouragement 

and logistic advice for their followers online. 

Their outreach on Twitter, Facebook, and other 

platforms helps establish bona fides among 

aspiring fighters in an effort to attract other 

Westerners to the conflict.

As ISIL supporters congregate online, the 

group is presented with opportunities to recruit 

new members who are seeking friendships 

or a lifestyle change. In the early part of 2015, 

numerous ISIL statements from senior ISIL 

leaders have called for lone-offender attacks 

against the West, and recent attacks and arrests 

have highlighted how some in the United States 

are buying into ISIL’s distorted messaging. 

Moving forward into 2016, ISIL will continue to 

demonstrate innovation in integrating social 

media in almost every aspect of its operations. 

ISIL’s Use of Social Media

The monitoring of violent extremist messaging is conducted only by agencies whose 

authorities allow such activity, and only when there is a connection to a type of terrorism 

that falls within the scope of that agency’s mission. The agencies responsible for this activity 

are bound by charter and law to observe and protect the civil liberties and privacy of US 

citizens and persons.
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2015/2016 December/January

2007, Pakistan: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated 

after campaign rally in Rawalpindi; al-Qa‘ida claims responsibility

2002, Russia: Suicide bombers detonate two explosives-filled trucks 

at Chechnya’s pro-Moscow government building, killing 72 and 

wounding 210

1985, Italy & Austria: Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) group attacks 

Rome and Vienna airports; 18 dead and 121 wounded

SUNDAY 16 Rabi` al-Awwal 27

1972, Thailand: Black September takes hostages and seizes Israeli 

Embassy; hostages released in return for safe conduct

MONDAY 17 Rabi` al-Awwal 28 Islamic: Mawlid an-Nabi 

(Birthday of Muhammad, 570 C.E. 

[approximate]; observed by Shia)

2000, Colombia: Peace advocate Diego Turbay and six others killed in 

FARC ambush

1992, Yemen: Few casualties in bombing of Gold Mohur Hotel in Aden; 

incident is believed to be first attack by al-Qa‘ida against US interests

1975, US: Bomb kills 11, wounds 74 at TWA baggage claim in 

LaGuardia Airport, New York City; no claim of responsibility, Croatian 

nationalists suspected

TUESDAY 18 Rabi` al-Awwal 29

2013, Russia: At least 34 killed in three attacks over past four days in 

Volgograd; Ansar al-Sunna claims responsibility in January on website 

linked to Imirat Kavkaz

2000, Philippines: Series of bombs in Manila kills 16 and wounds at 

least 30; ASG suspected

WEDNESDAY 19 Rabi` al-Awwal 30

2000, West Bank: Right-wing extremist Binyamin Kahane and wife 

killed in ambush by members of Force 17

THURSDAY 20 Rabi` al-Awwal 31

2011, Egypt: Attack on Coptic church in Alexandria kills 23, wounds 

almost 100; Army of Islam blamed but group denies responsibility

2009, India: Serial explosions in Guwahati kill five and wound 67; 

United Liberation Front of Assam believed responsible

2008, Sudan: Attack in Khartoum kills USAID officer John Granville; 

five Sudanese convicted, sentences later commuted

FRIDAY 21 Rabi` al-Awwal, 

A.H. 1437 1

New Year’s Day, 2016

2008, Algeria: Bomb attack on police station in Naciria kills four, 

wounds more than 20; al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb

claims responsibility

SATURDAY 22 Rabi` al-Awwal 2
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Dr. Ibrahim ‘Awwad Ibrahim 

‘Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai’, 

Ibrahim ‘Awad Ibrahim al-Badri 

al Samarrai, Abu Duaa’, Dr. 

Ibrahim, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

DATE OF BIRTH: 1971

PLACE OF BIRTH: Samarra’, Iraq

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

COMPLEXION: Olive

WANTED

Abu Du’a, also known as 

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is the 

senior leader of the terrorist 

organization Islamic State 

of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). 

Reflecting its greater regional 

ambitions, Al-Qa‘ida in Iraq 

changed its name in 2013 

to ISIL and stepped up its 

attacks across Syria and Iraq. 

ISIL attacks are calculated, 

coordinated, and part of a 

strategic campaign. Abu Du’a 

is in charge of overseeing all 

operations and is currently 

based in Syria.

Abu Du’a has taken personal 

credit for a series of terrorist 

attacks in Iraq since 2011 and 

claimed credit for the June 

2013 operations against the 

Abu Ghraib prison outside 

Baghdad, the March 2013 

suicide bombing assault on the 

Ministry of Justice, and other 

attacks against Iraqi Security 

Forces and Iraqi citizens going 

about their daily lives.

On 4 October 2011, Abu Du’a 

was designated a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

under Executive Order 

13224. He is also listed by 

the United Nations Security 

Council 1267/1989 al-Qa‘ida 

Sanctions Committee.

REWARD

Up to $10 Million

If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

info@rewardsforjustice.net.

If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARD 

(1-800-877-3927).

www.rewardsforjustice.net

Abu Du’a

Handout circulated by Iraqi 

Government 
2016

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January

2008, Afghanistan: Car-bomb and suicide bomber kill 15 policemen and 

first responders in Khash Rod; Taliban claim responsibility

SUNDAY 23 Rabi` al-Awwal 3

2009, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fifteen people killed, 

many kidnapped in separate incidents; Lord's Resistance Army

believed responsible

MONDAY 24 Rabi` al-Awwal 4

2003, Israel: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade’s simultaneous suicide attacks 

kill 23, wound 107 

1996, Gaza Strip: HAMAS bomb maker Yahya Ayyash (“The Engineer”) 

killed by booby-trapped cell phone

TUESDAY 25 Rabi` al-Awwal 5

1963, Colombia: National Liberation Army (ELN) founded WEDNESDAY 26 Rabi` al-Awwal 6 Christian: Epiphany

2015, France: Attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine office kills 12 in Paris; 

al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claims responsibility on 

14 January

2007, India: Armed assailants fire on civilians in Sibsagar, killing seven; 

United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) claims responsibility

THURSDAY 27 Rabi` al-Awwal 7 Christian: Christmas (Orthodox 

using Old Calendar)

1998, US: Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life plus 240 years for 

1993 World Trade Center bombings

FRIDAY 28 Rabi` al-Awwal 8

2015, France: Four killed in attack on deli in Paris; ISIL claims 

responsibility on 3 February

2001, Colombia: Army rescues 56 hostages from ELN; group captures 

15 more and kills one

SATURDAY 29 Rabi` al-Awwal 9
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REWARD

Up to $7 Million

If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

info@rewardsforjustice.net.

If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARD 

(1-800-877-3927).

www.rewardsforjustice.net

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Hajji Iman, ‘Abd al-Rahman 

Muhammad Mustafa 

Shaykhlar, Abu-Shuayb, Umar 

Muhammad Khalil Mustafa, 

Abdul Rahman Muhammad 

al-Bayati, Tahir Muhammad 

Khalil Mustafa al-Bayati, Abu 

Iman, Abu Ala, Abu Hasan, 

Abu Muhammad, Abu Zayna, 

Aliazra Ra’ad Ahmad

DATE OF BIRTH: 1957

ALTERNATIVE DATE OF BIRTH: 1959

PLACE OF BIRTH: Mosul, Ninawa 

Province, Iraq

NATIONALITY: Iraq

WANTED

Abd al-Rahman Mustafa 

al-Qaduli is a senior Islamic 

State of Iraq and the Levant 

(ISIL) official who reintegrated 

himself into ISIL following his 

release from prison in early 

2012 and traveled to Syria to 

work in a Syria-based ISIL 

network. Al-Qaduli joined 

al-Qa’ida in 2004 under the 

command of now deceased 

al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI) leader 

Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi and 

served as al-Zarqawi’s deputy 

and as the AQI amir (leader) of 

Mosul, Ninawa Province, Iraq.

On 14 May 2014, the US 

Department of the Treasury 

designated al-Qaduli as a 

Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224 for acting for or on 

behalf of ISIL. 

Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli
2016

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January

2013, Pakistan: Bombings in Quetta and Mingaora kill 115; 

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and United Baluch Army claim responsibility

2009, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Six civilians, several 

military personnel killed in Sambia; Lord's Resistance Army

believed responsible

SUNDAY 30 Rabi` al-Awwal 10

2010, India: Two killed as attackers fire on local traders; no claim of 

responsibility but Communist Party of India-Maoist widely suspected

MONDAY 1 Rabi al-Thani 11

2007, Greece: Rocket-propelled grenade attack against US 

Embassy in Athens, no injuries reported; Revolutionary Struggle

claims responsibility

2000, Turkey: Execution of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan stayed

TUESDAY 2 Rabi al-Thani 12

1987, West Germany: Mohammed Ali Hamadei arrested at Frankfurt 

airport; charged with the 14 June 1985 hijacking of TWA flight 847 and 

with the murder of a passenger, US Navy diver Robert Stethem; 

Hamadei was sentenced to life in prison, released in 2005, and is 

believed to be in Lebanon

WEDNESDAY 3 Rabi al-Thani 13

2008, Afghanistan: Attack on Serena Hotel in Kabul kills six, 

injures six others including American Thor David Hesla; Taliban 

claim responsibility

2004, Gaza Strip: First female HAMAS suicide bomber kills four, 

wounds 10 at Erez Crossing

THURSDAY 4 Rabi al-Thani 14

2002, West Bank: Palestinian militia leader Ra‘id al-Karmi killed by 

bomb outside his home; Israel implicated

FRIDAY 5 Rabi al-Thani 15

2013, Algeria: Attack on gas facility near I-n-Amenas kills 39, including 

three Americans; Those Who Sign With Blood Battalion led by Mokhtar 

Belmokhtar claims responsibility

2006, Afghanistan: Twenty-two civilians killed, 27 wounded by suicide 

bomber on motorcycle in Spin Buldak; no claim of responsibility

SATURDAY 6 Rabi al-Thani 16
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Taha Sobhi Falaha, Taha 

al-Banshi, Abu Mohammad 

al-Adnani, Abu Mohamed 

al-Adnani, Abu-Muhammad 

al-Adnani al-Shami, Yasser 

Khalaf Hussein Nazal al-Rawi, 

Jaber Taha Falah, Abu Baker 

al-Khatab, Abu Sadek al-Rawi

DATE OF BIRTH: 1977

PLACE OF BIRTH: Banash, Syria

NATIONALITY: Syria

WANTED

Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, 

born Taha Sobhi Falaha in 

Syria, is the official spokesman 

for and a senior leader of 

the Islamic State of Iraq and 

the Levant (ISIL). Al-Adnani 

is ISIL’s main conduit for 

the dissemination of official 

messages, including ISIL’s 

declaration of the creation of 

an Islamic Caliphate. Al-Adnani 

was one of the first foreign 

fighters to oppose Coalition 

forces in Iraq before becoming 

ISIL’s spokesman.

On 18 August 2014, the 

US Department of State 

designated al-Adnani as a 

Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224.

Abu Mohammed al-Adnani
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January

1996, US: Umar 'Abd al-Rahman (the "Blind Shaykh") sentenced to 

life in prison for his role in 1993 World Trade Center bombing

1991, Iraq: Operation Desert Storm air offensive begins

SUNDAY 7 Rabi al-Thani 17

2011, Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 50, wounds 150, in attack on police 

applicants in Tikrit; no claim of responsibility but al-Qa‘ida in Iraq

strongly suspected

1982, Lebanon: Malcolm Kerr, American University president, 

assassinated in Beirut; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility

MONDAY 8 Rabi al-Thani 18

US: Birthday of Martin Luther 

King, Jr., observed

2007, Ethiopia: Twenty-five killed in attack on community in Gunagado; 

Ogaden National Liberation Front believed responsible

TUESDAY 9 Rabi al-Thani 19

2012, Nigeria: Coordinated attacks in Kano kill more than 185; Boko 

Haram claims responsibility

1981, Iran: Remaining 52 US Embassy hostages seized in November 

1979 released

WEDNESDAY 10 Rabi al-Thani 20

2003, Kuwait: Gunman ambushes vehicle near Camp Doha, killing one 

US contractor and wounding another

THURSDAY 11 Rabi al-Thani 21

1999, France: GIA ringleaders sentenced to eight years for terrorist 

acts; 84 others sentenced in mass trial

FRIDAY 12 Rabi al-Thani 22

2002, Pakistan: Extremists kidnap and later kill US journalist 

Daniel Pearl 

2001, Yemen: Hijacking of Yemeni flight with 91 passengers, including 

US Ambassador; hijacker captured and passengers safely released

SATURDAY 13 Rabi al-Thani 23
16

appointed northern commander 

for ISIL by al-Baghdadi, with 

authority over ISIL’s military 

operations and ISIL’s forces 

in northern Syria, specifically 

Aleppo, al-Raqqah, Latakia, 

and northern Idlib Provinces. 

As of late 2013, he was the ISIL 

amir (leader) for northern Syria 

and was located in and around 

Aleppo Province. He was also 

in charge of fighters from 

Chechnya and elsewhere in the 

Caucasus. 

On 24 September 2014, the US 

Department of the Treasury 

designated Batirashvili as a 

Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224 for acting for or on 

behalf of ISIL.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Tarkhan Tayumurazovich 

Batyrashvili, Tarkhan 

Batirashvili, Omar Shishani, 

Umar Shishani, Omar 

al-Shishani, Abu Umar 

al-Shishani, Chechen Omar, 

Omar the Chechen, Omer the 

Chechen, Umar the Chechen, 

Abu Hudhayfah, Abu Umar

DATE OF BIRTH: 11 January 1986

ALTERNATIVE DATE OF BIRTH: 1982

PLACE OF BIRTH: Akhmeta, Village 

Birkiani, Georgia

CITIZENSHIP: Georgia

WANTED

Over the past several years, 

Syria-based Georgian national 

Tarkhan Tayumurazovich 

Batirashvili, also known as 

Omar the Chechen, has held 

a number of top military 

positions within the Islamic 

State of Iraq and the Levant 

(ISIL).

As of mid-2014, Batirashvili 

was a senior ISIL commander 

and Shura Council member 

based in al-Raqqah, Syria. 

He was identified as the ISIL 

military commander in a 

public video distributed by 

the group in late June 2014. 

Batirashvili oversaw an ISIL 

prison facility in al-Tabqa, 

close to al-Raqqah, where ISIL 

possibly held foreign hostages. 

As of mid-2014, Batirashvili 

also coordinated closely with 

ISIL’s financial section and had 

a base of operations for the 

terrorist organization in the 

Minbij, Syria, area. 

In early June 2014, Batirashvili 

ordered ISIL members to 

travel from Syria to Iraq to 

retrieve vehicles, weapons, and 

ammunition. According to an 

official social media account 

for ISIL in the Syrian Hasakah 

Governorate at this time, 

Batirashvili issued an important 

communiqué ordering the 

general mobilization of all 

ISIL provinces to support 

the group’s efforts in Mosul, 

Iraq, and to prepare for any 

emergencies. 

Batirashvili pledged allegiance 

to ISIL and its leader, Abu Bakr 

al-Baghdadi (Abu Du’a), in 

mid-2013. In May 2013, he was 

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January

2011, Russia: Suicide bombing kills 36, wounds 180, at Domodedovo 

airport in Moscow; Doku Umarov of Imirat Kavkaz claims responsibility 

on 7 February

1987, Lebanon: Jesse Turner, Alan Steen, Robert Polhill, and 

Mithileshwar Singh kidnapped in Beirut

SUNDAY 14 Rabi al-Thani 24

2011, US: Ahmed Ghailani sentenced in civilian court in New York to life 

in prison for role in 7 August 1998 bombing of US Embassies in Nairobi, 

Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

1993, US: Aimal Kasi kills two, Frank Darling and Lansing Bennett, 

and wounds three others, Calvin Morgan, Nicholas Starr, and Stephen 

Williams, outside CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia

MONDAY 15 Rabi al-Thani 25

2009, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Assailants kill 36 civilians in 

several villages; Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda widely 

believed responsible

TUESDAY 16 Rabi al-Thani 26

2003, Afghanistan: Armed militants attack UN convoy, kill two security 

officer escorts 

2002, Israel: Fatah female suicide bomber kills one and wounds more 

than 150 in Jerusalem

WEDNESDAY 17 Rabi al-Thani 27

2008, Burundi: Assailants kill three soldiers, then booby-trap bodies 

to target responders, in Kayanza; Party for the Liberation of the Hutu 

People (Palipehutu-FNL) believed responsible

1982, Italy: Police rescue US Army Brigadier General James Dozier, 

kidnapped by Red Brigades on 17 December 1981

THURSDAY 18 Rabi al-Thani 28

2008, Pakistan: Abu Layth al-Libi, al-Qa‘ida senior military commander 

and spokesperson, killed 

2004, Israel: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade bombs bus in Jerusalem, killing 

11 and wounding 50

FRIDAY 19 Rabi al-Thani 29

2010, Afghanistan: Female suicide bomber kills 14 civilians and 

3 soldiers in Khar; no claim of responsibility

SATURDAY 20 Rabi al-Thani 30
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Usama Bin Ladin formed al-Qa‘ida in 1988 

with Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against 

the Soviet Union, and declared its goal as 

the establishment of a pan-Islamic caliphate 

throughout the Muslim world. Toward this end, 

al-Qa‘ida seeks to unite Muslims to fight the 

West, especially the United States, as a means 

of overthrowing Muslim regimes al-Qa‘ida 

deems “apostate,” expelling Western influence 

from Muslim countries, and defeating Israel. 

Al-Qa‘ida issued a statement in February 1998 

under the banner of “the World Islamic Front 

for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders” 

saying it was the duty of all Muslims to kill 

US citizens—civilian and military—and their 

allies everywhere. The group merged with the 

Egyptian Islamic Jihad (al-Jihad) in June 2001.

On 11 September 2001, 19 al-Qa‘ida suicide 

attackers hijacked and crashed four US 

commercial jets—two into the World Trade 

Center in New York City, one into the Pentagon 

near Washington, D.C., and a fourth into a field 

in Shanksville, Pennsylvania—leaving nearly 

3,000 people dead. Al-Qa‘ida also directed the 

12 October 2000 attack on the USS Cole in the 

port of Aden, Yemen, which killed 17 US sailors 

and injured another 39, and conducted the 

bombings in August 1998 of the US embassies 

in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 

killing 224 people and injuring more than 5,000. 

Since 2002, al-Qa‘ida and affiliated groups 

have conducted attacks worldwide, including 

in Europe, North Africa, South Asia, Southeast 

Asia, and the Middle East.

In 2005, Ayman al-Zawahiri, then Bin Ladin’s 

deputy, publicly claimed al-Qa‘ida’s involvement 

in the 7 July 2005 bus bombings in the United 

Kingdom. In 2006, British security services 

foiled an al-Qa‘ida plot to detonate explosives 

on up to 10 transatlantic flights originating 

from London’s Heathrow airport. During that 

time, the numbers of al-Qa‘ida-affiliated groups 

increased. Following Bin Ladin’s death in 

2011, al-Qa‘ida leaders moved quickly to name 

al-Zawahiri as his successor. 

While al-Zawahiri leads a small but influential 

cadre of senior leaders widely called al-Qa‘ida 

Core, the group’s cohesiveness the past three 

years has diminished because of leadership 

losses from counterterrorism pressure in 

Afghanistan and Pakistan and the rise of other 

organizations such as the Islamic State of Iraq 

and the Levant (ISIL) that serve as an alternative 

for some disaffected extremists. The 2015 

deaths of Nasir al-Wahishi and Abu Khalil 

al-Sudani, two of al-Qa‘ida’s most experienced 

top leaders, has hindered the organization’s core 

functions. 

Nonetheless, al-Qa‘ida and its affiliates in South 

Asia, Africa, and the Middle East remain a 

resilient organization committed to conducting 

attacks in the United States and against 

American interests abroad. The group has 

advanced a number of unsuccessful plots in the 

past several years, including against the United 

States and Europe. This highlights al-Qa‘ida’s 

ability to continue some attack preparations 

while under sustained counterterrorism 

pressure and suggests it may be plotting 

additional attacks against the United States at 

home or overseas.

Looking ahead to 2016, al-Qa‘ida could seek 

to reconstitute its remnants in Afghanistan 

and place greater emphasis on smaller attacks 

against soft targets. Al-Qa‘ida continues to 

aspire to conduct large-scale attacks, however, 

and its historical ties to Afghanistan make the 

country an attractive operating area, especially 

if the group can leverage its longstanding 

relationships with Afghan insurgents who 

supported it in the years preceding 9/11.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239403.htm

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Ayman al-Zawahiri
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January/February

2003, US: Richard Reid, failed "shoe bomber" who attempted to bring 

down American Airlines flight 63 in December 2001, is sentenced to life 

in prison

2001, Netherlands: Scottish court finds Libyan ‘Abd al-Baset al-Megrahi

guilty in Pan Am 103 bombing

SUNDAY 21 Rabi al-Thani 31

2013, Turkey: Suicide bomber attacks US Embassy in Ankara, killing 

himself and a guard; DHKP/C claims responsibility

2011, US: Colleen LaRose, also known as "Jihad Jane," pleads guilty to 

four terrorism-related charges

2009, Iraq: Female suicide bomber kills 46 Shia pilgrims in Baghdad

2001, Ecuador: US hostage Ron Sanders found shot to death

MONDAY 22 Rabi al-Thani 1

2009, Afghanistan: Suicide bomber kills 25 police officers, wounds 

many more in Tarin Kot; Taliban claim responsibility

TUESDAY 23 Rabi al-Thani 2

2000, Syria & Sudan: Countries sign agreement on fighting terrorism 

in compliance with Arab Antiterrorism Convention

WEDNESDAY 24 Rabi al-Thani 3

2009, Colombia: Seventeen civilians stabbed to death near Barbacoas; 

FARC claims responsibility

THURSDAY 25 Rabi al-Thani 4

Sri Lanka: Independence Day

2001, Algeria & France: Countries sign accord to cooperate in 

fighting terrorism

FRIDAY 26 Rabi al-Thani 5

2004, Russia: Unknown group detonates explosives in Moscow Metro, 

killing 40 and wounding 122 

2000, UK: Ariana Afghan Air flight hijacked; 20 hostages released 

unharmed; hijackers surrender on 10 February

SATURDAY 27 Rabi al-Thani 6
20

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abu Muhammad, Abu Fatima, 

Muhammad Ibrahim, Abu 

Abdallah, Abu al-Mu’iz, The 

Doctor, The Teacher, Nur, 

Ustaz, Abu Mohammed, Abu 

Mohammed Nur al-Deen, 

Abdel Muaz, Dr. Ayman al 

Zawahiri

DATE OF BIRTH: 19 June 1951

PLACE OF BIRTH: Egypt

SEX: Male

HAIR: Brown/Black

EYES: Dark

NATIONALITY: Egyptian

WANTED

Ayman al-Zawahiri is a 

physician and the founder of 

the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. 

This organization opposes the 

secular Egyptian Government 

and seeks its overthrow 

through violent means. 

Al-Zawahiri is believed to 

have served as an advisor and 

doctor to Usama Bin Ladin. 

He has been indicted for his 

alleged role in the 7 August 

1998 bombings of the US 

embassies in Dar es Salaam, 

Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. 

He has been indicted on the 

following charges: murder 

of US nationals outside the 

United States; conspiracy to 

murder US nationals outside 

the United States; and attack 

on a federal facility resulting 

in death.

Ayman al-Zawahiri, the now 

deceased Usama Bin Ladin, 

and others already in custody 

or deceased are believed 

to be responsible for the 

bombings of the US embassies 

in Tanzania and Kenya on 7 

August 1998. The bombings 

killed 224 civilians and 

wounded over 5,000 others. 

These terrorists are believed 

to be members of al-Qa‘ida, an 

international terrorist network.

Al-Zawahiri was listed 

in the original annex to 

Executive Order 13224 on 23 

September 2001.

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February

1991, UK: Attack on No. 10 Downing Street; mortar rounds fired at 

Prime Minister John Major’s residence wound three; PIRA responsible

SUNDAY 28 Rabi al-Thani 7

2008, India: Seven civilians killed in courtroom shooting in Tuensang; 

National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) 

claims responsibility

MONDAY 29 Rabi al-Thani 8

Chinese New Year (Year of 

the Monkey)

2009, Sri Lanka: LTTE female suicide bomber kills 28, wounds 

90 in Vishvamadu

2000, Turkey: PKK announces formal halt to war; adopts new name, 

Kongra-Gel, and reelects Abdullah Ocalan as leader

TUESDAY 1 Jumada al-Ula 9

2011, Pakistan: Teenage suicide bomber kills 27 soldiers in attack 

on military training center in Mardan; local member of TTP

claims responsibility

2004, Iraq: Unknown group bombs job applicants at police station, 

killing 55 and wounding 67

WEDNESDAY 2 Jumada al-Ula 10 Christian: Ash Wednesday

2010, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fifteen civilians kidnapped, 

seven later killed in Bisembe; Democratic Forces for the Liberation of 

Rwanda believed responsible

THURSDAY 3 Jumada al-Ula 11 Iran: Revolution Day

2008, Syria: 'Imad Mughniyah, believed responsible for 

18 April 1983 bombing of US Embassy in Beirut, killed by car-bomb 

in Damascus

FRIDAY 4 Jumada al-Ula 12

US: Lincoln’s Birthday

2000, Colombia: FARC, ELN stage attacks, kill 12, kidnap 16 SATURDAY 5 Jumada al-Ula 13
22

Yasin al-Suri

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

al-Suri, Yaseen al-Suri, Izz 

al-Din Abd al-Farid Khalil, Zayn 

al-Abadin

DATE OF BIRTH: 1982

PLACE OF BIRTH: al-Qamishli, Syria

SEX: Male

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

WANTED

Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil, more 

commonly known as Yasin 

al-Suri, is a senior al-Qa‘ida 

facilitator based in Iran. Yasin 

al-Suri was arrested by Iranian 

authorities in December 2011 

after the announcement of the 

$10 million Rewards for Justice 

offer, but he has resumed 

leadership of al-Qa’ida’s 

Iran-based network.

As head al-Qa’ida facilitator 

in Iran, al-Suri is responsible 

for overseeing al-Qa’ida 

efforts to transfer experienced 

operatives and leaders from 

Pakistan to Syria, organizing 

and maintaining routes by 

which new recruits can travel 

to Syria via Turkey, and 

assisting in the movement of 

al-Qa’ida external operatives 

to the West.

Al-Suri moves money and 

recruits from across the 

Middle East into Iran, and then 

on to Pakistan, to support 

al-Qa’ida’s senior leadership. 

Iranian authorities maintain 

a relationship with al-Suri 

and have permitted him to 

operate within Iran’s borders 

since 2005.

Al-Suri facilitates the 

movement of recruits for 

al-Qa’ida from the Gulf to 

Pakistan and Afghanistan via 

Iran. He is also an important 

fundraiser for al-Qa’ida and 

has collected money from 

donors and fundraisers 

throughout the Gulf. Al-Suri 

funnels significant funds 

via Iran for onward passage 

to al-Qa’ida’s leadership in 

Afghanistan and Iraq.

Working with the Iranian 

government, al-Suri arranges 

the release of al-Qa’ida 

personnel from Iranian prisons. 

When al-Qaida operatives 

are released, the Iranian 

government transfers them 

to al-Suri, who then facilitates 

their travel to Pakistan.

On 28 July 2011, the US 

Department of the Treasury 

designated al-Suri as a 

Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224 for acting for or on 

behalf of al-Qa‘ida.

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February

2011, Bahrain: Political unrest spawns creation of 14 February Youth 

Coalition, later suspected of involvement in firebomb and other attacks 

against Western interests

2005, Lebanon: Former Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri is assassinated by 

car-bomb in Beirut; UN investigation in October finds Syria responsible

SUNDAY 6 Jumada al-Ula 14

Valentine’s Day

1999, Turkey: PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan arrested and returned to 

Turkey; arrest sparks Kurdish protests across Europe

MONDAY 7 Jumada al-Ula 15

US: Washington's 

Birthday observed

2013, Pakistan: Bomb kills 84, wounds 190 in Hazara, near Quetta; 

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claims responsibility

1992, Lebanon: Hizballah General Secretary Abbas Musawi killed in 

helicopter ambush

TUESDAY 8 Jumada al-Ula 16

2008, Afghanistan: More than 100 killed, many more wounded in 

suicide bombing in Kandahar; Taliban believed responsible

WEDNESDAY 9 Jumada al-Ula 17

2002, Israel: Policeman killed by suicide bomber; al-Aqsa Martyrs 

Brigade claims responsibility

THURSDAY 10 Jumada al-Ula 18

2001, UK: Terrorism Act 2000 enacted FRIDAY 11 Jumada al-Ula 19

2003, Saudi Arabia: Gunman ambushes car at stoplight, killing UK 

citizen; Yemen-born naturalized Saudi later arrested 

1998, Japan: Japanese Red Army member Tsutomu Shirosaki

sentenced to 30 years for attack on US Embassy in Indonesia

SATURDAY 12 Jumada al-Ula 20
24

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Seif Al Adel, Ibrahim al-Madani

DATES OF BIRTH USED: 11 April 1963; 

11 April 1960

PLACE OF BIRTH: Egypt

HAIR: Dark

EYES: Dark

CITIZENSHIP: Egyptian

WANTED

Saif al-Adel is believed to be 

a high-ranking member of 

the al-Qa‘ida organization. 

He has been indicted for his 

alleged role in the 7 August 

1998 bombings of the US 

embassies in Dar es Salaam, 

Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, 

which killed 224 civilians and 

wounded over 5,000 others. 

He has been indicted on the 

following charges: conspiracy 

to kill United States nationals, 

to murder, to destroy buildings 

and property of the United 

States, and to destroy national 

defense utilities of the 

United States.

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February

2004, Uganda: Lord's Resistance Army attacks refugee camp in 

northern region, killing 239 and wounding 60 

1970, Israel: PFLP-GC bombing of Swissair jet kills 47

SUNDAY 13 Jumada al-Ula 21

2010, US: Najibullah Zazi pleads guilty to charges of conspiring to 

bomb New York City subway system

2006, Iraq: Destruction of al-Askari (Golden Dome) Mosque in 

Samarra‘ triggers retaliatory attacks that kill nearly 400 in subsequent 

week; al-Qa‘ida in Iraq claims responsibility

1969, Syria: Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine founded

MONDAY 14 Jumada al-Ula 22

US: Washington's birthday

2002, Colombia: Politician Ingrid Betancourt and three US military 

contractors, Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell,

kidnapped by FARC

1998, Worldwide: Usama Bin Ladin and al-Qa‘ida issue fatwa urging 

the murder of Americans wherever they are found

TUESDAY 15 Jumada al-Ula 23

2009, Sudan: Sixteen military, 21 civilians killed in attack in Malakal; 

no claim of responsibility but Sudan People's Liberation Army

widely suspected 

2009, Somalia: Seventeen civilians killed, up to 90 more injured in 

fighting after attacks in Tarabunka and other locations; Islamic Party 

claims responsibility

WEDNESDAY 16 Jumada al-Ula 24

1996, Israel: HAMAS bombs buses in Jerusalem, killing 28 and 

wounding 80 

1994, Israel: Settler Baruch Goldstein kills 39 Arab worshipers, wounds 

another 125, at Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron

1991, Iraq: Ground offensive launched in Operation Desert Storm

THURSDAY 17 Jumada al-Ula 25

2010, Afghanistan: Taliban attack Kabul guesthouses frequented by 

foreigners; 17 killed, 30 wounded in bombings and subsequent gunfire

1993, US: World Trade Center bombed, six killed and 1,000 wounded

FRIDAY 18 Jumada al-Ula 26

2007, Afghanistan: Suicide attack on Bagram Air Base during visit by 

Vice President Cheney kills 23 and wounds 20 

1980, Colombia: M-19 seizes Dominican Embassy, holds 

20 ambassadors and 65 others hostage; last hostage released 21 April

SATURDAY 19 Jumada al-Ula 27
26

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abd al-Aziz al-Masri, Hasan 

‘Umar Ibrahim Ali Saleem Abu 

Salsbil, Abu Salsabil Hassan 

Omar, Hasan ‘Umar Zizo

DATE OF BIRTH: 18 April 1966

PLACE OF BIRTH: Bani Suwayf, Egypt

EYES: Dark

WANTED

Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa 

al-Bakri is an al-Qa‘ida 

member and an explosives and 

chemical weapons expert. He 

is a member of the al-Qa‘ida 

Shura council and is a close 

associate of al-Qa‘ida leaders 

Saif al-Adel and Ayman 

al-Zawahiri.

Prior to joining al-Qa‘ida, 

al-Bakri was a member of 

the Egyptian Islamic Jihad 

terrorist group, under the 

direction of Ayman al-Zawahiri. 

He served as an instructor 

in al-Qa’ida’s camps in 

Afghanistan, providing 

terrorist recruits with training 

in the use of explosives and 

chemical weapons. Al-Bakri 

also unsuccessfully attempted 

to hijack a Pakistani Air 

passenger flight in December 

2000. It is likely that he 

continues to train al-Qa’ida 

terrorists and other extremists.

On 9 November 2005, the US 

Department of the Treasury 

designated al-Bakri as a 

Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224 for acting for or on 

behalf of al-Qa’ida.

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Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri 
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February/March

2005, Iraq: Two vehicle-bomb attacks kill more than 160 Iraqis; 

al-Zarqawi group claims responsibility 

1985, UK: PIRA kills nine police officers in mortar attack

SUNDAY 20 Jumada al-Ula 28

2008, Pakistan: Forty killed, 50 injured in suicide IED attack in 

Mingaora, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa); 

no claim of responsibility

MONDAY 21 Jumada al-Ula 29

2003, Pakistan: Khalid Shaykh Muhammad is arrested; planned 

9/11 attacks in US

2001, UK: 21 groups banned under new terrorism law; LTTE office first 

to be closed

TUESDAY 22 Jumada al-Ula 1

2004, Pakistan: Unknown group bombs Shia Muslim parade in Quetta, 

killing 44 and wounding 120 

1974, Sudan: US ambassador Cleo A. Noel, Jr., and deputy chief of 

mission George C. Moore assassinated by Black September after attack 

on Saudi Embassy in Khartoum the previous day

WEDNESDAY 23 Jumada al-Ula 2

2009, Pakistan: Six security personnel killed in attack on Sri Lankan 

cricket team in Lahore; no claim of responsibility 

2007, Algeria: AQIM bombs convoy carrying Russian workers, 

killing seven and wounding five

2003, Philippines: MILF explodes bomb hidden in backpack in a 

crowded terminal, killing 21 including one US citizen, and wounding 

146 others

THURSDAY 24 Jumada al-Ula 3

1999, Turkey: Suspected PKK suicide bomber kills three in Batman FRIDAY 25 Jumada al-Ula 4

2003, Israel: HAMAS suicide bomber explodes bomb aboard bus, 

killing 15, including one US citizen, and wounding 40 others 

2002, Israel: Bomb explodes inside Arab schoolyard in Jerusalem, 

wounding eight; Avengers of the Infants claims responsibility 

1998, Sri Lanka: Bus bomb kills 37 and wounds more than 250; 

LTTE blamed

SATURDAY 26 Jumada al-Ula 5
28

Al-Qa‘ida in the Arabian Peninsula is a Sunni 

extremist group based in Yemen that has 

orchestrated numerous high-profile terrorist 

attacks. AQAP emerged in January 2009 

following the unification of Yemeni and Saudi 

terrorist elements, signaling the group’s intent 

to serve as a hub for regional terrorism in 

the Arabian Peninsula. AQAP was preceded 

by al-Qa‘ida in Yemen (AQY), comprised of 

several al-Qa‘ida veterans who escaped from a 

Sanaa prison. AQAP’s original leadership was 

composed of the group’s now-deceased amir 

Nasir al-Wahishi; now-deceased deputy amir 

Sa‘id al-Shahri; and Wahishi’s successor as amir, 

Qasim al-Rimi. Dual US-Yemeni citizen Anwar 

al-Aulaqi, who had a worldwide following as a 

radical ideologue and propagandist, was the 

most prominent member of AQAP; he was killed 

in an explosion in September 2011. Throughout 

2015, AQAP has sustained rapid and cumulative 

losses to its leadership ranks, including 

the death of Nasir al-Wahishi. Shortly after 

Wahishi’s death, AQAP released a video naming 

the group’s long-time operational commander 

Qasim al-Rimi as Wahishi’s successor. 

The group has targeted local, US, and Western 

interests in the Arabian Peninsula, as well 

as abroad. One of the most notable of these 

operations occurred when AQAP dispatched 

Nigerian-born Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 

who attempted to detonate an explosive 

device aboard a Northwest Airlines flight on 

25 December 2009—the first attack inside the 

United States by an al-Qa‘ida affiliate since 

11 September 2001. That was followed by an 

attempt to send explosive-laden packages to the 

United States on 27 October 2010. In January 

2015, two French nationals attacked the Charlie 

Hebdo magazine’s Paris office, an operation 

one of the attackers claimed Anwar al-Aulaqi 

funded. A week after the attack, AQAP released 

a video on Twitter claiming that the group chose 

the target and financed the operation. AQAP 

has also sought to expand its media presence 

by launching the English-language publication, 

Inspire magazine, in 2010. 

AQAP has also undertaken a number of attacks 

targeting the Yemeni Government, including 

a complex attack in December 2013 against 

Yemen’s Ministry of Defense that killed at 

least 52 people; and in February 2014 the 

group freed over two dozen prisoners from 

Sanaa’s central prison. Since the Huthi rise 

to power in early 2015, AQAP elements have 

prioritized combating Huthi expansion and 

regularly engage in attacks and skirmishes 

with the growing Huthi presence. AQAP 

also has formed a stronghold in Mukalla, 

Hadramawt Governorate, where it has freed 

prisoners, robbed banks, and taken over 

government facilities.

AQAP was designated a Foreign Terrorist 

Organization on 19 January 2010.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239407.htm

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March

2008, Israel: Eight students killed in attack on yeshiva in Jerusalem; 

HAMAS claims responsibility

2007, Iraq: Suicide bombers detonate themselves in a crowd of Shia 

pilgrims in Al Hillah, killing 120 pilgrims and wounding 190 

1999, Venezuela: Bodies of three US peace activists found; 

FARC responsible

SUNDAY 27 Jumada al-Ula 6

1999, Bangladesh: Two bombs kill 10 and wound 75 at political 

meeting; Harakat-ul-Jihad backed by Bin Ladin suspected

1973, US: Vehicle bombs defused at El Al terminal at Kennedy Airport, 

the First Israel Bank and Trust Company, and the Israel Discount Bank in 

New York City; member of Black September arrested in 1991, sentenced 

to 30 years in prison

MONDAY 28 Jumada al-Ula 7

2010, Pakistan: Car-bomb kills 13, wounds 90 in attack on security 

forces building in Lahore; TTP claims responsibility

1995, Pakistan: Gunmen kill two US diplomats and wound one 

in Karachi

TUESDAY 29 Jumada al-Ula 8 Worldwide: International 

Women's Day

2004, Turkey: Two suicide bombers in Istanbul kill two, wound six; 

Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade claims responsibility 

2002, Israel: Suicide bomb kills 11 and wounds 25 inside a crowded 

Jerusalem cafe; HAMAS claims responsibility

1977, US: Group of Hanafi Muslims seizes three buildings in 

Washington, DC; siege ends two days later with 149 hostages released, 

journalist and police officer killed

WEDNESDAY 30 Jumada al-Ula 9

2000, Sri Lanka: LTTE conducts suicide motorcade ambush; 29 killed, 

70 wounded

THURSDAY 1 Jumada al-Akhirah 10

2004, Spain: Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade claims responsibility for four 

bombs on Madrid trains, killing 198, wounding 600 

1999, Colombia: FARC founders Miguel Pascua and Commandante 

Oscar killed during raid in Cali

FRIDAY 2 Jumada al-Akhirah 11

2011, Israel: Family of five settlers in West Bank stabbed to death while 

in bed; no claim of responsibility

2010, Pakistan: Two suicide bombings targeting army convoy kill more 

than 40, wound 100, in Lahore; no immediate claim of responsibility

1999, Colombia: FARC leader Vladimir Gonzales Obregon killed 

by Army 

1993, India: Bomb attacks leave 250 dead, 700 wounded; Pakistan 

denies responsibility

SATURDAY 3 Jumada al-Akhirah 12
30

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Qasim al-Raymi, Qassim 

al-Raimi, Qassim al-Raymi, 

Qassem al-Remi, Qasim 

al-Rami

DATE OF BIRTH: 5 June 1978

NATIONALITY: Yemen

WANTED

Qasim al-Rimi is al-Qa’ida in 

the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) 

senior military commander. 

Al-Rimi has played a key role 

in reviving the regional node 

of al-Qa’ida. In 2007, he and 

AQAP Emir Nasir al-Wahishi 

announced the emergence of 

al-Qa’ida in Yemen (AQY)—

AQAP’s predecessor group. 

In addition to his activities 

as AQAP’s senior military 

commander, al-Rimi has 

played an important role 

in recruiting the current 

generation of militants making 

up the Yemen-based AQAP.

On 11 May 2010, the US 

Department of State 

designated al-Rimi as a 

Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224 for acting for or on 

behalf of AQAP.

Qasim al-Rimi
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March

1999, Turkey: Bombing at shopping center kills three and wounds six; 

Revenge Falcons of Apo claims responsibility

SUNDAY 4 Jumada al-Akhirah 13

2004, Israel: Near-simultaneous attacks by two suicide bombers kill 

10, wound 18 in Ashdod port; HAMAS and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade

claim responsibility

MONDAY 5 Jumada al-Akhirah 14

2001, Turkey: Russian plane hijacked; 45 of 174 hostages freed 

or escape. Two hostages and one hijacker killed, remaining 

hostages released

TUESDAY 6 Jumada al-Akhirah 15

1985, Lebanon: US journalist Terry Anderson kidnapped 

1984, Lebanon: US official William Buckley seized, later killed 

by Hizballah

WEDNESDAY 7 Jumada al-Akhirah 16

1992, Argentina: Car-bomb destroys Israeli Embassy, killing 28 and 

wounding 220; Lebanese Hizballah claims responsibility

THURSDAY 8 Jumada al-Akhirah 17 Christian: St. Patrick’s Day

FRIDAY 9 Jumada al-Akhirah 18

2011, Israel: HAMAS fires 50 mortars from Gaza Strip, injuring several 

in first such attack in two years; group's militant wing, Izz al-Din 

al-Qassam Brigades, claims responsibility

2007, Afghanistan: Suicide bomber attacks US Embassy convoy, 

wounding two officials and one Afghan child; Taliban 

claim responsibility

SATURDAY 10 Jumada al-Akhirah 19
32

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or Consulate.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Ibrahim Hassan Tali Assiri, 

Ibrahim Hasan Tali’a ‘Asiri, 

Ibrahim Hasan Tali al-‘Asiri, 

Ibrahim al-‘Asiri, Ibrahim 

Hassan al Asiri

DATE OF BIRTH: 18 April 1982

ALTERNATIVE DATE OF BIRTH: 19 April 

1982

PLACE OF BIRTH: Riyadh, Saudi 

Arabia

NATIONALITY: Saudi Arabia

WANTED

Ibrahim Hassan Tali al-Asiri 

is an al-Qa’ida in the Arabian 

Peninsula (AQAP) operative 

and serves as the terrorist 

organization’s primary bomb 

maker. Before joining AQAP, 

al-Asiri was part of an al-Qa’ida 

affiliated terrorist cell in Saudi 

Arabia and was involved 

in planned bombings of oil 

facilities in the Kingdom.

Al-Asiri gained particular 

notoriety for the recruitment 

of his younger brother as a 

suicide bomber in a failed 

assassination attempt of 

Saudi Prince Muhammad 

bin Nayif. Although the 

assassination attempt failed, 

the brutality, novelty, and 

sophistication of the plot 

is illustrative of the threat 

posed by al-Asiri. Al-Asiri is 

credited with designing the 

remotely detonated device, 

which contained one pound of 

explosives concealed inside his 

brother’s body.

Al-Asiri is currently wanted 

by the Government of Saudi 

Arabia. In addition, Interpol has 

published an Orange Notice 

warning the public about the 

threat posed by him.

On 24 March 2011, the 

US Department of State 

designated al-Asiri as a 

Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist under Executive 

Order 13224.

Ibrahim Hassan Tali al-Asiri
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March

2015, Yemen: Suicide bombers attack four Shia mosques in Sanaa, 

killing 140 and wounding more than 350; ISIL claims responsibility

2002, Israel: Suicide bomb detonates on bus, killing seven and 

wounding 30; Islamic Jihad responsible 

1995, Japan: Sarin attack kills 12 and sickens 5,000; Aum 

Shinrikyo responsible

SUNDAY 11 Jumada al-Akhirah 20 Christian: Palm Sunday

Tunisia: Independence Day

2002, Israel: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade suicide bomber detonates bomb 

in crowd of shoppers in Jerusalem; three killed, 86 wounded

MONDAY 12 Jumada al-Akhirah 21

Iran and Afghanistan: Nowruz 

(Persian New Year)

2001, Russia: Aleksandr Suslikov sentenced to six years for US 

Embassy bombing attempt in Moscow 

1945, Egypt: Arab League founded

TUESDAY 13 Jumada al-Akhirah 22

2011, Israel: Bomb near Jerusalem's central bus station kills one, 

wounds 40; no immediate claim of responsibility

1998, Algeria: Seven GIA extremists sentenced to death for 

assassinating Archbishop of Oran

WEDNESDAY 14 Jumada al-Akhirah 23 Pakistan: Pakistan Day

2003, India: Armed militants dressed in military uniforms kill 24 THURSDAY 15 Jumada al-Akhirah 24 Jewish: Purim (Feast of Lots)

2009, Afghanistan: Bomb kills 10 civilians, wounds several others in 

Sabari; no claim of responsibility

FRIDAY 16 Jumada al-Akhirah 25 Christian: Good Friday

2014, US: Sulayman Bu Gayth, al-Qa‘ida spokesman and close 

associate of Usama Bin Ladin, convicted in New York on terrorism 

and conspiracy charges

1978, Egypt & Israel: Countries ratify Camp David accords

SATURDAY 17 Jumada al-Akhirah 26
34

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DATE OF BIRTH: 1965

CITIZENSHIP: Egypt

WANTED

Ibrahim al-Banna is a member 

of al-Qa’ida in the Arabian 

Peninsula’s (AQAP) leadership 

and has served as the group’s 

chief of security. Al-Banna was 

a founding member of AQAP 

and has provided military 

and security guidance to 

AQAP leadership.

WANTED

Since at least late 2012, Jalal 

Bala’idi has been serving as 

an al-Qa’ida in the Arabian 

Peninsula (AQAP) regional 

amir, responsible for 

multiple governorates.

In 2013, Bala’idi was involved 

in planning attacks on 

Western diplomatic officials 

and facilities in Sanaa 

using explosives. AQAP 

had surveilled diplomatic 

personnel in preparation for 

the attacks.

Ibrahim al-Banna

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Jalal Bala’idi
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March/April

2009, Pakistan: At least 50 worshipers killed and 100 wounded as 

suicide bomber strikes mosque in Jamrud, near Afghan border; no 

claim of responsibility but Taliban suspected

2007, Iraq: Two truck bombs target Shia areas of Tall `Afar, killing 

152 and wounding 347 

2002, Israel: 29 people killed and 140 wounded by suicide bomber 

attack on hotel during Passover seder; HAMAS claims responsibility 

2001, Algeria: Abdelmajid Dahoumane arrested for role in plot to attack 

Los Angeles International Airport on 31 December 1999

SUNDAY 18 Jumada al-Akhirah 27 Christian: Easter

2007, Greece: Grenade attack damages vehicles in Thessaloniki but 

causes no injuries; anarchists believed responsible

MONDAY 19 Jumada al-Akhirah 28

2011, Pakistan: Authorities announce arrest of Umar Patek, wanted 

in connection with the October 2002 bombing in Bali, Indonesia, that 

killed more than 200

2010, Russia: Almost 40 killed, 60 wounded as female suicide bombers 

attack two Metro stations in Moscow; on 31 March, Chechen rebel 

leader Doku Umarov claims responsibility for the attacks

1998, West Bank: HAMAS master bomber Muhi al-Din Sharif is killed 

in Ramallah

TUESDAY 20 Jumada al-Akhirah 29

2009, Pakistan: Eight security personnel killed in attack on police 

academy near Lahore; second major attack on security forces 

within month

2002, Israel: Suicide bombing kills one and wounds 30 in Tel Aviv; 

al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claims responsibility

WEDNESDAY 21 Jumada al-Akhirah 30 Palestinian: Land Day (Yawm 

al-Ard), commemoration of death 

of six people killed during protest 

of Israeli seizure of land in 1976

2002, Israel: Suicide bomber strikes restaurant in Haifa, killing 

15 people and wounding more than 40; HAMAS claims responsibility

THURSDAY 22 Jumada al-Akhirah 31 Islamic: Beginning of "Battle 

of the Trench;" Muhammad's 

forces break two-week siege 

by numerically superior tribes 

(Western date, 627 C.E.)

1970, El Salvador: Popular Forces of Liberation formed FRIDAY 23 Jumada al-Akhirah 1

2015, Kenya: At least 147 killed in attack on Garissa University; 

al-Shabaab claims responsibility

2003, Philippines: JI explodes bomb on crowded passenger wharf, 

killing 16 and wounding 55 

1986, Greece: Bomb explodes on TWA flight 840, killing four and 

wounding nine; Arab Revolutionary Cells claims responsibility

SATURDAY 24 Jumada al-Akhirah 2

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Jamal Muhsin al-Tali, Abu 

Abdul Rahman al-Badawi, 

Abu Abdul Rahman al-Adani, 

Jamal Mohammad Ahmad Ali 

al-Badawi, Jamal Mohammad 

Ahmad

DATE OF BIRTH: 22 July 1960, 23 

October 1960, or 23 October 

1963

PLACE OF BIRTH: Al-Shargian, 

Makiras, Yemen

HEIGHT: Approximately 5’5” 

(165 cm)

WEIGHT: Approximately 175 lbs 

(79 kg)

HAIR: Black

EYES: Black

COMPLEXION: Olive 

WANTED

Jamal al-Badawi is wanted 

in connection with the 12 

October 2000 bombing 

of the USS Cole in Aden, 

Yemen. This attack resulted 

in the deaths of 17 American 

sailors. He has been indicted 

on the following charges: 

murder and conspiracy to 

murder US nationals and 

US military personnel; 

conspiracy to use and using 

weapons of mass destruction, 

damaging and destroying 

government properties 

and defense facilities; and 

providing material support to 

terrorist organizations.

Jamal Mohammad al-Badawi

FBI Most Wanted 

Terrorists
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April

2013, Afghanistan: Thirty-four civilians, 10 security personnel killed as 

Taliban forces storm courthouse in Farah

2011, Pakistan: Suicide bombers attack Sufi shrine in Dera Ghazi Khan, 

killing 50 and wounding more than 100; TTP claims responsibility

1982, France: Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Brigades assassinate 

Israeli Embassy political secretary

SUNDAY 25 Jumada al-Akhirah 3

1986, West Germany: La Belle disco in West Berlin bombed, killing 

three and wounding 200; Libyan operatives responsible

MONDAY 26 Jumada al-Akhirah 4

1988, Algeria: Hizballah hijacks Kuwait Airways flight from Thailand, 

killing two passengers; standoff ends 16 days later with remaining 

hostages released

TUESDAY 27 Jumada al-Akhirah 5

2001, US: Algerian Ahmed Ressam convicted for role in plot to attack 

Los Angeles International Airport on 31 December 1999

WEDNESDAY 28 Jumada al-Akhirah 6

1998, Greece: Rocket attack damages Citibank building and others; 

17 November claims responsibility on 9 April 2001

THURSDAY 29 Jumada al-Akhirah 7

2004, India: Nine civilians killed, 50 wounded when bomb explodes at 

election rally in Uri; Save Kashmir Movement claims responsibility

FRIDAY 1 Rajab 8

2009, West Bank: Twelve civilians wounded in attack on Palestinian 

community in Bayt Safafa; no claim of responsibility but Israeli settlers 

believed responsible

SATURDAY 2 Rajab 9 Tunisia: Martyrs Day
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Awaiss, Owaiss, Uwayss, 

Zubayr al-Rimi (possible), 

Abdallah Ahmad Salid al-Rimi, 

Abdallah Ahmad Saleh Ahmad 

al-Rimi

DATE OF BIRTH: 1974

PLACE OF BIRTH: Ta’iz, Yemen

COMPLEXION: Olive

HAIR: Black

EYES: Black

CITIZENSHIP: Yemen

LANGUAGE: Arabic

FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

Should be considered armed 

and dangerous.

If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

www.fbi.gov

WANTED

Abdullah Al-Rimi is wanted for 

questioning in connection with 

the 12 October 2000 bombing 

of the USS Cole in Aden, 

Yemen, in which 17 American 

sailors were killed. Al-Rimi 

may be residing in Yemen.

Abdullah al-Rimi
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April

2002, Israel: HAMAS suicide bomber kills eight, wounds 22 in 

bus attack

SUNDAY 3 Rajab 10

1968, Syria: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General 

Command founded

MONDAY 4 Rajab 11

2002, Israel: Suicide bomber kills six, wounds 104 in Jerusalem; 

al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade responsible

TUESDAY 5 Rajab 12

2006, Chad: Eighty civilians killed in two attacks in and near 

Jawara; no claim of responsibility but Janjaweed Militia widely 

believed responsible

WEDNESDAY 6 Rajab 13

2014, Nigeria: More than 250 schoolgirls kidnapped in Boko 

Haram attack in Chibok; group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, 

claims responsibility

2013, Bahrain: Several devices explode in and around Manama; 

members of 14 February Youth Coalition claim responsibility on social 

media sites

1986, Libya: US planes bomb Tripoli and Benghazi in retaliation for La 

Belle disco bombing on 4 April

THURSDAY 7 Rajab 14

2013, US: Three killed, 264 wounded when bombs explode at Boston 

Marathon; Djokhar Tsarnaev arrested, Tamerlan Tsarnaev killed 

in manhunt

2011, Indonesia: Twenty-eight wounded in Jakarta in country's first 

suicide bombing inside a mosque; no claim of responsibility

1986, Sudan: US Embassy communicator shot and wounded 

in Khartoum

FRIDAY 8 Rajab 15

2012, Afghanistan: Near-simultaneous attacks against Western 

facilities and government buildings in Kabul end after 18 hours of 

fighting; Taliban claim responsibility

2010, Pakistan: Twelve killed, 40 wounded as suicide bomber fires on 

people in Quetta hospital before detonating device; Lashkar-e-Jhangvi 

claims responsibility

SATURDAY 9 Rajab 16
40

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Jaber A. Elbanelt, Jaben A. 

Elbanelt, Jabor Elbaneh, Abu 

Jubaer, Jubaer Elbaneh, Jubair

DATE OF BIRTH: 9 September 1966

PLACE OF BIRTH: Yemen

HAIR: Brown

EYES: Brown

HEIGHT: 5’8” (173 cm)

OCCUPATION: Salesman, Taxi 

Driver

WANTED

Jaber A. Elbaneh is wanted 

in connection with a federal 

criminal complaint unsealed on 

21 May 21 2003, in the Western 

District of New York, Buffalo, 

New York. He is charged with 

providing material support 

to a terrorist organization 

and conspiring to provide 

material support specifically to 

al-Qa’ida.

Elbaneh is believed to have 

fled the United States and 

is still thought to be outside 

the country.

Jaber A. Elbaneh

FBI, 2008 FBI, 2008
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April

2004, Gaza Strip: Israelis kill HAMAS Gaza Strip leader Dr. ‘Abd al-Aziz 

al-Rantisi

SUNDAY 10 Rajab 17

2010, Iraq: Abu Ayyub al-Masri and 'Umar al-Baghdadi, leaders of 

al-Qa‘ida in Iraq, killed in Coalition raid in Baghdad 

1983, Lebanon: Car-bomb explodes in front of US Embassy, killing 

63 and wounding over 100; Hizballah responsible

MONDAY 11 Rajab 18

1995, US: Truck bomb explodes at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 

Oklahoma City, killing 168 and wounding hundreds; Timothy McVeigh

found guilty and executed 11 June 2001

TUESDAY 12 Rajab 19

1998, Germany: Red Army Faction announces dissolution WEDNESDAY 13 Rajab 20 Islamic: Birthday of ‘Ali, cousin 

and son-in-law of Muhammad 

(Islamic calendar; approx. 

598 C.E., 24 A.H.)

2004, Iraq: Suicide attackers detonate five car-bombs in Al Basrah, 

killing 73 and wounding 20 

2004, Saudi Arabia: Terrorist car-bombs Riyadh police headquarters, 

killing 10 and wounding 125

THURSDAY 14 Rajab 21

1997, Peru: Four-month hostage situation at Japanese Ambassador's 

residence ends with 17 dead, 71 freed; MRTA responsible

FRIDAY 15 Rajab 22 Israel: Memorial Day (Yom 

Ha'zikaron)

2010, US: Zarein Ahmedzay pleads guilty to conspiracy charges 

associated with Najibullah Zazi's plan to attack New York City 

subway system

2010, Iraq: Multiple blasts targeting Shia mosques in Baghdad kill 69, 

wound more than 100; Iraqi officials blame al-Qa‘ida

2000, Philippines: ASG kidnaps 21, including 10 foreign tourists

SATURDAY 16 Rajab 23 Jewish: Passover (lasts one week)
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During 2013, al-Nusrah Front and ISIL were 

consumed by a public rift stemming from 

ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s April 2013 

statement announcing the creation of ISIL and 

claiming the merger of both groups. Al-Nusrah 

Front and ISIL have strategies for Syria, and a 

public merger between them probably would 

have undermined al-Nusrah Front’s autonomy 

in the country. In April 2013, al-Nusrah Front’s 

leader, Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani, pledged 

allegiance to al-Qa‘ida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

During early 2014, the rift between al-Nusrah 

Front and ISIL—in which ISIL has openly 

accused al-Qa‘ida senior leaders of deviating 

from what it perceives as the correct militant 

path—has taken place not just on the ground 

but in social media as well. Al-Nusrah Front’s 

leaders probably have learned lessons from 

members’ previous experiences in Iraq and 

have sought to win over the Syrian populace by 

providing parts of the country with humanitarian 

assistance and basic civil services. Several 

Syria-based armed opposition groups cooperate 

and fight alongside Sunni extremist groups, 

including al-Nusrah Front, and are dependent 

upon them for expertise, training, and weapons. 

Al-Nusrah Front has managed to seize territory, 

including military bases and infrastructure in 

northern Syria.

The group’s cadre is predominately composed 

of Syrian nationals many of whom are veterans 

of previous conflicts, including the Iraq war. 

Thousands of fighters from around the world 

have traveled to Syria since early 2012 to 

support oppositionist groups, and some fighters 

aspire to connect with al-Nusrah Front and 

other extremist groups. Several Westerners 

have joined al-Nusrah Front, including a few 

who have died in suicide operations. Western 

government officials have raised concerns that 

capable individuals with extremist contacts and 

battlefield experience could return to their home 

countries to commit violent acts. An al-Nusrah 

Front attack in May 2014—the first known suicide 

bombing by an American in Syria—targeted 

regime personnel, highlighting the involvement 

of US persons in the conflict. 

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239407.htm

Al-Nusrah Front 

is one of the most 

capable al-Qa‘idaaffiliated groups 

operating in Syria 

during the ongoing 

conflict. The group 

in January 2012 

announced its intention to overthrow Syrian 

President Bashar al-Asad’s regime, and since 

then has mounted hundreds of insurgent-style 

and suicide attacks against regime and security 

service targets across the country. The group 

is committed not only to ousting the regime, 

but also seeks to expand its reach regionally 

and globally. Initially, al-Nusrah Front did not 

publicize its links to al-Qa‘ida in Iraq or Pakistan.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) 

played a significant role in founding the group. 

ISIL predecessor organizations used Syria as a 

facilitation hub and transformed this facilitation 

and logistics network into an organization 

capable of conducting sophisticated explosives 

and firearms attacks. ISIL leaders since the 

beginning of al-Nusrah Front’s participation in 

the conflict provided their facilitation hub with 

personnel and resources, including money 

and weapons.

Al-Nusrah Front
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April

2003, Colombia: Landmine kills one US Marine and wounds five others; 

FARC believed responsible

SUNDAY 17 Rajab 24

2008, Sri Lanka: Parcel bomb explodes on commuter bus in Piliyandala, 

killing 26 and wounding 64; LTTE blamed

2003, India: Bomb explodes at courthouse, killing three and 

wounding 34 

MONDAY 18 Rajab 25

Egypt: Sinai Liberation Day

2001, Colombia: Government withdraws troops and allows ELN to 

claim territory

TUESDAY 19 Rajab 26

1999, Greece: Anti-NATO bombing in hotel kills one and wounds one; 

Revolutionary Cells responsible

WEDNESDAY 20 Rajab 27

2011, Morocco: Bomb kills 15 in Marrakech cafe frequented by 

Westerners in first major attack in country since May 2003; government 

blames AQIM but group denies responsibility

2007, Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 70 civilians, wounds 170 more, in attack 

on Imam Abbas shrine (Shia); no claim of responsibility

THURSDAY 21 Rajab 28

2009, Iraq: Two car-bomb attacks in Baghdad kill 50 civilians, wound 

75 more; no claim of responsibility but Islamic State of Iraq widely 

believed responsible

FRIDAY 22 Rajab 29 Jewish: Passover (7th day; in 

Israel, Passover ends at sundown 

but next evening in the rest of 

the world)

2003, Israel: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade suicide bomber attacks Tel Aviv 

pub, killing three and wounding 64, including one US citizen

2000, Colombia: FARC launches Movement for New Colombia

SATURDAY 23 Rajab 30
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Al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of 

the Islamic Maghreb is an 

Algeria-based Sunni Muslim 

extremist group. It originally 

formed in 1998 as the Salafist 

Group for Preaching and Combat 

(GSPC), a faction of the Armed 

Islamic Group, which was the 

largest and most active terrorist 

group in Algeria. The GSPC was renamed in 

January 2007 after the group officially joined 

al-Qa‘ida in September 2006. The group had 

close to 30,000 members at its height, but the 

Algerian Government’s counterterrorism efforts 

have reduced GSPC’s ranks to fewer than 1,000.

AQIM historically has operated primarily in 

the northern coastal areas of Algeria and in 

parts of the desert regions of southern Algeria 

and the Sahel, but in recent years has focused 

on expanding into Libya and Tunisia. AQIM 

employs conventional terrorist tactics, including 

guerrilla-style ambushes, and mortar, rocket, 

and IED attacks. The group’s principal sources 

of revenue include extortion, kidnapping for 

ransom, and donations. In June of 2009, the 

group publicly claimed responsibility for killing 

US citizen Christopher Leggett in Mauritania 

because of his missionary activities. In 2011, a 

Mauritanian court sentenced a suspected AQIM 

member to death and two others to prison for the 

American’s murder.

AQIM since 2010 has failed to conduct the 

high-casualty attacks in Algeria that it had in 

previous years. Multinational counterterrorism 

efforts—including a joint French-Mauritanian raid 

in July 2010 against an AQIM camp—resulted in 

the death of some AQIM members and possibly 

disrupted some AQIM activity. In 2011, however, 

AQIM killed two French hostages during an 

attempted rescue operation, and in 2013 killed 

one French hostage in retaliation for France’s 

military intervention in Mali. AQIM continues to 

hold one South African and one Swedish hostage 

who were abducted in 2011, and in June 2015 

released an English language video of the two.

In 2012, AQIM took advantage of political chaos 

in northern Mali, working with local Tuareg 

national elements to take control of major cities, 

including Kidal, Gao, and Timbuktu. The Islamic 

militant group Ansar al-Din was formed to 

support the creation of an Islamic state in Mali 

ruled by sharia.

In 2013 AQIM suffered setbacks in northern Mali 

following the French-led military intervention in 

the region, which caused them to lose control 

of the major cities there and resulted in the 

deaths of a number of key personnel. As of 

2015, however, AQIM was regrouping in parts of 

northern Mali and conducted a number of attacks 

on UN forces in the region.

Since 2011, dissident groups of AQIM members 

broke away to form MUJAO (Movement for Unity 

and Jihad in West Africa) and al-Mulathamun 

Battalion and its subordinate unit al-Muwaqi‘un 

Bil-Dima (“Those Who Sign With Blood”) led 

by former AQIM battalion leader Mokhtar 

Belmokhtar. In August 2013 these groups merged 

to form al-Murabitun and officially formalized 

the groups’ ties; their stated goals are to “unite 

all Muslims from the Nile to the Atlantic in jihad 

against Westerners” and to curb French influence 

in the region. In 2014 and 2015 additional AQIM 

members split from the organization to join 

groups affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq 

and the Levant.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239407.htm

Al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

Abdelmalik 

Droukdal
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May

2010, US: Faisal Shahzad's vehicle bomb fails to detonate in Times 

Square, New York City, as alert street vendor notifies police of smoking 

vehicle; Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claims responsibility for the 

attempted attack

1993, Sri Lanka: Suicide bomber kills President Premadasa during May 

Day celebration

SUNDAY 24 Rajab 1 International: Labor Day

2012, Afghanistan: Seven killed in separate attacks in Kabul two hours 

after US President departs; Taliban claim responsibility

2011, Pakistan: Usama Bin Ladin, leader of al-Qa‘ida and responsible 

for the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States that killed nearly 

3,000 people, is killed by US forces in Abbottabad

2008, Yemen: Car-bomb attack at mosque in Sa`dah kills 18, wounds 45; 

Huthi rebels reject government's charge of responsibility

MONDAY 25 Rajab 2

2010, US: Faisal Shahzad arrested for role in 1 May attempted vehicle 

bombing in Times Square, New York City

2006, US: Zacarias Moussaoui sentenced to life in prison for aiding the 

9/11 attacks

TUESDAY 26 Rajab 3

2005, Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 69, wounds 110 in Erbil; Ansar al-Sunna

claims responsibility

WEDNESDAY 27 Rajab 4 Islamic: Laylat al-Mi'raj (Ascent 

of the Prophet to Heaven; approx 

621 C.E.)

2009, Afghanistan: Separate attacks in Bala Buluk, Hukumati, and Muta 

Khan kill 12 policemen and civilians; Taliban claim responsibility or are 

widely believed to have committed the attacks

THURSDAY 28 Rajab 5 Christian: Ascension Day

Israel: Holocaust Remembrance 

Day (Yom HaShoah)

2012, Yemen: Fahd al-Quso, wanted in connection with 

12 October 2000 attack on the USS Cole, killed in explosion in 

Shabwah Governorate

2001, Spain: Politician Manuel Jimenez killed in attack in Zaragoza; 

ETA blamed

FRIDAY 29 Rajab 6

2014, Nigeria: Boko Haram attack kills at least 150 villagers in Gamboru 

Ngala; village was used as staging area in effort to locate schoolgirls 

kidnapped on 14 April 

2007, US: Authorities disrupt plot to attack Fort Dix military base in 

New Jersey

2004, Pakistan: Unknown suicide bomber attacks historic mosque, 

killing 15 and wounding 96

SATURDAY 30 Rajab 7
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Yahya Abu el Hammam

2009 murder of American 

citizen Christopher Leggett, 

who was in Mauritania 

conducting missionary work. 

In September 2012, AQIM 

encouraged members to 

threaten US embassies and 

kill US ambassadors. AQIM 

announced its official alliance 

to al-Qa’ida in September 

2006 and has since reaffirmed 

its intention to attack 

Western targets.

The US Department of State 

named the GSPC a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization under 

Section 219 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (as 

amended) on 27 March 2002, 

and renewed the group’s 

designation under its new 

name of AQIM on 16 October 

2009. The US Department 

of the Treasury named the 

group a Specially Designated 

Terrorist Entity under 

Executive Order 13224 on 21 

February 2008.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abu Yahia, Akkacha Djamel

DATE OF BIRTH: 5 September 1978

PLACE OF BIRTH: Reghaia, Algeria

RACE: White

NATIONALITY: Algerian 

WANTED

Yahya Abu el Hammam serves 

as a senior leader of al-Qa’ida 

in the Lands of the Islamic 

Maghreb (AQIM), planning 

operations and kidnapping 

Westerners in North and West 

Africa. Hammam has played 

a key role in perpetuating 

AQIM’s terrorist activities 

in West Africa and Mali, 

and participated in several 

AQIM terrorist attacks in 

Mauritania. In July 2010, 

Hammam was reportedly 

involved in the killing of a 

78-year-old French hostage in 

Niger. In 2006, Hammam was 

sentenced to death in absentia 

by Algerian authorities for 

terrorism-related charges. 

Hammam was designated 

by the US Department of the 

Treasury pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224 on 14 February 

2013. Hammam was also listed 

by the United Nations al-Qa’ida 

Sanctions Committee on 5 

February 2013.

AQIM, previously known as the 

Salafist Group for Preaching 

and Combat (GSPC), has 

conducted dozens of terrorist 

attacks in the northwest Africa 

region. AQIM has claimed 

responsibility for suicide 

bombings, kidnappings of 

Westerners, assassinations, 

and improvised explosive 

device attacks. The group 

conducted two simultaneous 

suicide operations in 

December 2007, attacking 

a United Nations program 

headquarters and the Algerian 

Constitutional Council, killing 

42 people and wounding 158 

others. AQIM also claimed 

responsibility for the June 
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May

2004, Russia: Chechen Republic President Kadyrov is killed at stadium 

in Groznyy when remotely detonated explosive kills 10, wounds 56

1985, Spain: Firebombing of US Citibank and Xerox buildings

SUNDAY 1 Sha`ban 8

US: Mother's Day

2001, Afghanistan: Taliban close four UN offices in retaliation for the 

imposition of UN sanctions

MONDAY 2 Sha`ban 9

2002, Russia: Remote-control mine rips through Victory Day parade in 

Dagestan, leaving 41 dead; Chechen separatists suspected

TUESDAY 3 Sha`ban 10

1999, India: Death sentence upheld for four of 26 convicted in 

conspiracy to kill Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

WEDNESDAY 4 Sha`ban 11

2010, Iran: Sixteen soldiers killed, six injured in separate attacks 

near Marivan and Zir Ab; Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) 

claims responsibility

2001, Spain: ETA car-bomb in central Madrid wounds 14 on eve of 

Basque vote

THURSDAY 5 Sha`ban 12 Israel: Independence Day (Yom 

Ha'atzmaut)

2011, Pakistan: Two suicide bombers kill 80 paramilitary trainees in 

Shabqadar; TTP claims responsibility

2008, India: Seven near-simultaneous blasts in Jaipur kill more than 60; 

Indian Mujahedeen claims responsibility

2003, Saudi Arabia: Al-Qa‘ida bombs the Vinnell, al-Hamra, and 

Ishbilyah housing compounds, killing seven US citizens and 13 others; 

another 194 wounded

1981, Italy: Mehmet Ali Agca attempts assassination of Pope John 

Paul II

FRIDAY 6 Sha`ban 13

1948, Israel: Founding of the State of Israel SATURDAY 7 Sha`ban 14
48

to al-Qa’ida in September 

2006 and has since reaffirmed 

its intention to attack 

Western targets.

The US Department of State 

named the GSPC a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization under 

Section 219 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (as 

amended) on 27 March 2002, 

and renewed the group’s 

designation under its new 

name of AQIM on 16 October 

2009. The US Department 

of the Treasury named the 

group a Specially Designated 

Terrorist Entity under 

Executive Order 13224 on 21 

February 2008.

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concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

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telephone, please call 

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abd al Karim, Abou Abdoul 

Karim, Abu Abd al Karim al 

Tariqi, Abou Hamid Abdel 

Karim, Abd al Karim the Malian

DATE OF BIRTH: 1972

HAIR: Dark

COMPLEXION: Dark

NATIONALITY: Mali

WANTED

Malik Abou Abdelkarim is a 

senior leader of a company 

of fighters within the terrorist 

group, al-Qa’ida in the Lands 

of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). 

Under Abdelkarim’s command, 

his company has acquired 

weapons and conducted 

kidnappings and small-scale 

terrorist attacks in North and 

West Africa. Abdelkarim was 

reportedly responsible for 

killing a 78-year-old French 

hostage in Niger in July 2010. 

An attack in June 2010 carried 

out by Abdelkarim’s company 

resulted in the death of 11 

Algerian gendarmes.

AQIM, previously known as the 

Salafist Group for Preaching 

and Combat (GSPC), has 

conducted dozens of terrorist 

attacks in the northwest Africa 

region. AQIM has claimed 

responsibility for suicide 

bombings, kidnappings of 

Westerners, assassinations, 

and improvised explosive 

device attacks. The group 

conducted two simultaneous 

suicide operations in 

December 2007, attacking 

a United Nations program 

headquarters and the Algerian 

Constitutional Council, killing 

42 people and wounding 158 

others. AQIM also claimed 

responsibility for the June 

2009 murder of American 

citizen Christopher Leggett, 

who was in Mauritania 

conducting missionary work. 

In September 2012, AQIM 

encouraged members to 

threaten US embassies and 

kill US ambassadors. AQIM 

announced its official alliance 

Malik Abou Abdelkarim
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May

2008, Afghanistan: Car-bomb detonates at police checkpoint in 

Dilaram, killing 19 and wounding 30; Taliban claim responsibility

SUNDAY 8 Sha`ban 15 Palestinian: Nakba (Day of 

Catastrophe; refers to original 

Israeli Independence Day on 

14 May 1948)

2003, Morocco: Al-Sirat al-Mustaqim members conduct 

near-simultaneous explosive attacks at five locations in Casablanca, 

killing 42 and wounding 100 

1978, Italy: Statesman Aldo Moro murdered by Red Brigades

MONDAY 9 Sha`ban 16

1989, West Germany: Court convicts Muhammad Ali Hamadei of 

hijacking TWA flight 847 in 1985

TUESDAY 10 Sha`ban 17

US: Armed Forces Day

1980, Peru: Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) begins 

terrorist operations

WEDNESDAY 11 Sha`ban 18

2007, Lebanon: Fatah al-Islam extremists clash with military and 

security forces in Nahr al-Bared refugee camp; 150 killed in fighting 

that continues through 21 June

THURSDAY 12 Sha`ban 19

2011, Pakistan: Suicide bomber on motorbike attacks US Consulate 

vehicle in Peshawar, killing one Pakistani and wounding 10 others; TTP

claims responsibility

1999, Turkey: Ex-PKK deputy Semdin Sakik sentenced to death 

for treason

FRIDAY 13 Sha`ban 20

2012, Yemen: Suicide bomber kills more than 90, wounds some 

200 more in attack in Sanaa; Ansar al-Sharia, affiliated with AQAP, 

claims responsibility

2002, Peru: Car-bomb detonates outside US Embassy, killing nine 

Peruvians; Shining Path suspected 

1991, India: Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and several others killed by 

female LTTE suicide bomber

SATURDAY 14 Sha`ban 21
50

Veteran extremist Mokhtar Belmokhtar in August 

2013 merged his al-Mulathamun Battalion with 

Tawhid Wal Jihad in West Africa (TWJWA) to 

form al-Murabitun, which seeks to “unite all 

Muslims from the Nile to the Atlantic in jihad 

against Westerners” and “liberate Mali from 

France,” according 

to the group’s public 

announcement. The 

merger formalized 

an already close 

relationship between 

two of the most active 

terrorist groups in 

North and West Africa. 

The two groups—both 

offshoots of al-Qa‘ida in 

the Lands of the Islamic 

Maghreb (AQIM)—

conducted numerous 

attacks against 

Westerners in North 

and West Africa prior to 

their merger, including 

the January 2013 attack 

on the I-n-Amenas 

gas facility in Algeria 

that killed nearly 40 

Westerners, including 

three Americans. In 

mid-2015, there were 

conflicting press reports that Belmokhtar had 

been killed. 

In 2015 the group reaffirmed its allegiance to 

Ayman al-Zawahiri and restated its intent to 

continue to attack France and its allies. In May 

2015 a portion of al-Murabitun’s Mali-based cadre 

pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq 

and the Levant, although Belmokhtar publicly 

rejected the pledge. 

French CT operations have killed multiple senior 

leaders and dozens of rank-and-file members of 

al-Murabitun—including titular leaders Abu Bakr 

al-Masri and Ahmed el-Tilemsi—in Mali since 

November 2013, possibly preventing the group 

from carrying out a high-profile attack in the 

region. In March 2015 al-Murabitun conducted 

its first attack in Bamako, Mali, with an operation 

targeting a nightclub that killed two Westerners 

and three Malian nationals, and in May 2015 

the group claimed credit for the kidnapping of a 

Romanian citizen in Burkina Faso.

Al-Mulathamun Battalion and its subordinate 

unit al-Muwaqi‘un Bil-Dima (“Those Who Sign 

With Blood”), led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, 

splintered from AQIM in fall 2012 due to 

leadership disputes. Belmokhtar fought with 

the mujahidin in Afghanistan as a teenager and 

trained with al-Qa‘ida, where he lost an eye 

mishandling explosives. He returned to Algeria 

in the mid-1990s and joined the Armed Islamic 

Group (GIA). By the late 1990s, Belmokhtar 

seized control over lucrative trans-Saharan 

smuggling routes, reportedly earning millions 

by trafficking cigarettes. Belmokhtar helped set 

up the Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le 

Combat (GSPC) splinter faction in 1998. GSPC 

evolved into AQIM in 2007.

TWJWA, also known as the Movement for Unity 

and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), was founded 

in late 2011 as an offshoot of AQIM and has 

coordinated terrorist attacks across North and 

West Africa. Since the French-led intervention 

in Mali began in mid-January 2013, TWJWA has 

conducted a majority of the attacks targeting 

French and African forces in the vicinity of Gao 

and Kidal, using suicide bombings, vehicle-borne 

improvised explosive devices, and landmines.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239404.htm

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239407.htm

Terrorism in North and West Africa

Al-Murabitun, an 

Arabic phrase meaning 

“The Sentinels,” 

invokes a medieval 

dynasty of the same 

name—known in English 

as the Almoravids—that 

originated as a religious 

and military movement 

and whose nomadic 

founders emerged 

from present-day 

Western Sahara in the 

mid-11th century. The 

Almoravids ruled much 

of northwest Africa 

and southern Spain 

for nearly 100 years, 

professing a rigorous 

Islamic creed and 

imposing a strict form 

of sharia on the peoples 

they conquered.
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May

2004, Colombia: Bomb explodes in crowded disco in Apartado, killing 

six, wounding 82; FARC suspected 

2001, Philippines: ASG rebels raid beach resort on Samal Island, 

Davao, killing two and wounding three

SUNDAY 15 Sha`ban 22 Islamic: Nisfu Sha‘ban (Night 

of Repentance, observed from 

preceding night)

MONDAY 16 Sha`ban 23

2007, Iraq: Vehicle bomb kills 34, wounds 60 more in Al Fallujah; Islamic 

State of Iraq/Mujahidin Shura Council believed responsible

TUESDAY 17 Sha`ban 24

2001, Israel: HAMAS and PIJ detonate two bombs at bus station on 

anniversary of Israeli pullout from Lebanon in 2000, killing the three 

suicide attackers and wounding 45 Israelis

WEDNESDAY 18 Sha`ban 25

1998, Japan: Doctor Ikuo Hayashi convicted in Aum Shinrikyo sarin

attack in 1995

THURSDAY 19 Sha`ban 26

2009, Pakistan: Attack on security facilities in Lahore using car-bomb, 

grenades, and firearms kills at least 30, wounds more than 250; TTP

claims responsibility

2001, Philippines: ASG kidnaps 20, including three Americans—Martin 

and Gracia Burnham and Guillermo Sobero—in raid on Dos Palmas 

resort off Palawan Island

FRIDAY 20 Sha`ban 27

2009, Pakistan: Second day of attacks, this time in Peshawar, kills 13, 

including several policemen; no claim of responsibility

1997, Greece: Shipowner Constantinos Peratikos slain in ambush by 

17 November

1964, Colombia: Founding of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 

(FARC)

SATURDAY 21 Sha`ban 28
52

24 October 2003; and on 11 

November 2003, the United 

Nations listed Belmokhtar 

pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 

of Resolution 1390 (2002).

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Belaouer the One Eyed, Abou 

al-Abbes, Mister Marlboro

DATE OF BIRTH: 1 June 1972

PLACE OF BIRTH: Ghardaia, Algeria

COMPLEXION: Medium

HAIR: Black

SCARS/DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

Blind in one eye

WANTED

Mokhtar Belmokhtar is 

the leader and founder of 

the Khaled Abu al-Abbas 

Brigade (also known as the 

Signed-in-Blood Battalion). 

Under Belmokhtar’s command, 

the Brigade, which is part of 

his al-Mulathamun Battalion, 

conducted a deadly attack in 

January 2013 on a gas facility 

in I-n-Amenas, Algeria. At 

least 37 hostages—including 

American citizens Frederick 

Buttacio, Victor Lynn Lovelady, 

and Gordon Lee Rowan—were 

killed in the four-day siege of 

the complex.

Prior to his founding of the 

Khaled Abu al-Abbas Brigade, 

Belmokhtar was a senior 

commander in the terrorist 

group al-Qa’ida in the Lands of 

the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). 

In this position, Belmokhtar 

conducted numerous 

kidnapping operations 

against Westerners, acquired 

weapons for use in terrorist 

attacks, and was involved 

in various negotiations for 

hostages taken by AQIM. 

Belmokhtar, a former Algerian 

soldier, was trained in camps 

in Afghanistan.

In June 2004, a tribunal in 

Algeria sentenced Belmokhtar 

in absentia to life in prison 

for forming terrorist groups, 

robbery, and use of illegal 

weapons. In March 2007, an 

Algerian court sentenced 

Belmokhtar to death in 

absentia. The US Department 

of the Treasury designated 

Belmokhtar pursuant to 

Executive Order 13224 on 

Mokhtar Belmokhtar As of mid-2015, there were conflicting press reports alleging the death of Mokhtar Belmokhtar.
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May/June

2007, Iraq: Car-bomb attack near market in Baghdad kills 23, wounds 

68 others; Islamic State of Iraq claims responsibility

1997, US: Mohammed Abouhalima found guilty of aiding his brother in 

the 1993 World Trade Center bombing

SUNDAY 22 Sha`ban 29

2001, Japan: Japanese Red Army founder, Fusako Shigenobu, 

announces JRA dissolution, regrouping as legal organization 

1972, Israel: Three members of Japanese Red Army, acting on 

behalf of PFLP, kill 24 and wound 78 in attack on (now) Ben Gurion 

International Airport

MONDAY 23 Sha`ban 30

US: Memorial Day

1979, West Germany: Red Army Faction member Irmgard Moeller 

sentenced to life in prison for attacks on US Army headquarters 

in Heidelberg

TUESDAY 24 Sha`ban 31

2009, US: Attack on soldiers in Little Rock, Arkansas, kills one, wounds 

one; Abdulhakim Muhammad, also known as Carlos Leon Bledsoe, 

found guilty, sentenced to life in prison

2004, Iraq: Unknown group explodes car-bomb in front of Patriotic 

Union of Kurdistan’s office, killing 25 and wounding many more 

2001, Israel: HAMAS claims responsibility for Tel Aviv disco suicide 

bomb that kills 20 and wounds 120

WEDNESDAY 25 Sha`ban 1

2006, Canada: Police arrest 17 in Ontario; group believed to be planning 

attacks using truck bombs, small-arms fire

1964, Egypt: Palestine Liberation Organization founded

THURSDAY 26 Sha`ban 2

2007, US: Authorities disrupt plot to blow up jet fuel supply tanks and 

pipelines at JFK International Airport in New York 

1989, Iran: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini dies after 10-year rule

FRIDAY 27 Sha`ban 3

2012, Pakistan: Abu Yahya al-Libi, seen as al-Qa‘ida 

second-in-command and "general manager," killed; White House sees 

"major blow" to group's capabilities

1999, Turkey: Police kill two DHKP/C terrorists preparing to attack US 

Consulate in Istanbul

SATURDAY 28 Sha`ban 4
54

Hamad el Khairy

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abderrahmane Ould Mohamed 

Lemin Ould Mohamed Khairy, 

Amada Ould Kheirou, Hamada 

Ould Mohamed Kheirou, Abou 

Qumqum

DATE OF BIRTH: 1970

PLACE OF BIRTH: Mauritania

CITIZENSHIP: Mali

WANTED

Hamad el Khairy is the leader 

and a founding member of 

the terrorist group Movement 

for Unity and Jihad in West 

Africa (MUJWA, also known 

as MUJAO and TWJWA). 

Under Khairy’s leadership, 

MUJWA members have 

carried out kidnapping 

operations, terrorist attacks, 

and abductions of foreign 

diplomats. Khairy has claimed 

responsibility for the April 2012 

kidnapping of seven Algerian 

diplomats in Mali, and has 

appeared in MUJWA videos 

making threats against those 

who oppose the organization. 

In January 2012, Khairy stated 

that MUJWA’s goal was to 

“impose sharia law across the 

whole of West Africa.”

Prior to his leadership role in 

MUJWA, Khairy was a member 

of al-Qa’ida in the Lands of 

the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), 

planning terrorist operations 

against Mauritania. In October 

2011, Khairy ordered the 

kidnapping of three European 

aid workers in Algeria, leaving 

two wounded by gunfire.

MUJWA was created in 

September 2011 as an 

offshoot of al-Qa’ida in the 

Lands of the Islamic Maghreb 

(AQIM) to further spread 

terrorist activities throughout 

West Africa. MUJWA has 

conducted various attacks 

and kidnappings, including 

a March 2012 suicide attack 

in Tamanrasset, Algeria, 

which wounded 23 people. 

The United States designated 

MUJWA as a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

entity on 7 December 

2012, and the UN al-Qa’ida 

Sanctions Committee listed 

MUJWA on 5 December 

2012, for being associated 

with AQIM. On 7 December 

2012, the US Department of 

State designated Khairy as a 

Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist under Executive 

Order 13224.

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concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

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telephone, please call 

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(1-800-877-3927).

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June

2002, Israel: Car packed with explosives rams bus, killing 17 and 

wounding 38; Islamic Jihad responsible 

2001, Sri Lanka: LTTE attack on army camp kills 10

SUNDAY 29 Sha`ban 5

2003, Afghanistan: Taxi rigged with explosives rams into bus carrying 

German peacekeepers in Kabul, killing five and wounding 29 

2001, Canada: Bomb maker Singh Reyat charged in 1985 Air India 

bombing and jailed in Japan

MONDAY 1 Ramadan 6 Islamic: Ramadan (fasting begins 

at dawn)

2011, Somalia: Harun Fazul, wanted in connection with the August 

1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killed 

by Somali forces; US Secretary of State sees "significant blow to 

al-Qa‘ida, its extremist allies, and its operations in East Africa"

2006, Iraq: Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qa‘ida in Iraq, killed in 

Coalition raid

TUESDAY 2 Ramadan 7

2001, India: Four killed and 50 wounded in grenade attack on Kashmir 

mosque by unknown attacker 

2000, Greece: British Attaché, Brigadier Stephen Saunders, killed in 

ambush; 17 November claims responsibility

WEDNESDAY 3 Ramadan 8

2009, Pakistan: Truck bomb attack on Pearl Continental Hotel in 

Peshawar kills 18, wounds at least 50; little-known group Abdullah 

Azzam Shaheed Brigade claims responsibility

1997, Egypt: Suspected leader of al-Gama‘at al-Islamiyya, Mustafa 

Abu-Rawwash, killed in Cairo; 40 members arrested

THURSDAY 4 Ramadan 9

2009, Iraq: Car-bomb kills 24 in vegetable market; no claim of 

responsibility but Islamic State of Iraq suspected

FRIDAY 5 Ramadan 10

1985, Lebanon: Jordanian flight to Amman hijacked, hostages freed the 

next day; plane destroyed, hijackers escape

SATURDAY 6 Ramadan 11
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The Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin—commonly 

known as al-Shabaab—was the militant wing of 

the Somali Council of Islamic Courts that took 

over most of southern Somalia in the second half 

of 2006. Despite the group’s defeat by Somali 

and Ethiopian forces in 2007, al-Shabaab—a 

clan-based insurgent and terrorist group—has 

continued its violent insurgency in southern 

and central Somalia. The group has exerted 

temporary and, at times, sustained control over 

strategic locations in those areas by recruiting, 

sometimes forcibly, regional sub-clans and their 

militias, using guerrilla warfare and terrorist 

tactics against the Federal Government of 

Somalia (FGS), African Union Mission in Somalia 

(AMISOM) peacekeepers, and nongovernmental 

aid organizations. Since 2011, however, pressure 

from AMISOM and Ethiopian forces has largely 

degraded al-Shabaab’s control, especially in 

Mogadishu but also in other key regions of the 

country, and conflict among senior leaders has 

exacerbated fractures within the group. In 2013 

al-Shabaab rivalries culminated in a major purge 

of opponents of now-deceased group leader 

Ahmed Abdi Aw-Mohamed. 

As evidenced by the constant levels of 

infighting among leadership, al-Shabaab is 

not centralized or monolithic in its agenda or 

goals. Its rank-and-file members come from 

disparate clans, and the group is susceptible 

to clan politics, internal divisions, and shifting 

alliances. Most of its fighters are predominantly 

interested in the nationalistic battle against 

the FGS and not supportive of global jihad. 

Al-Shabaab’s senior leaders remain affiliated 

with al-Qa‘ida. The merger of the two groups 

was publicly announced in February 2012 by 

the amir of al-Shabaab and Ayman al-Zawahiri, 

leader of al-Qa‘ida. The group, however, has 

lost four senior figures—including Abdi—since 

September 2014, which may have hampered its 

communications with al-Qa‘ida leadership.

Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for many 

bombings—including various types of suicide 

attacks—in Mogadishu and in central and 

northern Somalia, typically targeting Somali 

government officials, AMISOM, and perceived 

allies of the FGS. Since 2013 al-Shabaab has 

launched high-profile operations in neighboring 

countries, most notably the September 2013 

Westgate mall attack in Nairobi, the May 2014 

attack against a restaurant in Djibouti popular 

with Westerners, and the April 2015 massacre 

of university students in Garissa, Kenya. 

The Westgate attack killed 67 Kenyan and 

non-Kenyan nationals, and a siege continued 

at the mall for several days. The Garissa attack 

killed some 150 mainly Christian students.

Al-Shabaab is responsible for the assassination 

of Somali peace activists, international aid 

workers, numerous civil society figures, and 

journalists, and for blocking the delivery of aid 

from some Western relief agencies during the 

2011 famine that killed tens of thousands of 

Somalis. In 2008, the US Government designated 

al-Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization 

under Section 219 of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (as amended) and as a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist entity under Section 

1(b) of Executive Order 13224 (as amended). In 

2012, the Rewards for Justice program added 

several al-Shabaab leaders to its site, offering 

large rewards for information leading to 

their capture.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239404.htm

Al-Shabaab
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June

2004, Saudi Arabia: US contractor Paul Johnson is kidnapped by AQAP 

near Riyadh; group murders him several days later

2001, Jordan: Abu Nidal, three others stand trial in absentia for 

1994 murder of Jordanian diplomat in Lebanon 

2001, Philippines: ASG claims beheading of US hostage Guillermo 

Sobero; confirmed in October 2001

SUNDAY 7 Ramadan 12 Jewish: Shavuot (Feast of Weeks, 

lasts two days)

2007, Iraq: Second bombing of al-Askari (Golden Dome) Mosque 

in Samarra’; no casualties, but mosque's two 10-story minarets 

destroyed. First bombing, on 22 June 2006, destroyed mosque's 

golden dome

MONDAY 8 Ramadan 13

1985, Greece: Two Hizballah members hijack TWA flight 847 and 

murder US Navy diver, Robert Stethem, in Beirut; other hostages 

released, hijackers escape

TUESDAY 9 Ramadan 14

US: Flag Day

2014, Kenya: More than 60 killed in three-day siege when gunmen 

attack hotels and police station in Mpeketoni; no claim of responsibility 

but al-Shabaab widely suspected 

2001, India: Sudanese citizen Abdul Rauf Hawash and Indian national 

Shameem Sarvar arrested for plotting to blow up US Embassy in New 

Delhi on Usama Bin Ladin’s orders

WEDNESDAY 10 Ramadan 15

2011, Worldwide: Al-Qa‘ida names Ayman al-Zawahiri as new head of 

the group following death of Usama Bin Ladin

2011, Nigeria: Attack on national police headquarters kills six. Boko 

Haram claims responsibility; attack is believed to be first suicide 

bombing in the country

1995, France: Six Iranians sentenced to life imprisonment for 

1991 assassination of former Iranian prime minister

THURSDAY 11 Ramadan 16 Islamic: Occupation of Mecca by 

Muhammad's army (1 January 

630 C.E.)

2004, Iraq: Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqawi extremists bomb Iraqi army 

recruitment center, killing 35 and wounding 138

FRIDAY 12 Ramadan 17

2002, Israel: Suicide bomber detonates explosives on bus, killing 

19 and injuring 74; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility

SATURDAY 13 Ramadan 18
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Uganda, on 11 July 2010, which 

killed more than 70 people, 

including one American. 

The group is responsible for 

the assassination of Somali 

peace activists, international 

aid workers, numerous civil 

society figures, and journalists. 

In February 2012, al-Shabaab 

and al-Qa’ida announced their 

formal alliance.

The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization 

under Section 219 of the 

Immigration and Nationality 

Act (as amended) on 26 

February 2008, and a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

entity under Executive Order 

13224 on 29 February 2008. 

On 20 November 2008, the US 

Department of the Treasury 

designated Robow as a 

Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224.

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concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

info@rewardsforjustice.net.

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telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARD 

(1-800-877-3927).

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Mukhtar Ali Rubu, Mukhtar 

Abdullahi Ali, Mujahid Mukhtar 

Robow Ali, Shaykh Mukhtar 

Robo Ali, Abu Mansur, Abu 

Mansour

DATE OF BIRTH: 1969 (possibly 

10 October)

PLACE OF BIRTH: Xudur or Keren, 

Somalia

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

COMPLEXION: Dark

NATIONALITY: Somali; also 

posseses Eritrean passport 

under alias Mukhtar Abdullahi 

Ali 

WANTED

Mukhtar Robow has served 

as the spokesperson for 

Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin 

(al-Shabaab), communicating 

to the press and public on its 

behalf. He has also served as 

al-Shabaab’s spiritual leader 

and as its military commander 

in parts of southern Somalia. 

As an al-Shabaab military 

commander, Robow has 

targeted Somali Transitional 

Federal Government (TFG), 

Ethiopian, and African Union 

troops in Somalia. In December 

2007, al-Shabaab forces 

under Robow’s command 

attacked bases of the Somali 

government forces, Ethiopian 

forces, and African Union 

peacekeepers in Mogadishu. 

In addition, Robow and former 

al-Shabaab leader Aden 

Hashi Ayrow (deceased) were 

responsible for the November 

2006 suicide attack against 

a TFG checkpoint in Baidoa, 

Somalia. The attack killed at 

least eight and wounded four. 

Al-Shabaab was the militant 

wing of the Somali Council of 

Islamic Courts that took over 

most of southern Somalia 

in the second half of 2006. 

The group has claimed 

responsibility for many 

bombings—including various 

types of suicide attacks—in 

Mogadishu and in central and 

northern Somalia, typically 

targeting Somali Government 

officials and perceived 

allies of the Transitional 

Federal Government (TFG) 

of Somalia. Al-Shabaab was 

responsible for the twin 

suicide bombings in Kampala, 

Mukhtar Robow
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June

2002, Israel: Seven killed, 37 wounded by suicide bomber at bus stop; 

al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claims responsibility

SUNDAY 14 Ramadan 19

US: Father's Day

2001, India: LT leader Omar Abdullah Makki and associate killed; five 

others wounded near Srinagar

MONDAY 15 Ramadan 20

2012, Afghanistan: Suicide bombers attack Spozhmai Hotel in Kabul, 

killing 20; Taliban claim responsibility

2010, US: Faisal Shahzad pleads guilty to 10 counts related to his 1 May 

2010 attempted car-bombing of Times Square; later sentenced to life 

without parole

2001, US: Court indicts 13 members of Saudi Hizballah and one 

Lebanese Hizballah member for 1996 bombing of Khobar Towers that 

killed 19 US airmen

TUESDAY 16 Ramadan 21

2001, Colombia: ELN member Gerardo Herrera and others are arrested 

in foreign oil worker’s kidnapping and murder

WEDNESDAY 17 Ramadan 22

2009, Mauritania: American Christopher Leggett killed in Nouakchott; 

AQIM claim of responsibility cites "Christianizing activities"

1985, Canada: Bomb explodes on Air India flight 182, killing 329; Sikhs 

Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri held responsible and 

captured on 28 October 2001

THURSDAY 18 Ramadan 23 Islamic: Battle of Badr (13 March 

624 C.E.)

2009, Iraq: More than 70 people killed, 100 wounded in bombing of 

market in Baghdad's Sadr City; no claim of responsibility

2000, Colombia: Army captures FARC leader Rey Palacios

FRIDAY 19 Ramadan 24

2011, Pakistan: Husband and wife suicide bombers attack police station 

in Kolachi, killing 10; TTP claims responsibility

1996, Saudi Arabia: Bombing of Khobar Towers in Dhahran; 19 US 

airmen killed; Saudi and Lebanese Hizballah responsible

SATURDAY 20 Ramadan 25
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2008 that simultaneously 

hit targets in two cities in 

northern Somalia, killing at 

least 26 people and injuring 

29 others. Al-Shabaab was 

responsible for the twin 

suicide bombings in Kampala, 

Uganda, on 11 July 2010, which 

killed more than 70 people, 

including one American. 

The group is responsible for 

the assassination of Somali 

peace activists, international 

aid workers, numerous civil 

society figures, and journalists. 

In February 2012, al-Shabaab 

and al-Qa’ida announced their 

formal alliance.

The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization 

under Section 219 of the 

Immigration and Nationality 

Act (as amended) on 26 

February 2008, and a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

entity under Executive Order 

13224 on 29 February 2008.

REWARD

Up to $5 Million

If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

info@rewardsforjustice.net.

If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARD 

(1-800-877-3927).

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Fuad Muhammad Khalaf 

Shongole, Fouad Shongale, 

Fuad Songale, Fuad 

Shangole, Fuad Shongole, 

Fuad Shongale, Fuad Khalaf, 

Fuad Mohammed Khalif, 

Fuad Mohamed Kalaf, Fuad 

Mohammed Khalaf, Fuad 

Mohamed Qalaf, Fuad 

Mohamed Khalif

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

COMPLEXION: Medium

NATIONALITY: Somali; Swedish

LOCATION: Mogadishu, Somalia

WANTED

Fuad Mohamed Khalaf (Fuad 

Shongale) has facilitated 

financial support to 

al-Shabaab; in May 2008, he 

held two fundraising events 

for al-Shabaab at mosques in 

Kismaayo, Somalia. In April 

2008, Khalaf and several 

other individuals directed 

vehicle-borne explosive 

device attacks on Ethiopian 

bases and Transitional Federal 

Government (TFG) elements 

in Mogadishu, Somalia. In May 

2008, Khalaf and a group of 

fighters attacked and captured 

a police station in Mogadishu, 

killing and wounding several 

soldiers. In April 2010, Khalaf 

was designated by the US 

Department of the Treasury 

under Executive Order 13536 

for contributing to the violence 

and the deterioration of 

security in Somalia.

Al-Shabaab was the militant 

wing of the Somali Council of 

Islamic Courts that took over 

most of southern Somalia 

in the second half of 2006. 

Al-Shabaab has continued 

its violent insurgency in 

southern and central Somalia. 

The group has claimed 

responsibility for many 

bombings—including various 

types of suicide attacks—in 

Mogadishu and in central and 

northern Somalia, typically 

targeting Somali Government 

officials and perceived 

allies of the Transitional 

Federal Government (TFG) 

of Somalia. Al-Shabaab was 

likely responsible for a wave 

of five coordinated suicide 

car-bombings in October 

Fuad Mohamed Khalaf
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June/July

2015, Tunisia: Gunman kills 38 tourists at beach resort in Sousse; ISIL 

claims responsibility

2015, Kuwait: Bombing of Shia mosque in Kuwait City kills 27, wounds 

more than 220; ISIL claims responsibility

2015, France: Attack on US-owned factory near Lyon kills one, wounds 

two others; no claim of responsibility

1995, Ethiopia: Egyptian President Mubarak escapes assassination 

attempt; al-Gama’at al-Islamiyya responsible

SUNDAY 21 Ramadan 26

2004, Iraq: Car-bombs explode in Al Hillah, killing 40 and wounding 22 

1994, Japan: Sarin gas attack kills seven and wounds 600 in 

Matsumoto; Aum Shinrikyo responsible

1976, Greece: Air France flight hijacked by PFLP; two hostages and one 

hijacker are killed

MONDAY 22 Ramadan 27

2011, Afghanistan: Gunmen attack Hilltop Inter-Continental Hotel in 

Kabul, killing 11 and wounding more than a dozen before all eight 

attackers detonate themselves; Taliban claim responsibility

1988, Greece: US Defense Attaché, Navy Captain William Nordeen, 

assassinated in Athens by 17 November

TUESDAY 23 Ramadan 28

2007, UK: Two car-bombs safely dismantled in London

1999, Turkey: PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan sentenced to be hanged 

for treason

WEDNESDAY 24 Ramadan 29

2007, UK: Burning vehicle driven into Glasgow airport; Iraqi doctor, 

others, arrested in this and 29 June 2007 attempted car-bombing

THURSDAY 25 Ramadan 30

2010, Syria: Muhammad Oudeh, better known as Abu Daoud, 

mastermind of the attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 

1972, dies in Damascus

2006, Iraq: Car-bomb attack kills more than 60 in Baghdad market

FRIDAY 26 Ramadan 1 Canada: Canada Day

2008, Colombia: French politician Ingrid Betancourt and three US 

military contractors—Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith 

Stansell—held since 23 February 2002, freed from FARC captivity

SATURDAY 27 Ramadan 2 Islamic: Laylat al-Qadr (Night of 

Power; the night of revelation of 

Qur'an to Muhammad, begins 

this evening)
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least 26 people and injuring 

29 others. Al-Shabaab was 

responsible for the twin 

suicide bombings in Kampala, 

Uganda, on 11 July 2010, which 

killed more than 70 people, 

including one American. 

The group is responsible for 

the assassination of Somali 

peace activists, international 

aid workers, numerous civil 

society figures, and journalists. 

In February 2012, al-Shabaab 

and al-Qa’ida announced their 

formal alliance.

The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization 

under Section 219 of the 

Immigration and Nationality 

Act (as amended) on 26 

February 2008, and a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

entity under Executive Order 

13224 on 29 February 2008.

REWARD

Up to $5 Million

If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

info@rewardsforjustice.net.

If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARD 

(1-800-877-3927).

www.rewardsforjustice.net

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Bashir Mohamed Mahmoud, 

Bashir Mahmud Mohammed, 

Bashir Mohamed Mohamud, 

Bashir Mohamed Mohamoud, 

Bashir Yare, Bashir Qorgab, 

Gure Gap, Abu Muscab, 

Qorgab

DATE OF BIRTH: 1982

PLACE OF BIRTH: Somalia

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

COMPLEXION: Dark

WEIGHT: 150 lbs (68 kg)

NATIONALITY: Somali

LOCATION: Mogadishu, Somalia

WANTED

Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud 

is a military commander of 

Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin 

(al-Shabaab). As of late 

2008, he was also one of 

approximately 10 members 

on al-Shabaab’s leadership 

council. Mahamoud and an 

associate were in charge of 

the 10 June 2009 mortar attack 

against the Somali Transitional 

Federal Government (TFG) 

in Mogadishu. Additionally, 

as of 2007, he coordinated 

al-Qa‘ida activity in Somalia. 

In April 2010, Mahamoud 

was designated by the US 

Department of the Treasury 

under Executive Order 13536 

for contributing to the violence 

and the deterioration of 

security in Somalia.

Al-Shabaab was the militant 

wing of the Somali Council of 

Islamic Courts that took over 

most of southern Somalia 

in the second half of 2006. 

Al-Shabaab has continued 

its violent insurgency in 

southern and central Somalia. 

The group has claimed 

responsibility for many 

bombings—including various 

types of suicide attacks—in 

Mogadishu and in central and 

northern Somalia, typically 

targeting Somali Government 

officials and perceived 

allies of the Transitional 

Federal Government (TFG) 

of Somalia. Al-Shabaab was 

likely responsible for a wave 

of five coordinated suicide 

car-bombings in October 

2008 that simultaneously 

hit targets in two cities in 

northern Somalia, killing at 

Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud
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July

2006, Sudan: Ten killed in attack in Hamrat ash Shaykh; National 

Redemption Front claims responsibility

SUNDAY 28 Ramadan 3

2010, Lebanon: Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah, spiritual leader of 

Hizballah, dies in Beirut

1995, India: Al-Faran guerrillas kidnap two UK citizens and two US 

citizens in Kashmir 

1976, Uganda: Israelis raid Entebbe, rescue 246 hijacked hostages; 

three hostages and all hijackers killed

MONDAY 29 Ramadan 4

US: Independence Day

2001, Sri Lanka: Government invokes tough terrorism laws to 

combat LTTE

TUESDAY 30 Ramadan 5

Algeria: Independence Day

2004, Iraq: Ansar al-Sunna suicide car-bombs in Khalis kill 14, wound 37 

2002, Afghanistan: Vice President Haji Abdul Qadir assassinated by 

unknown gunman

WEDNESDAY 1 Shawwal 6 Islamic: Eid al-Fitr (feast of 

fast-breaking after Ramadan; 

begins tonight, lasts three days)

2005, UK: Three near-simultaneous bombs on London transportation 

system, followed by another bombing less than an hour later, kill more 

than 50, wound over 700; al-Qa‘ida claims responsibility 

1998, Algeria: GIA leader in Algiers, Khalifi Athmane, among 11 rebels 

killed by government

THURSDAY 2 Shawwal 7

1995, India: Al-Faran guerrillas kidnap Norwegian H.C. Ostroe and 

German Dirk Hasert in Kashmir

FRIDAY 3 Shawwal 8

2010, Pakistan: Two suicide bombers attack government building in 

Yakaghund, killing 62 and wounding more than 110; no immediate 

claim of responsibility

2002, Philippines: One soldier killed and six wounded in clash with 

ASG guerrillas

SATURDAY 4 Shawwal 9
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Jehad Serwan Mostafa

northern Somalia, typically 

targeting Somali Government 

officials and perceived 

allies of the Transitional 

Federal Government (TFG) 

of Somalia. Al-Shabaab was 

responsible for the twin 

suicide bombings in Kampala, 

Uganda, on 11 July 2010, which 

killed more than 70 people, 

including one American. 

The group is responsible for 

the assassination of Somali 

peace activists, international 

aid workers, numerous civil 

society figures, and journalists. 

In February 2012, al-Shabaab 

and al-Qa‘ida announced their 

formal alliance.

The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization 

under Section 219 of the 

Immigration and Nationality 

Act (as amended) on 26 

February 2008, and a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

entity under Executive Order 

13224 on 29 February 2008.

REWARD

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If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

info@rewardsforjustice.net.

If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARD 

(1-800-877-3927).

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Emir Anwar, Ahmed Gurey, 

Anwar al-Amriki, Abu Abdullah 

al-Muhajir, “Ahmed” (moniker), 

“Anwar” (moniker)

DATE OF BIRTH: 28 December 1981

PLACE OF BIRTH: Waukesha, 

Wisconsin

HEIGHT: 6’1” (185 cm)

WEIGHT: 170 lbs (77 kg)

BUILD: Tall, thin

HAIR: Brown

EYES: Blue

COMPLEXION: Light

CITIZENSHIP: American

LANGUAGES: Arabic, Somali, 

English

SPECIAL IDENTIFIERS: Mostafa is 

left-handed. He wears a full 

beard and glasses. He has a 

large scar on his right hand 

and a small scar on the top of 

his left index finger.

WANTED

Jehad Serwan Mostafa, also 

known as Ahmed Gurey, 

Anwar al-Amriki, or Emir 

Anwar, is a United States 

citizen and former resident of 

California. He has performed 

various functions for 

al-Shabaab, including acting 

as a training camp instructor 

and a leader of foreign fighters. 

He is also skilled in the group’s 

media activities. Mostafa is an 

American citizen who lived in 

San Diego, California, before 

moving to Somalia in 2005. He 

may have or is likely to visit 

the following areas: Somalia, 

Yemen, Ethiopia, Kenya, and 

other African countries.

Mostafa is on the FBI’s Most 

Wanted Terrorists list, and 

is sought by the FBI for his 

alleged terrorist activities. 

On 9 October 2009, a federal 

arrest warrant was issued for 

Mostafa in the United States 

District Court, Southern 

District of California. Mostafa 

was charged with the following 

crimes: conspiracy to provide 

material support to terrorists; 

conspiracy to provide material 

support to a foreign terrorist 

organization; and providing 

material support to a foreign 

terrorist organization.

Al-Shabaab was the militant 

wing of the Somali Council of 

Islamic Courts that took over 

most of southern Somalia 

in the second half of 2006. 

The group has claimed 

responsibility for many 

bombings—including various 

types of suicide attacks—in 

Mogadishu and in central and 
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July

2015, Chad: Boko Haram suicide bombing in N’Djamena market kills 15; 

attack is believed the first by the group in the country

2001, Spain: ETA car-bomb attack kills one and wounds 12 in Madrid

SUNDAY 5 Shawwal 10

2010, Uganda: Twin blasts kill 74, wound more than 70 in Kampala 

during telecast of World Cup; al-Shabaab claims responsibility

2006, India: Synchronized blasts on the Mumbai rail system kill nearly 

200 and wound 900; LT believed responsible

1988, Greece: Attack on island ferry City of Poros kills nine and wounds 

dozens; ANO responsible

MONDAY 6 Shawwal 11

2011, Afghanistan: Ahmed Wali Karzai, half-brother of 

Afghan president, killed in Kandahar by bodyguard; Taliban

claim responsibility

2000, Spain: ETA car-bomb wounds 10 in Madrid’s Callao Plaza

TUESDAY 7 Shawwal 12

2011, India: Three blasts in crowded areas kill 18 and wound more 

than 130 in Mumbai; attack is said to commemorate birthday of sole 

surviving gunman of November 2008 Mumbai siege

1999, India: Muslim militants storm Kashmir paramilitary camp; four 

killed and 12 kidnapped 

1991, Japan: Hiroshi Igarashi, Japanese translator of The Satanic 

Verses, assassinated by unknown gunman

WEDNESDAY 8 Shawwal 13

2004, Iraq: Car-bomb attack near Iraqi Interim Government 

headquarters and British Embassy in Baghdad kills 10, wounds 40

THURSDAY 9 Shawwal 14 France: Bastille Day

2014, Afghanistan: At least 90 killed and dozens wounded in car-bomb 

attack on market in Orgun district; Taliban deny responsibility

2010, Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills five, wounds 60 in attack on 

military convoy; Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility

FRIDAY 10 Shawwal 15

2014, Greece: Nikolaos Maziotis, leader of terrorist group Revolutionary 

Struggle, captured by Greek police in Athens 

2002, Ireland: IRA issues unprecedented apology for all 

previous casualties 

2000, Japan: Two Aum Shinrikyo members sentenced to death for sarin

gas attack in 1995

SATURDAY 11 Shawwal 16
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society figures, and journalists. 

In February 2012, al-Shabaab 

and Al-Qa‘ida announced their 

formal alliance.

The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization 

under Section 219 of the 

Immigration and Nationality 

Act (as amended) on 26 

February 2008, and a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

entity under Executive Order 

13224 on 29 February 2008.

REWARD

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or Consulate.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Ibrahim Hajj Jama, Ibrahim Haji 

Jama Mead, Ibrahim Haji Jama 

Mee’aad, Ibrahim Haji Jama 

Meecaad Afkhani, Abu-Zalma, 

and Abubakar al-Seyli’i

WANTED

Ibrahim Haji Jama is another 

founder of Harakat al-Shabaab 

al-Mujahidin and a senior 

leader in al-Shabaab. As 

widely reported, in May 2010, 

Jama headed al-Shabaab’s 

Jubba Valley administration 

from Kismayo. He spent 

several years fighting in 

Afghanistan, earning him the 

alias al-Afghani (the Afghan).

Al-Shabaab was the militant 

wing of the Somali Council of 

Islamic Courts that took over 

most of southern Somalia 

in the second half of 2006. 

Al-Shabaab has continued 

its violent insurgency in 

southern and central Somalia. 

The group has claimed 

responsibility for many 

bombings—including various 

types of suicide attacks—in 

Mogadishu and in central and 

northern Somalia, typically 

targeting Somali Government 

officials and perceived 

allies of the Transitional 

Federal Government (TFG) 

of Somalia. Al-Shabaab was 

likely responsible for a wave 

of five coordinated suicide 

car-bombings in October 

2008 that simultaneously 

hit targets in two cities in 

northern Somalia, killing at 

least 26 people and injuring 

29 others. Al-Shabaab was 

responsible for the twin 

suicide bombings in Kampala, 

Uganda, on 11 July 2010, which 

killed more than 70 people, 

including one American. 

The group is responsible for 

the assassination of Somali 

peace activists, international 

aid workers, numerous civil 

Ibrahim Haji Jama
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July

2009, Indonesia: Near-simultaneous bombings of JW Marriott and 

Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta kill nine and wound more than 50; 

Noordin Mat Top and Jemaah Islamiya strongly suspected

2002, Greece: Police arrest Alexandros Giotopoulos, leader and 

founder of 17 November

SUNDAY 12 Shawwal 17

2012, Bulgaria: Suicide bomber attacks bus in Burgas, killing six 

Israelis, one Bulgarian, himself, and wounding more than 30 others; 

no claim of responsibility but Israeli prime minister blames Iran 

and Hizballah

1994, Argentina: Buenos Aires Jewish Community Center bombed, 

killing 85 and wounding hundreds; Hizballah responsible

MONDAY 13 Shawwal 18

2004, Iraq: Fuel tanker driven into Baghdad police station, killing nine 

and wounding 60

TUESDAY 14 Shawwal 19

2009, Afghanistan: Twelve civilians killed when vehicle strikes a 

roadside bomb in Syah Koshah; no claim of responsibility

WEDNESDAY 15 Shawwal 20 Colombia: Independence Day

2005, UK: No injuries reported as another four bombs explode in 

London transportation system two weeks after similar attacks 

1999, Spain: Government releases two former ETA leaders in hope of 

ending years of killing in Basque country

THURSDAY 16 Shawwal 21

2011, Norway: Lone attacker bombs government buildings in Oslo, 

then goes on shooting rampage in Utoya; more than 70 killed, 

dozens wounded

2002, Israel: HAMAS leader and 14 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike

FRIDAY 17 Shawwal 22

2001, India: Bicycle bomb kills five soldiers and two civilians; Kashmir 

militants suspected

SATURDAY 18 Shawwal 23
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suicide bombings in Kampala, 

Uganda, on 11 July 2010, which 

killed more than 70 people, 

including one American. 

The group is responsible for 

the assassination of Somali 

peace activists, international 

aid workers, numerous civil 

society figures, and journalists. 

In February 2012, al-Shabaab 

and al-Qa’ida announced their 

formal alliance.

The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization 

under Section 219 of the 

Immigration and Nationality 

Act (as amended) on 26 

February 2008, and a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

entity under Executive Order 

13224 on 29 February 2008.

REWARD

Up to $3 Million

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concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Yasin Usman Kilwe, Yasin 

Khalid Osman, Yuma, Yaasiin 

Kilwe Cismaan, Yabo, Yasin 

Cisman Khaalid

DATE OF BIRTH: 1981

PLACE OF BIRTH: Dahar District, 

Haylaan, Somalia

HEIGHT: 5’3” (160 cm)

WEIGHT: 154 lbs (70 kg)

COMPLEXION: Dark reddish

CLAN: Darood/Dulbahante/

Warsengeli/Dubays/Hanif 

WANTED

Yasin Kilwe is al-Shabaab’s 

amir for Puntland, in northern 

Somalia. As the leader of the 

Galgala Hills militia in the Golis 

mountains, Kilwe pledged 

allegiance to al-Shabaab 

and al-Qa‘ida in a recorded 

statement publicized by an 

al-Shabaab-controlled radio 

station in late February 2012. 

Al-Shabaab emir Ahmed 

Abdi aw-Godane officially 

appointed Kilwe al-Shabaab’s 

leader in the region. Kilwe 

is from the Dubays clan, a 

subclan of Warsangali. He 

has been accused of planning 

attacks targeting Puntland 

security officials.

Al-Shabaab was the militant 

wing of the Somali Council of 

Islamic Courts that took over 

most of southern Somalia 

in the second half of 2006. 

Al-Shabaab has continued 

its violent insurgency in 

southern and central Somalia. 

The group has claimed 

responsibility for many 

bombings—including various 

types of suicide attacks—in 

Mogadishu and in central and 

northern Somalia, typically 

targeting Somali Government 

officials and perceived 

allies of the Transitional 

Federal Government (TFG) 

of Somalia. Al-Shabaab was 

likely responsible for a wave 

of five coordinated suicide 

car-bombings in October 

2008 that simultaneously 

hit targets in two cities in 

northern Somalia, killing at 

least 26 people and injuring 

29 others. Al-Shabaab was 

responsible for the twin 

Yasin Kilwe
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July/August

2001, Sri Lanka: LTTE attack on international airport and adjoining air 

force base kills 18, wounds 12, and damages 24 aircraft

SUNDAY 19 Shawwal 24

2008, India: Seven explosions kill two in Bangalore

1995, France: Bombing at Paris Saint-Michel Metro station is first of 

seven others conducted over next three months; altogether 8 killed, 

157 wounded; GIA responsible

MONDAY 20 Shawwal 25

2008, India: Twenty-one bomb blasts within 70 minutes kill 56, wound 

200 in Ahmedabad; Indian Mujahedeen claims responsibility

TUESDAY 21 Shawwal 26

2011, Afghanistan: Attacker kills Kandahar mayor with bomb concealed 

in turban; Taliban claim responsibility

2008, Turkey: Bombs kill 17 and wound more than 150 in Istanbul; 

Kongra-Gel denies involvement

2001, Spain: Bomb outside of Barcelona bank wounds three; 

GRAPO suspected

WEDNESDAY 22 Shawwal 27

2010, Strait of Hormuz: Blast near Japanese oil tanker M. Star in waters 

between Oman and Iran damages ship, wounds one crew member; 

`Abdallah Azzam Brigades claims responsibility

2008, Iraq: Female suicide bombers attack Shia pilgirms in Baghdad 

and Kurdish demonstrators in Kirkuk; more than 50 killed in bombings 

and clashes prompted by the attacks

2004, Iraq: Al-Zarqawi group bombings in Ba`qubah kill 70, wound 56

THURSDAY 23 Shawwal 28 Peru: Independence Day

2015, Pakistan: Malik Ishaq, co-founder and leader of 

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, killed in shoot-out in Muzaffargarh while being 

transported by police convoy

2009, Spain: More than 60 people wounded in car-bomb attack in 

Burgos; ETA claims responsibility

FRIDAY 24 Shawwal 29

1997, Israel: Double suicide attack kills 16 and wounds 150 in 

Jerusalem; HAMAS responsible

SATURDAY 25 Shawwal 30
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or Consulate.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS: Ikrima

DATE OF BIRTH: 1979

PLACE OF BIRTH: Kenya

WEIGHT: 110-121 lbs (50-55 kg)

SCARS/DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

Missing three fingers on left 

hand 

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS: Amar

SCARS/DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

Missing one eye

WANTED

Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, 

also known as Ikrima, was 

born in Kenya in 1979. He is 

an al-Shabaab facilitator and 

operational planner.

For more information on 

al-Shabaab, see page 56.

The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization 

under Section 219 of the 

Immigration and Nationality 

Act (as amended) on 26 

February 2008, and a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

entity under Executive Order 

13224 on 29 February 2008.

WANTED

Jafar, also known as Amar, 

is an al-Shabaab facilitator 

and operational planner. He 

has served as a deputy to 

Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, 

also known as Ikrima.

For more information on 

al-Shabaab, see page 56.

The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization 

under Section 219 of the 

Immigration and Nationality 

Act (as amended) on 26 

February 2008, and a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

entity under Executive Order 

13224 on 29 February 2008.

Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir

Jafar

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July/August

2002, Israel: Nine students, including five US citizens, killed and 

85 wounded by bomb at Hebrew University; HAMAS responsible, 

apologizes for American deaths

SUNDAY 26 Shawwal 31

2000, India: Suspected Islamic militants in Kashmir kill Hindu pilgrims 

on way to shrine; 102 killed and dozens wounded in this attack and 

subsequent attacks on villages

MONDAY 27 Shawwal 1

2003, Iraq: Car-bomb explodes in front of Jordanian Embassy in 

Baghdad, killing 19 and wounding 50 

1990, Iraq: Invasion of Kuwait begins

TUESDAY 28 Shawwal 2

2001, UK: RIRA car-bomb wounds six near London railway station 

1998, Colombia: ELN and FARC coordinate attacks that kill dozens of 

soldiers and civilians

WEDNESDAY 29 Shawwal 3

2002, Israel: Bus bombing kills 10 passengers and wounds more than 

40; HAMAS claims responsibility

2001, Philippines: Soldiers rescue 13 hostages after ASG beheads 10 of 

23 kidnapped on 2 August

THURSDAY 1 Dhu al-Qa‘da 4

2010, Afghanistan: Ten medical aid workers murdered in Badakhshan 

Province; Taliban claim responsibilty, US Secretary of State condemns 

"despicable act of wanton violence"

2009, Pakistan: TTP leader Baitullah Mehsud killed in missile 

strike; Mehsud responsible for many high-profile attacks including 

assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007

2003, Indonesia: Car-bomb explodes in front of Marriott Hotel in 

Jakarta, killing 13 and wounding 149; JI responsible

FRIDAY 2 Dhu al-Qa‘da 5

2009, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Some 100 civilians 

kidnapped and killed in Niangara; Lord's Resistance Army widely 

believed responsible

2002, India: Suicide bomber attacks Hindu pilgrims near Pahalgam, 

killing nine and wounding 32 

1991, France: Former Iranian Prime Minister Shapur Bakhtiar and his 

assistant assassinated in Paris

SATURDAY 3 Dhu al-Qa‘da 6
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The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization 

under Section 219 of the 

Immigration and Nationality 

Act (as amended) on 26 

February 2008, and a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

entity under Executive Order 

13224 on 29 February 2008.

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concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

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send your information to 

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telephone, please call 

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(1-800-877-3927).

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abdullahi Yarisow, Ubeyd, 

Mohamed Mowlid

PLACE OF BIRTH: Somalia

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

RACE: Black

NATIONALITY: Somali 

WANTED

Abdullahi Yare is the head of 

media for al-Shabaab. He also 

serves as deputy to Ahmed 

Abdi aw-Mohamed (Godane), 

the deceased founder and amir 

of al-Shabaab.

Al-Shabaab was the militant 

wing of the Somali Council of 

Islamic Courts that took over 

most of southern Somalia 

in the second half of 2006. 

Al-Shabaab has continued 

its violent insurgency in 

southern and central Somalia. 

The group has claimed 

responsibility for many 

bombings—including various 

types of suicide attacks—in 

Mogadishu and in central and 

northern Somalia, typically 

targeting Somali Government 

officials and perceived 

allies of the Transitional 

Federal Government (TFG) 

of Somalia. Al-Shabaab was 

likely responsible for a wave 

of five coordinated suicide 

car-bombings in October 

2008 that simultaneously 

hit targets in two cities in 

northern Somalia, killing at 

least 26 people and injuring 

29 others. Al-Shabaab was 

responsible for the twin 

suicide bombings in Kampala, 

Uganda, on 11 July 2010, which 

killed more than 70 people, 

including one American. 

The group is responsible for 

the assassination of Somali 

peace activists, international 

aid workers, numerous civil 

society figures, and journalists. 

In February 2012, al-Shabaab 

and al-Qa’ida announced their 

formal alliance.

Abdullahi Yare
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August

2010, Iraq: Two vehicle bombs and two other devices kill 43, wound 

185 in Al Basrah; no claim of responsibility

1998, Kenya & Tanzania: Twin blasts at US embassies kill 224, including 

12 US citizens; 5,000 wounded in Nairobi and 72 in Dar es Salaam; 

al-Qa‘ida responsible

SUNDAY 4 Dhu al-Qa‘da 7

2008, Iraq: Car-bomb kills 28, wounds 71 at produce market in Tall `Afar; 

no claim of responsibility but authorities blame Islamic State of Iraq

MONDAY 5 Dhu al-Qa‘da 8

2008, Algeria: Suicide bombing kills eight, wounds 17 others in 

Zemmouri; AQIM claims responsibility

2002, Pakistan: Grenade blast kills four and wounds 25 at Christian 

missionary hospital in Islamabad

TUESDAY 6 Dhu al-Qa‘da 9

2006, UK: Police disrupt plot to attack planes flying to United States, 

arrest more than 20; al-Qa‘ida believed responsible

1987, Greece: 17 November detonates bomb near bus carrying US 

airmen; 10 wounded

WEDNESDAY 7 Dhu al-Qa‘da 10

2011, Indonesia: Umar Patek, responsible for the October 

2002 bombing in Bali that killed more than 200, extradited 

from Pakistan

2009, Iraq: Eight killed, 30 wounded as vehicle bombs and IEDs explode 

in separate attacks in Baghdad; no claim of responsibility but Islamic 

State of Iraq suspected

THURSDAY 8 Dhu al-Qa‘da 11

2001, Israel: Suicide bomb attack in restaurant near Haifa kills the 

bomber and wounds 20; Palestine Islamic Jihad suspected

FRIDAY 9 Dhu al-Qa‘da 12

2011, Pakistan: Warren Weinstein, contractor for an American firm, 

kidnapped in Lahore; Ayman al-Zawahiri claims responsibility on 

behalf of al-Qa‘ida

2009, Iraq: Twenty-one killed as two suicide bombers attack café in 

Kala; no claim of responsibility

SATURDAY 10 Dhu al-Qa‘da 13
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Liban Haji Mohamed

WANTED

Liban Haji Mohamed is a 

Somali-born, naturalized 

United States citizen. He has 

lived in the Northern Virginia 

suburbs of the Washington, 

D.C., area. Mohamed is 

traveling with his US Passport 

No. 440140664 that expires 20 

May 2018.

Liban Haji Mohamed is wanted 

for allegedly providing material 

support to Harakat Shabaab 

al-Mujahidin, also known as 

Al-Shabaab, and al-Qa’ida. 

Mohamed is believed to have 

left the United States on 5 July 

2012, with the intent to join 

al-Shabaab in East Africa. A 

federal warrant for Mohamed’s 

arrest was unsealed by the 

U.S. Attorney’s Office in the 

Eastern District of Virginia on 

29 January 2015.

FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

Should be considered armed 

and dangerous.

If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

www.fbi.gov

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abu Ayrow, Shirwa, Shirwac, 

Qatiluhum, Qatil

DATE OF BIRTH: 4 January 1986

PLACE OF BIRTH: Somalia

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

COMPLEXION: Dark

HEIGHT: 6’0” (183 cm)

WEIGHT: 194 lbs (87 kg)

BUILD: Medium

LANGUAGE: English, Arabic, 

Somali

OCCUPATION: Taxicab driver
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August

2003, Thailand: Riduan Isamuddin, a.k.a. Hambali, key JI figure in the 

October 2002 Bali disco bombing, arrested in Bangkok

1994, Sudan: “Carlos the Jackal” arrested and extradited to France, 

where he is sentenced in December 1997 to life in prison

SUNDAY 11 Dhu al-Qa‘da 14 Pakistan: Independence Day

2007, Iraq: At least 400 killed, hundreds wounded in four truck-bomb 

explosions in Ninawa Governorate

2001, India: Bomb attack wounds 18 in Handwara, Kashmir; LT

claims responsibility

MONDAY 12 Dhu al-Qa‘da 15

2002, Iraq: Abu Nidal, mastermind of 1985 attacks on Vienna and Rome 

airports, dies under mysterious circumstances in Baghdad

1993, Germany: Authorities storm KLM plane hijacked by Egyptian 

Islamic Jihad after last two hostages escape through cockpit window

TUESDAY 13 Dhu al-Qa‘da 16

2010, Iraq: Suicide bomber in Baghdad kills 57 civilians and wounds 

118 others in addition to killing and wounding many military recruits; 

Islamic State of Iraq claims responsibility

1995, France: Bomb explodes near Arc de Triomphe in Paris, 

wounding 17

WEDNESDAY 14 Dhu al-Qa‘da 17 Indonesia: Independence Day

2011, Israel: Terrorists crossing from Egypt kill six, wound 25 in three 

attacks near Eilat

2010, Pakistan: Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan announces death of 

leader Tahir Yuldashev, reported killed on 27 August 2009; IMU says 

Yuldashev replaced by Usman Adil

2001, Spain: Car-bomb explodes in tourist area near Barcelona after 

warning call; ETA responsible

THURSDAY 15 Dhu al-Qa‘da 18

2011, Pakistan: Bomb attack during Ramadan against mosque in 

Ghundi kills 40, wounds 85; no claim of responsibility 

2008, Algeria: Suicide car-bomber kills 43 in attack on police academy 

in Les Issers; no claim of responsibility but al-Qa‘ida in Lands of Islamic 

Maghreb strongly suspected

2003, Israel: HAMAS suicide bomber detonates bomb aboard bus in 

Jerusalem, killing 20, including five US citizens, and wounding 140 

FRIDAY 16 Dhu al-Qa‘da 19 Jewish: Tisha B'Av 

(commemoration of destruction 

of First and Second Temples)

2008, Algeria: Two synchronized car-bombs kill 11 in Bouira; as in 

19 August attacks, no claim of responsibility but al-Qa‘ida in Lands of 

Islamic Maghreb strongly suspected

1998, Afghanistan & Sudan: US cruise missiles strike against terrorist 

locations in retaliation for African embassy bombings

SATURDAY 17 Dhu al-Qa‘da 20 Islamic: Death of ‘Ali al-Rida, 

eighth Shia Imam (26 May 

818 C.E.; approx)
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Boko Haram, which refers to itself as “Jama‘atu 

Ahl as-Sunnah li-Da‘awati wal-Jihad” (JASDJ; 

Group of the Sunni People for the Calling 

and Jihad) and “Nigerian Taliban”—other 

translations and variants are used—is a 

Nigeria-based group that seeks to overthrow the 

current Nigerian Government and replace it with 

a regime based on Islamic law. It is popularly 

known in Nigerian and Western media as “Boko 

Haram,” which means “Western education is 

forbidden” (the word boko is a holdover from 

the colonial English word for book). The group, 

which has existed in various forms since the 

late 1990s, suffered setbacks in July 2009 when 

clashes with Nigerian Government forces led 

to the deaths of hundreds of its members, 

including former leader Muhammad Yusuf. 

In July 2010, Boko Haram’s former 

second-in-command, Abubakar Shekau, 

appeared in a video claiming leadership of 

the group and threatening attacks on Western 

influences in Nigeria. Later that month, 

Shekau issued a second statement expressing 

solidarity with al-Qa‘ida and threatening the 

United States. Under Shekau’s leadership, the 

group has continued to demonstrate growing 

operational capabilities, with an increasing 

use of improvised explosive device (IED), 

vehicle-borne IED (VBIED), and female suicide 

attacks against a wide range of targets. The 

group set off its first VBIED in June 2011. 

On 26 August 2011, Boko Haram conducted 

its first attack against a Western interest—a 

vehicle-bomb attack on UN headquarters in 

Abuja—killing at least 23 people and injuring 

more than 80. A purported Boko Haram 

spokesman claimed responsibility for the 

attack and promised future targeting of US and 

Nigerian Government interests.

Boko Haram’s capability increased in 2014, with 

the group conducting near-daily attacks against 

Christians, security and police forces, the media, 

schools, politicians, and Muslims perceived 

as collaborators. Boko Haram continued to 

raise its international profile in 2015, pledging 

allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and the 

Levant (ISIL) in March—and publicly using the 

name “ISIL-West Africa Province” and similar 

variants—and conducting simultaneous suicide 

bombings in N’Djamena, Chad, in June—the first 

such attack in that country’s capital.

Boko Haram’s violence—including the 

kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Borno State, 

Nigeria, in April 2014—brought international 

condemnation and in February 2015 provoked 

a large regional CT offensive against the 

group that displaced it from the majority of 

its strongholds in Nigeria. Nonetheless, Boko 

Haram remains resilient, conducting attacks in 

neighboring Cameroon, Chad, Niger, as well 

as Nigeria, emphasizing the threat it poses to 

Western and regional interests.

The US State Department designated Boko 

Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 

November 2013.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239404.htm

Boko Haram
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August

2008, Pakistan: Two suicide bombers attack country's main arms 

factory in town of Wah, killing 60; Taliban elements claim responsibility

1999, Pakistan: Two Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) members 

sentenced to die for murder of four US citizens

1995, Israel: HAMAS bomber kills five, wounds 100 on Jerusalem bus

SUNDAY 18 Dhu al-Qa‘da 21

2011, Pakistan: Atiyah ‘Abd al-Rahman, al-Qa‘ida second-in-command, 

killed in explosion in North Waziristan Agency

2007, Iraq: Vehicle bomb kills 25 policemen and 20 civilians in 

Bayji; no claim of responsibility but Islamic State of Iraq widely 

believed responsible

MONDAY 19 Dhu al-Qa‘da 22

2013, US: Nidal Malik Hasan convicted on 13 counts of premeditated 

murder in attack at Ft. Hood, Texas, on 5 November 2009

2001, Colombia: Car-bomb outside police station in Marintilla kills one 

and wounds 25; ELN blamed

1996, Worldwide: Usama Bin Ladin issues first declaration of war 

against the United States and the West, calling for the death of 

Americans wherever they are found

TUESDAY 20 Dhu al-Qa‘da 23

2010, Somalia: Two suicide bombers kill 33, including four members 

of parliament, in attack on Muna Hotel in Mogadishu; al-Shabaab

claims responsibility

1975, France: Turkish ambassador to France and driver killed in Paris; 

Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia responsible

WEDNESDAY 21 Dhu al-Qa‘da 24

2009, Afghanistan: At least 40 killed, 60 wounded in car-bomb attack in 

Kandahar; no claim of responsibility but Taliban strongly suspected

1983, West Germany: Carlos-led group bombs French cultural center in 

West Berlin, killing one and wounding 23

THURSDAY 22 Dhu al-Qa‘da 25

2011, Nigeria: Vehicle bombing of UN headquarters in Abuja kills 23, 

wounds more than 80; Boko Haram claims responsibility

2009, Pakistan: Attackers kill 29 civilians in Manglaur; no claim 

of responsibility

FRIDAY 23 Dhu al-Qa‘da 26

2006, Iraq: Separate vehicle bomb and RPG attacks in Diyala, Baghdad, 

and Kirkuk kill 50 civilians; no claim of responsibility

SATURDAY 24 Dhu al-Qa‘da 27
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targeting of US and Nigerian 

government interests.

On 1 May 2012, less than one 

week after the group bombed 

a Nigerian newspaper building 

in Abuja, Boko Haram issued 

a video statement threatening 

more attacks on local and 

international news outlets, 

including the Voice of America 

and Sahara Reporters, a New 

York-based media service.

Under Shekau’s leadership 

Boko Haram has continually 

targeted young children. On 

14 April 2014, Boko Haram 

kidnapped close to 300 girls 

from their school in northern 

Nigeria. In a video message 

released three weeks later, 

Shekau claimed responsibility 

for the kidnappings.

On 21 June 2012, the 

US Department of State 

designated Shekau a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

under Executive Order 13224.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abu Bakr Skikwa, Imam Abu 

Bakr Shiku, Abu Muhammad 

Abu Bakr Bin Muhammad Al 

Shakwi Al Muslimi Bishku, 

Abubakar Shakkau

DATES OF BIRTH USED: 1965, 1969, 

1975 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Yobe, Nigeria

HEIGHT: Tall

BUILD: Slim

COMPLEXION: Dark

ETHNICITY: Kanuri

LANGUAGES: Arabic, Hausa, Fulani, 

Kanuri

WANTED

Abubakar Shekau is the leader 

of Jama’atu Ahl as-Sunnah 

il-Da’awati wal-Jihad, more 

commonly known as Boko 

Haram. Boko Haram, which 

means “Western education is 

forbidden,” is a Nigeria-based 

terrorist organization that 

seeks to overthrow the current 

Nigerian government and 

replace it with a regime based 

on Islamic law. There are 

reported communications, 

training, and weapons links 

between Boko Haram, AQIM, 

al-Shabaab, and al-Qa’ida in 

the Arabian Peninsula.

Shekau was previously the 

group’s second-in-command. 

In July 2010, Shekau publicly 

claimed leadership of Boko 

Haram and threatened to 

attack Western interests in 

Nigeria. Later that month, 

Shekau issued a second 

statement expressing 

solidarity with al-Qa’ida and 

threatening the United States. 

The group set off its first 

vehicle-borne improvised 

explosive device (IED) in June 

2011, and has increasingly 

used IEDs in attacks against 

soft targets. Boko Haram’s 26 

August 2011 vehicle-bomb 

attack on the United Nations 

headquarters in Abuja, 

Nigeria, marked the group’s 

first lethal operation against 

Western interests. At least 

23 people were killed, and 

80 more injured, in the 

attack. A purported Boko 

Haram spokesman claimed 

responsibility for the 

attack and promised future 

Abubakar Shekau
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August/September

1999, Yemen: Car-bomb kills six and wounds 12; Islamic Army of 

Aden-Abyan suspected

SUNDAY 25 Dhu al-Qa‘da 28

2003, Iraq: Shia Muslim cleric Ayatollah al-Hakim assassinated in 

Al Basrah

2001, Canada: Mahmud Jaballah arrested for involvement in al-Qa‘ida 

bombing of US embassies

1995, Georgia: President Shevardnadze wounded in car-bomb attack

MONDAY 26 Dhu al-Qa‘da 29

2001, Sri Lanka: LTTE bomb outside municipal building in Kalunai kills 

three and wounds seven

TUESDAY 27 Dhu al-Qa‘da 30

2010, Israel: Four settlers killed by gunfire in Qiryat Arba’; spokesman 

for HAMAS's military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, 

claims responsibility 

2006, Thailand: One killed as more than 20 bombs explode almost 

simultaneously inside banks in south

2004, Israel: Two HAMAS bus bombings kill 16 in Beersheba 

2001, Algeria: Islamic militants blamed for two attacks that kill 13

WEDNESDAY 28 Dhu al-Qa‘da 31

2010, Israel: Second shooting attack in two days leaves two wounded; 

spokesman for HAMAS's military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, 

again claims responsibility

2004, Russia: During 1-3 September, Chechen terrorists attack Beslan 

school, killing at least 330, wounding 776 

1970, Jordan: Palestinian guerrillas expelled from country; Black 

September takes its name from this day

THURSDAY 29 Dhu al-Qa‘da 1

2000, West Bank: Palestinians sentence HAMAS bombmaker Mahmud 

Abu-Hanud to 12 years imprisonment

1999, Sri Lanka: LTTE suicide bomber kills top Tamil militia leader who 

supported Sri Lankan Army

FRIDAY 30 Dhu al-Qa‘da 2

2009, Chad: Five Darfur aid workers kidnapped on or about this 

date; no claim of responsibility but Justice and Equality Movement

believed responsible

SATURDAY 1 Dhu al-Hijja 3
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19 December 2012 kidnapping 

of a French engineer in 

northwestern Nigeria, and the 

16 February 2013 kidnapping 

and subsequent execution of 

seven construction workers 

from Britain, Greece, Lebanon, 

and Italy.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Khaled Barnawi, Khaled 

al-Barnawi, Khaled 

el-Barnaoui, Abu Hafsat, 

Mohammed Usman, 

Muhammad Usman

DATE OF BIRTH: 1976

PLACE OF BIRTH: Maiduguri, Borno 

State, Nigeria 

WANTED

Khalid al-Barnawi, also known 

as Mohammed Usman, was 

reportedly a high-ranking 

member of Boko Haram. He 

has been reported to be a 

leader of Jama’atu Ansarul 

Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan, a 

Nigeria-based terrorist group 

more commonly known as 

Ansaru. The Department 

of State designated Khalid 

al-Barnawi a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

under section 1(b) of Executive 

Order 13224 on 21 June 2012.

Ansaru emerged as a faction 

of Boko Haram and announced 

its formation in early 2012. 

The group seeks to establish 

an Islamic caliphate in 

Nigeria. Ansaru has close 

ties to Al-Qa‘ida in the Lands 

of the Islamic Maghreb 

(AQIM) and has sought to 

target Westerners, including 

Americans. The United States 

designated Ansaru a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization on 

13 November 2013.

Al-Barnawi and Ansaru have 

committed multiple acts of 

terrorism against civilians and 

Nigerian government officials. 

Al-Barnawi reportedly helped 

plan the May 2011 kidnapping 

from Kebbi State of a British 

and an Italian engineer, who 

remained hostages until 

they were killed in March 

2012. On 26 November 2012, 

Ansaru members raided a 

police station in Abuja, killing 

Nigerian police officers and 

freeing detained terrorists 

from prison. Ansaru also 

claimed responsibility for the 

Khalid al-Barnawi
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September

2007, Denmark: In counterterror raids, police in Copenhagen arrest 

eight al-Qa‘ida-linked individuals for plotting terrorist attacks

2007, Germany: Three arrested in Oberschledorn as authorities 

foil plot to attack US and other targets; Islamic Jihad Union claims 

responsibility for failed attack

2006, Philippines: ASG commander Khadafi Janjalani dies in shootout 

on Jolo Island

1999, Russia: Bombing of apartment building in Dagestan kills 64

SUNDAY 2 Dhu al-Hijja 4

2006, Denmark: Police arrest nine on charges of plotting attack; 

chemicals, materials for explosives seized

1986, Pakistan: ANO terrorists hijack Pan Am flight 73 in Karachi; 

20 passengers killed, more than 100 wounded

1972, West Germany: Israeli athletes held hostage at Munich Olympics 

by Black September; 11 killed on 6 September

MONDAY 3 Dhu al-Hijja 5

US: Labor Day

1986, Turkey: ANO kills 21 in attack on Istanbul synagogue TUESDAY 4 Dhu al-Hijja 6

1995, France: Car-bomb explodes outside Jewish school in Lyon, 

wounding 14; GIA suspected

WEDNESDAY 5 Dhu al-Hijja 7

1999, Russia: Bombing of Moscow apartment building kills 94; Islamic 

Dagestan Liberation Army claims responsibility

THURSDAY 6 Dhu al-Hijja 8

2010, Russia: At least 15 killed, 130 wounded as suicide bomber attacks 

market in Vladikavkaz

2004, Indonesia: Al-Qa‘ida attacks Australian Embassy in Jakarta, 

killing 10 and wounding 150 

2003, Israel: Suicide bomber kills eight persons, including two US 

citizens, near the Asaf Harolfe Hospital; no responsible group identified 

2001, Afghanistan: Opposition leader Ahmad Shah Mahsood killed by 

two al-Qa‘ida suicide bombers

FRIDAY 7 Dhu al-Hijja 9

2001, Colombia: FARC leader German Briceno is sentenced in absentia 

to 40 years for murder of three US activists

SATURDAY 8 Dhu al-Hijja 10 Islamic: Al-Hajj, the 

Pilgrimage, begins
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The Lord’s Resistance Army is a 

Ugandan rebel group currently 

operating in the border region of 

the Democratic Republic of the 

Congo (DRC), the Central African 

Republic (CAR), and South 

Sudan. Joseph Kony established 

the LRA in 1988 with the claim 

of restoring the honor of his ethnic Acholi 

people and to install a government based on his 

personal version of the Ten Commandments. 

Kony claims to channel various spirits who direct 

him to oust Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni; 

however, under Kony’s leadership, LRA soldiers 

conduct violence for the sake of violence, 

primarily against civilians, rather than fighting to 

advance a political agenda. 

The LRA has its roots in the conflict between the 

Acholi tribe of northern Uganda and other tribes 

in southern Uganda that began during Idi Amin 

Dada’s regime (1971-1979). Power changed hands 

between two equally ruthless Acholi leaders after 

Idi Amin was overthrown, but the Acholi were 

forced to flee back to the north when Museveni 

seized power in 1986. Alienated Acholi troops 

subsequently formed a less extreme Holy Spirit 

movement to counter the Ugandan government. 

However, following their defeat in 1988, a more 

violent movement—the LRA— emerged under 

Kony. LRA soldiers quickly gained a reputation 

for murder, torture, rape, and mutilations aimed 

primarily at Acholi communities, as well as 

abducting tens of thousands of children over the 

years to use as sex slaves and child soldiers.

In 2008, following Kony’s refusal to sign a 

negotiated peace agreement, Ugandan, DRC, 

and southern Sudanese armies launched a 

joint military offensive, “Operation Lightning 

Thunder,” against the LRA in northeastern 

Congo. As a result, the LRA broke up into smaller, 

more mobile groups and spread out in the 

border region, making them even more difficult 

to locate.

In May 2010 the US Congress passed the “Lord’s 

Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern 

Uganda Recovery Act,” which follows the US 

State Department inclusion of the LRA on the 

Terrorist Exclusion List in 2001 and designation 

of Joseph Kony as a Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist under Executive Order 13324 in 2008. 

In October 2011 the United States sent a force 

of 100 soldiers—in an advisory role—to regional 

militaries aimed at removing Kony from the 

battlefield. In March 2014 the US announced 

it was sending additional soldiers and military 

aircraft to augment the hunt for Kony.

In January 2015 Dominic Ongwen, an 

LRA general wanted for war crimes, was 

apprehended by US forces and is awaiting 

trial at the International Criminal Court in the 

Hague. Ongwen is one of five commanders, 

including Kony, indicted by the ICC in 2005. 

Kony’s whereabouts are unknown, although 

he is believed to be hiding in Kafia Kingi, a 

Sudanese-controlled enclave on the border of the 

CAR and South Sudan. Kony is also believed to 

be in poor health. Defectors from the LRA have 

reported that Kony has diabetes, while it has also 

been alleged the warlord has AIDS.

The LRA is now thought to number between 200 

and 300 fighters. In recent years the group has 

carried out attacks in the DRC, South Sudan, and 

the CAR. Although the group is reportedly in 

decline, the LRA abducted 121 people and killed 

at least three others between April and June 

2015, according to the UN.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239404.htm

Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)

Joseph Kony
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September

2012, Libya: US diplomatic facilities in Benghazi attacked; Amb. 

Christopher Stevens and three other Americans killed

2001, US: Four passenger planes hijacked; two crash into World Trade 

Center in New York City; one crashes into Pentagon; fourth crashes 

into field in Shanksville, PA; nearly 3,000 killed; Usama Bin Ladin and 

al-Qa‘ida responsible

SUNDAY 9 Dhu al-Hijja 11

US: Patriot Day

Islamic: Yawm Arafat

2009, Afghanistan: Attack on convoy in Farah kills 11, wounds 12; 

Taliban claim responsibility; separate attack in Emam Saheb kills 

7 police officers; no claim of responsibility

MONDAY 10 Dhu al-Hijja 12 Islamic: Eid al-Adha (Festival 

of Sacrifice)

2011, Afghanistan: US Embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul hit in 

simultaneous attacks with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms 

fire; Taliban claim responsibility

1993, US: In Washington, Israel and PLO sign peace agreement known 

as Oslo Accords

TUESDAY 11 Dhu al-Hijja 13

2003, Colombia: ELN militants kidnap four Israelis, two Britons, one 

German, and one Spaniard 

1986, South Korea: Bomb at Kimpo airport kills five and wounds 29; 

North Korea blamed

WEDNESDAY 12 Dhu al-Hijja 14 Islamic: Al-Hajj, the 

Pilgrimage, ends

2003, Russia: Truck bomb attack on government security building in 

Moscow kills three

1981, West Germany: US Army General Frederick Kroesen injured in 

RPG attack in Heidelberg; "Kommando Gudrun Ensslin" of Red Army 

Faction claims responsibility

THURSDAY 13 Dhu al-Hijja 15

2009, Afghanistan: Suicide bomber kills two civilians, wounds five 

others and three soldiers; Taliban claim responsibility

FRIDAY 14 Dhu al-Hijja 16

1992, Germany: Four Iranian Kurds killed in Berlin’s Mykonos restaurant SATURDAY 15 Dhu al-Hijja 17
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Ansar al-Sharia (AAS)

Ansar al-Sharia (AAS) groups in 

Libya emerged following the 2011 

Libyan revolution. Their goal is 

to establish sharia and to remove 

US and Western influence from 

Libya. Ansar al-Sharia is most 

active in the Libyan cities of 

Benghazi, Darnah, Sirte, and Ajdabiya, but most 

likely operates elsewhere around the country as 

well. AAS works with regional extremist groups 

to train, conduct attacks, and amass weapons, 

and actively fights Libyan security services’ 

efforts to assert control throughout the country. 

The term Ansar al-Sharia means “Partisans of 

Islamic Law.”

On 18 June 2015, AAS released an audio 

statement naming Abu Khalid al-Madani as the 

group’s new amir. The group’s previous leader, 

Muhammad al-Zawahi, was killed while fighting 

in Benghazi in September 2014. Following 

Zawahi’s death, the Islamic State of Iraq and the 

Levant in Libya benefited from the defection of 

multiple AAS members.

Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi (AAS-B) and Ansar 

al-Sharia in Darnah (AAS-D) were most likely 

involved in the 11 September 2012 attacks 

against US facilities in Benghazi that resulted 

in the death of J. Christopher Stevens, the 

US Ambassador to Libya, and three other US 

citizens. The United States designated AAS-B 

and AAS-D as Foreign Terrorist Organizations 

in January 2014. The groups are also suspected 

of involvement in attacks and kidnappings 

targeting foreigners, including an assassination 

of an American teacher in Benghazi in 

December 2013.

Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia

(AAS-T) was founded in 2011 

by Saifallah Ben Hassine, also 

known as Abu Iyad al-Tunisi, 

after he was released from 

prison during the Tunisian 

revolution. In mid-2015, Bin 

Hassine was tried, found guilty, 

and sentenced in absentia by a Tunisian 

criminal court to 50 years in prison for his role 

in terrorist activities. AAS-T was blamed for 

inciting the storming of the US Embassy in 

Tunis on 14 September 2012, and has since been 

designated by the United States as a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization. AAS-T remains intent on 

conducting attacks against Western interests in 

spite of increasing Tunisian security capability 

and counterterrorism operations. AAS-T 

attempted suicide attacks against two tourist 

sites in October 2013 and in 2014 probably was 

plotting against Jewish targets and Western 

diplomatic missions in Tunisia.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239407.htm

Abu Iyad al-Tunisi
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September

1997, Egypt: Bomb attack on Cairo tourist bus by two Muslim militants 

kills nine Germans

SUNDAY 16 Dhu al-Hijja 18

1989, France: UTA Flight 772 to Paris explodes over Niger, killing 170; 

Libya held responsible

MONDAY 17 Dhu al-Hijja 19

2008, Pakistan: Truck bomb attack against Marriott Hotel in Islamabad 

kills more than 60, wounds 200; al-Qa‘ida strongly suspected

1984, Lebanon: Islamic Jihad Organization responsible for truck bomb 

at US Embassy annex in Beirut; 23 killed

TUESDAY 18 Dhu al-Hijja 20

2013, Kenya: Gunmen kill more than 70, wound 200 in attack on 

Westgate mall in Nairobi; al-Shabaab claims responsibility

2009, Central African Republic: Three Italian aid workers killed, 

one wounded, three kidnapped in attack near Mboki; no claim of 

responsibility but Lord's Resistance Army believed responsible

WEDNESDAY 19 Dhu al-Hijja 21

2004, Israel: Female al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade bomber kills two 

in Jerusalem

THURSDAY 20 Dhu al-Hijja 22

2010, Colombia: FARC military commander Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, 

better known as Mono Jojoy, killed in Colombian military operation in 

Meta Department

2003, Algeria: GSPC detonates two bombs near police vehicle, 

killing three 

1983, UAE: Omani Gulf Aircraft bombed; 111 killed, including one 

US citizen

FRIDAY 21 Dhu al-Hijja 23

Saudi Arabia: Unification of 

the Kingdom 

2002, India: Militants attack Hindu temple, killing 31; LT suspected SATURDAY 22 Dhu al-Hijja 24
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DATES OF BIRTH USED: 1 January 

1979; 1983

PLACE OF BIRTH: Sudan

HAIR: Black

EYES: Dark Brown

RACE: Black

NATIONALITY: Sudan

LANGUAGES: English, Arabic 

WANTED

On 1 January 2008, US 

citizen and US Agency for 

International Development 

(USAID) employee John 

Granville and his Sudanese 

driver, Abdelrahman Abbas 

Rahama, were shot and killed 

on their way home from a 

New Year’s Eve celebration in 

Khartoum, Sudan. Granville, 

33, had been working on 

democracy and governance 

programs in Sudan. Abbas, 

39, joined USAID in 2004 

as a member of its Disaster 

Assistance Response Team for 

Darfur. Two groups separately 

claimed responsibility for 

the attack: Ansar al-Tawhid 

(Supporters of Monotheism) 

and al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of 

the Two Niles (AQTN).

The Sudanese legal system 

tried and convicted five men 

for their involvement in the 

murders. Abdelraouf Abu Zaid 

Mohamed Hamza, Mohamed 

Makawi Ibrahim Mohamed, 

Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhassan 

Haj Hamad, and Mohanad 

Osman Yousif Mohamed were 

sentenced to death by hanging, 

but escaped from prison one 

year after their conviction. 

Mohanad reportedly died 

in Somalia in May 2011. 

Abdelraouf was recaptured by 

Sudanese authorities. Makawi 

and Abdelbasit remain at large.

Abdelbasit was the second 

shooter in the murders. He 

escaped from Khobar Prison in 

Khartoum on 11 June 2010, and 

is currently in Somalia.

Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhassan Haj Hamad
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September/October

2002, Pakistan: Militants kill seven at Christian charity in Karachi SUNDAY 23 Dhu al-Hijja 25

2004, Syria: Car-bomb kills HAMAS leader Izz al-Din Shaykh Khalil 

in Damascus 

2001, France: Police arrest seven suspected Islamic extremists linked 

to Bin Ladin network headed by Djamel Beghal

MONDAY 24 Dhu al-Hijja 26

1987, Greece: US commissary bombed, killing one; Revolutionary 

Popular Struggle (ELA) responsible

TUESDAY 25 Dhu al-Hijja 27

2000, Philippines: ASG leader killed, two others wounded in military 

bid to rescue hostages

WEDNESDAY 26 Dhu al-Hijja 28

2003, Colombia: FARC motorcycle bomb explodes, killing 10 and 

wounding 54, including three police officers 

1998, Sri Lanka: Lionair flight from Jaffna to Colombo shot down, 

killing 55; LTTE blamed

THURSDAY 27 Dhu al-Hijja 29

2011, Yemen: Anwar al-Aulaqi, radical ideologue and attack planner for 

al-Qa‘ida in the Arabian Peninsula, killed in explosion near Khashef

FRIDAY 28 Dhu al-Hijja 30

2005, Indonesia: Resort bombings kill 26 and wound more than 100 in 

Bali; JI bombmaker Azahari bin Husin believed responsible 

1995, US: Umar ‘Abd al-Rahman (the "Blind Shaykh") convicted in plot 

to blow up UN Headquarters and other landmarks in New York

SATURDAY 29 Dhu al-Hijja 1
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Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim Mohamed

attack on 1 January 2008, and 

was identified as one of two 

shooters in the murders. After 

escaping from Khobar Prison 

in Khartoum on 11 June 2010, 

Makawi went to Somalia.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Muhammad Makkawi Ibrahim 

Muhammad

DATE OF BIRTH: 1 January 1984

PLACE OF BIRTH: Sudan

RACE: Black

HAIR: Black

EYES: Dark Brown

NATIONALITY: Sudan

LANGUAGES: English, Arabic 

WANTED

On 1 January 2008, US 

citizen and US Agency for 

International Development 

(USAID) employee John 

Granville and his Sudanese 

driver, Abdelrahman Abbas 

Rahama, were shot and killed 

on their way home from a 

New Year’s Eve celebration in 

Khartoum, Sudan. Granville, 

33, had been working on 

democracy and governance 

programs in Sudan. Abbas, 

39, joined USAID in 2004 

as a member of its Disaster 

Assistance Response Team for 

Darfur. Two groups separately 

claimed responsibility for 

the attack: Ansar al-Tawhid 

(Supporters of Monotheism) 

and Al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of 

the Two Niles (AQTN).

The Sudanese legal system 

tried and convicted five men 

for their involvement in the 

murders. Abdelraouf Abu Zaid 

Mohamed Hamza, Mohamed 

Makawi Ibrahim Mohamed, 

Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhassan 

Haj Hamad, and Mohanad 

Osman Yousif Mohamed were 

sentenced to death by hanging, 

but escaped from prison one 

year after their conviction. 

Mohanad reportedly died 

in Somalia in May 2011. 

Abdelraouf was recaptured by 

Sudanese authorities. Makawi 

and Abdelbasit remain at large.

Makawi had ties to a group 

in Sudan called Al-Qa‘ida in 

the Lands of the Two Niles, 

which plotted to attack US, 

other Western, and Sudanese 

interests. He was the leader of 

the group that carried out the 
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October

2000, Sri Lanka: LTTE suicide bombing kills 23 and wounds 54 in attack 

contesting elections

SUNDAY 1 Muharram, A.H. 

1438 2 Islamic: First of Muharram 

(Islamic New Year)

1996, Greece: Bomb explodes under car of Greek NATO officer in 

Athens; 17 November blamed

MONDAY 2 Muharram 3 Jewish: Rosh Hashanah (New 

Year, 1st day)

2000, Peru: Shining Path leader Carlos Fernandez is captured TUESDAY 3 Muharram 4 Jewish: Rosh Hashanah (2nd Day)

2010, US: Faisal Shahzad convicted, sentenced to life imprisonment, for 

role in failed vehicle bombing in Times Square, New York City

2000, Sri Lanka: LTTE suicide bomber kills 10 and wounds more than 

35 at election rally

WEDNESDAY 4 Muharram 5

2002, Yemen: French oil tanker Limburg attacked and damaged off 

coast; one killed and four wounded; al-Qa‘ida responsible 

1981, Egypt: President Sadat assassinated by Egyptian Islamic Jihad 

1973, Middle East: Yom Kippur War begins

THURSDAY 5 Muharram 6

2004, Egypt: Terrorists car-bomb Hilton resort in Taba, two other 

tourist areas; 34 killed, more than 100 wounded

2001, Afghanistan: US-led coalition begins military campaign in 

response to 9/11 attacks

1985, Mediterranean Sea: Hijacking of Achille Lauro cruise ship; one 

US citizen killed

FRIDAY 6 Muharram 7

2002, Kuwait: Al-Qa‘ida associates attack US Marines on exercise, 

killing one

SATURDAY 7 Muharram 8
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Formed in 1982 in response to the Israeli invasion 

of Lebanon, Hizballah (the “Party of God”), a 

Lebanon-based Shia terrorist group, advocates 

Shia empowerment globally. Hizballah has been 

involved in numerous anti-US terrorist attacks, 

including the suicide truck bombings of the US 

Embassy in Beirut in April 1983, the US Marine 

barracks in Beirut in October 1983, and the US 

Embassy annex in Beirut in September 1984, as 

well as the hijacking of TWA 847 in 1985 and the 

Khobar Towers attack in Saudi Arabia in 1996. 

Hizballah has participated in the Lebanese 

Government since 1992. With the 2004 passage 

of UN Security Council Resolution 1559, which 

called for the disarmament of all armed militias 

in Lebanon, Hizballah has focused on justifying 

its retention of arms by casting itself as the 

defender of Lebanon against Israeli aggression. 

On 12 July 2006, Hizballah kidnapped two 

Israeli soldiers, sparking the 2006 war in 

which Hizballah claimed victory by virtue of its 

survival. It has since sought to use the conflict to 

justify its need to retain its arms as a Lebanese 

resistance force. In May 2008, Hizballah militants 

seized parts of Beirut in response to calls by 

the government to restrict Hizballah’s secure 

communications and arms. In negotiations to 

end the violence, Hizballah gained veto power in 

the government and retained its arms and secure 

communications. 

In July 2011 the UN Special Tribunal for 

Lebanon (STL) indicted four Hizballah 

members—including a senior Hizballah 

official—for the assassination of former 

Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri, who was 

killed by a car-bomb in Beirut on 14 February 

2005. Hizballah leader Hasan Nasrallah has 

publicly stated that Hizballah will not allow 

any members to be arrested, and continues to 

paint the STL as a proxy of Israel and the United 

States. 

In February 2008, Hizballah military chief 

‘Imad Mughniyah was killed by a vehicle 

bomb in Damascus. Nasrallah publicly blamed 

Israel and continues to promise retaliation. 

Additionally, Hasan al-Laqis, a senior Hizballah 

military leader, was shot and killed outside his 

home on 3 December 2013. Hizballah accused 

Israel of responsibility for the killing, although 

Tel Aviv denied involvement. Two unknown 

extremist factions issued statements claiming 

responsibility for the killing.

Since Mughniyah’s death, the group has engaged 

in its most aggressive terrorist campaign 

targeting Israeli interests outside the Middle East 

since the 1990s. In July 2012, Hizballah detonated 

a bomb on a bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, killing five 

Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian. Several other 

plots have been disrupted, including the 2014 

arrests of operatives in Peru and Thailand and 

the 2015 discovery of an explosives cache and 

identification of an operative in Cyprus. 

Nasrallah publicly indicated in May 2013 that 

Hizballah was supporting Bashar al-Asad’s 

regime by sending fighters to Syria, including 

Iraqi Shia militias. The group also supports 

Palestinian rejectionist groups in their struggle 

against Israel and provides training for Iraqi 

Shia militants attacking Western interests in 

Iraq. The European Union designated Hizballah’s 

military wing as a terrorist organization on 22 

July 2013, following the March conviction that 

year of a Hizballah member in Cyprus, the July 

2012 bus bombing in Bulgaria, and the group’s 

intervention in Syria. 

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239407.htm

Hizballah
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October

1983, Burma: North Korean commandos attack South Korean state 

delegation visiting Rangoon, killing 21 Burmese and Korean officials

SUNDAY 8 Muharram 9

2009, Pakistan: Nine soldiers killed in attack on Army General 

Headquarters in Rawalpindi; TTP claims responsibility

MONDAY 9 Muharram 10

US: Columbus Day

1993, Norway: Norwegian publisher of The Satanic Verses is shot three 

times by unknown gunman but survives

TUESDAY 10 Muharram 11 Islamic: Ashura (primarily 

Shia; marks martyrdom of the 

Prophet's grandson, Husayn, in 

61 A.H., 10 October 680 C.E.)

2004, Gaza Strip: Israelis kill senior HAMAS leader and explosives 

expert Adnan Ghul 

2002, Indonesia: Multiple car-bombs explode outside nightclubs in Bali, 

killling 202; JI responsible 

2000, Yemen: Bombing of USS Cole kills 17 and wounds 39; Usama Bin 

Ladin and al-Qa‘ida responsible

WEDNESDAY 11 Muharram 12 Jewish: Yom Kippur (Day 

of Atonement)

2005, Russia: More than 250 armed assailants kill 50, wound 195 in 

attack on Nalchik; Kabardino-Balkariyan Sector of the Caucasus Front 

claims responsibility

THURSDAY 12 Muharram 13

FRIDAY 13 Muharram 14

2009, Pakistan: Coordinated attacks in Lahore and Kohat kill nearly 40; 

TTP claims responsibility for Lahore attack

2003, Gaza Strip: Palestinian terrorists bomb a US Embassy 

motorcade, killing three diplomatic security contractors 

1997, Egypt: Three EIJ leaders are sentenced to death for terrorist acts

SATURDAY 14 Muharram 15
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Ahmed Garbaya, Samir 

Salwwan, Said

DATE OF BIRTH: 1963

PLACE OF BIRTH: Lebanon

HEIGHT: 5’9” to 5’11” (175-180 cm)

BUILD: Slender

HAIR: Black

EYES: Black

CITIZENSHIP: Lebanese

WANTED

Hasan Izz-al-Din is believed 

to be a member of the 

terrorist organization 

Lebanese Hizballah.

On 14 June 1985, terrorists 

hijacked TWA Flight 847 

en route from Athens to its 

destination, Rome. After flying 

to multiple sites, the plane 

landed in Beirut, where the 

hijackers shot and killed US 

Navy diver Robert Stethem 

and dumped his body on the 

airport tarmac.

Hasan Izz-al-Din was indicted 

for his role in planning and 

participating in the 14 June 

1985 hijacking of a commercial 

airliner. This hijacking resulted 

in the assault of multiple 

passengers and crew members 

and the murder of one 

US citizen.

He has been indicted on the 

following charges: conspiracy 

to commit aircraft piracy, to 

commit hostage taking, to 

commit air piracy resulting 

in murder, to interfere with 

a flight crew, to place a 

destructive device aboard 

an aircraft, to have explosive 

devices about the person on 

an aircraft, and to assault 

passengers and crew; air 

piracy resulting in murder; 

air piracy; hostage taking; 

interference with flight crew; 

placing explosives aboard 

aircraft; placing destructive 

device aboard aircraft; assault 

aboard aircraft with intent 

to hijack with a dangerous 

weapon and resulting in 

serious bodily injury; and 

aiding and abetting.

Hasan Izz-al-Din
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October

2000, Saudi Arabia: Two Saudis commandeer flight to Baghdad, then 

surrender; 104 hostages released unharmed 

1997, Sri Lanka: LTTE truck bomb at hotel next to Trade Center 

in Colombo kills 18 and wounds more than 100, including seven 

US citizens

SUNDAY 15 Muharram 16

2001, Israel: Cabinet Minister Rehav‘am Ze‘evi is killed by PFLP

1995, France: Paris Metro bombing wounds 30; GIA suspected

MONDAY 16 Muharram 17 Jewish: Sukkot (Feast of 

Tabernacles; lasts one week)

2003, Indonesia: Imam Samudra sentenced to death for role in 

12 October 2002 bombing in Bali 

TUESDAY 17 Muharram 18

2000, Sri Lanka: LTTE suicide bomber wounds 23, including three US 

tourists, in attack against town hall near Colombo

WEDNESDAY 18 Muharram 19

1981, Belgium: Antwerp synagogue bombed, killing two and 

wounding 99

THURSDAY 19 Muharram 20

2002, Israel: Car-bomb explodes next to bus in Karkur, killing 19; 

PIJ suspected

FRIDAY 20 Muharram 21

2000, Spain: ETA car-bomb kills prison officer in prominent Basque 

town, Vitoria

SATURDAY 21 Muharram 22
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DATE OF BIRTH: 13 December 1962; 

1 October 1971

PLACE OF BIRTH: Beirut, Lebanon

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

COMPLEXION: Olive

HEIGHT: Approx. 5’7” (170 cm)

WEIGHT: Approx. 175 lbs (79 kg)

NATIONALITY: Lebanese

LANGUAGES: Arabic, Spanish

FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

Should be considered armed 

and dangerous.

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concerning this person, please 

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or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

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WANTED

Ghazi Nasr al-Din is wanted 

for questioning regarding 

his fundraising efforts with 

Hizballah contributors. 

Al-Din reportedly met with 

Hizballah officials in Lebanon 

to discuss operational issues. 

In addition, al-Din sought 

donations for Hizballah and 

announced the opening 

of a Hizballah-sponsored 

community center and office 

in Venezuela. Al-Din has 

dual citizenship in Lebanon 

and Venezuela.

Ghazi Nasr al-Din
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October

2002, Russia: Fifty Chechens seize Podshipnikov Zavod theater 

in Moscow, taking more than 800 hostages; all Chechens and 

124 hostages, including one American, killed during rescue 

1983, Lebanon: Islamic Jihad bombs US Marine barracks in Beirut, 

killing 241 US Marines and 58 French paratroopers

SUNDAY 22 Muharram 23

2004, Iraq: Islamic Army mortar attack in Baghdad kills State 

Department officer Ed Seitz, wounds one

MONDAY 23 Muharram 24 Jewish: Shemini Atzeret 

(Assembly of the Eighth Day) 

Jewish: Simchat Torah (Rejoicing 

in the Torah)

2009, Iraq: Two car-bomb attacks in Baghdad kill more than 130, wound 

520; Iraqi president blames al-Qa‘ida and followers of Saddam Husayn

TUESDAY 24 Muharram 25

2012, Afghanistan: Suicide bombing at mosque in Maymana kills 41, 

wounds 56; no claim of responsibility

1995, Malta: Palestine Islamic Jihad leader Fathi al-Shaqaqi killed by 

unknown assassin

WEDNESDAY 25 Muharram 26

THURSDAY 26 Muharram 27

2002, Jordan: USAID official Laurence Foley assassinated in Amman 

2001, Philippines: ASG bomb in Zamboanga kills 11 and wounds 50

FRIDAY 27 Muharram 28

2005, India: Bombings in New Delhi kill 55, wound almost 200; Islamic 

Inquilab Mahaz group claims responsibility

1972, West Germany: Three Black September terrorists hijack 

Lufthansa plane and demand release of those who committed 

1972 Olympics massacre; hijackers are captured but all later released

SATURDAY 28 Muharram 29
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Ammar Mansour Bouslim, 

Hassan Rostom Salim

DATE OF BIRTH: Approximately 1960

PLACE OF BIRTH: Lebanon

HEIGHT: 5’8” (173 cm)

BUILD: Medium

EYES: Brown

CITIZENSHIP: Lebanese 

WANTED

Ali Atwa is believed 

to be a member of the 

terrorist organization 

Lebanese Hizballah.

On 14 June 1985, terrorists 

hijacked TWA Flight 847 

en route from Athens to its 

destination, Rome. After flying 

to multiple sites, the plane 

landed in Beirut, where the 

hijackers shot and killed US 

Navy diver Robert Stethem 

and dumped his body on the 

airport tarmac.

Ali Atwa was indicted for 

his role in planning and 

participating in the 14 June 

1985 hijacking of a commercial 

airliner. This hijacking resulted 

in the assault of multiple 

passengers and crew members 

and the murder of one 

US citizen.

Ali Atwa has been indicted 

on the following charges: 

conspiracy to commit aircraft 

piracy, to commit hostage 

taking, to commit air piracy 

resulting in murder, to interfere 

with a flight crew, to place 

a destructive device aboard 

an aircraft, to have explosive 

devices about the person on 

an aircraft, and to assault 

passengers and crew; air 

piracy resulting in murder; 

air piracy; hostage taking; 

interference with flight crew; 

placing explosives aboard 

aircraft; placing destructive 

device aboard aircraft; assault 

aboard aircraft with intent 

to hijack with a dangerous 

weapon and resulting in 

serious bodily injury; and 

aiding and abetting.

Ali Atwa
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October/November

2000, Spain: Judge and two aides killed and more than 30 wounded in 

ETA car-bomb attack in Madrid

SUNDAY 29 Muharram 30

2010, Iraq: Armed attackers storm Catholic church in Baghdad, killing 

51 and wounding 60; Islamic State of Iraq claims responsibility

1984, India: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi assassinated by her Sikh 

bodyguards; many Sikhs killed in retaliation for her death

MONDAY 30 Muharram 31 Halloween

1950, US: Two Puerto Rican Nationalist Party members attempt to 

assassinate President Truman

TUESDAY 1 Safar 1 Christian: All Saints Day

2000, Colombia: ELN releases remaining 21 hostages kidnapped from 

Cali on 17 September

WEDNESDAY 2 Safar 2

2010, Sudan: Assailants kill 37 paramilitaries and wound 30 others in 

Nyala, Southern Darfur State; Justice and Equality Movement claims 

role in fighting but denies initiating the firefight

THURSDAY 3 Safar 3

2001, Israel: US citizen killed in shooting attack on bus in Jerusalem; 

assailant killed and 35 wounded; PIJ claims responsibility 

1979, Iran: US Embassy in Tehran seized, 66 taken hostage

FRIDAY 4 Safar 4

2011, Nigeria: Coordinated attacks in Damaturu and other 

locations over 4 and 5 November kill more than 150; Boko Haram

claims responsibility

2010, Pakistan: Bombing attack against mosque in Darra Adam 

Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, kills 67 and wounds 108; TTP

claims responsibility

2009, US: Nidal Malik Hasan kills 13, wounds 29 at Fort Hood, Texas; 

convicted on 23 counts of murder on 23 August 2013

SATURDAY 5 Safar 5
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Mohammod Ali Hamadei, Ali 

Hamadi, Castro

HEIGHT: 5’8” (173 cm)

WEIGHT: 150 lbs (68 kg)

HAIR: Black

EYES: Dark Brown

CITIZENSHIP: Lebanese

LANGUAGES: Arabic, German

REMARKS: Hamadei has a mole on 

his right cheek below his eye. 

He is believed to be a member 

of the terrorist organization, 

Lebanese Hizballah.

WANTED

Mohammed Ali Hamadei 

was indicted for his role in 

planning and participating in 

the 14 June 1985 hijacking of 

TWA Flight 847. This hijacking 

resulted in the assault of 

various passengers and crew 

members, and the murder 

of Petty Officer Robert D. 

Stethem, United States Navy.

Hamadei has been indicted 

on the following charges: 

aircraft piracy in the Special 

Aircraft Jurisdiction of the 

United States; unlawful 

placing of a destructive 

device on an aircraft; hostage 

taking; murder; assault on a 

passenger; and conspiracy.

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Mohammed Ali Hamadei
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November

2001, Spain: ETA car-bomb detonates during rush hour in Madrid, 

wounding 100

SUNDAY 6 Safar 6

1985, Colombia: More than 100 die in M-19 seizure of Supreme 

Court building

MONDAY 7 Safar 7

1987, UK: Thirteen killed by PIRA bomb during Remembrance 

Day celebration

TUESDAY 8 Safar 8

2005, Jordan: Three near-simultaneous bomb attacks against Western 

hotels in Amman kill more than 50, wound 110; al-Qa‘ida in Iraq

claims responsibility

2003, Saudi Arabia: Eighteen killed, 122 wounded in bomb attack on 

residential compound in Riyadh

WEDNESDAY 9 Safar 9

2009, India: Eight civilians killed in attack in North Tripura; National 

Liberation Front of Tripura claims responsibility

THURSDAY 10 Safar 10

2000, Kuwait: Seven arrested in crackdown on groups planning to 

bomb US military targets

FRIDAY 11 Safar 11

US: Veterans Day

2003, Iraq: Italian Carabinieri barracks bombed, killing four Iraqi 

citizens; no claim of responsibility

1997, Pakistan: Four US citizens and one Pakistani driver killed in 

Karachi ambush

SATURDAY 12 Safar 12
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Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, also known as Army of 

the Righteous, is one of the largest and most 

proficient of the Kashmir-focused militant 

groups. LT formed in the early 1990s as the 

military wing of Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad, 

a Pakistan-based Islamic fundamentalist 

missionary organization founded in the 1980s to 

oppose the Soviets in Afghanistan. Since 1993, LT 

has conducted numerous attacks against Indian 

troops and civilian targets in the disputed Jammu 

and Kashmir state, as well as several high-profile 

attacks inside India itself. Concern over new 

LT attacks in India remains high. The United 

States and United Nations have designated 

LT an international terrorist organization. The 

Pakistani Government banned LT and froze its 

assets in 2002. In April 2012 two senior LT leaders 

were designated by the US State Department 

Rewards for Justice program. In June 2014, the 

US Treasury Department imposed sanctions 

on two additional LT leaders and the US State 

Department amended the Foreign Terrorist 

Organizations and Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist designations for LT to include four 

additional front organizations. 

The Indian Government has charged LT with 

committing the 26–29 November 2008 attacks 

in Mumbai, in which gunmen using automatic 

weapons and grenades attacked several 

sites, killing more than 160 people. Pakistani 

authorities in April 2015 released on bail the head 

of LT operations, Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, pending 

prosecution of him and several other LT leaders 

for the Mumbai attacks. David Headley, an 

American citizen who acknowledged attending 

LT training camps, pleaded guilty in March 2010 

to scouting targets for the Mumbai attacks. 

On 21 November 2012, India executed the lone 

surviving Mumbai attacker—Ajmal Kasab, a 

Pakistani—after the Indian Supreme Court 

upheld his death sentence. India has accused 

LT of involvement in other high-profile attacks, 

including the 11 July 2006 attack on multiple 

Mumbai commuter trains that killed more than 

180 people. Indian authorities have speculated 

that LT also may have contributed surveillance 

and planning for the 13 February 2010 bombing 

of a German bakery in Pune, India.

LT’s exact size is unknown, but the group 

probably has several thousand members, 

predominantly Pakistani nationals seeking a 

united Kashmir under Pakistani rule. The group 

recruits internationally, as evidenced by the 

arrest in the United States of Jubair Ahmed in 

2011, Headley’s arrest in 2009, and the indictment 

in 2003 of 11 LT terrorists in Virginia. In 2003, 

authorities also disrupted an LT plot to attack 

Australia and in 2009 LT put on hold a plot to 

attack Denmark in retaliation for cartoons drawn 

of the Prophet Muhammad. 

LT maintains facilities in Pakistan, including 

training camps, schools, and medical clinics. LT 

coordinates its charitable activities through its 

front organization, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), which 

spearheaded humanitarian relief to the victims 

of the October 2005 earthquake in Kashmir. JuD 

activities, however, have been limited since 

December 2008 by the UN’s designation of the 

group as an alias for LT. During the 2010 floods 

in Pakistan, JuD and an affiliated charity, the 

Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FiF), were widely 

reported to have provided aid to flood victims. 

In 2014, JuD and FiF were providing relief to 

internally displaced persons in Pakistan who 

fled from Pakistani military operations in the 

Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

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November

2015, France: Series of attacks in and around Paris, most prominently 

at the Bataclan theatre, kill 129, injure more than 400; Islamic State of 

Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility

1995, Saudi Arabia: Car-bomb at US military advisors’ facility in Riyadh 

kills seven, wounds more than 60; Saudis with ties to Bin Ladin arrested

SUNDAY 13 Safar 13

2002, US: Aimal Kasi executed for 1993 murder of two CIA employees MONDAY 14 Safar 14

1983, Greece: US Navy Captain George Tsantes killed in Athens; 

17 November responsible

TUESDAY 15 Safar 15

WEDNESDAY 16 Safar 16

1997, Egypt: Al-Gama‘at al-Islamiyya attack at Temple of Hatshepsut in 

Luxor leaves 71 dead 

1973, Greece: Student uprising quashed by military and riot police, 

multiple dead and wounded; 17 November takes its name from 

this incident

THURSDAY 17 Safar 17

2000, Philippines: Car-bomb explodes in Carmen, killing one and 

wounding two; grenade wounds three more in Isulan; MILF suspected

FRIDAY 18 Safar 18

1995, Pakistan: Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad bombed by EIJ SATURDAY 19 Safar 19
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Hafiz Mohammad Saeed

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DATE OF BIRTH: 5 June 1950

PLACE OF BIRTH: Sargodha, Punjab 

Province, Pakistan

HAIR: Red

EYES: Brown

NATIONALITY: Pakistani

CITIZENSHIP: Pakistan 

WANTED

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed is 

a former professor of Arabic 

and Engineering, as well 

as the founding member of 

Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a radical 

Ahl-e-Hadith Islamist 

organization dedicated to 

installing Islamist rule over 

parts of India and Pakistan, 

and its military branch, 

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba. Saeed is 

suspected of masterminding 

numerous terrorist attacks, 

including the 2008 Mumbai 

attacks, which resulted in the 

deaths of 166 people, including 

six American citizens.

The Republic of India has 

issued an Interpol Red Corner 

Notice against Saeed for his 

role in the 2008 Mumbai terror 

attacks. Additionally, the US 

Department of the Treasury 

has designated Saeed as a 

Specially Designated National 

under Executive Order 13224. 

Saeed was also individually 

designated by the United 

Nations under UNSCR 1267 in 

December 2008.

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba was 

designated as a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization in 

December 2001. In April 2008, 

the United States designated 

Jamaat-ud-Dawa as a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization; 

similarly, the United Nations 

declared Jamaat-ud-Dawa 

a terrorist organization in 

December 2008.
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November

2003, Turkey: Vehicle explodes in front of British Consulate General, 

killing 30 and wounding 450; al-Qa‘ida claims responsibility 

2000, Gaza Strip: Roadside bomb targeting Israeli school bus kills two 

and wounds 10; HAMAS responsible

SUNDAY 20 Safar 20

2002, Lebanon: Female US citizen shot as she enters church-run facility 

in Sidon; ‘Asbat al-Ansar suspected 

2000, Sri Lanka: LTTE starts “Heroes Week” with grenade attack on 

army patrol, killing two civilians and wounding two 

MONDAY 21 Safar 21

1979, Pakistan: False rumors of US takeover of Grand Mosque in 

Mecca, Saudi Arabia, fuel Islamic militants’ attack on US Embassy 

in Islamabad

TUESDAY 22 Safar 22 Lebanon: Independence Day

1996, Comoros: Hijacked Ethiopian plane crashes, killing 127 including 

one American 

1985, Greece: Egyptian plane hijacked to Malta; 56 killed during 

attempted rescue; ANO responsible

WEDNESDAY 23 Safar 23

2000, India: Gunman kills six Hindu, four Sikh bus passengers; 

LT blamed

THURSDAY 24 Safar 24

US: Thanksgiving Day

1984, Portugal: US Embassy hit by four mortar rounds; 25 April 

Movement responsible

FRIDAY 25 Safar 25

2008, India: Terrorists attack several sites in Mumbai; sieges end 

three days later with more than 170 dead and 300 wounded; surviving 

attacker says LT responsible

2000, Israel: Hizballah bomb attack kills one soldier and wounds two 

others near Shab‘a Farms area

SATURDAY 26 Safar 26
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki; 

Hafaz Abdul Rahman Makki; 

Abdulrahman Makki

DATE OF BIRTH: 1948 (circa)

PLACE OF BIRTH: Bahawalpur, 

Punjab Province, Pakistan

NATIONALITY: Pakistani

CITIZENSHIP: Pakistan 

WANTED

Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki 

is the second in command 

of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, a 

radical Ahl-e-Hadith Islamist 

organization dedicated to 

installing Islamist rule over 

parts of India and Pakistan. 

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba is believed 

to have organized and carried 

out the November 2008 terror 

attacks in Mumbai, which left 

166 individuals dead, including 

six American citizens, as well 

as numerous other terrorist 

incidents in India.

The United States Department 

of the Treasury has designated 

Makki as a Specially 

Designated National under 

Executive Order 13224.

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba was 

designated as a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization in 

December 2001. In April 2008, 

the United States designated 

Jamaat-ud-Dawa as a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization; 

similarly, the United Nations 

declared Jamaat-ud-Dawa 

a terrorist organization in 

December 2008.

Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki
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November/December

2009, Russia: Derailment of Moscow-Saint Petersburg train kills 26, 

wounds 100. Investigators find elements of an explosive device; no 

claim of responsibility

SUNDAY 27 Safar 27

2002, Kenya: Three suicide bombers drive vehicle into front of Paradise 

Hotel in Mombasa, killing 15 and wounding 40; al-Qa‘ida and other 

groups claim responsibility 

2000, India: Sixteen killed, 25 wounded in widespread 

terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir; Hizb-ul-Mujahedin

claims responsibility

MONDAY 28 Safar 28

1987, Andaman Sea: Korean Airlines flight 858 blown up over near 

Burma by two North Korean agents; all 115 passengers killed

TUESDAY 29 Safar 29

1989, Germany: Alfred Herrhausen, head of Deutsche Bank AG, 

assassinated; Red Army Faction suspected

WEDNESDAY 1 Rabi` al-Awwal 30

2001, Israel: Two suicide bombers detonate explosives in mall, killing 

10 and wounding 120; HAMAS claims responsibility 

1997, India: Authorities arrest Ghulam Nabi Baba, leader of 

Harakat-ul-Ansar, accused of involvement in kidnapping of six 

Western tourists

THURSDAY 2 Rabi` al-Awwal 1

1983, Spain: Basque group Iraultza bombs eight US facilities in Spanish 

Basque territory to protest US involvement in Central America

FRIDAY 3 Rabi` al-Awwal 2

2009, Somalia: Man dressed in burqa detonates bomb at graduation 

ceremony for doctors in Mogadishu, killing three government ministers 

and 16 others; al-Shabaab claims responsibility

1984, UAE: Hizballah’s Islamic Jihad Organization hijacks plane bound 

for Tehran; two US officials killed

SATURDAY 4 Rabi` al-Awwal 3
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acts against US nationals 

and other foreign nationals 

in and around the Republic of 

the Philippines.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abubakar Hapilon, Amah Hi 

Omar, Abu Omar, Abubakar, 

Bakkal

DATE OF BIRTH: 18 March 1966

PLACE OF BIRTH: Possibly Lantawan, 

Basilan Island, Philippines

HEIGHT: Approximately 5’5” to 

5’7” (165-170 cm)

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

SCARS/DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

May have chin hair and slight 

mustache

WANTED

Isnilon Hapilon is a senior 

leader of the Abu Sayyaf 

Group, a foreign terrorist 

organization operating in the 

southern Philippines. The 

group and its leadership are 

integrated with the worldwide 

network of Islamic terrorists, 

including Jemaah Islamiya and 

al-Qa‘ida.

Hapilon was involved in the 

2001 Dos Palmas incident 

in which 20 individuals 

were kidnapped, including 

three Americans.

On 27 May 2001, the ASG 

kidnapped three American 

citizens from the Dos 

Palmas Resort on Palawan 

in the Philippines. The three 

Americans were identified 

as Guillermo Sobero and 

Martin and Gracia Burnham, 

an American missionary 

couple. On 11 June 2001, 

the ASG spokesman, Abu 

Sabaya, claimed he had had 

Guillermo Sobero executed 

as a “birthday present” for 

Philippine President Gloria 

Macapagal-Arroyo. On 7 

October 2001, a human skull 

was recovered from Basilan 

Island, which was found to be 

that of Guillermo Sobero. In 

June 2002, Martin Burnham 

died in a crossfire between 

the Filipino soldiers and the 

ASG; Gracia Burnham was 

injured but was rescued 

and repatriated to the 

United States.

Hapilon was indicted in the 

District of Columbia for his 

alleged involvement in terrorist 

Isnilon Hapilon
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December

2000, Israel: Awad Selmi, senior HAMAS leader on wanted list, killed 

during terrorist mission

SUNDAY 5 Rabi` al-Awwal 4

2013, Yemen: AQAP kills 52, wounds 167, in car-bomb and shooting 

attack on military hospital in Sanaa 

2000, Jordan: Ra‘id Hijazi sentenced to death for planning Millennium 

attacks against US and Israeli targets

MONDAY 6 Rabi` al-Awwal 5

2011, Afghanistan: Attacks on Shia mosques in Kabul and 

Mazar-e Sharif kill more than 60; Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami

claims responsibility

2000, Sri Lanka: Landmine believed planted by LTTE kills four bus 

passengers and wounds 21

TUESDAY 7 Rabi` al-Awwal 6

2009, Pakistan: Blasts in Lahore and Peshawar kill 58, wound more than 

150; no credible claim of responsibility

WEDNESDAY 8 Rabi` al-Awwal 7

2009, Iraq: Near-simultaneous vehicle bombs at government buildings 

kill 127; authorities blame al-Qa‘ida militants 

2000, Yemen: Muhammad al-Harazi and Jamal al-Badawi named as 

prime suspects in USS Cole bombing

THURSDAY 9 Rabi` al-Awwal 8

1999: UN General Assembly adopts International Convention for the 

Suppression of Financing Terrorism

FRIDAY 10 Rabi` al-Awwal 9

2008, Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills 85, wounds 200 in attack in 

Kurram; Taliban widely believed responsible

SATURDAY 11 Rabi` al-Awwal 10
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Imirat Kavkaz (IK), founded in late 2007 by 

now-deceased Chechen extremist Doku 

Umarov, is an Islamist militant organization 

based in Russia’s North Caucasus. Its stated 

goal is the liberation of what it considers to 

be Muslim lands from Moscow. The group, 

now led by Abu Usman Gimrinskiy, also 

known as Magomed Suleymanov, regularly 

conducts attacks against Russian security 

forces in the North Caucasus. In the period 

2010-2013, it carried out high-profile suicide 

bombings against civilian targets in Moscow 

and elsewhere in Russia that killed dozens. 

The group has been badly weakened by recent 

defections of senior leaders and fighters to the 

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and 

it remains unclear how many extremists remain 

loyal to IK in the North Caucasus. Nonetheless, 

at least one militant group fighting Bashar 

al-Asad in Syria composed partly of North 

Caucasians remains loyal to IK leadership and 

Gimrinskiy. The US State Department in May 

2011 designated Imirat Kavkaz as a Specially 

Designated Terrorist Group under Executive 

Order 13224.

The Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) is an extremist 

organization that splintered from the Islamic 

Movement of Uzbekistan in the early 2000s 

and is currently based in Pakistan’s Federally 

Administered Tribal Areas. The IJU, which 

is committed to toppling the government in 

Uzbekistan, conducted two attacks there in 

2004 and one in 2009. The IJU is also active 

in Afghanistan, where the group operates 

alongside the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani 

Network. The group has had particular 

success in recruiting German nationals and 

achieved international notoriety following 

the 2007 disruption of an IJU plot by the 

so-called Sauerland Cell to attack various 

targets in Germany. The US State Department 

in June 2005 designated the IJU a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization.

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) 

is an extremist organization that formed 

in the late 1990s and is currently based in 

Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal 

Areas. The IMU seeks to overthrow the 

government in Uzbekistan and establish a 

radical Islamist caliphate in all of “Turkestan,” 

which it considers to be the Central Asian 

region between the Caspian Sea and Xinjiang 

in western China. The IMU has become 

increasingly active in the Taliban-led insurgency 

in northern Afghanistan, providing the IMU with 

a springboard for future operations in Central 

Asia. A known IMU spokesperson in a video 

message delivered to Radio Liberty’s Tajik 

service claimed responsibility for a September 

2010 ambush against a military convoy in 

Tajikistan. The IMU in June 2014 joined Tehrik-e 

Taliban Pakistan fighters in a deadly siege of 

Karachi International Airport that killed 37. 

IMU has made public claims in support of 

ISIL, potentially fracturing their longstanding 

ties with the Afghan Taliban. The US State 

Department in September 2000 designated the 

IMU a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239406.htm

Central Eurasia and Central Asia Terrorism
2016

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December

2007, Algeria: Two car-bombs in Algiers kill at least 60, including 10 UN 

personnel, wound more than 170; al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the Islamic 

Maghreb claims responsibility

SUNDAY 12 Rabi` al-Awwal 11 Islamic: Mawlid an-Nabi 

(Birthday of Muhammad, 

570 C.E. [approximate]; observed 

by Sunni)

1997, Egypt: Security forces kill ‘Abd al-Hafiz, al-Gama‘at al-Islamiyya 

leader responsible for Luxor attack on 17 November

1983, Kuwait: US and French embassies bombed, killing six and 

wounding 80; Hizballah responsible

MONDAY 13 Rabi` al-Awwal 12

2001, India: Parliament bombed, killing 13; Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and 

Jaish-e-Mohammed are responsible

TUESDAY 14 Rabi` al-Awwal 13 Islamic: Death of Muhammad 

(11 A.H., 632 C.E.; approximate; 

Islamic calendar)

1987, West Bank: Founding of the Islamic Resistance Movement 

(HAMAS) by Shaykh Ahmad Yasin

WEDNESDAY 15 Rabi` al-Awwal 14

2009, Iraq: Series of vehicle bombs in Baghdad and Mosul kills eight; 

al-Qa‘ida in Iraq blamed

THURSDAY 16 Rabi` al-Awwal 15

2014, Pakistan: Attack on school in Peshawar kills 145, including 

132 schoolchildren, and wounds another 130; TTP claims responsibility

1983, UK: PIRA bombs Harrods department store in London, killing nine 

including one US citizen, and wounding 91 others

FRIDAY 17 Rabi` al-Awwal 16 Islamic: Mawlid an-Nabi 

(Birthday of Muhammad, 570 C.E. 

[approximate]; observed by Shia)

1996, Peru: MRTA rebels take 700 hostages at the Japanese 

Ambassador’s residence in Lima; all rebels killed in successful rescue

1981, Italy: US Army Brigadier General James Dozier kidnapped by Red 

Brigades in Verona, rescued unharmed on 28 January 1982

SATURDAY 18 Rabi` al-Awwal 17
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Ali Saed bin Ali al-Houri

DATE OF BIRTH: 10 or 11 July 1965

PLACE OF BIRTH: Saudi Arabia

HEIGHT: 5’2” (157 cm)

HAIR: Black

EYES: Black

CHARACTERISTICS: El-Hoorie has a 

mole on his face

CITIZENSHIP: Saudi Arabian 

WANTED

On 25 June 1996, members of 

Saudi Hizballah carried out a 

terrorist attack on the Khobar 

Towers housing complex near 

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. At the 

time, the complex was used to 

house US military personnel. 

The terrorists drove a tanker 

filled with plastic explosives 

into the parking lot and 

detonated it, all but destroying 

the nearest building. The 

attack killed 19 US servicemen 

and one Saudi citizen, and 

wounded 372 others of many 

different nationalities.

Ali Saed bin Ali el-Hoorie was 

indicted in the Eastern District 

of Virginia for the 25 June 1996 

bombing of the Khobar Towers 

military housing complex in 

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on the 

following charges: conspiracy 

to kill US nationals; conspiracy 

to murder US employees; 

conspiracy to use weapons 

of mass destruction against 

US nationals; conspiracy 

to destroy property of the 

United States; conspiracy 

to attack national defense 

utilities; bombing resulting 

in death; use of weapons of 

mass destruction against 

US nationals; murder while 

using a destructive device 

during a crime of violence; 

murder of federal employees; 

and attempted murder of 

federal employees.

Ali Saed bin Ali el-Hoorie
2016

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December

1999, Sri Lanka: Suicide bomber at election rally kills 23 and wounds 

100, including the President; bomb attack at opposition rally kills 11; 

LTTE blamed in both cases

SUNDAY 19 Rabi` al-Awwal 18

1998, Philippines: Libyan-trained ASG leader Abdurajak Abubaker 

Janjalani dies in gunfight with authorities on Basilan Island

MONDAY 20 Rabi` al-Awwal 19

1999, Ecuador: Seven Canadians and one US hostage freed by FARC TUESDAY 21 Rabi` al-Awwal 20

2007, Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills at least 50 in mosque near 

Peshawar. Outgoing interior minister believed targeted; no immediate 

claim of responsibility

1988, UK: Pan Am Flight 103 destroyed by bomb over Lockerbie, 

Scotland; all 259 passengers and 11 on ground killed; Libya responsible 

1975, Austria: “Carlos the Jackal” kidnaps 11 OPEC ministers in Vienna; 

three die

WEDNESDAY 22 Rabi` al-Awwal 21

2001, US: Richard Reid attempts to detonate a bomb on board 

American Airlines flight 63 but is subdued by passengers

2000, West Bank: HAMAS suicide bombing at restaurant near Mehola 

kills one and wounds three Israeli soldiers

THURSDAY 23 Rabi` al-Awwal 22

1975, Greece: CIA station chief Richard Welch killed by gunmen in 

Athens; 17 November responsible

FRIDAY 24 Rabi` al-Awwal 23

1997, France: “Carlos the Jackal” sentenced to life in prison for three 

murders in 1975

SATURDAY 25 Rabi` al-Awwal 24 Jewish: First night of Hannukah; 

lasts one week
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abu Omran

DATE OF BIRTH: 26 June 1967

PLACE OF BIRTH: Saudi Arabia

HEIGHT: 5’4” (163 cm)

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

CITIZENSHIP: Saudi Arabian 

WANTED

On 25 June 1996, members of 

Saudi Hizballah carried out a 

terrorist attack on the Khobar 

Towers housing complex near 

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. At the 

time, the complex was used to 

house US military personnel. 

The terrorists drove a tanker 

filled with plastic explosives 

into the parking lot and 

detonated it, all but destroying 

the nearest building. The 

attack killed 19 US servicemen 

and one Saudi citizen, and 

wounded 372 others of many 

different nationalities.

Ahmad Ibrahim al-Mughassil 

was indicted in the Eastern 

District of Virginia for the 

25 June 1996 bombing of 

the Khobar Towers military 

housing complex in Dhahran, 

Saudi Arabia, on the following 

charges: conspiracy to kill 

US nationals; conspiracy 

to murder US employees; 

conspiracy to use weapons 

of mass destruction against 

US nationals; conspiracy 

to destroy property of the 

United States; conspiracy 

to attack national defense 

utilities; bombing resulting 

in death; use of weapons of 

mass destruction against 

US nationals; murder while 

using a destructive device 

during a crime of violence; 

murder of federal employees; 

and attempted murder of 

federal employees.

Ahmad Ibrahim al-Mughassil

In late August 2015, Ahmad al-Mughassil was reported to 

have been arrested in Lebanon and to be in Saudi custody
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2016 December

2009, US: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempts to detonate plastic 

explosives aboard Northwest Airlines flight 253 en route to Detroit; 

al-Qa‘ida in the Arabian Peninsula claims responsibility for the 

failed attack 

2000, India: Suicide car-bomber kills 11 and wounds more than 20 near 

Army zone in Srinagar; Jamiat-ul-Mujahedin claims responsibility; 

blast coincides with bomb attacks in Pakistan that wounded 37

SUNDAY 26 Rabi` al-Awwal 25 Christian: Christmas (Roman 

Catholic, Protestant, and 

new-calendar Orthodox) 

1994, France: Paratroopers storm hijacked Air France jet in Marseille, 

killing hijackers and freeing passengers

MONDAY 27 Rabi` al-Awwal 26

US: Christmas Day observed

US: Kwanzaa

2007, Pakistan: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated 

after campaign rally in Rawalpindi; al-Qa‘ida claims responsibility

2002, Russia: Suicide bombers detonate two explosives-filled trucks 

at Chechnya’s pro-Moscow government building, killing 72 and 

wounding 210 

1985, Italy & Austria: ANO group attacks Rome and Vienna airports; 

18 dead and 121 wounded

TUESDAY 28 Rabi` al-Awwal 27

1972, Thailand: Black September takes hostages and seizes Israeli 

Embassy; hostages released in return for safe conduct

WEDNESDAY 29 Rabi` al-Awwal 28

2000, Colombia: Peace advocate Diego Turbay and six others killed in 

FARC ambush

1992, Yemen: Few casualties in bombing of Gold Mohur Hotel in Aden; 

incident is believed to be first attack by al-Qa‘ida against US interests

1975, US: Bomb kills 11, wounds 74 at TWA baggage claim in 

LaGuardia Airport, New York City; no claim of responsibility, Croatian 

nationalists suspected

THURSDAY 30 Rabi` al-Awwal 29

2013, Russia: At least 34 killed in three attacks over past four days in 

Volgograd; Ansar al-Sunna claims responsibility in January on website 

linked to Imirat Kavkaz

2000, Philippines: Series of bombs in Manila kills 16 and wounds at 

least 30; ASG suspected

FRIDAY 1 Rabi al-Thani 30

2000, West Bank: Right-wing extremist Binyamin Kahane and wife 

killed in ambush by members of Force 17

SATURDAY 2 Rabi al-Thani 31 New Year’s Eve

Jewish: Last night of Hannukah
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PLACE OF BIRTH: Saudi Arabia

HEIGHT: 5’8” (173 cm)

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

CITIZENSHIP: Saudi Arabian 

WANTED

On 25 June 1996, members of 

Saudi Hizballah carried out a 

terrorist attack on the Khobar 

Towers housing complex near 

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. At the 

time, the complex was used to 

house US military personnel. 

The terrorists drove a tanker 

filled with plastic explosives 

into the parking lot and 

detonated it, all but destroying 

the nearest building. The 

attack killed 19 US servicemen 

and one Saudi citizen, and 

wounded 372 others of many 

different nationalities.

Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed 

al-Nasser was indicted in the 

Eastern District of Virginia for 

the 25 June 1996 bombing of 

the Khobar Towers military 

housing complex in Dhahran, 

Saudi Arabia, on the following 

charges: conspiracy to kill 

US nationals; conspiracy 

to murder US employees; 

conspiracy to use weapons 

of mass destruction against 

US nationals; conspiracy 

to destroy property of the 

United States; conspiracy 

to attack national defense 

utilities; bombing resulting 

in death; use of weapons of 

mass destruction against 

US nationals; murder while 

using a destructive device 

during a crime of violence; 

murder of federal employees; 

and attempted murder of 

federal employees.

Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed al-Nasser
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2017 January

2011, Egypt: Attack on Coptic church in Alexandria kills 23, wounds 

almost 100; Army of Islam blamed but group denies responsibility

2009, India: Serial explosions in Guwahati kill five and wound 67; 

United Liberation Front of Assam believed responsible

2008, Sudan: Attack in Khartoum kills USAID officer John Granville; 

five Sudanese convicted, sentences later commuted

2001, Israel: HAMAS suicide car-bomb wounds 54 in Netanya

SUNDAY 3 Rabi al-Thani 1

New Year’s Day, 2017

2008, Algeria: Bomb attack on police station in Naciria kills four, 

wounds more than 20; al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb

claims responsibility

MONDAY 4 Rabi al-Thani 2

US: New Year's Day observed

2008, Afghanistan: Car-bomb and suicide bomber kill 15 policemen and 

first responders in Khash Rod; Taliban claim responsibility

TUESDAY 5 Rabi al-Thani 3

2009, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fifteen people killed, 

many kidnapped in separate incidents; Lord's Resistance Army

believed responsible

WEDNESDAY 6 Rabi al-Thani 4

2003, Israel: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade’s simultaneous suicide bomber 

attacks kill 23 persons and wound 107 

1996, Gaza Strip: HAMAS bomb maker Yahya Ayyash (“The Engineer”) 

is killed by booby-trapped cell phone

THURSDAY 7 Rabi al-Thani 5

1963, Colombia: National Liberation Army (ELN) founded FRIDAY 8 Rabi al-Thani 6 Christian: Epiphany

2015, France: Attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine office kills 12 in Paris; 

AQAP claims responsibility on 14 January

2007, India: Armed assailants fire on civilians in Sibsagar, killing seven; 

United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) claims responsibility

SATURDAY 9 Rabi al-Thani 7 Christian: Christmas (Orthodox 

using Old Calendar)
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DATE OF BIRTH: 16 October 1966

PLACE OF BIRTH: Saudi Arabia

HEIGHT: Approximately 5’4” 

(163 cm)

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

CITIZENSHIP: Saudi Arabian

REMARKS: Al-Yacoub has a 

receding hairline and may wear 

a beard. 

WANTED

On 25 June 1996, members of 

Saudi Hizballah carried out a 

terrorist attack on the Khobar 

Towers housing complex near 

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. At the 

time, the complex was used to 

house US military personnel. 

The terrorists drove a tanker 

filled with plastic explosives 

into the parking lot and 

detonated it, all but destroying 

the nearest building. The 

attack killed 19 US servicemen 

and one Saudi citizen, and 

wounded 372 others of many 

different nationalities.

Ibrahim Salih Mohammed 

al-Yacoub was indicted in the 

Eastern District of Virginia for 

the 25 June 1996 bombing of 

the Khobar Towers military 

housing complex in Dhahran, 

Saudi Arabia, on the following 

charges: conspiracy to kill 

US nationals; conspiracy 

to murder US employees; 

conspiracy to use weapons 

of mass destruction against 

US nationals; conspiracy 

to destroy property of the 

United States; conspiracy 

to attack national defense 

utilities; bombing resulting 

in death; use of weapons of 

mass destruction against 

US nationals; murder while 

using a destructive device 

during a crime of violence; 

murder of federal employees; 

and attempted murder of 

federal employees.

Ibrahim Salih Mohammed al-Yacoub 
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2017 January

1998, US: Ramzi Ahmed Yousef is sentenced to life plus 240 years for 

World Trade Center bombings in 1993

SUNDAY 10 Rabi al-Thani 8

2015, France: Four killed in attack on deli in Paris; ISIL claims 

responsibility on 3 February

2001, Colombia: Army rescues 56 hostages from ELN; group captures 

15 more and kills one

MONDAY 11 Rabi al-Thani 9

2013, Pakistan: Bombings in Quetta and Mingaora kill 115; 

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and United Baluch Army claim responsibility

2009, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Six civilians, several 

military personnel killed in Sambia; Lord's Resistance Army

believed responsible

TUESDAY 12 Rabi al-Thani 10

2010, India: Two killed as attackers fire on local traders; no claim of 

responsibility but Communist Party of India-Maoist widely suspected

WEDNESDAY 13 Rabi al-Thani 11

2007, Greece: Rocket-propelled grenade attack against US 

Embassy in Athens, no injuries reported; Revolutionary Struggle

claims responsibility

2000, Turkey: Execution of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan stayed

THURSDAY 14 Rabi al-Thani 12

1987, West Germany: Mohammed Ali Hamadei arrested at Frankfurt 

airport; charged with the 14 June 1985 hijacking of TWA flight 847 and 

with the murder of a passenger, US Navy diver Robert Stethem; 

Hamadei was sentenced to life in prison, released in 2005, and is 

believed to be in Lebanon

FRIDAY 15 Rabi al-Thani 13

2004, Gaza Strip: First female HAMAS suicide bomber kills four, 

wounds 10 at Erez Crossing

SATURDAY 16 Rabi al-Thani 14
118

The Taliban is a Sunni Islamist nationalist and 

pro-Pashtun movement founded in the early 

1990s that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 

until October 2001. The movement’s founding 

nucleus—the word “Taliban” is Pashto for 

“students”—was composed of peasant farmers 

and men studying Islam in Afghan and Pakistani 

madrasas, or religious schools. The Taliban 

found a foothold and consolidated their strength 

in southern Afghanistan.

By 1994, the Taliban had moved their way 

through the south, capturing several provinces 

from various armed factions who had been 

fighting a civil war after the Soviet-backed 

Afghan government fell in 1992. By September 

1996, the Taliban had captured Kabul, killed the 

country’s president, and established the Islamic 

Emirate of Afghanistan. The Taliban’s first move 

was to institute a strict interpretation of Qur‘anic 

instruction and jurisprudence. In practice, this 

meant often merciless policies on the treatment 

of women, political opponents of any type, and 

religious minorities.

In the years leading up to the 11 September 2001 

attacks in the United States, the Taliban provided 

a safe haven for al-Qa‘ida. This gave al-Qa‘ida 

a base in which it could freely recruit, train, 

and deploy terrorists to other countries. The 

Taliban held sway in Afghanistan until October 

2001, when they were routed from power by the 

US-led campaign against al-Qa‘ida. 

In arguably the most significant development 

in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region since the 

May 2011 death of al-Qa‘ida founder Usama 

Bin Ladin, the Taliban in July 2015 revealed that 

its reclusive leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, 

had died in 2013. Omar, who was the president 

of Afghanistan during the Taliban’s rule and a 

major Bin Ladin supporter, was wanted by the 

US Government through the Rewards for Justice 

program. Mullah Akhtar Mohammed Mansur, 

who was Omar’s second-in-command, in early 

August 2015 was selected as the new Taliban 

leader. Mansur is only the second leader that the 

group has ever had. 

The Afghan Taliban are responsible for most 

insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, which follow 

an established pattern of regular low-level 

ambush and hit-and-run attacks, coupled with 

periodic high-profile attacks. The Taliban have 

been moving aggressively in many parts of 

the country, evidenced by the fact that suicide 

and complex attacks increased by 78 percent 

countrywide in the first six months of 2015 

compared with the same period in 2014. The 

Taliban between 7 and 10 August 2015 conducted 

a series of attacks in quick succession in Kabul 

that resulted in at least 60 deaths, marking 

the deadliest stretch in the capital since the 

US-led invasion in 2001. In the first attack, a 

suicide bomber detonated a large truck bomb 

in a residential area while attempting to target 

an Afghan Defense Ministry building, killing 15 

civilians and wounding up to 400 others. On its 

own, the explosion caused an unprecedented 

number of casualties from a single attack in the 

capital in recent years—the Taliban is widely 

suspected of having conducted the attack 

although they did not claim responsibility for 

it because of the massive civilian casualties. 

Less than 24 hours later, over 40 cadets and 

civilians were killed when a suicide bomber 

dressed in police uniform blew himself up at the 

entrance of Kabul Police Academy. Later that 

day a Taliban squad targeted Resolute Support 

Mission installation Camp Integrity, killing at 

least nine, including one NATO serviceman. 

On 10 August a Taliban suicide bomber plowed 

a car into a checkpoint near the entrance to 

Kabul International Airport, killing at least 5 and 

wounding 15.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239408.htm

Afghan Taliban
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Taliban Presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan
120

The Haqqani Network is a Sunni Islamist militant 

organization founded by Jalaluddin Haqqani, 

who emerged as a top Afghan warlord and 

insurgent commander during the anti-Soviet 

war; he was a member of the Hezb-e Islami 

faction led by renowned mujahedin commander 

Younis Khalis. Jalaluddin later allied with the 

Afghan Taliban as that group’s Minister of 

Tribal and Border Affairs when the Taliban held 

power in Afghanistan during the mid-to-late 

1990s. He was a known associate of Usama 

Bin Ladin and was recognized as one of Bin 

Ladin’s closest mentors during the al-Qa‘ida 

founder’s formative years in the 1980s Afghan 

war. Sirajuddin Haqqani, Jalaluddin’s son, 

currently leads the day-to-day activities of 

the group, along with several of his closest 

relatives. Sirajuddin in August 2015 was named 

as a deputy to newly appointed Taliban leader 

Mullah Akhtar Mohammed Mansur—cementing 

the alliance between the Haqqanis and 

the Taliban.

The Haqqani Network is primarily based in 

North Waziristan, Pakistan, and conducts 

cross-border operations into eastern 

Afghanistan and Kabul. The group is primarily 

composed of members of the Zadran tribe. 

The Haqqanis are considered the most 

lethal and sophisticated insurgent group 

targeting US, Coalition, and Afghan forces in 

Afghanistan; they typically conduct coordinated 

small-arms assaults coupled with rocket 

attacks, IEDs, suicide attacks, and attacks using 

bomb-laden vehicles.

The Haqqani Network is responsible for some 

of the highest-profile attacks of the Afghan war, 

including the June 2011 assault on the Kabul 

Intercontinental Hotel, conducted jointly with 

the Afghan Taliban, and two major suicide 

bombings—in 2008 and 2009—against the 

Indian Embassy in Kabul. In September 2011, 

the Haqqanis participated in a day-long assault 

against major targets in Kabul, including the 

US Embassy, International Security Assistance 

Force (ISAF) headquarters, the Afghan 

Presidential Palace, and the Afghan National 

Directorate of Security headquarters. More 

recently, in October 2013, Afghan security 

forces intercepted a truck bomb deployed 

by the Haqqanis against Forward Operating 

Base Goode in Paktiya Province. The device, 

which did not detonate, contained some 61,500 

pounds of explosives and was the largest truck 

bomb ever built. The group is also involved in 

a number of criminal activities in Afghanistan 

and Pakistan, including extortion, kidnapping for 

ransom, and smuggling.

The US Government in 2012 designated 

the Haqqani Network as a Foreign Terrorist 

Organization because of its involvement 

in the Afghan insurgency, attacks on US 

military and civilian personnel and Western 

interests in Afghanistan, and because of its 

ties to the Taliban and al-Qa‘ida. In addition to 

designating the group, key members have also 

been individually designated. Haqqani leaders 

Saidullah Jan, Yahya Haqqani, and Muhammad 

Omar Zadran, as well as suicide operations 

chief Qari Abdul Ra‘uf (also known as Qari 

Zakir), and Ibrahim Haqqani, remain either 

designated for financial sanctions or are on US 

most-wanted lists.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239408.htm

Haqqani Network
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Sirajuddin Haqqani

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Siraj Haqqani, Khalifa

DATE OF BIRTH: 1973 (circa)

HEIGHT: 5’7” (170 cm)

WEIGHT: 150 lbs (68 kg)

HAIR: Black

COMPLEXION: Light, with wrinkles

NATIONALITY: Afghan Pashtun 

WANTED

Sirajuddin Haqqani currently 

leads the day-to-day activities 

of the Haqqani Network. During 

an interview with an American 

news organization, Sirajuddin 

admitted planning the 14 

January 2008 attack against 

the Serena Hotel in Kabul that 

killed six people, including 

American citizen Thor David 

Hesla. Sirajuddin also admitted 

to having planned the April 

2008 assassination attempt 

on Afghan President Hamid 

Karzai. He has coordinated and 

participated in cross-border 

attacks against US and 

Coalition forces in Afghanistan. 

He is believed to be located 

in the Federally Administered 

Tribal Areas of Pakistan.

The US Department of State 

designated Sirajuddin Haqqani 

a Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist under Executive Order 

13224 in March 2008.

The Haqqani Network is 

a militant group founded 

by Jalaluddin Haqqani, an 

Afghanistan-battlefield 

commander from the 1980s 

who fought against the Soviet 

Union. The Haqqani Network is 

allied with the Afghan Taliban 

and al-Qa’ida and seeks to 

reestablish Taliban rule in 

Afghanistan. It is primarily 

based in North Waziristan, 

Pakistan, and conducts 

cross-border operations into 

eastern Afghanistan and Kabul. 

The Haqqanis are considered 

the most lethal insurgent group 

targeting Coalition and Afghan 

forces in Afghanistan.

Some of the group’s most 

notorious attacks include an 

attack on the Intercontinental 

Hotel in Kabul in June 2011, 

which killed 11 civilians and 

two Afghan policemen; 

a September 2011 truck 

bombing in Wardak Province, 

Afghanistan, which wounded 

77 US soldiers; a 19-hour 

attack on the US Embassy 

and International Security 

Assistance Force (ISAF) 

headquarters in Kabul in 

September 2011, which killed 16 

Afghans, including at least six 

children; a June 2012 suicide 

bomb attack against Forward 

Operating Base Salerno, which 

killed two US soldiers and 

wounded more than 100; and a 

12-hour siege of the Spozhmai 

Hotel in Kabul in June 2012, 

which resulted in the death of 

at least 18 Afghans.

The US Department of 

State designated the 

Haqqani Network a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization on 19 

September 2012.

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DATE OF BIRTH: 1988 (circa)

WANTED

Aziz Haqqani is a senior 

member of the Haqqani 

Network and brother of 

Haqqani Network leader 

Sirajuddin Haqqani. Aziz is 

intimately involved in logistical 

operations and command 

decisions in support of 

coordinating cross-border 

attacks against International 

Security Assistance Force 

(ISAF) and Government 

of the Islamic Republic 

of Afghanistan forces in 

Afghanistan. Furthermore, 

he serves as the primary 

conduit (for the Haqqanis) 

for operations in Kabul and 

high-profile attacks throughout 

the country.

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in the region for their personal 

expenses. As of mid-2009, 

he acted as the Haqqani 

Network’s primary liaison with 

foreign fighters.

Yahya has also conducted 

and managed Haqqani 

Network and Taliban media 

and propaganda activities. 

Yahya has worked on Haqqani 

Network media activities 

since at least 2009 when he 

edited videos from fighters in 

Afghanistan working out of 

a media studio in a Haqqani 

Network madrassa. As of 

late 2011, Yahya obtained 

money for Haqqani Network 

media expenses from 

Sirajuddin Haqqani or one of 

Sirajuddin’s surrogates.

The US Department of 

the Treasury designated 

Yahya Haqqani a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

under Executive Order 13224 

on 5 February 2014.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Yaya Haqqani, Yahyah 

Haqqani, Haroon

DATE OF BIRTH: 1982

PLACE OF BIRTH: Miram Shah, 

Pakistan

WANTED

Yahya Haqqani is a senior 

Haqqani Network member 

who has been closely involved 

in the group’s terrorist, 

financial, and propaganda 

activities. Yahya has acted as 

de facto head of the group 

when senior-most leaders 

Sirajuddin Haqqani (Yahya’s 

brother-in-law), Khalil Haqqani, 

and Badruddin Haqqani 

(deceased) were absent. Yahya 

has also assumed duties as a 

Haqqani Network logistician 

and has facilitated funding 

for Haqqani commanders 

including a subordinate 

of now-deceased Haqqani 

Network commander Sangin 

Zadran and Haqqani Network 

chief of suicide operations, 

Abdul Rauf Zakir.

Yahya has conducted 

facilitation activities in support 

of Haqqani Network attacks 

and other activities. In early 

2013, Yahya coordinated the 

transfer of supplies from 

the United Arab Emirates to 

Haqqani Network senior leader 

Khalil Haqqani. In 2012, Yahya 

coordinated the distribution of 

improvised explosive devices 

(IEDs) and communications 

equipment, and he also 

reviewed preparations for 

the 7 August 2012 Haqqani 

Network attack against a 

Coalition Forward Operating 

Base in Logar Province, 

Afghanistan, in which 13 

people were wounded.

Yahya sometimes serves as a 

liaison between the Haqqani 

Network and al-Qa’ida. In 

this role, Yahya has provided 

money to al-Qa‘ida members 

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Khalil ur Rahman Haqqani, 

Khaleel Haqqani, Khalil Ahmad 

Haqqani

DATE OF BIRTH: 1 January 1966

ALTERNATE DATE OF BIRTH: 1958-1964

WANTED

A senior member of the 

Haqqani Network, Khalil 

al-Rahman Haqqani engages 

in fundraising activities on 

behalf of the Taliban and 

provides support to the Taliban 

operating in Afghanistan. As 

of early 2010, he provided 

funds to Taliban cells in Logar 

Province, Afghanistan. In 

2009, Khalil was one of several 

people responsible for the 

detention of enemy prisoners 

captured by the Taliban and 

the Haqqani Network. Khalil 

has taken orders for Taliban 

operations from his nephew 

Sirajuddin Haqqani, who was 

designated by the United 

States in March 2008 pursuant 

to Executive Order 13224. 

Khalil has also acted on behalf 

of al-Qa‘ida and has been 

linked to al-Qa’ida terrorist 

operations. In 2002, he was 

deploying men to reinforce 

al-Qa’ida elements in Paktia 

Province, Afghanistan.

The US Department of the 

Treasury designated Khalil 

al-Rahman Haqqani a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

under Executive Order 13224 

on 9 February 2011.

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in June 2011, which killed 

11 civilians and two Afghan 

policemen; a September 2011 

truck bombing in Wardak 

Province, Afghanistan, which 

wounded 77 US soldiers; 

a 19-hour attack on the US 

Embassy and International 

Security Assistance Force 

headquarters in Kabul in 

September 2011; a June 2012 

suicide bomb attack against 

Forward Operating Base 

Salerno, which killed two US 

soldiers and wounded more 

than 100; and a 12-hour siege 

of the Spozhmai Hotel in Kabul 

in June 2012, which resulted 

in the death of at least 18 

Afghans, including 14 civilians.

The US Department of 

State designated the 

Haqqani Network a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization on 9 

September 2012.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Qari Zakir

DATE OF BIRTH: Between 1969 and 

1971

PLACE OF BIRTH: Kabul, Afghanistan

CITIZENSHIP: Afghanistan

WANTED

Abdul Rauf Zakir, also known 

as Qari Zakir, is the chief of 

suicide operations for the 

Haqqani Network. Zakir is 

responsible for the Haqqani 

Network’s training program.

Zakir has been involved in 

many of the Haqqani Network’s 

high-profile suicide attacks 

and is partially responsible 

for making some of the final 

determinations on whether 

to proceed with large-scale 

attacks planned by local 

district-level commanders. 

Attacks using personnel 

selected from Zakir’s training 

program include the 2010 

attacks on Coalition bases 

Salerno and Chapman; the 

June 2011 attack on the 

Intercontinental Hotel, which 

killed 11 civilians and two 

Afghan policemen; and the 

September 2011 attack on the 

US Embassy in Kabul, which 

killed 16 Afghans, including at 

least six children.

The US Department of State 

designated Abdul Rauf 

Zakir a Specially Designated 

Global Terrorist under 

Executive Order 13224 on 5 

November 2012.

The Haqqani Network has 

planned and carried out 

a number of significant 

kidnappings and attacks 

against US and Coalition 

forces in Afghanistan, as well 

as Afghan government and 

civilian targets. Some of the 

group’s most notorious attacks 

include an attack on the 

Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul 

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Hezb-e-Islami, or “Party 

of Islam,” is a political and 

paramilitary organization 

in Afghanistan founded in 

1976 by former Afghan prime 

minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, 

who has been prominent in 

various Afghan conflicts since 

the late 1970s. Hezb-e Islami 

Gulbuddin (HIG) is an offshoot of that original 

Hezb-e-Islami, and is a virulently anti-Western 

insurgent group whose goal is to replace the 

Western-backed Afghan Government with 

an Islamic state rooted in sharia in line with 

Hekmatyar’s vision of a Pashtun-dominated 

Afghanistan. His group conducts attacks against 

Coalition forces, Afghan Government targets, 

and Western interests in Afghanistan. HIG is 

distinct from Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), 

a legal Afghan political party composed of, 

among others, some reconciled HIG members. 

HIG shares most elements of Taliban ideology 

and HIG insurgents cooperate with the Taliban 

in some parts of Afghanistan despite some 

ideological differences. Hekmatyar in July 2015 

told his followers to help Islamic State of Iraq and 

the Levant (ISIL) fighters in Afghanistan fight the 

Taliban but stopped short of pledging allegiance 

to ISIL. HIG spokesman Haroon Zarghoon a 

few days later, however, denied that any such 

statement had been issued. Ever the opportunist, 

Hekmatyar in early August 2015 urged the 

Taliban to join HIG after Mullah Omar’s death.

HIG’s influence in Afghanistan started to wane 

in 1996, when the Taliban assumed control 

of most of the country following a series of 

clashes between the two groups, forcing HIG 

from southern Kabul and driving Hekmatyar 

into exile in Iran. HIG re-emerged in Afghanistan 

following the US-led operation in October 

2001, and has carried out attacks on Afghan 

and Coalition forces, primarily in Kunar and 

Nuristan Provinces. HIG also uses Pakistan’s 

Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa Province as a staging area for 

logistics, fundraising, and recruitment efforts, 

particularly in the Shamshatu refugee camp 

located near Peshawar. 

Hekmatyar and his deputies, Ghairat Baheer 

and Qutbuddin Hilal, continue to participate 

sporadically in negotiations with the Afghan 

Government. Hilal even ran for Afghan president 

in the country’s April 2014 election and in June 

2015 was appointed by Afghan President Ashraf 

Ghani as a special advisor for peace affairs. HIG, 

however, continues to issue strongly-worded 

editorials against the NATO mission in 

Afghanistan and against the Western-backed 

Afghan Government. 

The group has conducted some widely 

publicized attacks during the past few years. 

Most recently, HIG spokesman Haroon Zarghoon 

claimed responsibility for a suicide VBIED attack 

in Kabul on 7 July 2015 against a NATO convoy. 

HIG also claimed responsibility for a deadly 

insider attack in April 2015 in Nangarhar Province 

in which a US soldier was killed. On 10 February 

2014, the group executed an attack which killed 

at least two US civilians and wounded two other 

Americans and seven Afghan nationals. HIG was 

also responsible for a 16 May 2013 suicide VBIED 

attack in Kabul, which destroyed a US armored 

SUV and killed two US soldiers, four US civilian 

contractors, eight Afghans—including two 

children—and wounded at least 37 others. The 

attack marked the deadliest incident against US 

personnel in Kabul in 2013.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239408.htm

Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin

Gulbuddin 

Hekmatyar
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were key participants in the 18 

September 2012 SVBIED attack 

against a bus carrying Kabul 

International Airport foreign 

employees, in which over a 

dozen people were killed.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abdul Saboor Nasratyar, 

Engineer Saboor

WANTED

Abdul Saboor is an explosives 

expert associated with 

Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG). 

Saboor is one of HIG leader 

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s top 

lieutenants, directs HIG suicide 

attacks in Afghanistan, and 

maintains ties to al-Qa‘ida, 

the Islamic Movement of 

Uzbekistan, and the Haqqani 

Network. 

Saboor is responsible for 

the 16 May 2013 suicide 

vehicle-borne improvised 

explosive device (SVBIED) 

attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, 

which destroyed a US armored 

SUV, killing two soldiers and 

four US civilian contractors, 

eight Afghans—including two 

children—and wounding at 

least 37 others.

Saboor and HIG explosives 

expert Abdullah Nowbahar 

WANTED

Abdullah Nowbahar is a 

Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) 

explosives expert and is a 

member of Abdul Saboor’s 

attack network. Nowbahar 

is also one of HIG leader 

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s top 

lieutenants and has been 

involved in attacks in Kabul 

since 2008. Nowbahar and 

Saboor were key participants 

in the 18 September 2012 

suicide vehicle-borne 

improvised explosive device 

(SVBIED) attack against a bus 

carrying Kabul International 

Airport foreign employees, 

in which over a dozen people 

were killed.

Abdul Saboor

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Shaykh Aminullah

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Fazeel-A-Tul, Shaykh 

Abu Mohammed Ameen 

Al-Peshawar, Abu 

Mohammad Amin Bishawri, 

Sheik Aminullah, Shaykh 

Ameen, Shaykh Aminullah 

al-Peshawari, Abu Mohammad 

Aminullah Peshawari, Abu 

Mohammad Shaykh Aminullah 

al Bishauri, Shaykh

DATES OF BIRTH USED: 1961, 1967, 

1973

PLACE OF BIRTH: Konar Province, 

Afghanistan

HEIGHT: 5’10” (178 cm)

COMPLEXION: Light

BUILD: Thin, with large round 

stomach 

FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

Should be considered armed 

and dangerous.

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or Consulate.

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WANTED

Shaykh Aminullah is wanted 

for questioning in connection 

with providing material 

support to al-Qa‘ida, the 

Taliban, and anti-Coalition 

militias, with the aid of a 

Pakistan-based terrorist group, 

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT). Shaykh 

Aminullah is the founder and 

director of the Ganj Madrassa, 

a religious institution, and 

operates as a financier, 

recruiter, and weapons 

facilitator for the madrassa.

Aminullah wears thick glasses 

and has a curly, chest-length 

salt-and-pepper beard. He may 

be residing in the Ganj area 

(or Ganji District), Peshawar, 

Pakistan.
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Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM)

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM)—also 

known as the Islamic State of 

Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-Sinai 

Province—is the most active and 

capable terrorist group operating 

in Egypt. ABM—which pledged 

allegiance to ISIL in November 

2014, becoming ISIL’s Sinai 

Province—seeks the destruction of Israel and 

the establishment of an Islamic emirate and 

implementation of sharia in the Sinai Peninsula. 

The group is based in the Sinai but in fall 2013 

expanded its operational reach into Egypt’s 

Nile Valley.

ABM emerged in 2011 when it claimed 

responsibility for a cross-border attack into 

southern Israel from the Sinai. Since 2011, ABM 

has carried out additional cross-border attacks, 

launched rocket attacks against Israel, and 

repeatedly bombed the gas pipeline in the Sinai 

that supplies natural gas to Israel and Jordan.

Following the August 2013 crackdown by 

Egyptian security forces on those protesting 

the ouster of President Muhammad Mursi, 

ABM launched a campaign of attacks against 

Egyptian government and security targets. 

ABM since then has claimed responsibility for 

several of the highest-profile and sophisticated 

attacks in Egypt, including an attempted 

assassination of the Egyptian Minister of the 

Interior, the downing of an Egyptian military 

helicopter in the Sinai with a surface-to-air 

missile, and several deadly vehicle-borne 

improvised explosive device attacks against 

Egyptian security installations. ABM for the 

first time demonstrated its willingness to target 

civilians when it claimed responsibility for a 

suicide bombing on a tourist bus in the Sinai in 

February 2014, though ABM described the attack 

as targeting Egyptian economic interests. The 

group also claimed responsibility for an August 

2014 carjacking in Egypt’s western desert that 

killed a US oil worker. Since announcing its 

formal alignment with ISIL in late 2014, ABM 

has conducted several of its most lethal and 

sophisticated attacks to date and has continued 

to focus attacks primarily against Egyptian 

government and security targets. However, 

the group claimed responsibility for a June 

2015 rocket and mortar attack against the 

Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) base 

in the Sinai, the first terrorist attack against 

MFO facilities.

ABM has not made explicit threats against 

the West or Western targets in its official 

propaganda. However, the group views the 

West, and the United States in particular, as 

supporters of Israel and Egypt and expresses 

anti-Western sentiment in its rhetoric. Various 

social media accounts claiming association with 

the group have posted threats to US and other 

Western targets, although ABM has repeatedly 

denied a social media presence.

The US State Department designated ABM as 

a Foreign Terrorist Organization in April 2014. 

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

Foreign Asset Control has designated several 

ABM-affiliated persons and groups as Specially 

Designated Nationals.

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Greek Domestic Terrorism

Greek domestic terrorism stems from radical 

leftist and anarchist ideologies that developed 

in reaction to the military dictatorship that ruled 

Greece from 1967 to 1974. Shortly after the 

dictatorship’s collapse, radical leftist elements 

emerged to form Greece’s two most notorious 

terrorist groups, Revolutionary Organization 

17 November (17N) and Revolutionary Popular 

Struggle (ELA). 

17N’s first major operation was the assassination 

of CIA Chief of Station Richard Welch in 1975. For 

the next 27 years, 17N was Greece’s most lethal 

terrorist group, killing at least 23 individuals, 

including four Americans. ELA appeared in 

1975 and became Greece’s most active terrorist 

organization, conducting approximately 250 

attacks against a wide range of targets. ELA 

claimed its last operation in 1994. Following 

a botched attack, Greek authorities largely 

eliminated 17N in 2002 under pressure to stem 

terrorism prior to the 2004 Olympic Games.

A new generation of terrorist groups 

subsequently emerged, the three most 

prominent of which were Revolutionary Struggle 

(EA), Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei (SPF), and Sect of 

Revolutionaries (SE).

EA, a radical leftist group, conducted a number 

of high-profile terrorist operations against 

Greek and Western interests after its emergence 

in 2003, including a rocket-propelled grenade 

attack against the US Embassy in Athens in 

January 2007. Greek authorities largely disrupted 

the group’s operations in 2010. In mid-2012 

the group’s ringleader, Nikos Maziotis, and his 

girlfriend violated the terms of their release 

pending trial and disappeared. Maziotis—who 

was recaptured by Greek police in July 2014—has 

since been linked to a number of bank robberies. 

In April 2014, EA claimed responsibility for a 

car-bombing outside the Bank of Greece in 

Athens to protest Greece’s return to international 

markets, its first attack since 2009. 

SPF, an anarchist group, claimed responsibility 

for a 2010 parcel bomb campaign that targeted 

international leaders and institutions outside 

Greece, a first for Greek domestic terrorists. A 

series of arrests from late 2010 through 2011 

against the group’s leadership temporarily 

crippled SPF’s operations. In June 2013, however, 

SPF claimed responsibility for a bomb attack 

against the car of the director of Korydallos 

prison—where many domestic terrorists are 

currently held—promising more attacks and 

declaring a common front with other like-minded 

groups and the international Informal Anarchist 

Federation/International Revolutionary Front. In 

April 2014, SPF claimed responsibility for a parcel 

bomb targeting a police station. 

Radical leftist SE last acted in 2010 after a 

13-month hiatus to assassinate a Greek journalist 

outside of his Athens home, having assassinated 

a Hellenic Police officer in 2009. SE has not 

claimed an attack since 2010.

Largely unknown groups in 2012 claimed an 

attempt on the Athens metro using a crude 

incendiary device and an incendiary attack that 

severely damaged Microsoft offices in Athens. 

Attacks continued in 2013-14, including a spate 

of arson attacks against journalists’ homes and 

government offices, a bombing at The Mall in 

Athens, violence between anarchists and the 

rising extreme-right party Golden Dawn, and 

gunmen firing on the residence of the German 

ambassador in Athens. Other groups active in the 

last year included the Group of Popular Rebels 

(OLA) and the Zero Tolerance Organization (ZTO).

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Turkish Domestic Terrorism

The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/

Front (DHKP/C) was created in 1994 when 

its predecessor group, Devrimci Sol or Dev 

Sol, splintered after factional infighting. The 

Marxist-Leninist group espouses an anti-US, 

anti-NATO, and anti-Turkish establishment 

ideology and has targeted US interests 

intermittently for several decades, most recently 

in February 2013 when a suicide bomber targeted 

the US Embassy in Ankara, killing a Turkish 

security guard. Its goals are the overthrow of the 

Turkish state, the removal of the US and NATO 

footprint from Turkey, and the abolition of one- to 

three-man prison cells, called F-type prisons, in 

Turkey. The US Department of State in April 2014 

offered rewards for information on three DHKP/C 

leaders through its Rewards for Justice program. 

In response, DHKP/C issued a statement calling 

the United States its “chief enemy.”

DHKP/C added suicide bombings to its tactics in 

2001, with successful attacks against the Turkish 

police, in addition to improvised explosive 

devices and targeted assassinations. Increased 

attacks in 2003 probably were a reaction to 

Turkey’s support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

DHKP/C entered an operational lull until mid-2012 

when the group resumed attacks against Turkish 

police targets. Following the February 2013 

US Embassy attack, DHKP/C has continued 

targeting Turkish Government and police 

interests, indicating that the group remained 

operationally viable despite crackdowns. For 

example, the group on 31 March 2015 took 

hostage a Turkish prosecutor—who along with 

his captors was killed during a shootout with 

police—and on 1 April attempted a failed suicide 

bombing targeting the Turkish National Police’s 

Istanbul headquarters.

Abdullah Ocalan

The Kurdistan People’s Congress

(Kongra-Gel or KGK, formerly the 

Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK) is 

a Kurdish separatist group 

primarily active in part of 

northern Iraq and southeastern 

Turkey. Composed mostly of 

Turkish Kurds, the group in 1984 

began a campaign of armed violence, including 

terrorism, which resulted in over 45,000 deaths. 

KGK and Turkish forces clashed repeatedly in 

2011 and 2012, including an attack in October 

2011 that killed 24 Turkish troops and was the 

deadliest incident since 1993. KGK also stepped 

up its kidnapping campaign against Turkish state 

employees and soldiers, which included the 

unprecedented abduction of a Turkish 

parliamentary deputy in August 2012.

The KGK’s imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan, 

in 2012 entered into peace negotiations with the 

Turkish Government. Negotiations continued into 

2014, though KGK leaders expressed frustration, 

charging the Turkish Government failed to 

establish legal and constitutional guarantees. 

The accompanying cease-fire endured despite 

clashes and tensions in southeast Turkey sparked 

in part by the construction of Turkish military 

outposts that Kurdish supporters allege undercut 

the peace process.

Clashes in July 2015 between Turkish security 

forces and KGK resulted in nationwide 

detentions of alleged KGK members and a wave 

of Turkish airstrikes against the group’s camps 

and weapons stores in northern Iraq. Renewed 

KGK violence against Turkish authorities had 

resulted in the deaths of at least 11 police and 

army members as of late July 2015.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Zerin Sari, Fatma Gulten, 

Fatma Gulten Sesen, Hale 

Melis, Melis Hale

DATE OF BIRTH USED: 20 September 

1963; 15 September 1964

PLACE OF BIRTH: Osmaniye, Turkey

WANTED

Zerrin Sari is a key leader of 

the Revolutionary People’s 

Liberation Party/Front (Turkish: 

Devrimci Halk Kurtulu Partisi 

Cephesi, or DHKP/C). DHKP/C 

has targeted US interests, 

including US military and 

diplomatic personnel and 

facilities, since the 1990s. 

DHKP/C was created in 1994 

when its predecessor, Devrimci 

Sol or Dev Sol, splintered. Its 

goal is to abolish the US and 

NATO footprint from Turkey, 

and establish a socialist 

state. In February 2013, a 

suicide bomber affiliated 

with the group attacked 

the US Embassy in Ankara, 

killing a Turkish security 

guard. The US Department of 

State designated DHKP/C a 

Foreign Terrorist Organization 

in 1997, and reviewed and 

maintained this designation on 

24 July 2013.

Zerrin Sari is a lawyer who 

worked to defend Dev Sol in 

the 1990s until she fled Turkey 

in 1993. She was married to 

DHKP/C founding leader 

Dursun Karatas, and together 

they organized DHKP/C 

activities in Europe. Sari was 

put on trial in Belgium in 

1999; she spent some time in 

prison and was released in 

2008, the year Karatas died 

of cancer. She is said to be 

the secret leader of DHKP/C, 

and allegedly gave the order 

for attacks on Turkish police 

headquarters and the police 

housing complex in Ankara 

on 20 September 2013. Sari 

is also believed to have been 

responsible, along with Musa 

Asoglu, for the March 2013 

attacks against the Turkish 

Justice Ministry and Justice 

and Development Party (AKP) 

headquarters in Ankara, which 

injured one.

Musa Asoglu, Zerrin Sari, 

and Seher Demir Sen are key 

leaders of the Revolutionary 

People’s Liberation Party/Front.

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Zerrin Sari
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Musu Asoglu, Musa Asaoglu

DATE OF BIRTH: 15 August 1961

PLACE OF BIRTH: Sakarya Hendek 

Province, Turkey

CITIZENSHIP: Turkish 

WANTED

Musa Asoglu is a key leader of 

the Revolutionary People’s 

Liberation Party/Front (Turkish: 

Devrimci Halk Kurtulu Partisi 

Cephesi, or DHKP/C). DHKP/C 

has targeted US interests, 

including US military and 

diplomatic personnel and 

facilities, since the 1990s. 

DHKP/C was created in 1994 

when its predecessor, Devrimci 

Sol or Dev Sol, splintered. Its 

goal is to abolish the US and 

NATO footprint from Turkey, 

and establish a socialist 

state. In February 2013, a 

suicide bomber affiliated 

with the group attacked 

the US Embassy in Ankara, 

killing a Turkish security 

guard. The US Department of 

State designated DHKP/C a 

Foreign Terrorist Organization 

in 1997, and reviewed and 

maintained this designation on 

24 July 2013.

Musa Asoglu joined DHKP/C 

in the 1990s while a resident 

of the Netherlands. He 

reportedly inherited leadership 

of the group after its founding 

leader, Dursun Karatas, died 

in 2008. Asoglu is a member of 

DHKP/C’s central committee, 

the group’s top decisionmaking 

unit, and is believed to lead 

the group’s financial affairs 

and fundraising activities in 

Europe. He reportedly ordered 

the 1 February 2013, suicide 

bombing attack on the US 

Embassy in Ankara, which 

killed a Turkish security guard. 

He is also believed to have 

been responsible for the March 

2013 attacks against the Justice 

and Development Party (AKP) 

headquarters and the Turkish 

Ministry of Justice.

Musa Asoglu, Zerrin Sari, 

and Seher Demir Sen are key 

leaders of the Revolutionary 

People’s Liberation Party/Front.

REWARD

Up to $3 Million

If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

info@rewardsforjustice.net.

If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARD 

(1-800-877-3927).

www.rewardsforjustice.net

Musa Asoglu
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Munever Koz, Munevver Koz, 

Alba, Mine, Semirsen, Hatice, 

Serap

DATES OF BIRTH USED: 8 July 1959; 3 

January 1965 (in the name of 

Munever Koz)

PLACE OF BIRTH: Kozlu, Turkey

HEIGHT: 5’3” (160 cm) 

WANTED

Seher Demir Sen is a key 

leader of the Revolutionary 

People’s Liberation Party/

Front (Turkish: Devrimci Halk 

Kurtuluş Partisi Cephesi, or 

DHKP/C). DHKP/C has targeted 

US interests, including US 

military and diplomatic 

personnel and facilities, 

since the 1990s. DHKP/C 

was created in 1994 when its 

predecessor, Devrimci Sol 

or Dev Sol, splintered. Its 

goal is to abolish the US and 

NATO footprint from Turkey, 

and establish a socialist 

state. In February 2013, a 

suicide bomber affiliated 

with the group attacked the 

US Embassy in Ankara, 

killing a Turkish security 

guard. The US Department of 

State designated DHKP/C a 

Foreign Terrorist Organization 

in 1997, and reviewed and 

maintained this designation on 

24 July 2013.

Sen joined Dev Sol in 1980 

and participated in Dev Sol 

activities until 1994, when 

she joined DHKP/C and rose 

to a leadership position in 

Greece. She reportedly served 

as the chief of the DHKP/C 

office in Athens. She is a 

member of DHKP/C’s central 

committee, the group’s top 

decisionmaking unit.

Musa Asoglu, Zerrin Sari, and 

Seher Demir Sen are key 

leaders of the Revolutionary 

People’s Liberation Party/Front.

REWARD

Up to $3 Million

If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

info@rewardsforjustice.net.

If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARD 

(1-800-877-3927).

www.rewardsforjustice.net

Seher Demir Sen
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abdarahman al-Rashid 

Mansour, Ashraf Naeem 

Mansour, Zubair, Shamed 

Khalil Zubair

DATE OF BIRTH: 21 May 1965

PLACE OF BIRTH: Kuwait

HEIGHT: 5’10” (178 cm)

HAIR: Black

EYES: Dark

COMPLEXION: Caucasian

NATIONALITY: Palestinian

STATUS: Fugitive

WANTED

Muhammad Ahmed 

al-Munawar is wanted 

in connection with the 5 

September 1986 hijacking 

of Pan Am flight 73 on the 

ground in Karachi, Pakistan. 

He has been indicted on the 

following charges: conspiracy 

to commit offenses against the 

United States; conspiracy to 

murder US nationals outside 

the United States; murder 

of US nationals outside the 

United States; attempted 

murder of US nationals 

outside the United States; 

causing serious bodily injury 

to US nationals outside the 

United States; hostage taking; 

use of a firearm during a 

crime of violence; placing 

destructive devices on an 

aircraft; performing an act of 

violence against an individual 

on an aircraft; aircraft 

piracy; malicious damage 

to an aircraft; and aiding 

and abetting.

Wadoud Muhammad Hafiz 

al-Turki, Jama Saeed Abdul 

Rahim, Muhammad Abdullah 

Khalil Hussain ar-Rahayyal, 

and Muhammad Ahmed 

al-Munawar have been 

charged in the District of 

Columbia for their role in the 

hijacking of Pan Am flight 73 

on 5 September 1986 on the 

ground in Karachi, Pakistan. 

After holding the aircraft 

and its 379 passengers and 

crew, including at least 78 

US citizens, for about 16 

hours, the hijackers started 

firing indiscriminately at the 

passengers, causing the death 

of at least 20 persons and 

seriously wounding more than 

100 others. These individuals 

are believed to have been 

members of the Abu Nidal 

Organization, an international 

terrorist network.

REWARD

Up to $5 Million

If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

info@rewardsforjustice.net.

If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARD 

(1-800-877-3927).

www.rewardsforjustice.net

Muhammad Ahmed al-Munawar

Abu Nidal, 

born Sabri 

Khalil al-Banna, 

was a terrorist 

responsible for 

several deadly 

attacks in the 

1980s. The most notorious of 

these were the 27 December 

1985 attacks on the Vienna and 

Rome airports, which killed 18 

and wounded more than 100 

others. He died violently, under 

mysterious circumstances, in 

Baghdad in August 2002. –NCTC
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abu Mohamed al-Masri, Saleh, 

Abu Mariam

DATE OF BIRTH: Approximately 1963

PLACE OF BIRTH: Egypt

HEIGHT: 5’8” (173 cm) 

BUILD: Medium

HAIR: Dark

EYES: Dark

CITIZENSHIP: Egyptian

STATUS: Fugitive

WANTED

Abdullah may wear a 

mustache and has a scar on 

the right side of his lower lip. 

He has been indicted for his 

alleged role in the 7 August 

1998 bombings of the US 

embassies in Dar es Salaam, 

Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, 

on the following charges: 

murder of US nationals outside 

the United States; conspiracy 

to murder US nationals outside 

the United States; attack on 

a federal facility resulting in 

death; conspiracy to kill United 

States nationals, to murder, to 

destroy buildings and property 

of the United States, and to 

destroy national defense 

utilities of the United States.

REWARD

Up to $5 Million

If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

info@rewardsforjustice.net.

If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARD 

(1-800-877-3927).

www.rewardsforjustice.net

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah
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Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah 

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Ramadan Shallah, Rashad, 

Mohamad el-Fatih, Mahmoud, 

Radwan, al-Shaer, Abu 

Abdullah, Ramadan Abdullah

DATE OF BIRTH: 1 January 1958

PLACE OF BIRTH: Sajaya, Gaza Strip

HEIGHT: 6’1” (185 cm)

WEIGHT: 225 lbs (102 kg)

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

COMPLEXION: Light

BUILD: Medium

NATIONALITY: Palestinian

LANGUAGES: Arabic, English 

WANTED

Ramadan Abdullah 

Mohammad Shallah is 

wanted for conspiracy to 

conduct the affairs of the 

Palestine Islamic Jihad 

(PIJ), a specially designated 

terrorist organization, through 

a pattern of racketeering 

activities such as bombings, 

murder, extortion, and 

money laundering.

Shallah was one of the original 

founding members of the PIJ 

and since 1995 has been the 

secretary-general and leader 

of the organization, which is 

headquartered in Damascus, 

Syria.

Shallah was listed as a 

“Specially Designated 

Terrorist” under United States 

law on November 27, 1995 

and was indicted in a 53-count 

indictment in the United States 

District Court, Middle District 

of Florida, in 2003.

REWARD

Up to $5 Million

If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

info@rewardsforjustice.net.

If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARD 

(1-800-877-3927).

www.rewardsforjustice.net

FBI Most Wanted 

Terrorists
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Hamzah al-Maskin, 

Muhammad Ibrahim ‘Abd 

al-Sata’ar Abu al-Asad

DATE OF BIRTH: 7 September 1986

CITIZENSHIP: Egypt

WANTED

Abu-Yusuf al-Muhajir is an 

explosives expert. He is a 

former member of Tawhid w’al 

Jihad-Egypt (TWJ-Egypt), an 

extremist group active in the 

Sinai Peninsula in 2004-06 and 

which reconstituted in 2011.

Tawhid w’al Jihad in Egypt 

is a loosely affiliated group 

of Egyptian and foreign 

extremists based in the 

Sinai Peninsula that ascribes 

to global jihadist ideology 

and targets civilians and 

governments it believes do 

not abide by Islamic law. TWJ 

has maintained relations with 

a variety of extremist groups 

and individuals. 

Abu-Yusuf was involved in 

attack planning against a 

variety of targets in Egypt, 

including US interests.

REWARD

Up to $3 Million Reward

If you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

If you prefer to use e-mail, 

send your information to 

info@rewardsforjustice.net.

If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARD 

(1-800-877-3927).

www.rewardsforjustice.net

Abu-Yusuf al-Muhajir
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Captured or Killed

Ahmad Abu Khatallah – Charged with 

participation in the attack on the US Embassy 

compound in Benghazi in September 2012, 

the Ansar al-Sharia (Benghazi) member was 

captured in June 2014 in Libya and brought to 

the United States for trial.

2013

Hakimullah Mehsud – Tehrik-e Taliban leader 

implicated in many attacks on Coalition forces in 

Afghanistan, killed in November, according to a 

spokesman for the group.

Abu Anas al-Libi – Al-Qa‘ida member indicted 

for his role in the 1998 African embassy 

bombings, captured and returned for trial 

in United States in October 2013. He died in 

custody in January 2015.

Omar Hammami – Al-Shabaab extremist active 

in radicalizing and terrorist operations, killed in 

factional in-fighting in September, according to 

press reporting.

Wali Ur Rehman – Second-in-command and 

chief military strategist of Tehrik-e Taliban 

Pakistan killed in an explosion in Pakistan in 

May, according to multiple media reports and a 

spokesman for the group.

Sulayman Bu Ghayth – Al-Qa‘ida spokesman 

and son-in-law of Usama Bin Ladin transferred 

to US custody in March after arrest earlier in 

the year.

2012

Abu Yahya al-Libi – Al-Qa‘ida 

second-in-command, widely seen as group’s 

“general manager,” was killed in Pakistan 

in June.

Fahd al-Quso – Al-Quso, wanted in connection 

with the 12 October 2000 attack on the USS 

Cole, which killed 17 US military personnel and 

wounded 39 others, was killed in an explosion 

in southern Yemen in May, according to multiple 

media accounts.

2015

Malik Ishaq – Co-founder and leader of 

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a designated Foreign 

Terrorist Organization, was killed in Pakistan 

in July when gunmen attacked a police convoy 

transporting him. 

Mullah Omar – Reclusive Taliban leader 

reportedly died in Pakistan in 2013, according to 

Afghan security officials. 

Muhsin al-Fadhli – Leader of a group of 

al-Qa‘ida extremists often called the Khorasan 

Group was killed in Syria in July. 

Nasir al-Wahishi – Head of al-Qa‘ida in the 

Arabian Peninsula and No. 2 in al-Qa‘ida was 

killed in June.

Zulkifli bin Hir – Bomb-maker associated with 

Jemaah Islamiya and Abu Sayyaf Group was 

killed by Philippine security forces in January 

2015. Another bomb-maker with ties to the same 

groups, Abdul Basit Usman, was killed by the 

Philippine military in May.

Adam Gadahn – Prominent al-Qa‘ida 

propagandist was killed in an explosion 

in January.

2014

Adnan G. el Shukrijumah – Also known as Jafar 

al-Tayyar (the Pilot), the senior member of 

al-Qa‘ida was killed by Pakistan security forces 

in December.

Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed – Also known as 

Godane, the leader of al-Shabaab was killed in 

Somalia in September.

Nikolaos Maziotis – Leader of Greek terrorist 

group Revolutionary Struggle was arrested by 

Greek police in July.
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Captured or Killed (continued)

2009

Noordin Mat Top – Noordin, one of the most 

dangerous members of Jemaah Islamiya, was 

implicated in several lethal attacks in Indonesia, 

including the suicide bombing attack in Bali 

on 12 October 2002 and the attack against the 

Marriott Hotel in Jakarta on 5 August 2003. 

He was killed in a raid by Indonesian police in 

September. 

Saleh Nabhan – Nabhan, a Kenyan wanted in 

connection with the attacks in 1998 against US 

embassies in East Africa and attacks in 2002 

against a hotel and an airliner in Mombasa, was 

killed in southern Somalia in September. 

Baitullah Mehsud – Leader of Tehrik-e Taliban 

Pakistan, Mahsud was killed in an explosion in 

Waziristan in August. He was responsible for 

several deadly attacks against US and Pakistani 

targets, and claimed responsibility—later 

denied—for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto 

in December 2007.

Usama al-Kini and Shaykh Swedan – Al-Kini, 

whose real name was Fahid Mohammed Ally 

Msalam, and Shaykh Ahmed Salim Swedan 

were killed in an explosion in Waziristan in 

January. They were indicted for their role in the 

1998 attacks on the US embassies in East Africa.

2008

Aafia Siddiqui – Siddiqui, charged with 

attempting to kill US officers and employees, 

was arrested in Afghanistan in July after 

attempting to shoot a US military officer. She 

was transported to the United States in August.

Abu Khabab al-Masri – Abu Khabab, whose real 

name was Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar and who 

was an explosives and poisons expert working 

on behalf of al-Qa‘ida, was killed in a blast in 

Pakistan in July.

‘Imad Mughniyah – Senior Hizballah official, 

possible head of group’s intelligence section 

and indicted for role in 1985 hijacking and 

murder, was killed by a vehicle bomb detonated 

by unknown persons in Damascus in February.

2011

Anwar al-Aulaqi – Al-Aulaqi, a radical ideologue 

and attack planner associated with al-Qa‘ida in 

the Arabian Peninsula, was killed in an explosion 

in Yemen in September. 

Atiyah ‘Abd al-Rahman – Atiyah, considered to 

be al-Qa‘ida’s second-in-command, was killed 

in an explosion in North Waziristan, Pakistan, 

in August.

Umar Patek – Wanted in connection with the 

October 2002 bombing in Bali, Indonesia, that 

killed more than 200, Patek was extradited from 

Pakistan to Indonesia in August. 

Harun Fazul – Indicted on charges of 

responsibility for the attacks on US embassies 

in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 

in August 1998, Fazul—who was also known 

as Fazul Abdullah Mohammed—was killed at a 

border checkpoint in Somalia in June. 

Ilyas Kashmiri – Prominent al-Qa‘ida planner 

and trainer was widely reported killed in 

Pakistan in June.

Usama Bin Ladin – Responsible for the 

11 September 2001 attacks in the United States, 

the al-Qa‘ida leader was killed by US forces in 

May in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and buried at sea.

2010

Shaykh Sa‘id al-Masri – Also known as Mustafa 

Abu al-Yazid, presumed third in command of 

al-Qa‘ida, was killed in Pakistan in May.

Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Umar al-Baghdadi – 

Abu Ayyub and ‘Umar, both of them top leaders 

of the Islamic State of Iraq and its predecessor, 

al-Qa‘ida in Iraq, were killed in a Coalition raid 

in April. 

Dulmatin – Believed to be one of the 

masterminds of the 12 October 2002 nightclub 

attacks in Bali that killed more than 200, 

Dulmatin was killed by Indonesian police 

in March.
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Captured or Killed (continued)

Abu Layth al-Libi – Al-Qa‘ida military 

commander and spokesman was killed 

in January.

2007

Abu Solaiman – Senior member of Abu Sayyaf 

Group, responsible for planning attacks 

against US and other foreign nationals in the 

Philippines, was killed in January. 

2006

‘Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi – Al-Qa‘ida No. 3 and chief 

of external operations, was detained late in 

the year.

Dhiren Barot – Al-Qa‘ida operative, also 

known as Issa al-Hindi, was sentenced to life 

imprisonment in November for providing 

al-Qa‘ida detailed reconnaissance and plans 

for attacks on financial targets in New Jersey, 

Washington, D.C., and New York City. 

Khadafi Janjalani – Head of Abu Sayyaf Group, 

was killed in a September clash with Philippine 

security forces.

Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqawi – Head of al-Qa‘ida in 

Iraq, responsible for hundreds of deaths, was 

killed in a Coalition raid in June in Iraq.

Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah – Extremist 

charged with participation in attack on US 

embassies in Africa in 1998, was killed in April 

in Pakistan.

2005

Hamza Rabi‘a – Al-Qa‘ida No. 3, chief of external 

operations, was killed in December in Pakistan.

Azahari bin Husin – Jemaah Islamiya 

bombmaker, believed responsible for the 

Bali attack in 2002, was killed in a shootout in 

Indonesia in November.

Mustafa Setmariam Nasar – Al-Qa‘ida 

propagandist and trainer, indicted in Spain for 

his role in Madrid train bombings in 2004, was 

arrested in Pakistan in November.

Abu Faraj al-Libi – Al-Qa‘ida No. 3, was arrested 

in Pakistan in May.

2003

Hambali – Jemaah Islamiya operations chief, 

was detained in Thailand in August.

Khalid Shaykh Muhammad – Al-Qa‘ida No. 3, 

responsible for planning the 9/11 attacks 

in United States, was arrested in Pakistan 

in March.

2002

Aimal Kasi – Pakistani extremist who killed two 

CIA employees and injured three others outside 

CIA Headquarters in 1993, was executed in 

United States in November.

Abu Zubaydah – Senior al-Qa‘ida planner, was 

arrested in Pakistan in March.

2001

Muhammad Atef – Al-Qa‘ida No. 3, also known 

as Abu Hafs al-Masri, charged with directly 

planning the attacks on US embassies in 

East Africa in 1998, was killed in Afghanistan 

in November.

1997

Ramzi Yousef – A relative of Khalid Shaykh 

Muhammad and one of the planners of the 1993 

World Trade Center attack, was sentenced in the 

United States to life in prison in November.

1996

‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahman – The “Blind Shaykh” 

was arrested in 1993 for plotting attacks against 

New York City landmarks; he was convicted 

in 1995 and sentenced to life imprisonment 

in 1996.
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Bomb Threat Stand-Off Distances

Mandatory evacuation distance: 70 feet

Preferred evacuation distance: 1,200+ feet

Severe injury/death

Possibility of building collapses, 

severe injury/death

Building collapses, 

severe injury/death

Mandatory evacuation distance: 110 feet

Preferred evacuation distance: 1,700 feet

Mandatory evacuation distance: 320 feet

Preferred evacuation distance: 1,900 feet

A - Pipe Bomb/Pressure Cooker

B - Person-Borne IED Suicide Vest or Briefcase

C - Vehicle-Borne IED (Car)

NOTE: The preferred evacuation 

range rings for person- and 

vehicle-borne IEDs are beyond 

the distances represented on 

this graphic and are therefore 

not shown.

Mandatory Evacuation Distance

All personnel must evacuate 

(inside of buildings and out)

Preferred Evacuation Distance

Preferred area (beyond this line) 

for evacuation of people in 

buildings and mandatory for 

Shelter-in-Place Zone people outdoors

All personnel in this area should seek shelter 

immediately inside a building away from windows 

and exterior walls. Avoid having anyone outside— 

including those evacuating—in the area

A

B

C
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Common Explosives—Identification and Characteristics

Primary Explosive Boosters Secondary Explosive/Main Charge Military/Commercial Explosives

Triacetone-Triperoxide (TATP) is an 

improvised primary explosive that 

is relatively easy to synthesize. It 

can be very unstable and sensitive 

to heat, shock, and friction. TATP 

is made of a mixture of hydrogen 

peroxide and acetone with the 

addition of an acid, such as sulfuric, 

nitric, or hydrochloric acid.

Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil 

(ANFO) is an explosive mixture 

of ammonium nitrate and an 

organic fuel. Because of its ready 

availability and cheap material 

cost, ANFO has been used 

extensively as the main charge in 

improvised weapons around the 

world and is the most common 

commercial explosive. ANFO is a 

secondary/tertiary explosive, and 

requires little specialized skills or 

machinery to mix. 

Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is one of the 

most commonly used explosives 

for military and industrial 

purposes. Its insensitivity to shock 

and friction reduces the risk of 

accidental detonation. It appears 

as a yellow solid and is commonly 

mixed with other explosives 

materials in commercial boosters 

and military munitions or used as a 

main charge.

Hexamethlene Triperoxide Diamine 

(HMTD) is an improvised primary 

explosive prepared from three 

basic precursors: hexamine, a 

weak acid, and hydrogen peroxide. 

The product is highly sensitive to 

friction, impact, and electrostatic 

discharge. HMTD is corrosive in 

contact in metals and can degrade 

quickly if improperly synthesized 

or stored.

Urea Nitrate is a high explosive 

produced by combining dissolved 

urea fertilizer with nitric acid. 

Urea nitrate is formed as odorless 

crystals that are colorless to 

off-white, although additives and 

or metal from the mixing container 

may alter the compound’s 

appearance. Urea nitrate is 

used as a secondary explosive/

main charge.

C-4 is a common insensitive 

military explosive combining 

cyclonite or cyclotrimethylene 

trinitramine (RDX) as the explosive 

agent—usually about 91 percent of 

the C-4 content—along with plastic 

binder, plasticizer, and possibly 

marker chemicals which can help 

identify the manufacturing source. 

C-4 appears as an off-white solid 

with a consistency similar to 

modeling clay.
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The Radiological Threat—Facts and Mitigation Measures

What Is a “Dirty Bomb?”

A “dirty bomb” is a radiological dispersal device 

(RDD) that combines a conventional explosive, 

such as dynamite, with radioactive material that 

may disperse when the device explodes. Almost 

any type of radioactive material with military, 

industrial, or medical applications could be used 

in a dirty bomb.

The terms dirty bomb and RDD are often used 

interchangeably in the media. The device 

kills or injures through the initial blast of the 

conventional explosive and by spreading 

radiation and contamination. Any bomb 

can become “dirty” by simply adding 

radioactive material.

The idea behind a dirty bomb is to spread 

radioactive material into some populated 

area and cause anxiety in those who think 

they are being, or have been, exposed to 

radiation. A dirty bomb could contaminate 

buildings and the local environment, and 

expose people to radiation emanating from the 

radioactive material. People could be externally 

contaminated (on their skin) or internally 

contaminated with radioactive materials 

through inhalation, ingestion, or 

through wounds.

Effects of an RDD Attack—No Need To Panic

The extent of local contamination would depend 

on a number of factors, including the size of the 

explosive, the amount and type of radioactive 

material used, the means of dispersal, and 

weather conditions. Those closest to the RDD 

would be the most likely to sustain injuries due to 

the explosion. As radioactive material spreads, it 

becomes less concentrated and less harmful.

It is extremely unlikely that anyone who survives 

the explosion will become sick from radiation. 

Immediate health effects from exposure to the 

low radiation levels expected from an RDD would 

likely be minimal. Just because people are near 

radioactive material for a short time or get a 

small amount of radioactive dust on them does 

not mean they will get cancer, and any additional 

risk is likely to be extremely small.

Indicators of Exposure

You cannot rely on your senses to tell if 

you are being exposed to a harmful level of 

radioactivity. Radiation detection equipment 

and devices like Geiger counters and pocket 

dosimeters are needed. Hazmat crews and many 

fire trucks routinely carry such equipment with 

them, and they would probably be the first to 

detect abnormal levels of radioactivity.

Scanning for radioactivity.

Do not go to the Emergency Room just 

because you think you were exposed to 

radiation. Seek medical care only if you truly 

feel sick and need help. 
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The Radiological Threat—Facts and Mitigation Measures

Protective Actions

If you are not involved in the immediate emergency response, the best thing you can do after a 

bomb blast is try to leave the area quickly and calmly. If the attack includes radioactive material, 

moving quickly away from the blast area will reduce the time and intensity of your exposure.

In an RDD attack, most people are unlikely to learn that the attack involved radioactive materials 

until hours or days later. As a precaution, make sure to bag your outer layer of clothing, take a 

shower, and wash your hair once you reach a safe location.

› Removing shoes and outer clothes may get rid of up to 90% of radioactive dust

› Washing will remove any remaining dust

› Follow FEMA instructions on what to do next—listen to the news or go online

The greatest radiation threat from a radiological weapon comes from fine particles that get inside 

your body, such as from breathing or rubbing your eyes. Moving away from the attack site and 

removing any dust on your clothes, skin, and hair are your best protection.

Sources of Radioactive Material

Radioactive materials are routinely used at medical, research, and industrial sites. The vast majority 

of these materials are not useful in an RDD. The materials that are the most deadly are also the 

hardest to obtain and handle.

Terrorist Pursuit of Radiological Weapons

Terrorists for many years have sought to acquire radioactive material for use in attacks. In 2004, 

British authorities arrested a British national, Dhiren Barot, and several associates on various 

charges, including conspiring to commit public nuisance by the use of radioactive materials. In 2006, 

Barot was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.

Fact Sheets on Radiological Weapons

› Nuclear Regulatory Commission

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/fs-dirty-bombs.html

› Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/dirtybombs.asp

› World Health Organization

www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/en/WHORAD_InfoSheet_Dirty_Bombs21Feb.pdf
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Indicators of a Possible Chemical Incident 

Indicators

Dead animals/birds/fish Not just an occasional incident, but numerous animals (wild and domestic, 

small and large), birds, and fish in the same area

Lack of insect life Normal insect activity (ground, air, and/or water) missing, dead insects 

evident in the ground/water surface/shoreline

Physical symptoms Numerous individuals experiencing unexplained water-like blisters, wheals 

(similar to bee stings), pinpointed pupils, choking, respiratory ailments 

and/or rashes

Mass casualties Numerous individuals exhibiting unexplained serious health problems ranging 

from nausea to disorientation to difficulty in breathing to convulsions and 

death

Definite pattern of 

casualties

Casualties distributed in a pattern that may be associated with possible agent 

dissemination methods

Illness associated with 

confined geographic area

Lower incidence of symptoms for people working indoors than outdoors, 

or the reverse

Unusual liquid droplets Numerous surfaces exhibiting oily droplets/film; numerous water surfaces 

displaying an oily film (no recent rain)

Areas that look different 

in appearance

Not just a patch of dead weeds, but trees, shrubs, bushes, food crops, 

and/or lawns that are dead, discolored, or withered (no current drought)

Unexplained odors Smells ranging from fruit/flower to sharp/pungent to garlic/horseradish-like to 

bitter almonds/peach kernels to newly mown hay; 

the particular odor is completely out of character with its surroundings

Low-lying clouds Low-lying cloud/fog-like condition that is not explained by its surroundings

Unusual metal debris Unexplained bomb/munitions-like material, especially if it contains a liquid (no 

recent rain)

A low-hanging cloud might be a sign of a 

chemical attack.
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Toxic Industrial Chemicals—Mitigation Measures

The term “toxic industrial 

chemicals” refers to a variety 

of chemicals used or created by 

industry that can have a significant 

impact on human health if 

released into the air or water. A potential threat 

exists for individuals located downwind or 

downstream from an accidental or intentional 

release of chemicals or for people situated near 

toxic industrial processes.

Toxic industrial chemicals may pose a risk 

when they are stored in large quantities in one 

location. An act of sabotage or an accident can 

result in a large release of toxic material into the 

air or water. Some material retains its lethality 

even after traveling a considerable distance. 

A release of chlorine gas into the surrounding 

air is but one example of the toxic industrial 

chemical threat.

Chlorine

Chlorine gas is irritating and corrosive to the 

airways, eyes, and skin.

Symptoms

Relatively low levels of chlorine gas exposure 

can cause sore throat, coughing, and eye and 

skin irritation, while higher levels can cause 

burning of the eyes and skin, nausea, temporary 

blindness, difficulty breathing, and chest pain. 

At high enough concentration, chlorine gas can 

cause immediate collapse and death.

Treatment

Chlorine cannot be exhaled. If chlorine contacts 

the skin, individuals should flush the affected 

areas immediately with plenty of water, 

then wash with soap and water. Clothing 

contaminated with chlorine should be 

removed immediately

Notify safety personnel 

Remove all sources of heat and ignition 

Keep combustibles (wood, paper, oil, etc.) 

away from the leak 

Ventilate potentially explosive atmospheres 

Evacuate the spill area for at least 50 feet 

(15 m) in all directions 

Find and stop the leak if this can be done 

without risk 

Use water spray to reduce vapors; do not put 

water directly on the leak or spill area

Tanks like this can contain as much as 9,000 gallons of 

toxic material.

In the event of exposure to a toxic 

chemical—and after the immediate 

danger and contamination have been 

dealt with—take the following steps:
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Ricin

Ricin, the toxin found in castor beans, is 

poisonous if inhaled, injected, or ingested. 

It kills cells by inhibiting protein synthesis. 

Treatment is available, but long-term organ 

damage in survivors is likely.

Inhalation

Symptoms

Within a few hours of inhaling significant 

amounts of ricin, the likely symptoms 

include respiratory distress, fever, cough, 

nausea, and tightness in the chest. Heavy 

sweating and fluid building up in the lungs 

may follow.

Ingestion

Symptoms

A person who ingests a significant amount 

of ricin would suffer from vomiting and 

diarrhea that may become bloody. Severe 

dehydration may result, followed by low 

blood pressure. Other symptoms may 

include hallucinations, seizures, and blood 

in the urine. Within several days, the 

person’s liver, spleen, and kidneys might 

stop working, resulting in death.

Treatment

A solution of saline and glucose is used to 

treat ricin poisoning.

www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/

Castor beans (shown on top) are used to produce Ricin, a deadly 

poison. They are similar in color and size to pinto beans (shown 

on bottom), but notice the small pointed protrusion on the end of 

each castor bean.

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Indicators of False Travel Documents

› Physically altered passports

› Passports with serial numbers that are 

watchlisted as lost or stolen

› Handwritten documents that are easily 

forged or altered

› Multiple passports used by the same person 

with variations in the spelling/structure of the 

name and of date of birth

› Ambiguous or contradictory information 

submitted to consular or border control officials

› Absence of supporting documents to 

corroborate passport information

› Passports with glued-in photographs

› Large gaps in travel history as reflected in 

stamps and visa

Ahmed Ressam, sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2005 

for planning to bomb Los Angeles International Airport 

on 31 December 1999, acquired this ostensibly genuine 

Canadian passport by using a fraudulent baptismal 

certificate; the obscured name was Western-sounding in 

an attempt to evade scrutiny at the border.

Stolen South African passport.

False travel documents are often based on lost 

or stolen passports. Prompt reporting of missing 

documents can be an effective deterrent to 

this threat.

• If you are overseas, report your lost or stolen 

passport to the nearest US embassy or 

consulate immediately.

• In the United States, report your lost or stolen 

passport to the Department of State’s Passport 

Services group; 

call 1-877-487-2778 (TTY 1-888-874-7793).

• If you find another person’s lost U.S. passport, 

please mail it in a sturdy envelope to:

US Department of State

Law Enforcement Liaison Division

Consular Lost and Stolen Passport Unit (CLASP)

CA/PPT/S/L/LE/CP

44132 Mercure Circle

PO Box 1227

Sterling, VA 20166-1227

For more information, please visit: 

http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/

passports/lost-stolen.html
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Have Suspicions?

The sites below are mostly for people living in the United States. Other countries maintain their 

own lists of fugitives and suspect groups. Residents of other countries should consult their own 

law enforcement agencies.

Want to report suspicious 

persons or activity?

Rewards for Justice

Website: www.rewardsforjustice.net, then click “Submit a Tip”

E-mail: info@rewardsforjustice.net 

Phone: In the United States, call 1-800-US REWARD (1-800-877-3927)

FBI

Website: https://tips.fbi.gov

Phone: In the United States, call 202-324-3000 [FBI main switchboard]

To find phone numbers of regional FBI offices in the United States, visit:

www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field

If outside the United States and want to reach the FBI, call the nearest 

US Embassy or Consulate office; for phone numbers, see 

http://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/legat

CIA

Website: www.cia.gov

Think you’ve seen a 

wanted person?

To view photographs of wanted terrorists, visit these sites:

• www.rewardsforjustice.net

• www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists

• www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorinfo

Wondering whether 

a business, charity, 

Nongovernmental 

Organization (NGO), 

or other entity has 

terrorist ties?

Do you want to make sure you can donate money to such an organization legally? 

View designated individuals and groups at these sites:

• Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm

• Individuals and entities designated under Executive Order 13224

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/143210.htm

• Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons

www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/t11sdn.pdf

www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnlist.txt

Other Resources • US National Counterterrorism Center

www.nctc.gov

• US State Department Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism

www.state.gov/s/ct

• US State Department Country Reports on Terrorism

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/index.htm
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State Sponsors of Terrorism

Countries determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support for acts 

of international terrorism are designated pursuant to three laws: section 6(j) of the Export 

Administration Act, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, and section 620A of the Foreign 

Assistance Act. Taken together, the four main categories of sanctions resulting from designation 

under these authorities include restrictions on U.S. foreign assistance; a ban on defense exports 

and sales; certain controls over exports of dual use items; and miscellaneous financial and 

other restrictions.

Designation under the above-referenced authorities also implicates other sanctions laws that 

penalize persons and countries engaging in certain trade with state sponsors. Currently there are 

three countries designated under these authorities: Iran, Sudan, and Syria.

To designate a country as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, the Secretary of State must determine that 

the government of such country has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. 

Once a country is designated, it remains a State Sponsor of Terrorism until the designation is 

rescinded in accordance with statutory criteria. A wide range of sanctions are imposed as a result of 

a State Sponsor of Terrorism designation, including:

› A ban on arms-related exports and sales

› Controls over exports of dual-use items, requiring 30-day Congressional notification for goods or 

services that could significantly enhance the terrorist-list country’s military capability or ability to 

support terrorism

› Prohibitions on economic assistance

› Imposition of miscellaneous financial and other restrictions.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239410.htm

Iran

19 January 1984

Sudan

12 August 1993

Syria

29 December 1979
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Logos

Law enforcement officers should be on the watch for these emblems and/or named groups during 

traffic stops and other contacts. These emblems may be found on jewelry, documents, posters, 

or other material. Displaying them may indicate membership in these groups and/or financial 

or general support for them. All groups whose logos are displayed on these pages, with one 

exception, have been designated by the US Department of State as either a Foreign Terrorist 

Organization or under Executive Order 13224. Lord’s Resistance Army’s logo is shown because its 

leader, Joseph Kony, has been designated under E.O. 13224.

17 November Al-Nusrah Front

Revolutionary 

Organization (17N)

Abu Nidal Organization 

(ANO) 

Abu Sayyaf Group 

(ASG)

Al-Aqsa Martyrs 

Brigade

Al-Qa‘ida (AQ) Al-Qa‘ida in Iraq (AQI) Al-Qa‘ida in the Lands 

of the Islamic Maghreb 

(AQIM)

Al-Shabaab

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis 

(ABM)

Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) 

Army of Islam (AOI) Aum Shinrikyo a.k.a. 

Aum Supreme Truth

Basque Fatherland and 

Liberty (ETA)

Republican

Poblachiach

Continuity Irish 

Republican Army 

(CIRA)

Revolutionary Armed 

Forces of Colombia 

(FARC)

Conspiracy of HAMAS

Fire Nuclei

Ansaru

Boko Haram
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Imirat Kavkaz Islamic Movement 

of Uzbekistan (IMU)

Logos

Shining Path 

(Sendero Luminoso)

Jemaah Islamiya (JI)

Jundallah (Iran) Kahane Chai (KACH) Kata’ib Hizballah (Iraq) Liberation Tigers of 

Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid Jemaah Islamiya (JI)

NI UN PASO ATRAS LIBERACION O MUERTE

E.L.N.

National Liberation 

Army (ELN)

New People’s Army 

(NPA)

Palestinian Liberation 

Front (PLF)

Palestine Islamic 

Jihad (PIJ)

Popular Front for the 

Liberation of Palestine 

(PFLP)

Revolutionary People’s 

Liberation Party/Front 

(DHKP/C)

Sect of Revolutionaries 

(Greece)

Jaish-e-Mohammed 

(JEM)

Kongra-Gel (KGK, 

formerly Kurdistan 

Worker’s Party,

PKK, KADEK)

Lord’s Resistance Army 

(LRA)

Harakat ul-Mujahidin Hizballah 

(Party of God) 

Indian Mujahedeen

Islamic State of Iraq 

and the Levant (ISIL)

Popular Front for the 

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Index

Symbols

14 February Youth Coalition 23, 39

17 November 4, 37, 51, 55, 67, 73, 89, 101, 109, 111, 

130, 152

25 April Movement 103

A

Aafia Siddiqui 140

Abbas Musawi 23

‘Abd al-Baset al-Megrahi 19

‘Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi 141

Abdallah Azzam Brigades 69

Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB) 4

Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli 12

Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhassan Haj Hamad 86, 88

Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed al-Nasser 114

Abdelmajid Dahoumane 35

Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama 88

Abdelraouf Abu Zaid Mohamed Hamza 86, 88

Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir 70

Abdulhakim Muhammad 53

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah 136

Abdullah al-Rimi 38

Abdullah Azzam Shaheed Brigade 55

Abdullahi Yare 72

Abdullah Nowbahar 127

Abdullah Ocalan 13, 21, 23, 61, 131

Abdul Rauf Zakir 125

Abdul Saboor 127

Abdurajak Abubaker Janjalani 111

Abu Anas al-Libi 139

Abu Ayyub al-Masri 41, 140

Abubakar Shekau 39, 76, 78

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 10, 16, 42

Abu Daoud 61

Abu Du’a 10, 16

Abu Faraj al-Libi 141

Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade 29

Abu Khabab al-Masri 140

Abu Layth al-Libi 141

Abu Mohammed al-Adnani 14

Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqawi 55, 57, 69, 141

Abu Nidal 57, 75, 135

Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) 4, 65, 81, 103, 135, 

152

Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) 4, 9, 51, 63, 71, 81, 87, 95, 

106, 111, 113, 152

Abu Solaiman 141

Abu Yahya al-Libi 53, 139

Abu-Yusuf al-Muhajir 138

Abu Zubaydah 141

Achille Lauro 89

Adam Gadahn 139

Adnan G. el Shukrijumah 139

Afghan Taliban 118

Ahmad Abu Khatallah 139

Ahmad Ibrahim al-Mughassil 112

Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed 139

Ahmed Ghailani 17

Ahmed Ressam 37

Aimal Kasi 17, 101, 141

al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade 4, 11, 17, 23, 31, 33, 35, 39, 

43, 59, 85, 115, 152

al-Baghdadi, Umar 41, 140

Aldo Moro 49

Aleksandr Suslikov 33

Alexandros Giotopoulos 67

Al-Faran 63

Al-Gama‘at al-Islamiyya 61, 101, 109

Ali Atwa 96

Ali Saed bin Ali el-Hoorie 110

Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri 26

al-Mulathamun Battalion 4, 50

al-Nusrah Front 4, 42, 152

al-Qa‘ida (AQ) 4, 9, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 32, 33, 40, 

42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 53, 55, 56, 57, 62, 63, 64, 68, 73, 

74, 76, 77, 81, 85, 89, 91, 95, 103, 105, 106, 107, 113, 

118, 120, 123, 124, 127, 128, 152

al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI, Islamic State of Iraq and the 

Levant, ISIL, formerly Islamic State of Iraq, ISI) 6, 

10, 12, 15, 25, 41, 43, 55, 75, 99, 109, 152

al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) 4, 11, 28, 

30, 32, 34, 49, 78, 87, 107, 113, 115

al-Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb 

(AQIM) 4, 9, 27, 43, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 59, 75, 

78, 80, 109, 115, 152

al-Qa’ida in the Lands of the Two Niles (AQTN) 86, 

88

al-Qa‘ida in Yemen (AQY) 28, 30

al-Shabaab (Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin) 4, 35, 

56, 57, 58, 60, 62, 64, 65, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 77, 78, 

85, 105, 152

Al-Sirat al-Mustaqim 49

Al-Zarqawi 69

ANO (Abu Nidal Organization) 4, 65, 81, 103, 113, 

135, 152

Ansar al-Dine (AAD) 4

Ansar al-Islam (AAI) 4

Ansar al-Sharia 49, 84, 152

Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi (AAS-B) 4, 84

Ansar al-Sharia in Darnah (AAS-D) 4, 84

Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (AAS-T) 4, 84

Ansar al-Sunna 9, 45, 63, 113

Ansar al-Tawhid 86, 88

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) 4, 129, 152

Ansaru 4, 80, 152

Anwar al-Aulaqi 28, 140

AOI (Army of Islam) 4, 115

AQ (al-Qa’ida) 4, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 33, 40, 42, 

44, 46, 55, 56, 62, 64, 68, 74, 76, 103, 105, 106, 107, 

The names of most individuals are indexed by first name only.
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113, 118, 120, 123, 124, 127, 128, 152

AQAP (al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula) 4, 11, 28, 

30, 32, 34, 49, 78, 87, 107, 113, 115

AQI (al-Qa’ida in Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and the 

Levant, ISIL, formerly Islamic State of Iraq, ISI) 4, 

10, 15, 25, 43, 53, 55, 73, 75, 99, 109, 152

AQIM (al-Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic 

Maghreb) 4, 9, 27, 43, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 59, 

73, 75, 78, 80, 109, 115, 152

AQY (al-Qa‘ida in Yemen) 28, 30

Arab Revolutionary Cells 35

Armed Islamic Group (GIA) 15, 33, 63, 69, 81, 93

Armed Revolutionary Brigades 37

Army of Islam (AOI) 4, 9, 115, 152

‘Asbat al-Ansar 4, 103

ASG (Abu Sayyaf Group) 4, 9, 51, 63, 71, 81, 87, 95, 

111, 113, 152

Atef, Muhammad 141

Atiyah ‘Abd al-Rahman 77, 140

Aum Shinrikyo (AUM) 4, 33, 51, 61, 65, 152

Avengers of the Infants 27

Ayman al-Zawahiri 18, 20, 26, 42, 50, 56, 57, 73

Azahari bin Husin 87, 141

Aziz Haqqani 122

B

Baitullah Mehsud 140

Baruch Goldstein 25

Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud 62

Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) 4, 45, 47, 65, 

67, 69, 93, 97, 99, 152

Benazir Bhutto 113

Binyamin Kahane 9, 113

Black September 27, 29, 79, 81, 95, 113

Blind Shaykh 15

Boko Haram 4, 15, 39, 45, 57, 65, 76, 77, 78, 80, 97, 

152

Bomb Threat Stand-Off Distances 142

Boston Marathon 39

C

C-4 143

Calvin Morgan 17

Carlos Leon Bledsoe 53

Carlos the Jackal 75, 77, 111

castor beans 148

Central Eurasia and Central Asia Terrorism 108

Christopher Leggett 44, 46, 48, 59

Christopher Stevens 83

Cleo A. Noel 27

Colleen LaRose 19

Common Explosives 143

Communist Party of India-Maoist 13, 117

Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s 

Army (CPP/NPA) 4

Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei (SPF) 130, 152

Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) 4, 152

D

Daniel Pearl 15

Dar es Salaam 17

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 73

David Headley 100

Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda 17, 

21

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine 25

Devrimci Sol 131, 132, 133, 134

Dhiren Barot 141, 145

DHKP/C (Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/

Front) 4, 19, 53, 131, 132, 133, 134, 153

Dirty Bomb 144

Djokhar Tsarnaev 39

Doku Umarov 17, 35

Dulmatin 140

Dursun Karatas 132, 133

E

Ed Seitz 95

Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) 26, 91, 101

EIJ (Egyptian Islamic Jihad) 26, 91, 101

ELA (Revolutionary Popular Struggle) 87, 130

ELN (National Liberation Army) 4, 11, 21, 43, 59, 71, 

77, 83, 97, 115, 117, 153

ETA (Basque Fatherland and Liberty) 45, 47, 65, 67, 

69, 93, 97, 99, 152

F

Fahd al-Quso 45, 139

Faisal Shahzad 45, 89

False Travel Documents 149

FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) 

4, 9, 19, 21, 25, 29, 43, 51, 59, 71, 81, 85, 87, 111, 

113, 152

Fatah 17

Fatah al-Islam 49

Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) 4

Frank Darling 17

Fuad Mohamed Khalaf 60

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I

Ibrahim al-Banna 34

Ibrahim Haji Jama 66

Ibrahim Hassan Tali al-Asiri 32

Ibrahim Salih Mohammed al-Yacoub 116

IJU (Islamic Jihad Union) 4, 108

Ikrima 70

Ilyas Kashmiri 140

‘Imad Mughniyah 21, 140

IM (Indian Mujahidin) 4

Imirat Kavkaz (IK) 9, 17, 108, 113, 153

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) 4

IMU (Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan) 4, 108, 153

Indian Mujahedeen (IM) 4, 47, 69, 153

Ingrid Betancourt 25, 61

Inquilab Mahaz 95

IRA 65

Iraultza 105

Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan 79

Islamic Dagestan Liberation Army 81

Islamic Jihad 33, 55, 57, 95

Islamic Jihad Organization 85

Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) 4, 108

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan 75

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) 4, 108, 127, 

153

Islamic Party (Somalia) 25

Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) 13, 27, 29, 

31, 35, 39, 41, 51, 53, 67, 69, 71, 75, 79, 87, 91, 103, 

105, 107, 109, 111, 115, 117, 152

Islamic State of Iraq (al-Qa’ida in Iraq, AQI, Islamic 

State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, ISI) 6, 15, 43, 

53, 55, 73, 75, 77, 97, 99, 109

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, al-Qa’ida 

in Iraq, AQI, formerly Islamic State of Iraq, ISI) 4, 

6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 33, 42, 55, 61, 73, 75, 

76, 77, 97, 99, 108, 109, 126, 129, 153

Isnilon Hapilon 106

Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades 79

G

Gama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group) (IG) 4

George C. Moore 27

George Tsantes 101

Ghazi Nasr al-Din 94

GIA (Armed Islamic Group) 15, 63, 69, 81, 93

Giotopoulos, Alexandros 67

Golden Dawn 130

Gracia Burnham 51

GRAPO (First of October Antifascist Resistance 

Group) 69

Greek Domestic Terrorism 130

Group of Popular Rebels (OLA) 130

GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat) 

44, 46, 85

Guillermo Sobero 51, 57

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 126

H

Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki 104

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed 102

Hakimullah Mehsud 139

Hamad el Khairy 54

HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement) 4, 11, 13, 

25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39, 41, 51, 53, 67, 69, 71, 75, 79, 

87, 91, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111, 115, 117, 152

Hambali 75, 141

Hamza Rabi‘a 141

Haqqani Network (HQN) 4, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 

125, 127

Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin (al-Shabaab) 35, 56, 

58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 78, 105, 152

Harakat-ul-Ansar 105

Harakat-ul-Jihad 29

Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B) 4

Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI) 4

Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) 4, 153

Harun Fazul 55, 140

Hasan Izz-al-Din 92

Have Suspicions? 150

Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) 126, 127

Hizballah 4, 23, 31, 37, 57, 63, 67, 90, 94, 103, 109, 

153

Hizb-ul-Mujahedin 105

HMTD (Hexamethlene Triperoxide Diamine) 143

HUJI-B (Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh) 4

HUM (Harakat ul-Mujahidin) 4, 153
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J

Jaber A. Elbaneh 40

Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) 4, 153

Jalal Bala’idi 34

Jalaluddin Haqqani 120

Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan 

(Ansaru) 80

Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) 100, 102, 104

Jamal Mohammad al-Badawi 36, 107

Jama Saeed Abdul Rahim 135

James Dozier 17, 109

Jamiat-ul-Mujahedin 113

Janjaweed Militia 39

Japanese Red Army 23, 53

JAT (Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid) 4, 153

Jehad Serwan Mostafa 64

Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT) 4, 153

Jemaah Islamiya (JI) 4, 35, 67, 87, 91, 106, 153

Jihad Jane 19

Jihad Union 81

JI (Jemaah Islamiya) 4, 35, 67, 87, 91, 153

John Granville 9, 86, 88

Jundallah 4, 153

Justice and Equality Movement 79, 97

K

Kabardino-Balkariyan Sector of the Caucasus Front 

91

Kahane Chai (KACH) 4, 153

Kata’ib Hizballah (KH) 4, 153

Keith Stansell 25, 61

KGK (Kongra-Gel, formerly Kurdistan Worker’s 

Party, PKK, KADEK) 13, 21, 27, 49, 61, 69, 131, 153

Khadafi Janjalani 81, 141

Khalid al-Barnawi 80

Khalid Shaykh Muhammad 27, 141

Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani 124

Khobar Towers 59

Kommando Gudrun Ensslin 83

Kongra-Gel (KGK, formerly Kurdistan Worker’s 

Party, PKK, KADEK) 4, 13, 21, 27, 49, 61, 69, 131, 

153

Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) 47

Kurdistan People’s Congress 131

Kurdistan Worker’s Party (Kongra-Gel, KGK, PKK, 

KADEK) 4, 13, 21, 27, 49, 61, 69, 131, 153

L

La Belle disco 37, 39

Lansing Bennett 17

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami 107

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) 4, 13, 23, 39, 117

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) 4, 59, 75, 85, 100, 102, 103, 

104, 109, 128

Laurence Foley 95

Lebanese Hizballah 59, 90, 92, 96, 98

Liban Haji Mohamed 74

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 4, 21, 27, 

29, 43, 49, 55, 63, 69, 79, 87, 89, 93, 103, 107, 111, 

153

Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) 4

LJ (Lashkar-e-Jhangvi) 4, 13, 117

Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) 11, 25, 71, 82, 85, 

115, 117, 153

LT (Lashkar-e-Tayyiba) 4, 59, 65, 75, 85, 100, 103, 

109, 128

M

M-19 25, 99

Malcolm Kerr 15

Malik Abou Abdelkarim 48

Malik Ishaq 139

Marc Gonsalves 25, 61

Martin Burnham 51

Mehmet Ali Agca 47

MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) 27, 101

Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) 77

Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim Mohamed 86, 88

Mohammed Abouhalima 53

Mohammed Ali Hamadei 13, 98, 117

Mohanad Osman Yousif Mohamed 86, 88

Mokhtar Belmokhtar 13, 44, 52

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) 27, 101

Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa 

(MUJAO) 54

MQM (Mohajir Qaumi Movement) 77

MRTA (Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) 41, 

109

Muhammad Abdullah Khalil Hussain ar-Rahayyal 

135

Muhammad Ahmed al-Munawar 135

Muhammad al-Harazi 107

Muhammad Ali Hamadei 49

Muhammad Atef 141

Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah 63

Muhsin al-Fadhli 139

Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah 141

Mujahidin Shura Council 51

Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of 

Jerusalem (MSC) 4

Mukhtar Robow 58

Mullah Omar 139

Musa Asoglu 132, 133, 134

Mustafa Setmariam Nasar 141

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Index

Q

Qasim al-Rimi 30

R

Radiological Threat 144

Radiological Threat—Facts and Mitigation 

Measures 145

Rafiq al-Hariri 23

Ra‘id al-Karmi 13

Ra‘id Hijazi 107

Rajiv Gandhi 47, 49

Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah 137

Ramzi Ahmed Yousef 11, 117

Ramzi Yousef 11, 141

Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) 4, 71

Red Army Faction 41, 53, 83, 105

Red Brigades 49, 109

Rehav‘am Ze‘evi 93

Revenge Falcons of Apo 31

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 

4, 19, 21, 25, 29, 43, 51, 59, 71, 81, 85, 87, 111, 113, 

152

Revolutionary Cells 43

Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N) 4, 

152

Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front 

(DHKP/C) 4, 19, 53, 131, 132, 133, 134, 153

Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA) 87, 130

Revolutionary Struggle (EA) 4, 13, 65, 117, 130

Rewards for Justice Program 1, 3, 150

Richard Reid 19, 111

Richard Welch 111

Ricin 148

RIRA (Real IRA) 4, 71

Robert Stethem 13, 57, 92, 98, 117

Ron Sanders 19

Ruhollah Khomeini 53

N

Nairobi, Kenya 17, 73

Najibullah Zazi 25, 41

Nasir al-Wahishi 139

National Liberation Army (ELN) 4, 11, 21, 43, 59, 71, 

77, 83, 97, 115, 117, 153

National Liberation Front of Tripura 99

National Redemption Front 63

National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah 

(NSCN-IM) 21

New People’s Army (NPA) 153

Nicholas Starr 17

Nidal Malik Hasan 77, 97

Nikolaos Maziotis 65, 139

Noordin Mat Top 67, 140

NSCN-IM (National Socialist Council of NagalandIsak-Muivah) 21

O

Ogaden National Liberation Front 15

Omar Hammami 139

P

Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) 4, 73, 93, 95, 97, 137, 

153

Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) 4, 153

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) 53

Palipehutu-FNL (Party for the Liberation of the Hutu 

People) 17

Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People 

(Palipehutu-FNL) 17

Party of God 153

Paul Johnson 57

PFLP-GC (PFLP-General Command) 4, 25, 39, 153

PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC) 4, 25, 39, 153

PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) 

4, 53, 61, 153

PIJ (Palestine Islamic Jihad) 4, 93, 95, 137, 153

PIRA (Provisional IRA) 21, 99, 109

PJAK (Kurdistan Free Life Party) 47

PKK (Kongra-Gel, KGK, formerly Kurdistan 

Worker’s Party, KADEK) 4, 13, 21, 27, 49, 61, 69, 

131, 153

PLF (Palestine Liberation Front) 4, 153

Popular Forces of Liberation 35

Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineGeneral Command 39, 153

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) 

4, 53, 61, 153

Possible Chemical Incident 146

Puerto Rican Nationalist Party 97
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S

Saddam Husayn 3

Saif al-Adel 24, 26

Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) 

44, 46, 85

Saleh Nabhan 140

Sanders, Ron 19

Sarin 33, 51, 61, 65

Saudi Hizballah 59, 110, 112, 114, 116

Save Kashmir Movement 37

Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia 77

Sect of Revolutionaries (Greece) 153

Sect of Revolutionaries (SE) 130

Seher Demir Sen 132, 133, 134

Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) 49, 89, 153

Shapur Bakhtiar 71

Shaykh Aminullah 128

Shaykh Sa‘id al-Masri 140

Shaykh Swedan 140

Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) 4, 89, 153

Shining Path (SL) 4, 89

Sirajuddin Haqqani 120, 121, 122, 123, 124

Somali Council of Islamic Courts 66

State Sponsors of Terrorism 151

Stephen Williams 17

Sudan People’s Liberation Army 25

Sulayman Bu Ghayth 33, 139

T

Taliban 11, 13, 19, 23, 25, 35, 37, 39, 45, 47, 49, 59, 

61, 65, 69, 71, 77, 83, 107, 115, 118, 119

Tamerlan Tsarnaev 39

Tanzania 17

Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili 16

Tawhid w’al Jihad-Egypt (TWJ-Egypt) 138

Tawhid Wal Jihad in West Africa (TWJWA) 50

Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) 4, 21, 29, 37, 45, 47, 

49, 51, 59, 65, 71, 91, 97, 109

Terrorist Designations 5

Terry Anderson 31

The Satanic Verses 65, 91

Thomas Howes 25, 61

Thor David Hesla 13

Those Who Sign With Blood 13

Timothy McVeigh 41

Toxic Industrial Chemicals 147

Tsutomu Shirosaki 23

TTP (Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan) 4, 21, 29, 37, 45, 49, 

51, 59, 65, 71, 91, 97, 109

Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) 41, 

109

Turkish Domestic Terrorism 131

TWJWA (Al-Tawhid Wal Jihad in West Africa) 50

U

ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) 9, 11, 115

‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahman 15, 87, 141

Umar al-Baghdadi 41, 140

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab 28, 113

Umarov, Doku 17, 35

Umar Patek 35, 73, 140

Union of Kurdistan 53

United Baluch Army 117

United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) 9, 11, 115

Usama al-Kini 140

Usama Bin Ladin 18, 20, 25, 29, 33, 45, 57, 77, 83, 

87, 91, 101, 118, 120, 140

Usman Adil 75

USS Cole 18, 36, 38, 45, 91, 107

V

W

Wadoud Muhammad Hafiz al-Turki 135

Wali Ur Rehman 139

Warren Weinstein 73

Westgate mall 85

William Buckley 31

William Nordeen 61

World Trade Center 15, 25, 53, 83, 117

X

Y

Yahya Abu el Hammam 46

Yasin al-Suri 22

Yasin Kilwe 68

Yousef, Ramzi Ahmed 11, 117

Z

Zacarias Moussaoui 45

Zarein Ahmedzay 41

Zero Tolerance Organization (ZTO) 130

Zerrin Sari 132, 133, 134

Zulkifli bin Hir 139

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Bomb Threat Call Procedures

• Keep caller on the line—the longer he/she talks, the more we can learn.

• Record as much of the message as possible on the form below—try to get exact words.

• Tell the caller (if applicable) that the building is occupied and that the threatened action could result 

in the death or serious injury to many innocent persons.

• Immediately upon termination of the call report information to Security.

Date: Time of Call: Time Caller Hung Up: Ext. No.:

Exact message (if possible):

Ask Caller:

Where is bomb located? (Building, Floor, Room, etc.)

When will it go off?

What did it look like?

Why?

Who put it there?

Caller’s Name?

Information About Caller:

Where is caller? (Describe background and level of noise)

Sex: Male Female

Pitch of Voice: Low Moderate High

Speech: Stutter Accent Peculiar Dialect

Other:

Estimated age:

Name and Room Number of Person Receiving Call:

Caller’s Voice Background Sounds Threat Language

Calm

Angry

Excited

Slow

Rapid

Soft

Loud

Laughter

Crying

Normal

Distinct

Slurred

Nasal

Stutter

Lisp

Raspy

Deep

Ragged

Clearing Throat

Deep Breathing

Cracking Voice

Disguised

Accent

Whispered

Voices

Music

Motor

Clear

Crockery

Street Noises

Office Machinery

Factory Machinery

Animal Noises

Long Distance

House Noises

PA System

Static

Local

Booth

Other

Well Spoken (Educated)

Foul

Irrational

Message Read by Threat Maker

Taped

Incoherent

Report Call 

Immediately To:

Name:

Phone Number:

Today’s Date:

Your Name:

Position:

Phone Number:

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