THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER

COUNTERTERRORISM

2015 CALENDAR
COVER IMAGE “Freedom Tower, New York City, NY.” Photo by Erica Smith
The US National Counterterrorism Center is pleased to present the 2015 

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. 

Under US law, NCTC focuses exclusively on international terrorism. 

There are other organized groups that engage in violent acts—some 

are criminal organizations with no political or social agenda, and some 

are domestic terrorist groups; however, this calendar reflects NCTC’s 

international focus. Senior Intelligence Community officials assess the 

greatest international terrorist threats currently facing the United States 

come from violent extremists inspired by al-Qa‘ida, including its allies 

and affiliates, who are committed to conducting attacks inside the United 

States and abroad. These groups promote an ideology that presents 

a radical vision of Islam that is not followed or endorsed by the vast 

majority of Muslims.

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 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 1436 (known in the West by the Latin 

term Anno Hegirae, or A.H.), fell on 25 October 

2014; in A.H. 1437, 1 Muharram falls on 15 

October 2015. Because of lunar observation, 

differences in time zones, and local customs, 

the observance of Islamic holidays and days of 

the calendar 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 15 August 2014. 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 (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

› Ansar al-Sharia in Darnah

› Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia

› 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 USG 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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Established by Usama Bin Ladin in 1988 with 

Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the 

Soviet Union, al-Qa‘ida’s declared goal is 

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 and now the leader of al-Qa‘ida, 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 same time period, 

Al-Qa‘ida’s the numbers of Al-Qa‘ida-affiliated 

groups increased.

Following the 2011 death of Bin Ladin, al-Qa‘ida 

leaders moved quickly to name al-Zawahiri as 

his successor. The group remains a cohesive 

organization and what is widely called 

al-Qa‘ida’s Core leadership continues to be 

important to the global movement despite 

leadership losses. Other jihadist groups, 

however, like the Islamic State of Iraq and the 

Levant (ISIL), have gained prominence and 

challenged the Core’s global leadership.

Al-Qa‘ida remains 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.

Moving forward into 2015, the group could 

seek to reconstitute the remnants of the group 

in Afghanistan. Al-Qa‘ida’s 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/2013/224829.htm

Al-Qa‘ida

Ayman al-Zawahiri
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2014/2015 December/January

1972, Thailand: Black September takes hostages and seizes Israeli 

Embassy; hostages released in return for safe conduct

SUNDAY 6 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

MONDAY 7 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

TUESDAY 8 Rabi` al-Awwal 30

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

killed in ambush by members of Force 17

WEDNESDAY 9 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

THURSDAY 10 Rabi` al-Awwal, 

A.H. 1436 1

New Year’s Day, 2015

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

FRIDAY 11 Rabi` al-Awwal 2

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

first responders in Khash Rod; Taliban claim responsibility

SATURDAY 12 Rabi` al-Awwal 3 Islamic: Mawlid an-Nabi 

(Birthday of Muhammad, 570 C.E. 

[approximate]; observed by Sunni)
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Ayman al-Zawahiri

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, attacks that killed 224 

civilians and wounded over 

5,000 others.

Ayman al-Zawahiri 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.

REWARD

Up to $25 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
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January

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

kidnapped in separate incidents; Lord's Resistance Army believed 

responsible

SUNDAY 13 Rabi` al-Awwal 4 Islamic: Death of Muhammad (11 

A.H., 632 C.E.; approximate)

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

MONDAY 14 Rabi` al-Awwal 5

1963, Colombia: National Liberation Army (ELN) founded TUESDAY 15 Rabi` al-Awwal 6 Christian: Epiphany

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

United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) claims responsibility

WEDNESDAY 16 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

THURSDAY 17 Rabi` al-Awwal 8 Islamic: Mawlid an-Nabi 

(Birthday of Muhammad, 570 C.E. 

[approximate]; observed by Shia)

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

15 more and kills one

FRIDAY 18 Rabi` al-Awwal 9

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

SATURDAY 19 Rabi` al-Awwal 10
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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, Yasin 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.

Yasin 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 

him and have permitted him to 

operate within Iran’s borders 

since 2005.

Yasin 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. He 

funnels significant funds 

via Iran for onward passage 

to al-Qa‘ida’s leadership in 

Afghanistan and Iraq.

Working with the Iranian 

government, Yasin al-Suri 

arranges the release of 

al-Qa‘ida personnel from 

Iranian prisons. When 

al-Qa‘ida operatives are 

released, the Iranian 

government transfers them 

to al-Suri, who then facilitates 

their travel to Pakistan.

REWARD

Up to $10 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
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January

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

responsibility but Communist Party of India-Maoist widely suspected

SUNDAY 20 Rabi` al-Awwal 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

MONDAY 21 Rabi` al-Awwal 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

TUESDAY 22 Rabi` al-Awwal 13

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

including American Thor David Hesla; Taliban claim responsibility

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

10 at Erez Crossing

WEDNESDAY 23 Rabi` al-Awwal 14

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

bomb outside his home; Israel implicated

THURSDAY 24 Rabi` al-Awwal 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

FRIDAY 25 Rabi` al-Awwal 16

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

SATURDAY 26 Rabi` al-Awwal 17
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crew members, killed one, 

and released 50,000 barrels 

of crude oil along 45 miles of 

coastline. 

He is wanted by law 

enforcement authorities 

in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, 

and the United States for 

terrorism-related activities. In 

June 2005, Saudi authorities 

placed him on a list of wanted 

suspects in connection with 

a series of terrorist attacks 

in Saudi Arabia. Al-Fadhli 

and three other suspects 

were convicted in a Kuwaiti 

court in February 2003 for 

providing funding for terrorist 

activities and military training 

in Afghanistan for purposes 

of terrorism.

Al-Fadhli fought alongside 

the Taliban and Al-Qa‘ida in 

Afghanistan and is reported 

to have been among the few 

trusted Al-Qa‘ida operatives 

who received advance 

notification that terrorists 

would strike the United States 

on 11 September 2001. 

ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Muhsin Fadhil ‘Ayyid al-Fadhli, 

Muhsin Fadil Ayid Ashur 

al-Fadhli, Abu Majid Samiyah, 

Abu Samia, Dawud al Asadi

DATE OF BIRTH: 24 April 1981

PLACE OF BIRTH: Kuwait

COMPLEXION: Olive

HAIR: Black

EYES: Black

HEIGHT: 5’5” (165 cm)

CITIZENSHIP: Kuwaiti

PASSPORT: Kuwait, 001313585; 

Kuwait, 106261543

STATUS UPDATE

Muhsin al-Fadhli was reported 

to have died in Syria in 

September 2014, according to 

press and social media sites.

Muhsin al-Fadhli is an 

Iran-based senior Al-Qa‘ida 

facilitator and financier. He has 

reportedly replaced Ezedin 

Abdel Aziz Khalil (better known 

as Yasin al-Suri) as Al-Qa‘ida’s 

senior leader in Iran. 

Al-Fadhli was designated by 

the US Department of the 

Treasury pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224 on 15 February 

2005 for providing financial 

and material support to the 

al-Zarqawi network and 

Al-Qa‘ida. On 17 February 

2005, the UN Security 

Council’s Al-Qa‘ida Sanctions 

Committee listed al-Fadhli for 

participating in the financing, 

planning, facilitating, 

preparing, or perpetration 

of Al-Qa‘ida acts. The listing 

subjects him to international 

freezing of assets, a travel ban, 

and an embargo on supply 

of equipment and other legal 

assistance. 

At that time, Muhsin al-Fadhli 

was considered an Al-Qa‘ida 

leader in the Gulf countries 

and provided support to 

Iraq-based fighters against US 

and multinational forces. He 

was also considered a major 

facilitator to Abu Mus’ab 

al-Zarqawi and prior to that 

was involved in several attacks 

in October 2002 including the 

attack on the French ship, MV 

Limburg, which injured four 

Muhsin al-Fadhli
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January

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

SUNDAY 27 Rabi` al-Awwal 18

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

Ogaden National Liberation Front believed responsible

MONDAY 28 Rabi` al-Awwal 19

US: Birthday of Martin Luther 

King, Jr., observed

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

TUESDAY 29 Rabi` al-Awwal 20

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

US contractor and wounding another

WEDNESDAY 30 Rabi` al-Awwal 21

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

84 others sentenced in mass trial

THURSDAY 1 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

FRIDAY 2 Rabi` al-Thani 23

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

SATURDAY 3 Rabi` al-Thani 24
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

‘Adil Radi Saqr al-Wahbi 

al-Harbi, Adel Radhi Sager 

Alharbi, Muharib, Abu Ali 

Muharib

DATE OF BIRTH: 1 December 1986

PLACE OF BIRTH: Buraydah, Saudi 

Arabia

NATIONALITY: Saudi Arabian

NATIONAL IDENTITY NUMBER:

1059887057

PASSPORT: Saudi Arabia, J110141; 

issued 18 April 2010; expires 22 

February 2015

WANTED

Adel Radi Saqr al-Wahabi 

al-Harbi is an Iran-based 

senior Al-Qa‘ida facilitator and 

serves as the deputy to Muhsin 

al-Fadhli. In his capacity as 

the number two to al-Fadhli, 

al-Harbi facilitates the travel 

of extremists to Afghanistan 

or Iraq via Iran on behalf of 

Al-Qa‘ida and is believed to 

have sought funds to support 

Al-Qa‘ida attacks.

Al-Harbi was previously placed 

on the Saudi Arabian Ministry 

of Interior’s 9 January 2011 

list of wanted terrorists and 

was charged with traveling to 

Afghanistan to join Al-Qa‘ida 

and providing technical 

support on the Internet to the 

terrorist group.

Adel Radi Saqr al-Wahabi al-Harbi
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January

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

SUNDAY 4 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

MONDAY 5 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

TUESDAY 6 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

WEDNESDAY 7 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

THURSDAY 8 Rabi` al-Thani 29

2010, Afghanistan: Female suicide bomber kills 14 civilians and 3 

soldiers in Khar; no claim of responsibility

FRIDAY 9 Rabi` al-Thani 30

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

SATURDAY 10 Rabi` al-Thani 31
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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. 

The embassy bombings 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.

Saif al-Adel
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February

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

SUNDAY 11 Rabi` al-Thani 1

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

many more in Tarin Kot; Taliban claim responsibility

MONDAY 12 Rabi` al-Thani 2

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

compliance with Arab Antiterrorism Convention

TUESDAY 13 Rabi` al-Thani 3

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

FARC claims responsibility

WEDNESDAY 14 Rabi` al-Thani 4

Sri Lanka: Independence Day

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

terrorism

THURSDAY 15 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

FRIDAY 16 Rabi` al-Thani 6

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

Minister John Major’s residence wound three; PIRA responsible

SATURDAY 17 Rabi` al-Thani 7
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Adnan G. el Shukri Jumah; 

Abu Arif; Ja’far al-Tayar; Jaffar 

al-Tayyar; Jafar Tayar; Jaafar 

al-Tayyar

DATE OF BIRTH: 4 August 1975

PLACE OF BIRTH: Saudi Arabia

HEIGHT: 5’3” to 5’7” (160-170 cm)

BUILD: Medium to Heavy

HAIR: Black

EYES: Black

COMPLEXION: Olive

CITIZENSHIP: Guyanese

SCARS/DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

El Shukrijumah occasionally 

wears a beard. He carries a 

Guyanese passport, but may 

attempt to enter the United 

States with a Saudi, Canadian, 

or Trinidadian passport. 

WANTED

Adnan G. El Shukrijumah 

was indicted in the Eastern 

District of New York in July of 

2010 for his alleged role in a 

terrorist plot to attack targets 

in the United States and the 

United Kingdom. One plot was 

uncovered in September of 

2009 and targeted New York 

City’s subway system. That 

failed plot was directed by 

senior Al-Qa‘ida leadership 

in Pakistan and was also 

directly related to a scheme by 

Al-Qa‘ida plotters in Pakistan 

to use Western operatives to 

attack a target in the United 

States. El Shukrijumah is 

thought to have served as one 

of the leaders of Al-Qa‘ida’s 

external operations program.

Adnan G. el Shukrijumah
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February

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

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

responsibility

SUNDAY 18 Rabi` al-Thani 8

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

MONDAY 19 Rabi` al-Thani 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

TUESDAY 20 Rabi` al-Thani 10

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

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

Rwanda believed responsible

WEDNESDAY 21 Rabi` al-Thani 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

THURSDAY 22 Rabi` al-Thani 12

US: Lincoln’s Birthday

2000, Colombia: FARC, ELN stage attacks, kill 12, kidnap 16 FRIDAY 23 Rabi` al-Thani 13

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

SATURDAY 24 Rabi` al-Thani 14

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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.

Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri 
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February

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

Turkey; arrest sparks Kurdish protests across Europe

SUNDAY 25 Rabi` al-Thani 15

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

MONDAY 26 Rabi` al-Thani 16

US: Washington's Birthday 

observed

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

bombing in Kandahar; Taliban believed responsible

TUESDAY 27 Rabi` al-Thani 17

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

Brigade claims responsibility

WEDNESDAY 28 Rabi` al-Thani 18 Christian: Ash Wednesday

2001, UK: Terrorism Act 2000 enacted THURSDAY 29 Rabi` al-Thani 19

Chinese New Year (Year of the 

Sheep)

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

FRIDAY 1 Jumada al-Ula 20

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

SATURDAY 2 Jumada al-Ula 21
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Azzam al-Amriki, Azzam the 

American, Abu Suhayb al 

Amriki, Abu Suhail al-Amriki, 

Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin 

Adams, Adam Pearlman, Yayah

DATE OF BIRTH: 1 September 1978

PLACE OF BIRTH: United States

CITIZENSHIP: American

HEIGHT: 5’11” (180 cm)

WEIGHT: 210 lbs (95 kg)

HAIR: Brown

EYES: Brown/Hazel

COMPLEXION: Light

BUILD: Medium

LANGUAGES: Arabic, English

SCARS/DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

Gadahn has scars on his chest 

and right forearm.

WANTED

Adam Yahiye Gadahn was 

indicted in the Central District 

of California for treason and 

material support to Al-Qa‘ida. 

The charges are related to 

Gadahn’s alleged involvement 

in a number of terrorist 

activities, including providing 

aid and comfort to Al-Qa‘ida 

and services for Al-Qa‘ida.

Adam Yahiye Gadahn
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February

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; alQa‘ida in Iraq claims responsibility for attack

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

SUNDAY 3 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

MONDAY 4 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

TUESDAY 5 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

WEDNESDAY 6 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

THURSDAY 7 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

FRIDAY 8 Jumada al-Ula 27

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

SATURDAY 9 Jumada al-Ula 28
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the 

Levant (ISIL)—formerly known 

as al-Qa‘ida in Iraq and Islamic 

State of Iraq—was established 

in April 2004 by long-time 

Sunni extremist Abu Mus‘ab 

al-Zarqawi, who the same year 

pledged his group’s allegiance 

to Usama Bin Ladin. ISIL 

targeted Coalition forces and 

civilians using high-profile 

tactics such as vehicle-borne 

improvised explosive devices 

(VBIEDs), suicide bombers, and hostage 

executions, to pressure foreign countries and 

companies to leave Iraq, push Iraqis to stop 

supporting the United States and the Iraqi 

Government, and attract additional cadre to its 

ranks. 

Following al-Zarqawi’s death in June 2006, ISIL’s 

new leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, announced 

in October 2006 the formation of the Islamic 

State of Iraq, led by Iraqi national Abu ‘Umar 

al-Baghdadi, in an attempt to politicize the 

group’s terrorist activities and place an “Iraqi 

face” on their efforts.

In 2007, ISIL’s continued targeting and 

repression of Sunni civilians in Iraq caused 

a widespread backlash—known as the 

Sunni Awakening—against the group. 

The development of the Awakening 

Councils—composed primarily of Sunni tribal 

and local community leaders—coincided with 

a surge in Coalition and Iraqi Government 

operations, resulting in a decreased attack 

tempo beginning in mid-2007.

ISIL’s current leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 

assumed power following the death of both 

Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu ‘Umar al-Baghdadi 

in April 2010. Under his authority, the group 

has continued conducting high-profile attacks 

across Iraq. ISIL has expanded its ranks through 

prison breaks and integration of fighters drawn 

to the Syrian conflict.

In April 2013, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi publicly 

declared the group’s presence in Syria under 

the name ISIL and that ISIL had founded the 

al-Nusrah Front in Syria. Al-Nusrah Front 

in June 2013 publicly pledged allegiance 

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

disagreement and ISIL’s hardline ideology 

caused a backlash in Syria. ISIL rejected 

al-Nusrah Front, Syrian opposition enemies, 

and al-Qa‘ida’s efforts to force the group to 

leave Syria.

In February 2014, al-Qa‘ida publicly stated ISIL 

was no longer a branch of al-Qa‘ida, a status 

the group had held since 2004. ISIL in April 

2014 responded to the disavowal by publicly 

attacking al-Qa‘ida as being unfit for Usama Bin 

Ladin’s legacy and stating that ISIL was a better 

example for jihadists. Major ISIL-led efforts 

to overthrow the Iraqi Government erupted in 

June 2014, freeing prisoners and gaining access 

to more weapons and vehicles usable in Iraq 

or Syria. In late June 2014, ISIL declared the 

establishment of an Islamic caliphate under 

the name the “Islamic State” and called for all 

Muslims to pledge allegiance to the group.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2014 attributed the 

backlash in Syria to the United States and 

threatened a direct confrontation. The arrests 

in May 2011 of two Iraqi refugees in Kentucky 

affiliated with the group highlight the potential 

threat inside the United States from people 

associated with ISIL.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224823.htm

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)/Al-Qa‘ida in Iraq (AQI)

Abu Baqr 

al-Baghdadi, also 

known as Abu 

Du‘a; handout 

circulated by Iraqi 

Government
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March

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

SUNDAY 10 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

MONDAY 11 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 

TUESDAY 12 Jumada al-Ula 3

1999, Turkey: Suspected PKK suicide bomber kills three in Batman WEDNESDAY 13 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

THURSDAY 14 Jumada al-Ula 5 Jewish: Purim (Feast of Lots)

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

FRIDAY 15 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

SATURDAY 16 Jumada al-Ula 7
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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. He 

has claimed responsibility 

for the June 2013 operations 

against the Abu Ghraib prison 

outside Baghdad and the 

March 2013 suicide-bombing 

assault on the Ministry of 

Justice, among other attacks 

against Iraqi Security Forces 

and Iraqi citizens going about 

their daily lives.

Abu Du’a is 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.

Abu Du’a
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March

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

SUNDAY 17 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, D.C; siege ends two days later with 149 hostages released, 

journalist and police officer killed

MONDAY 18 Jumada al-Ula 9

2000, Sri Lanka: LTTE conducts suicide motorcade ambush; 29 killed, 70 

wounded

TUESDAY 19 Jumada al-Ula 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

WEDNESDAY 20 Jumada al-Ula 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

THURSDAY 21 Jumada al-Ula 12

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

Revenge Falcons of Apo claims responsibility

FRIDAY 22 Jumada al-Ula 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

SATURDAY 23 Jumada al-Ula 14
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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.

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 jihadist 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/2013/224823.htm

Al-Nusrah Front
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March

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

escape. Two hostages and one hijacker killed, remaining hostages 

released

SUNDAY 24 Jumada al-Ula 15

1985, Lebanon: US journalist Terry Anderson kidnapped 

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

Hizballah

MONDAY 25 Jumada al-Ula 16

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

wounding 220; Lebanese Hizballah claims responsibility

TUESDAY 26 Jumada al-Ula 17

Christian: St. Patrick’s Day

WEDNESDAY 27 Jumada al-Ula 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 alQassam Brigades, claims responsibility

2007, Afghanistan: Suicide bomber attacks US Embassy convoy, 

wounding two officials and one Afghan child; Taliban claim 

responsibility

THURSDAY 28 Jumada al-Ula 19

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

FRIDAY 29 Jumada al-Ula 20 Tunisia: Independence Day

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

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

SATURDAY 30 Jumada al-Ula 21

Iran and Afghanistan: Nowruz 

(Persian New Year)
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Ahmad Abou-Samra, Abu Fadl, 

Ahmad Abou, Ahmad Abou 

Samira, Ahmad Samra, Ahmad 

Abu Samra, Ahmad Abou 

Samra

DATE OF BIRTH USED: 19 September 

1981

PLACE OF BIRTH: France

CITIZENSHIP: Syrian, United States

HEIGHT: 5’11” (180 cm)

WEIGHT: 170 lbs (77 kg)

HAIR: Dark brown

EYES: Brown

BUILD: Slim

LANGUAGES: English, Arabic

WANTED

Ahmad Abousamra was 

indicted after taking multiple 

trips to Pakistan and Yemen 

where he allegedly attempted 

to obtain military training 

for the purpose of killing 

American soldiers overseas. 

On 5 November 2009, a federal 

arrest warrant was issued 

for Abousamra in the United 

States District Court, District 

of Massachusetts, Boston, 

Massachusetts, after he was 

charged with conspiracy to 

provide material support 

to terrorists; providing 

and attempting to provide 

material support to terrorists; 

conspiracy to kill in a foreign 

country; conspiracy; and false 

statements. 

Abousamra grew up near 

Boston, Massachusetts, and 

also has ties to the Detroit, 

Michigan, area. Abousamra 

is thought to have left the 

United States in 2006, and 

may now be living in Aleppo, 

Syria. He may be with his 

wife and at least one child, a 

young daughter.

Ahmad Abousamra

FBI Most Wanted Terrorists, 2004

FBI, 2002 FBI, 2002
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March

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

bombing attempt in Moscow 

1945, Egypt: Arab League founded

SUNDAY 1 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

MONDAY 2 Jumada al-Akhirah 23 Pakistan: Pakistan Day

2003, India: Armed militants dressed in military uniforms kill 24 TUESDAY 3 Jumada al-Akhirah 24

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

Sabari; no claim of responsibility

WEDNESDAY 4 Jumada al-Akhirah 25

2014, US: Sulayman Bu Ghayth, 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

THURSDAY 5 Jumada al-Akhirah 26

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

FRIDAY 6 Jumada al-Akhirah 27

2007, Greece: Grenade attack damages vehicles in Thessaloniki but 

causes no injuries; anarchists believed responsible

SATURDAY 7 Jumada al-Akhirah 28
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Al-Qa‘ida in the Arabian 

Peninsula (AQAP) is a Sunni 

extremist group based in Yemen 

that has orchestrated numerous 

high-profile terrorist attacks. 

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 attempted attack in 

which explosive-laden packages were sent to 

the United States on 27 October 2010. The year 

2010 also saw the launch of Inspire magazine, an 

AQAP-branded, English-language publication 

that first appeared in July, followed by the 

establishment of AQAP’s Arabic-language 

al-Madad News Agency in 2011. 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. 

In August 2013, the US State Department 

temporarily closed several embassies in 

response to a threat associated with AQAP. 

Since then, AQAP has conducted a number of 

high-profile attacks inside Yemen targeting 

the Yemeni Government, including a complex, 

multistage 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 after attacking 

Sanaa’s central prison. Shortly thereafter the 

group released a video entitled “Drops of Rain,” 

which depicted a large gathering of AQAP 

members operating openly while their leader 

threatened the United States. In May 2014, the 

US Embassy in Sanaa closed for a month due to 

a heightened threat from the group.

AQAP’s predecessor, al-Qa‘ida in Yemen 

(AQY), came into existence after the escape of 

23 al-Qa‘ida members from prison in Sanaa, 

in February 2006. Several escapees helped 

reestablish the group and later identified fellow 

escapee al-Wahishi as the group’s new amir. 

AQY in early 2008 dramatically increased its 

operational tempo, carrying out small-arms 

attacks on foreign tourists and a series of mortar 

attacks against the US and Italian Embassies in 

Sanaa, the presidential compound, and Yemeni 

military complexes. In September 2008 the 

group attacked the US Embassy in Sanaa using 

two vehicle bombs that detonated outside the 

compound, killing 19 people.

AQAP emerged in January 2009 following an 

announcement that Yemeni and Saudi terrorists 

were unifying under a common banner. The 

leadership of this new organization was 

composed of the group’s amir, Nasir al-Wahishi; 

now-deceased deputy amir Sa‘id al-Shahri; 

and military commander Qasim al-Rimi, all 

veteran extremist leaders. The group has 

targeted local, US, and Western interests in the 

Arabian Peninsula, but is now pursuing a global 

strategy. AQAP elements withdrew from their 

southern Yemen strongholds in June 2012, when 

Yemeni military forces under new President 

Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi—with the support 

of local tribesmen—regained control of cities in 

Abyan and Shabwah that had served as AQAP 

strongholds since 2011. 

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224823.htm

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

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Nasir al-Wahishi
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March/April

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

SUNDAY 8 Jumada al-Akhirah 29 Christian: Palm Sunday

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; alAqsa Martyrs Brigade claims responsibility

MONDAY 9 Jumada al-Akhirah 30 Palestinian: Land Day (Yawm alArd), 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

TUESDAY 10 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 WEDNESDAY 11 Jumada al-Akhirah 1

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

killing 16 and wounding 55 

2001, Gaza Strip: PIJ official Muhammad ‘Abd al-Il‘al killed in Israeli 

rocket attack 

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

wounding nine; Arab Revolutionary Cells claims responsibility

THURSDAY 12 Jumada al-Akhirah 2

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

FRIDAY 13 Jumada al-Akhirah 3 Christian: Good Friday

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

and wounding 200; Libyan operatives responsible

SATURDAY 14 Jumada al-Akhirah 4 Jewish: Passover (lasts one week)

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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 or 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

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

killing two passengers; standoff ends 16 days later with remaining 

hostages released

SUNDAY 15 Jumada al-Akhirah 5 Christian: Easter

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

Los Angeles International Airport on 31 December 1999

MONDAY 16 Jumada al-Akhirah 6

1998, Greece: Rocket attack damages Citibank building and others; 17 

November claims responsibility on 9 April 2001

TUESDAY 17 Jumada al-Akhirah 7

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

election rally in Uri; Save Kashmir Movement claims responsibility

WEDNESDAY 18 Jumada al-Akhirah 8

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

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

believed responsible

THURSDAY 19 Jumada al-Akhirah 9 Tunisia: Martyrs Day

2002, Israel: HAMAS suicide bomber kills eight, wounds 22 in bus attack FRIDAY 20 Jumada al-Akhirah 10

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

Command founded

SATURDAY 21 Jumada al-Akhirah 11 Jewish: Passover (7th day; in 

Israel, Passover ends at sundown)
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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

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and dangerous.

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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: Suicide bomber kills six, wounds 104 in Jerusalem; al-Aqsa 

Martyrs Brigade responsible

SUNDAY 22 Jumada al-Akhirah 12 Jewish: Passover (8th day; ends at 

sundown)

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

no claim of responsibility but Janjaweed Militia widely believed 

responsible

MONDAY 23 Jumada al-Akhirah 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

TUESDAY 24 Jumada al-Akhirah 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

WEDNESDAY 25 Jumada al-Akhirah 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

THURSDAY 26 Jumada al-Akhirah 16 Israel: Holocaust Remembrance 

Day (Yom HaShoah)

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

al-Rantisi

FRIDAY 27 Jumada al-Akhirah 17

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

SATURDAY 28 Jumada al-Akhirah 18
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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 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

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

SUNDAY 29 Jumada al-Akhirah 19

1998, Germany: Red Army Faction announces dissolution MONDAY 1 Rajab 20

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

TUESDAY 2 Rajab 21

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

residence ends with 17 dead, 71 freed; MRTA responsible

WEDNESDAY 3 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

THURSDAY 4 Rajab 23 Israel: Independence Day (Yom 

Ha'atzmaut)

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

FARC believed responsible

FRIDAY 5 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 

SATURDAY 6 Rajab 25

Egypt: Sinai Liberation Day
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Al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the 

Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is an 

Algeria-based Sunni Muslim 

jihadist 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. 

The current leader of AQIM is Abdelmalek 

Droukdal, who has been in charge of AQIM since 

it was founded in 1998 as the GSPC. 

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. Since the French-led military 

intervention in early 2013, however, the group 

has reduced its presence in northern Mali and 

expanded into Libya and Tunisia. AQIM mainly 

employs conventional terrorist tactics, including 

guerrilla-style ambushes, mortar, rocket, and 

IED attacks. The group’s principal sources 

of revenue include extortion, kidnapping for 

ransom, and donations. In May 2009, AQIM 

announced it had killed a British hostage 

after months of failed negotiations. In June 

of the same year, 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 five 

French, one South African, one Dutch, and one 

Swede hostage.

In 2012, AQIM took advantage of political chaos 

in northern Mali to consolidate its control 

there and worked with the secular Azawad 

National Liberation Movement (MNLA) to secure 

independence in Kidal, Gao, and Timbuktu for 

ethnic Tuaregs. The Islamic militant group Ansar 

al-Dine was formed to support the creation of an 

Islamic state in Mali ruled by sharia.

Since 2011, dissident groups of AQIM 

members broke away to form Movement for 

Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) 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, 

(“The Sentinels”), 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.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224829.htm

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

Abdelmalik 

Droukdal
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April/May

2001, Colombia: Government withdraws troops and allows ELN to claim 

territory

SUNDAY 7 Rajab 26

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

Revolutionary Cells responsible

MONDAY 8 Rajab 27

2011, Morocco: Bomb kills 15 in Marrakech café 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

TUESDAY 9 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

WEDNESDAY 10 Rajab 29

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

THURSDAY 11 Rajab 30

2010, US: Vehicle bomb fails to detonate in Times Square, New York 

City, as alert street vendor notifies police of smoking vehicle; Tehrik-e 

Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for the attempted attack

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

Day celebration

FRIDAY 12 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

SATURDAY 13 Rajab 2 Islamic: Birthday of ‘Ali, cousin 

and son-in-law of Muhammad 

(Islamic calendar; approx. 598 

C.E., 24 A.H.)
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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 

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 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 northwest 

Africa. 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

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

SUNDAY 14 Rajab 3

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

claims responsibility

MONDAY 15 Rajab 4

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

TUESDAY 16 Rajab 5

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

WEDNESDAY 17 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

THURSDAY 18 Rajab 7

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

FRIDAY 19 Rajab 8

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

imposition of UN sanctions

SATURDAY 20 Rajab 9
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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, 

was formed when veteran jihadist Mokhtar 

Belmokhtar in August 2013 merged his 

al-Mulathamun 

Battalion with 

Al-Tawhid Wal Jihad in 

West Africa (TWJWA). 

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, and a joint operation 

in May 2013 in Niger simultaneously targeting 

a French uranium mine and a Nigerian military 

barracks. 

French CT operations have killed at least four 

senior leaders and dozens of rank-and-file 

members of al-Murabitun—including its 

titular leader, Abu Bakr al-Masri—in Mali since 

November 2013, possibly preventing the group 

from carrying out a high-profile attack in the 

region. However, al-Murabitun has conducted 

small-scale but lethal attacks against UN targets 

in Mali and remains the most potent threat in 

the Sahel because of Belmokhtar’s anti-West 

agenda and vast network of extremists. In its 

initial announcement, the new group pledged 

allegiance to al-Qa‘ida senior leadership and 

its commitment to the philosophy of jihad put 

forward by Usama Bin Ladin, suggesting a focus 

on anti-Western attacks, and in two separate 

statements in 2014 the group reaffirmed its 

allegiance to Ayman al-Zawahiri and restated its 

intent to continue to attack France and its allies. 

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 has a long 

history of jihadist activity in North and West 

Africa dating back almost two decades. He 

fought with the mujahidin in Afghanistan as a 

teenager and trained with al-Qa‘ida, where he 

lost an eye mishandling explosives. By the late 

1990s, Belmokhtar seized control over lucrative 

trans-Saharan smuggling routes, reportedly 

earning millions by trafficking cigarettes.

Tawhid Wal Jihad in West Africa (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/2013/224823.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

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

Dagestan, leaving 41 dead; Chechen separatists suspected

SUNDAY 21 Rajab 10

US: Mother's Day

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

conspiracy to kill Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

MONDAY 22 Rajab 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

TUESDAY 23 Rajab 12

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 Mujahidin 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

WEDNESDAY 24 Rajab 13

1948, Israel: Founding of the State of Israel THURSDAY 25 Rajab 14 Christian: Ascension Day

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

killing 19 and wounding 30; Taliban claim responsibility

FRIDAY 26 Rajab 15 Palestinian: Nakba (Day of 

Catastrophe; refers to original 

Israeli Independence Day on 14 

May 1948)

2003, Morocco: Al-Sirat al-Mustaqim members conduct nearsimultaneous explosive attacks at five locations in Casablanca, killing 42 

and wounding 100 

1978, Italy: Statesman Aldo Moro murdered by Red Brigades

SATURDAY 27 Rajab 16 Islamic: Laylat al-Mi'raj (Ascent 

of the Prophet to Heaven; approx 

621 C.E.)
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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 the founder of the 

Khaled Abu al-Abbas Brigade 

(also known as the Those Who 

Sign With 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 Treasury designated 

Belmokhtar pursuant to 

Executive Order 13224 on 

Mokhtar Belmokhtar
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May

1989, West Germany: Court convicts Muhammed Ali Hamadei of 

hijacking TWA flight 847 in 1985

SUNDAY 28 Rajab 17

US: Armed Forces Day

1980, Peru: Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) begins terrorist 

operations

MONDAY 29 Rajab 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

TUESDAY 30 Rajab 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

WEDNESDAY 1 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

THURSDAY 2 Sha`ban 21

2014, China: More than 30 killed, 90 wounded, in car bomb and 

explosives attacks in Urumqi; no immediate claim of responsibility but 

Muslim Uighur separatists widely suspected

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

FRIDAY 3 Sha`ban 22

SATURDAY 4 Sha`ban 23
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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.

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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: Malian

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 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. Khairy was 

designated a terrorist pursuant 

to Executive Order 13224 on 7 

December 2012.

MUJWA was created in 

September 2011 as an offshoot 

of 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 

Hamad el Khairy
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May

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

State of Iraq/Mujahidin Shura Council believed responsible

SUNDAY 5 Sha`ban 24 Jewish: Shavuot (Feast of Weeks, 

lasts two days)

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

MONDAY 6 Sha`ban 25

US: Memorial Day

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

attack in 1995

TUESDAY 7 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

WEDNESDAY 8 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)

THURSDAY 9 Sha`ban 28

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

FRIDAY 10 Sha`ban 29

2001, Japan: Japanese Red Army (JRA) founder, Fusako Shigenobu, 

announces JRA dissolution, regrouping as legal organization 

1972, Israel: Three members of JRA, acting on behalf of PFLP, kill 24 and 

wound 78 in attack on (now) Ben Gurion International Airport

SATURDAY 11 Sha`ban 30
50

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Abderrahmane Ouid 

Ameur, Ahmed Telemsi, 

Abderrahmane Ould el Amar, 

Abderrahmane Toudji

DATE OF BIRTH: 1977

PLACE OF BIRTH: Mali

CITIZENSHIP: Malian 

WANTED

Ahmed el Tilemsi is a founding 

member and military head of 

the terrorist group Movement 

for Unity and Jihad in West 

Africa (MUJWA, also known 

as MUJAO and TWJWA). 

Prior to his leadership role 

in MUJWA, Tilemsi was a 

member of Al-Qa‘ida in the 

Lands of the Islamic Maghreb 

(AQIM), where he played a role 

in the January 2011 kidnapping 

of two French nationals in 

Niamey, Niger. In October 

2011, Tilemsi participated in 

the kidnapping of three aid 

workers in Algeria, which 

left two wounded by gunfire. 

Tilemsi was designated 

a terrorist pursuant to 

Executive Order 13224 on 7 

December 2012.

MUJWA was created in 

September 2011 as an offshoot 

of 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.

Ahmed el Tilemsi
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May/June

1979, West Germany: Red Army Faction member Irmgard Moeller 

sentenced to life in prison for attacks on US Army headquarters in 

Heidelberg

SUNDAY 12 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

MONDAY 13 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

TUESDAY 14 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

WEDNESDAY 15 Sha`ban 3 Islamic: Nisfu Sha‘ban (Night 

of Repentance, observed from 

preceding night)

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

THURSDAY 16 Sha`ban 4

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

FRIDAY 17 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

SATURDAY 18 Sha`ban 6
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The Harakat al-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 Somali Federal Government 

(SFG), African Union Mission in Somalia 

(AMISOM) peacekeepers, and nongovernmental 

aid organizations. As of 2013, however, pressure 

from AMISOM and Ethiopian forces had 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 deceased group leader 

Ahmed Abdi Aw-Mohamed. 

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 SFG and not supportive of 

global jihad. Al-Shabaab’s senior leaders are 

affiliated with al-Qa‘ida and are believed to have 

trained and fought in Afghanistan. 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. 

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 SFG. Since 2013 al-Shabaab has 

launched high-profile operations in neighboring 

countries, most notably the September 2013 

Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi and the May 

2014 attack against a restaurant in Djibouti 

popular with Westerners. The Westgate attack 

killed 67 Kenyan and non-Kenyan nationals, and 

a siege continued at the mall for several days. 

Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the twin 

suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, on 11 

July 2010 that killed more than 70 people, as 

well as a June 2013 attack in Mogadishu on 

a United Nations compound, which killed 22 

people. A February 2014 al-Shabaab attack on 

Somalia’s presidential palace, Villa Somalia, 

involved a car bomb and armed assailants 

and killed 12 people, nine of them militants. In 

June 2014, an attack and siege in Mpeketoni, 

Kenya, killed nearly 50 tourists; although there 

was no claim of responsibility, al-Shabaab was 

widely believed responsible. There were other 

high-profile attacks in 2014 either ascribed to or 

claimed by al-Shabaab.

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 United States offered rewards for the 

capture of several al-Shabaab leaders.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224829.htm

Al-Shabaab
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June

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

SUNDAY 19 Sha`ban 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

MONDAY 20 Sha`ban 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 AbuRawwash, killed in Cairo; 40 members arrested

TUESDAY 21 Sha`ban 9

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

responsibility but Islamic State of Iraq suspected

WEDNESDAY 22 Sha`ban 10

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

next day; plane destroyed, hijackers escape

THURSDAY 23 Sha`ban 11

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

FRIDAY 24 Sha`ban 12

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

SATURDAY 25 Sha`ban 13
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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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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Zakariye Ismail Ahmed Hirsi, 

Zaki Madobe, Ahmed Diriye

WANTED

Zakariya Ismail Ahmed 

Hersi is al-Shabaab’s chief 

of intelligence.

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.

The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization 

under Section 219 of the 

Immigration and Nationality 

Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi
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June

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

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

hijackers escape

SUNDAY 26 Sha`ban 14

US: Flag Day

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

MONDAY 27 Sha`ban 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

TUESDAY 28 Sha`ban 16

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

recruitment center, killing 35 and wounding 138

WEDNESDAY 29 Sha`ban 17

2002, Israel: Suicide bomber detonates explosives on bus, killing 19 and 

injuring 74; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility

THURSDAY 1 Ramadan 18 Islamic: Ramadan (fasting begins 

at dawn)

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

al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claims responsibility

FRIDAY 2 Ramadan 19

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

others wounded near Srinagar

SATURDAY 3 Ramadan 20
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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. 

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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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 

al-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-Shaabab forces under 

Robow’s command attacked 

bases of 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. On 

20 November 2008, the US 

Department of the Treasury 

designated Robow under 

Executive Order 13224, which 

targets terrorists and those 

providing support to terrorists 

or acts of terrorism.

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 

Mukhtar Robow
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June

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

killing 20; Taliban claim responsibility

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 

SUNDAY 4 Ramadan 21

US: Father's Day

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

in foreign oil worker’s kidnapping and murder

MONDAY 5 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

TUESDAY 6 Ramadan 23

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

WEDNESDAY 7 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

THURSDAY 8 Ramadan 25

1995, Ethiopia: Egyptian President Mubarak escapes assassination 

attempt; al-Gama’at al-Islamiyya responsible

FRIDAY 9 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

SATURDAY 10 Ramadan 27 Islamic: Occupation of Mecca by 

Muhammad's army (1 January 

630 C.E.)
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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.

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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 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, 

Fuad Mohamed Khalaf
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June/July

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

SUNDAY 11 Ramadan 28

2007, UK: Two car bombs safely dismantled in London

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

treason

MONDAY 12 Ramadan 29

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

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

TUESDAY 13 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

WEDNESDAY 14 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

THURSDAY 15 Ramadan 2

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

Redemption Front claims responsibility

FRIDAY 16 Ramadan 3

US: Independence Day observed

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

SATURDAY 17 Ramadan 4

US: Independence Day

Islamic: Battle of Badr (13 March 

624 C.E.)
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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.

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concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office if 

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or Consulate.

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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

WANTED

Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud 

is a military commander 

of Harakat al-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 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 

Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud
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July

2001, Sri Lanka: Government invokes tough terrorism laws to combat 

LTTE

SUNDAY 18 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

MONDAY 19 Ramadan 6

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

TUESDAY 20 Ramadan 7

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

German Dirk Hasert in Kashmir

WEDNESDAY 21 Ramadan 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

THURSDAY 22 Ramadan 9

2001, Spain: ETA car bomb attack kills one and wounds 12 in Madrid FRIDAY 23 Ramadan 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

SATURDAY 24 Ramadan 11
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Jehad Serwan Mostafa

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. 

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 

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or Consulate.

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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 

who lived in San Diego before 

moving to Somalia in 2005. 

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. 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. 

Mostafa has been 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 

northern Somalia, typically 

targeting Somali Government 

officials and perceived 

allies of the Transitional 

Federal Government (TFG) 
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July

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

SUNDAY 25 Ramadan 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

MONDAY 26 Ramadan 13

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

and British Embassy in Baghdad kills 10, wounds 40 

TUESDAY 27 Ramadan 14 Islamic: Laylat al-Qadr (Night of 

Power; the night of revelation of 

Qur'an to Muhammad, begins this 

evening)

France: Bastille Day

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

military convoy; Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility

WEDNESDAY 28 Ramadan 15

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

THURSDAY 29 Ramadan 16

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

FRIDAY 30 Ramadan 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

SATURDAY 1 Shawwal 18 Islamic: Eid al-Fitr (feast of fastbreaking after Ramadan; begins 

tonight, lasts three days)
64

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.

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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:

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 

society figures, and journalists. 

Ibrahim Haji Jama
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July

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

and wounding 60

SUNDAY 2 Shawwal 19

2009, Afghanistan: Twelve civilians killed when vehicle strikes a 

roadside bomb in Syah Koshah; no claim of responsibility

MONDAY 3 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

TUESDAY 4 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

WEDNESDAY 5 Shawwal 22

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

militants suspected

THURSDAY 6 Shawwal 23

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

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

FRIDAY 7 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

SATURDAY 8 Shawwal 25
66

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.

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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)

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 amir 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 

suicide bombings in Kampala, 

Yasin Kilwe
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July/August

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

200 in Ahmedabad; Indian Mujahidin claims responsibility

SUNDAY 9 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

MONDAY 10 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

TUESDAY 11 Shawwal 28

Peru: Independence Day

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

Burgos; ETA claims responsibility

WEDNESDAY 12 Shawwal 29

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

HAMAS responsible

THURSDAY 13 Shawwal 30

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

85 wounded by bomb at Hebrew University; HAMAS responsible, 

apologizes for American deaths

FRIDAY 14 Shawwal 31 Jewish: Tisha B'Av 

(commemoration of destruction of 

First and Second Temples)

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

SATURDAY 15 Shawwal 1
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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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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Ikrima

DATE OF BIRTH: 1979

PLACE OF BIRTH: Kenya

WEIGHT: Between 110 and 121 lbs 

(50-55 kg)

SCARS/DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

Missing three fingers on left 

hand 

WANTED

Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, 

also known as Ikrima, was 

born in Kenya in 1979. He is 

an al-Shabaab facilitator and 

operational planner.

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.

The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

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August

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

Baghdad, killing 19 and wounding 50 

1990, Iraq: Invasion of Kuwait begins

SUNDAY 16 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

MONDAY 17 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

TUESDAY 18 Shawwal 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 

WEDNESDAY 19 Shawwal 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

THURSDAY 20 Shawwal 6

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; alQa‘ida responsible

FRIDAY 21 Shawwal 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

SATURDAY 22 Shawwal 8
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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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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

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

SUNDAY 23 Shawwal 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

MONDAY 24 Shawwal 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

TUESDAY 25 Shawwal 11

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

bomber and wounds 20; Palestine Islamic Jihad suspected

WEDNESDAY 26 Shawwal 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

THURSDAY 27 Shawwal 13

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

FRIDAY 28 Shawwal 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

SATURDAY 29 Shawwal 15
72

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) attacks 

against soft targets. The group set off its first 

vehicle-borne IED 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 has increased in 2014, 

with the group conducting near-daily attacks 

against a wide range of targets, including 

Christians, Nigerian security and police forces, 

the media, schools, politicians, and Muslims 

perceived as collaborators. Boko Haram 

continues to expand its activity into neighboring 

countries and has claimed responsibility for the 

kidnapping of 11 Westerners in Cameroon since 

early 2013, raising the group’s international 

profile and emphasizing the growing threat it 

poses to Western and regional interests. 

Boko Haram’s unprecedented levels of 

violence—including the kidnapping of 276 

schoolgirls in Borno State, Nigeria, in April 

2014—have brought international condemnation 

as well as collaboration on security initiatives 

by the United States, United Kingdom, France, 

African partners, and others as Nigerian and 

other regional security forces continue to try to 

oust the group from northeastern Nigeria and its 

safe havens throughout the area. 

The US State Department designated Boko 

Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 

November 2013.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224829.htm

Boko Haram
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August

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

SUNDAY 1 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

MONDAY 2 Dhu al-Qa‘da 17 Indonesia: Indpendence 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 

TUESDAY 3 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 

WEDNESDAY 4 Dhu al-Qa‘da 19

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

THURSDAY 5 Dhu al-Qa‘da 20

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

FRIDAY 6 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

SATURDAY 7 Dhu al-Qa‘da 22
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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 were injured 

in the attack. A purported 

Boko Haram spokesman 

claimed responsibility for the 

attack and promised future 

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 against local and 

international news outlets, 

including the Voice of America 

and Sahara Reporters, a New 

York-based media service.

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 

li-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. The group 

has existed in various forms 

since the late 1990s. There are 

reported communications, 

training, and weapons 

links between Boko Haram, 

Al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the 

Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), 

al-Shabaab, and Al-Qa‘ida 

in the Arabian Peninsula, 

which may strengthen Boko 

Haram’s capacity to conduct 

terrorist attacks.

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. 

Under Shekau’s leadership, 

Boko Haram’s operational 

capabilities have grown.

The group set off its first 

vehicle-borne improvised 

explosive device in June 

2011, and has increasingly 

utilized IEDs in attacks 

against soft targets. Boko 

Haram’s 26 August 2011 

vehicle-bomb attack on the 

Abubakar Shekau
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August

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

SUNDAY 8 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

MONDAY 9 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

TUESDAY 10 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

WEDNESDAY 11 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

THURSDAY 12 Dhu al-Qa‘da 27

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

FRIDAY 13 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

SATURDAY 14 Dhu al-Qa‘da 29
76

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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August/September

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

three and wounds seven

SUNDAY 15 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

MONDAY 16 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

TUESDAY 17 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

WEDNESDAY 18 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

THURSDAY 19 Dhu al-Qa‘da 3

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

FRIDAY 20 Dhu al-Qa‘da 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

SATURDAY 21 Dhu al-Qa‘da 5
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The Lord’s Resistance Army 

(LRA) 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. Since 2005, the 

LRA is believed to have committed hundreds of 

attacks resulting in well over 5,000 deaths and 

considerably more wounded and kidnapped. 

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 2002 Uganda launched “Operation Iron Fist” 

to defeat the insurgency in northern Uganda, 

but this only increased attacks and caused a 

dramatic increase in the number of internally 

displaced people. In 2005 and 2006, the LRA 

shifted forces to the DRC, during which time the 

rebellion took the form of a regional militia that 

terrorized populations in the DRC, CAR, Uganda, 

and what is now South Sudan. 

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. The operation succeeded in cutting 

off supplies and destroying some of the main 

camps but ultimately failed to capture or kill 

LRA leaders. 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 United States 

announced it was sending additional soldiers 

and military aircraft to increase its support to 

the hunt for Kony.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224820.htm

Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)

Joseph Kony
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September

1986, Turkey: ANO kills 21 in attack on Istanbul synagogue SUNDAY 22 Dhu al-Qa‘da 6

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

wounding 14; GIA suspected

MONDAY 23 Dhu al-Qa‘da 7

US: Labor Day

Islamic: Death of ‘Ali al-Rida, 

eighth Shia Imam (26 May 818 

C.E.; approx)

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

Dagestan Liberation Army claims responsibility

TUESDAY 24 Dhu al-Qa‘da 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

WEDNESDAY 25 Dhu al-Qa‘da 9

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

to 40 years for murder of three US activists

THURSDAY 26 Dhu al-Qa‘da 10

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

FRIDAY 27 Dhu al-Qa‘da 11

US: Patriot Day

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

SATURDAY 28 Dhu al-Qa‘da 12
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Ansar al-Sharia 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 has nodes 

in Libyan cities that work with 

regional extremist groups to train, conduct 

attacks, and amass weapons. The term Ansar 

al-Sharia means “Partisans of Islamic Law.”

Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi (AAS-B) and 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 the assassination of an American 

teacher in Benghazi in December 2013.

Muhammad al-Zahawi is widely recognized as 

AAS’s amir and spiritual leader. He stated in a 

December 2013 news interview that the group 

continued to reject any form of government 

other than sharia and that the government 

should consult the Qur‘an on all matters. 

Al-Zahawi publicly rejects any association 

between AAS and al-Qa‘ida. 

Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (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 

has been plotting against Jewish targets and 

Western diplomatic missions in Tunisia.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224823.htm

Ansar al-Sharia
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September

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

SUNDAY 29 Dhu al-Qa‘da 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

MONDAY 30 Dhu al-Qa‘da 14 Jewish: Rosh Hashanah (New 

Year, 1st day)

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

TUESDAY 1 Dhu al-Hijja 15

Rosh Hashanah (2nd Day)

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

others and three soldiers; Taliban claim responsibility

WEDNESDAY 2 Dhu al-Hijja 16

1992, Germany: Four Iranian Kurds killed in Berlin’s Mykonos restaurant THURSDAY 3 Dhu al-Hijja 17

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

kills nine Germans

FRIDAY 4 Dhu al-Hijja 18

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

Libya held responsible

SATURDAY 5 Dhu al-Hijja 19
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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

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

SUNDAY 6 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

MONDAY 7 Dhu al-Hijja 21

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

Jerusalem 

TUESDAY 8 Dhu al-Hijja 22 Islamic: Al-Hajj, the Pilgrimage, 

begins

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

WEDNESDAY 9 Dhu al-Hijja 23 Islamic: Yawm Arafat

Jewish: Yom Kippur (Day of 

Atonement)

Saudi Arabia: Unification of the 

Kingdom 

2002, India: Militants attack Hindu temple, killing 31; LT suspected THURSDAY 10 Dhu al-Hijja 24 Islamic: Eid al-Adha (Festival of 

Sacrifice)

2002, Pakistan: Militants kill seven at Christian charity in Karachi FRIDAY 11 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

SATURDAY 12 Dhu al-Hijja 26 Islamic: Al-Hajj, the Pilgrimage, 

ends
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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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September/October

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

Popular Struggle (ELA) responsible

SUNDAY 13 Dhu al-Hijja 27

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

to rescue hostages

MONDAY 14 Dhu al-Hijja 28 Jewish: Sukkot (Feast of 

Tabernacles; lasts one week)

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

TUESDAY 15 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

WEDNESDAY 16 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: Shaykh Umar ‘Abd al-Rahman convicted in plot to blow up UN 

Headquarters and other landmarks in New York

THURSDAY 17 Dhu al-Hijja 1

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

contesting elections

FRIDAY 18 Dhu al-Hijja 2

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

in Athens; 17 November blamed

SATURDAY 19 Dhu al-Hijja 3
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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 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’s 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. 

Although Hizballah’s leadership is based in 

Lebanon, the group has established cells 

worldwide. Several Hizballah operations have 

been disrupted since Mughniyah’s death, 

including the 2008 plotting by a cell in Baku, 

Azerbaijan, targeting the Israeli Embassy there, 

and the late-2008 disruption of a Hizballah 

cell in Egypt targeting Israeli tourists and 

ships transiting the Suez Canal. Additionally, a 

Hizballah operation was reportedly disrupted in 

Turkey in 2009, and in early 2011 Israel warned its 

citizens of several Hizballah plots against Israeli 

interests in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and 

Cyprus. In July 2012, Hizballah exploded a bomb 

on a bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, killing five Israeli 

tourists and a Bulgarian. The group also supports 

Palestinian rejectionist groups in their struggle 

against Israel and provides training for Iraqi Shia 

militants attacking Western interests in Iraq. 

Nasrallah publicly indicated in May 2013 that 

Hizballah was supporting Bashar al-Asad’s 

regime by sending fighters to Syria. The 

European Union designated Hizballah’s military 

wing as a terrorist organization on 22 July 2013, 

following the March conviction 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/2013/224829.htm

Hizballah
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October

2000, Peru: Shining Path leader Carlos Fernandez is captured SUNDAY 20 Dhu al-Hijja 4

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

MONDAY 21 Dhu al-Hijja 5 Jewish: Shemini Atzeret 

(Assembly of the Eighth Day)

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

TUESDAY 22 Dhu al-Hijja 6 Jewish: Simchat Torah (Rejoicing 

in the Torah)

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 

WEDNESDAY 23 Dhu al-Hijja 7

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

killing one

THURSDAY 24 Dhu al-Hijja 8

1983, Burma: North Korean commandos attack South Korean state 

delegation visiting Rangoon, killing 21 Burmese and Korean officials

FRIDAY 25 Dhu al-Hijja 9

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

Headquarters in Rawalpindi; TTP claims responsibility

SATURDAY 26 Dhu al-Hijja 10
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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 that hijacking 

of a commercial airliner. 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

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

times by unknown gunman but survives

SUNDAY 27 Dhu al-Hijja 11

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

MONDAY 28 Dhu al-Hijja 12

US: Columbus Day

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

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

claims responsibility

TUESDAY 29 Dhu al-Hijja 13

WEDNESDAY 30 Dhu al-Hijja 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

THURSDAY 1 Muharram, A.H. 

1437 15 Islamic: First of Muharram (Islamic 

New Year)

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

FRIDAY 2 Muharram 16

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

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

SATURDAY 3 Muharram 17
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Fawzi Mohammed Mustafa 

Ayoub, Faouzi Mohamed 

Ayoub, Fawzi Mohamad 

Ayoub, Hussein Ahmed 

Mustafa Ayoub, Abu Fawaz, 

Abu Fuaz, Abu Ahmed, Hajj 

Faouzi, Ziyad Khoury, Frank 

Mariano Boschi, Frank Marion 

Bushi, Housein Iyoub, Huseein 

Ayyub, Frank Boschi

DATE OF BIRTH USED: 5 October 1966

PLACE OF BIRTH: Beirut, Lebanon

HAIR: Black

EYES: Brown

HEIGHT: 5’7” (170 cm)

WEIGHT: 169 lbs (77 kg)

BUILD: Medium

COMPLEXION: Light

CITIZENSHIP: Lebanon

LANGUAGES: Arabic, English

FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

Should be considered armed 

and dangerous.

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WANTED

Faouzi Mohamad Ayoub 

was indicted by the United 

States Attorney’s Office, 

Eastern District of Michigan, 

on 5 August 2009. Ayoub 

willfully and knowingly 

used and attempted to use a 

false, forged, or counterfeit 

United States Passport in 

order to gain admittance 

into the State of Israel for 

the purpose of conducting 

a bombing on behalf of 

Hizballah, a designated Foreign 

Terrorist Organization.

Faouzi Mohamad Ayoub 
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October

2003, Indonesia: Imam Samudra sentenced to death for role in 12 

October 2002 bombing in Bali 

SUNDAY 4 Muharram 18

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

tourists, in attack against town hall near Colombo

MONDAY 5 Muharram 19

1981, Belgium: Antwerp synagogue bombed, killing two and 

wounding 99

TUESDAY 6 Muharram 20

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

PIJ suspected

WEDNESDAY 7 Muharram 21

2000, Spain: ETA car bomb kills prison officer in Basque capital, Vitoria THURSDAY 8 Muharram 22

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

FRIDAY 9 Muharram 23

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

Department officer Ed Seitz, wounds one

SATURDAY 10 Muharram 24 Islamic: Ashura (primarily Shia; 

marks martyrdom of the Prophet's 

grandson, Husayn, in 61 A.H., 10 

October 680 C.E.)
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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

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 that hijacking 

of a commercial airliner. 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.

Ali Atwa
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October

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

SUNDAY 11 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

MONDAY 12 Muharram 26

TUESDAY 13 Muharram 27

2002, Jordan: USAID official Laurence Foley assassinated in Amman 

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

WEDNESDAY 14 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

THURSDAY 15 Muharram 29

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

ETA car bomb attack in Madrid

FRIDAY 16 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

SATURDAY 17 Muharram 31 Halloween
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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.

Mohammed Ali Hamadei
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November

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

assassinate President Truman

SUNDAY 18 Muharram 1 Christian: All Saints Day

2000, Colombia: ELN releases remaining 21 hostages kidnapped from 

Cali on 17 September

MONDAY 19 Muharram 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

TUESDAY 20 Muharram 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

WEDNESDAY 21 Muharram 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

THURSDAY 22 Muharram 5

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

wounding 100

FRIDAY 23 Muharram 6

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

Court building

SATURDAY 24 Muharram 7
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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 as an international terrorist 

organization. The Pakistani Government banned 

LT and froze its assets in 2002. 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. In April 2012 two 

senior LT leaders were designated by the US 

State Department Rewards for Justice program. 

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 have detained and are prosecuting 

several 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, and the December 2001 

armed assault on the Indian Parliament building 

that left 12 dead. Afghan and US officials have 

blamed LT for the May 2014 attack on the Indian 

consulate in Herat, Afghanistan.

LT’s exact size is unknown, but the group 

probably has several thousand members.

Elements of LT are active in Afghanistan and the 

group also recruits internationally, as evidenced 

by the arrest in the United States of Jubair 

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

indictment of 11 LT terrorists in Virginia in 2003. 

LT maintains facilities in Pakistan, including 

training camps, schools, and medical clinics. 

In March 2002, senior al-Qa‘ida lieutenant Abu 

Zubaydah was captured at an LT safehouse in 

Faisalabad, suggesting that some LT members 

assist the group. 

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.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224829.htm

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November

1987, UK: Thirteen killed by PIRA bomb during Remembrance Day 

celebration

SUNDAY 25 Muharram 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

MONDAY 26 Muharram 9

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

Liberation Front of Tripura claims responsibility

TUESDAY 27 Muharram 10

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

US military targets

WEDNESDAY 28 Muharram 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

THURSDAY 29 Muharram 12

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

FRIDAY 30 Muharram 13

2002, US: Aimal Kasi executed for 1993 murder of two CIA employees SATURDAY 1 Safar 14
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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 United States 

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

1983, Greece: US Navy Captain George Tsantes killed in Athens; 17 

November responsible

SUNDAY 2 Safar 15

MONDAY 3 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

TUESDAY 4 Safar 17

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

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

WEDNESDAY 5 Safar 18

1995, Pakistan: Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad bombed by EIJ THURSDAY 6 Safar 19

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

FRIDAY 7 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 

SATURDAY 8 Safar 21
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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

1979, Pakistan: False rumors of US takeover of Grand Mosque in Mecca, 

Saudi Arabia, fuel Islamic militants’ attack on US Embassy in Islamabad

SUNDAY 9 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

MONDAY 10 Safar 23

2000, India: Gunman kills six Hindu, four Sikh bus passengers; 

LT blamed

TUESDAY 11 Safar 24

1984, Portugal: US Embassy hit by four mortar rounds; 25 April 

Movement responsible

WEDNESDAY 12 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

THURSDAY 13 Safar 26

US: Thanksgiving Day

2009, Russia: Derailment of Moscow-Saint Petersburg train kills 26, 

wounds 100. Investigators find elements of an explosive device; no 

claim of responsibility

FRIDAY 14 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

SATURDAY 15 Safar 28
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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

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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November/December

1987: Korean Airlines flight 858 blown up over Andaman Sea near 

Burma by two North Korean agents; all 115 passengers killed

SUNDAY 16 Safar 29

1989, Germany: Alfred Herrhausen, head of Deutsche Bank AG, 

assassinated; Red Army Faction suspected

MONDAY 17 Safar 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-ulAnsar, accused of involvement in kidnapping of six Western tourists

TUESDAY 18 Safar 1

1983, Spain: Basque group Iraultza bombs eight US facilities in Spanish 

Basque territory to protest US involvement in Central America

WEDNESDAY 19 Safar 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

THURSDAY 20 Safar 3

2000, Israel: Awad Selmi, senior HAMAS leader on wanted list, killed 

during terrorist mission

FRIDAY 21 Safar 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

SATURDAY 22 Safar 5
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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Zulkifli, Zulkifli Hir, Zulkifli 

Abdul Hir, Musa Abdul Hir, 

Musa, Marwan

DATE OF BIRTH: 1966

PLACE OF BIRTH: Muar, Johor

NATIONALITY: Malaysian 

WANTED

Zulkifli bin Hir is a Malaysian 

citizen born in 1966 in Muar, 

Johor. An engineer trained 

in the United States, he is 

believed to be the head of 

the Kumpulun Mujahidin 

Malaysia (KMM) terrorist 

organization and a member 

of Jemaah Islamiyah’s central 

command. Since August 

2003, he has been present in 

the Philippines, where he is 

believed to have conducted 

bomb-making training for the 

Abu Sayyaf Group.

Zulkifli bin Hir
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December

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

SUNDAY 23 Safar 6 Jewish: First night of Hannukah; 

lasts one week

2009, Pakistan: Blasts in Lahore and Peshawar kill 58, wound more than 

150; no credible claim of responsibility

MONDAY 24 Safar 7 Jewish: First day of Hannukah

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

TUESDAY 25 Safar 8

1999: UN General Assembly adopts International Convention for the 

Suppression of Financing Terrorism

WEDNESDAY 26 Safar 9

2008, Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills 85, wounds 200 in attack in 

Kurram; Taliban widely believed responsible

THURSDAY 27 Safar 10

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

FRIDAY 28 Safar 11

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

SATURDAY 29 Safar 12
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Imirat Kavkaz, (IK, or Caucasus Emirate), 

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 Ali Abu-Muhammad, 

also known as Aliaskhab Kebekov, regularly 

conducts attacks against Russian security forces 

in the North Caucasus. In the period 2010-2011, 

it carried out high-profile suicide bombings 

against civilian targets in Moscow that killed 

dozens. IK maintains ties with militants from 

the North Caucasus fighting alongside groups 

aiming to topple Bashar al-Asad in Syria. In the 

approach to the Sochi Olympic Games, Umarov 

on 2 July 2013 urged militants in Russia to target 

the Games, stating that Moscow “plan[s] to hold 

the Olympics on the bones of our ancestors, 

on the bones of many dead Muslims...and we 

mujahedin are obliged not to permit that.” 

While there were attacks in Volgograd in the 

weeks before the event that killed more than 30 

civilians, no attacks took place on site during 

the Games. 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. The US State Department in 

September 2000 designated the IMU a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224822.htm

Central Eurasia and Central Asia Terrorism
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December

2001, India: Parliament bombed, killing 13; Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and 

Jaish-e-Mohammed are responsible

SUNDAY 1 Rabi` al-Awwal 13

1987, West Bank: Founding of the Islamic Resistance Movement 

(HAMAS) by Shaykh Ahmad Yasin

MONDAY 2 Rabi` al-Awwal 14 Jewish: Last night of Hannukah

2009, Iraq: Series of vehicle bombs in Baghdad and Mosul kills eight; 

al-Qa‘ida in Iraq blamed

TUESDAY 3 Rabi` al-Awwal 15

1983, UK: PIRA bombs Harrods department store in London, killing nine 

including one US citizen, and wounding 91 others

WEDNESDAY 4 Rabi` al-Awwal 16

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

THURSDAY 5 Rabi` al-Awwal 17

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

FRIDAY 6 Rabi` al-Awwal 18

1998, Philippines: Libyan-trained ASG leader Abdurajak Abubaker 

Janjalani dies in gunfight with authorities on Basilan Island

SATURDAY 7 Rabi` al-Awwal 19
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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.

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December

1999, Ecuador: Seven Canadians and one US hostage freed by FARC SUNDAY 8 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

MONDAY 9 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

TUESDAY 10 Rabi` al-Awwal 22

1975, Greece: CIA station chief Richard Welch killed by gunmen in 

Athens; 17 November responsible

WEDNESDAY 11 Rabi` al-Awwal 23

1997, France: “Carlos the Jackal” sentenced to life in prison for three 

murders in 1975

THURSDAY 12 Rabi` al-Awwal 24 Islamic: Mawlid an-Nabi 

(Birthday of Muhammad, A.H. 11 

[approximate]; observed by Sunni)

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

FRIDAY 13 Rabi` al-Awwal 25

Christmas (Roman Catholic, 

Protestant, and new-calendar 

Orthodox) 

1994, France: Paratroopers storm hijacked Air France jet in Marseille, 

killing hijackers and freeing passengers

SATURDAY 14 Rabi` al-Awwal 26

US: Kwanzaa
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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
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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: ANO group attacks Rome and Vienna airports; 18 

dead and 121 wounded

SUNDAY 15 Rabi` al-Awwal 27

1972, Thailand: Black September takes hostages and seizes Israeli 

Embassy; hostages released in return for safe conduct

MONDAY 16 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

TUESDAY 17 Rabi` al-Awwal 29 Islamic: Mawlid an-Nabi 

(Birthday of Muhammad, A.H. 11 

[approximate]; observed by Shia)

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 18 Rabi` al-Awwal 30

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

in ambush by members of Force 17

THURSDAY 19 Rabi` al-Awwal 31 New Year’s Eve

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 

FRIDAY 20 Rabi` al-Awwal 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 21 Rabi` al-Awwal 2
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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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2016 January

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

first responders in Khash Rod; Taliban claim responsibility

SUNDAY 22 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 23 Rabi` al-Awwal 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

TUESDAY 24 Rabi` al-Awwal 5

1963, Colombia: National Liberation Army (ELN) founded WEDNESDAY 25 Rabi` al-Awwal 6 Christian: Epiphany

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

United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) claims responsibility

THURSDAY 26 Rabi` al-Awwal 7

Christmas (Orthodox using Old 

Calendar)

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

World Trade Center bombings in 1993

FRIDAY 27 Rabi` al-Awwal 8

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

15 more and kills one

SATURDAY 28 Rabi` al-Awwal 9
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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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2016 January

2013, Pakistan: Bombings in Quetta and Mingaora kill 115; Lashkar-eJhangvi 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 29 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 30 Rabi` al-Awwal 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 1 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 2 Rabi al-Thani 13

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

10 at Erez Crossing

THURSDAY 3 Rabi al-Thani 14

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

bomb outside his home; Israel implicated

FRIDAY 4 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 5 Rabi al-Thani 16
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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. 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. 

The Afghan Taliban’s leader is Mullah Mohammad 

Omar, who was the president of Afghanistan 

during the Taliban’s rule. The US Government 

is offering a $10 million reward for information 

leading to his capture. 

The Afghan Taliban are responsible for most 

insurgent attacks in Afghanistan. In January 

2014, the group staged a suicide and small-arms 

attack on the popular Lebanese Taverna 

restaurant in Kabul, killing 21 people, including 

three Americans, marking one of the deadliest 

attacks against Western civilians in Kabul since 

2001. In a one-week span in March 2014, the 

Taliban conducted four high-profile attacks in 

Kabul city, culminating in a 28 March attack 

on a heavily guarded guesthouse in Kabul for 

employees of a US aid group. The targeted 

guesthouse was next to a Christian charity and 

day-care center that may have been the intended 

target. The next day, the Taliban conducted an 

attack on the headquarters of Afghanistan’s 

election commission with rockets and automatic 

rifles, following an attack on the provincial 

election office earlier that week. On 20 March, 

the Taliban attacked Kabul’s luxurious Serena 

Hotel, killing nine civilians who were all shot at 

point-blank range by four insurgents armed with 

small pistols smuggled inside.

Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan is an alliance of militant 

networks formed in 2007 to unify opposition 

against the Pakistani military. TTP’s stated 

objectives are the expulsion of Islamabad’s 

influence in the Federally Administered Tribal 

Areas and neighboring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 

Province in Pakistan, the implementation of 

a strict interpretation of sharia throughout 

Pakistan, and the expulsion of Coalition troops 

from Afghanistan. TTP leaders also publicly 

say that the group seeks to establish an Islamic 

caliphate in Pakistan that would require the 

overthrow of the Pakistani Government. TTP 

historically maintained close ties to senior 

al-Qa‘ida leaders, including al-Qa‘ida’s former 

head of operations for Pakistan. 

Baitullah Mehsud, the first TTP leader, died on 

5 August 2009, and his successor, Hakimullah 

Mehsud, died on 1 November 2013. TTP’s central 

shura in November 2013 appointed Mullah 

Fazlullah as the group’s overall leader. Fazlullah 

is staunchly anti-Western, anti-Islamabad, 

and advocates harsh tactics underscored by 

his ordering the November 2012 attempted 

assassination of education rights activist Malala 

Yousafzai. TTP since 2008 has repeatedly 

publicly threatened to attack the US homeland, 

and a TTP spokesman claimed responsibility 

for the failed vehicle-bomb attack in Times 

Square, New York City, on 1 May 2010. In June 

2011, a spokesman vowed to attack the United 

States and Europe in revenge for the death of 

Usama Bin Ladin. A TTP leader in April 2012 

endorsed external operations by the group and 

threatened attacks in the United Kingdom for its 

involvement in Afghanistan.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224824.htm

Afghan Taliban
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Taliban Presence in Pakistan
118

Mullah Omar

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HEIGHT: Tall

HAIR: Black

NATIONALITY: Afghan

CHARACTERISTICS: Shrapnel wound 

to the right eye 

WANTED

Mullah Omar’s Taliban regime 

in Afghanistan sheltered 

Usama Bin Ladin and his 

Al-Qa‘ida network in the 

years prior to the September 

11 attacks.

Although Operation Enduring 

Freedom removed the Taliban 

regime from power, Mullah 

Omar remains at large and 

represents a continuing threat 

to the United States and 

its allies.
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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. 

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, and 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. Key members have also 

been individually designated. For example, 

the US Treasury in February 2014 designated 

Haqqani leaders Saidullah Jan, Yahya Haqqani, 

and Muhammad Omar Zadran as Specially 

Designated Global Terrorists, which subjects 

them to financial sanctions. Jan has been a 

Haqqani commander in Afghanistan and a 

logistical coordinator for the group. Yahya 

Haqqani is the brother-in-law of Sirajuddin 

Haqqani; he is an operational leader, a media 

chief, and also serves as the Haqqanis’ liaison 

to al-Qa‘ida as well as a coordinator with 

the Afghan Taliban. Other notable leaders 

include the Haqqanis’ suicide operations chief, 

Qari Abdul Ra‘uf (also known as Qari Zakir), 

and Ibrahim Haqqani, who is one of Jalaluddin’s 

brothers as well as a key fundraiser for 

the group.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224829.htm

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120

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Siraj Haqqani, Khalifa

DATE OF BIRTH: Circa 1973

HEIGHT: 5’7” (170 cm)

WEIGHT: 150 lbs (68 kg)

HAIR: Black

NATIONALITY: Afghan Pashtun

STATUS: Fugitive 

WANTED

Sirajuddin Haqqani, a senior 

leader of the Haqqani terrorist 

network founded by his father 

Jalaluddin Haqqani, maintains 

close ties to Al-Qa‘ida. During 

an interview with an American 

news organization, Haqqani 

admitted planning the 14 

January 2008 attack against the 

Serena Hotel in Kabul that killed 

six people, including American 

citizen Thor David Hesla.

Haqqani 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.

Sirajuddin Haqqani
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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)

BUILD: Thin, with large round 

stomach 

FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

Should be considered armed 

and dangerous.

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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. 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 a curly, chest-length 

salt-and-pepper beard. He may 

be residing in the Ganj District 

(or Ganji District), Peshawar, 

Pakistan.

Shaykh Aminullah
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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. 

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 that forced HIG from 

southern Kabul and drove 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. 

HIG, however, strongly opposes the proposed 

Bilateral Security Agreement with the United 

States and, after Hilal’s failed presidential bid, 

boycotted the subsequent election run-off. 

The group has conducted some widely 

publicized attacks during the past few years 

even while negotiations were under way. Most 

recently, HIG spokesman Haroon Zarghoon 

claimed responsibility for a suicide VBIED attack 

in Kabul on 10 February 2014, 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 over a year.

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224824.htm

Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin

Gulbuddin 

Hekmatyar
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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 an RPG attack against the US 

Embassy in Athens in January 2007. In mid-2012 

the group’s ringleader, Nikos Maziotis, and his 

girlfriend violated the terms of their release 

pending trial and disappeared. Greek police 

recaptured Maziotis in July 2014 in a shootout 

in central Athens. In April 2014, EA claimed 

responsibility for a car-bombing outside the 

Bank of Greece in Athens to protest Greece’s 

return to the international markets, its first 

attack since 2009. 

SPF, an anarchist group, conducted coordinated 

attacks against Greek Government targets and 

claimed responsibility for a 2010 parcel bomb 

campaign that targeted international leaders 

and institutions outside Greece, a first for Greek 

domestic terrorists. In June 2013, 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. A 

convicted 17N member, Christodoulos Xiros, 

who in January 2014 fled while on furlough 

from prison and then proclaimed his intention 

to renew terrorist activity, has been linked to the 

April attack.

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. 

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224822.htm

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124

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. 

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.”

In the 1990s Dev Sol began attacking foreign 

interests, including US military and diplomatic 

personnel and facilities. DHKP/C added suicide 

bombings to its tactics in 2001, 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.

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. 

Historically, KGK directed operatives to target 

Turkish security forces, government offices, 

and villagers who opposed the group. The 

KGK’s imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan, in 

2012 entered into peace negotiations with the 

Turkish Government, emphasizing the group’s 

goals of obtaining constitutional guarantees 

for greater local autonomy and Kurdish cultural 

and political rights. The peace negotiations 

continued into 2014, though KGK leaders 

expressed frustration, charging the Turkish 

Government failed to establish legal and 

constitutional guarantees, and warned that lack 

of progress could make the talks collapse. 

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. 

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224822.htm

Abdullah Ocalan
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Zerrin Sari

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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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.

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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) 

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.

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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.

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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 

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.

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; attack on 

a federal facility resulting in 

death; conspiracy to kill US 

nationals, to murder, to destroy 

buildings and property of the 

United States, and to destroy 

national defense utilities of the 

United States.

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah
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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.

Shallah was listed as a 

“Specially Designated 

Terrorist” under United States 

law on 27 November 1995 and 

was indicted in a 53-count 

indictment in the United States 

District Court, Middle District 

of Florida, in 2003.

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HAMAS formed in late 1987 at the beginning 

of the first Palestinian intifada (uprising). Its 

roots are in the Palestinian branch of the 

Muslim Brotherhood, and it is supported by 

a robust sociopolitical structure inside the 

Palestinian territories. The group’s charter calls 

for establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in 

place of Israel and rejects all agreements made 

between the PLO and Israel. HAMAS’ strength is 

concentrated in the Gaza Strip and areas of the 

West Bank. 

HAMAS has a military wing known as the Izz 

al-Din al-Qassam Brigades that has conducted 

many anti-Israel attacks in both Israel and the 

Palestinian territories since the 1990s. These 

attacks have included large-scale bombings 

against Israeli civilian targets, small-arms 

attacks, improvised roadside explosives, and 

rocket attacks. 

The group in early 2006 won legislative 

elections in the Palestinian territories, ending 

the secular Fatah party’s hold on the Palestinian 

Authority and challenging Fatah’s leadership of 

the Palestinian nationalist movement. HAMAS 

continues to refuse to recognize or renounce 

violent resistance against Israel and in early 

2008 conducted a suicide bombing, killing one 

civilian, as well as numerous rocket and mortar 

attacks that have injured civilians. The US 

Government has designated HAMAS a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization.

HAMAS in June 2008 entered into a six-month 

agreement with Israel that significantly reduced 

rocket attacks. Following the temporary calm, 

HAMAS resumed its rocket attacks, which 

precipitated a major Israeli military operation 

in late December 2008. After destroying 

much of HAMAS’ infrastructure in the Gaza 

Strip, Israel declared a unilateral cease-fire on 

18 January 2009.

HAMAS and Fatah in April 2011 agreed to form 

an interim government and hold elections, 

reaffirming this pledge in February 2012. 

HAMAS departed its long-time political 

headquarters in Damascus in February and 

dispersed throughout the region as Syrian 

President Bashar al-Asad’s crackdown on 

opposition in the country made remaining in 

Syria untenable for the group. In May 2012, 

HAMAS claimed to have established a 

300-strong force to prevent other Palestinian 

resistance groups from firing rockets into 

Israel. Conflict broke out again in November. 

While HAMAS had worked to maintain the 

cease-fire brokered by Egypt that ended the 

week-long conflict, other Palestinian militant 

groups flouted the cease-fire with sporadic 

rocket attacks throughout 2013 and 2014. Fatah 

and HAMAS in April 2014 agreed to form a 

technocratic unity government headed by PA 

Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and to hold 

legislative elections within six months. HAMAS 

has not renounced violent resistance against 

Israel even while pursuing reconciliation 

with Fatah.

In July 2014, the uneasy calm between HAMAS 

and Israel broke down completely after three 

Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and killed 

in the West Bank in June—deaths ascribed by 

Israel to HAMAS—and a Palestinian was killed 

by Israeli settlers in revenge. Retaliatory rocket 

attacks by HAMAS’s military wing and other 

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip escalated 

into the longest and most lethal conflict with 

Israel since 2009. 

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224829.htm

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Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) 

is the most active and capable 

terrorist group operating in 

Egypt. ABM shares al-Qa‘ida’s 

ideology and seeks the 

destruction of Israel, the 

establishment of an Islamic 

caliphate in the Sinai Peninsula, 

and the implementation of sharia. 

The group is based in the Sinai but since fall 

2013 has 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. 

ABM claimed responsibility for another suicide 

bombing in South Sinai in early May 2014 that 

injured Egyptian workers.

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.

Egyptian security officials in late May 2014 

claimed to have killed ABM’s leader—whom they 

identified as Shadi al-Mani‘—but ABM denied 

the individual was the leader of the group or that 

he had been killed.

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. 

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209982.htm

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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.

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ALIASES/NAME VARIANTS:

Hussein Mohammed al-Umari, 

Abu Ibrahim, The Bomb Man

DATE OF BIRTH: Approximately 1936

PLACE OF BIRTH: Jaffa, Israel

HEIGHT: 5’6” to 5’8” (168 - 173 cm)

HAIR: Black/Gray, Balding

EYES: Brown

STATUS: Fugitive

OCCUPATIONS: Mechanic, 

Explosives Expert

SCARS/DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

Scar from the fingers of right 

hand extending to forearm; 

scar on the left hand in the web 

between his thumb and index 

finger

WANTED

Husayn Muhammed al-Umari 

is wanted by the FBI for his 

alleged participation in the 

11 August 1982 bombing of 

Pan American World Airways 

flight 830, which resulted in the 

murder of one passenger, the 

wounding of 16 passengers, 

and the attempted murder of 

267 passengers and the crew 

on board. Al-Umari was one 

of three people indicted for 

the terrorist act and is alleged 

to have designed and built 

the explosive device that 

detonated while the aircraft 

was in flight from Narita, 

Japan, to Honolulu, Hawaii.

Al-Umari was charged in the 

District of Columbia’s US 

District Court with: (1) 

conspiracy to commit assault 

and damage to property; 

(2) conspiracy to commit 

murder, (3) murder; (4) aircraft 

sabotage; (5) damaging aircraft 

used in foreign commerce; 

(6) placing bombs on aircraft; 

(7) assault; (8) attempted 

aircraft sabotage; and (9) 

aiding and abetting. In 1998, 

a co-conspirator, Mohammad 

Rashed, who placed the bomb 

on the aircraft, was arrested 

and brought to the United 

States. He pleaded guilty to his 

role in the bombing and signed 

a cooperation agreement as 

part of his plea.

Believed to be a master bomb 

maker and one-time leader 

of the “15 May” terrorist 

group, al-Umari also has been 

indicted by the Government of 

France for his role in the 1985 

bombing of the Marks and 

Spencer department store in 

Paris and the Leumi Bank.

Al-Umari may possess a 

passport from Lebanon, where 

his wife reportedly lives. He 

is the father of two sons and 

two daughters. He lived for 

several years in Iraq. While 

his current whereabouts are 

unknown, it is possible that 

he is residing in Lebanon or 

Iraq. He reportedly travels at 

all times with a firearm and 

should be considered armed 

and dangerous.

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Captured or Killed

2012

Abu Yahya al-Libi – Al-Qa‘ida No. 2, widely seen 

as group’s “general manager,” was killed in 

Pakistan in June 2012.

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 2012, according to 

multiple media accounts.

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 2011. 

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 2011.

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 2011. 

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 2011. 

US Secretary of State sees “significant blow to 

al-Qa‘ida, its extremist allies, and its operations 

in East Africa.”

Ilyas Kashmiri – Prominent al-Qa‘ida planner 

and trainer was widely reported killed in 

Pakistan in June 2011.

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 

2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and buried at sea.

2014

Muhsin al-Fadhli – Believed to be a senior 

Al-Qa‘ida militant in Syria, Muhsin al-Fadhli was 

reported killed in September 2014, according to 

press and social media sites.

Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed – Widely known as 

Godane, the amir of al-Shabaab was killed in 

Somalia in September 2014.

Nikolaos Maziotis – Leader of Greek terrorist 

group Revolutionary Struggle was arrested by 

Greek police in July 2014.

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 2013, 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.

Omar Hammami – Al-Shabaab extremist active 

in radicalizing and terrorist operations, killed 

in factional in-fighting in September 2013, 

according to press reporting

Wali Ur Rehman – Second-in-command and 

chief military strategist of Tehrik-e Taliban 

Pakistan was killed in an explosion in Pakistan in 

May 2013, 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 2013 after arrest earlier 

in the year.
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Captured or Killed (continued)

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 2009. 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 on 18 July 2008 

after attempting to shoot a US military officer. 

She was transported to the United States in 

August 2008.

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 2008.

‘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 2008.

Abu Layth al-Libi – Al-Qa‘ida military 

commander and spokesman was killed in 

January 2008.

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 2007. 

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 2010.

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 2010. 

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 2010.

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 2009. 

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 2009. 

Baitullah Mehsud – Leader of Tehrik-e 

Taliban Pakistan, Mehsud was killed in an 

explosion in Waziristan in August 2009. 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.
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Captured or Killed (continued)

2006

‘Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi – Al-Qa‘ida No. 3 and 

chief of external operations, was detained in 

late 2006.

Dhiren Barot – Al-Qa‘ida operative, also 

known as Issa al-Hindi, was sentenced to life 

imprisonment in November 2006 for providing 

al-Qa‘ida detailed reconnaissance and plans 

for attacks on the Prudential Building in New 

Jersey, the International Monetary Fund 

headquarters in Washington, D.C., and the New 

York Stock Exchange and Citigroup building in 

New York City. 

Khadafi Janjalani – Head of Abu Sayyaf Group, 

was killed in September 2006 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 June 2006 in Iraq.

Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah – Extremist 

charged with participation in attack on US 

embassies in Africa in 1998, was killed in April 

2006 in Pakistan.

2005

Hamza Rabi‘a – Al-Qa‘ida No. 3, chief of external 

operations, was killed in December 2005 

in Pakistan.

Azahari bin Husin – Jemaah Islamiya 

bombmaker, believed responsible for the 

Bali attack in 2002, was killed in shootout in 

Indonesia in November 2005.

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 2005.

Abu Faraj al-Libi – Al-Qa‘ida No. 3, was arrested 

in Pakistan in May 2005.

2003

Hambali – Jemaah Islamiya operations chief, 

detained in Thailand in August 2003.

Khalid Shaykh Muhammad – Al-Qa‘ida No. 3, 

responsible for planning the 9/11 attacks in 

United States, was arrested in Pakistan in 

March 2003.

2002

Mir Amal Kansi – Pakistani extremist who killed 

two CIA employees and injured three others 

outside CIA Headquarters in 1993, was executed 

in United States in November 2002.

Abu Zubaydah – Senior al-Qa‘ida planner, was 

arrested in Pakistan in March 2002.

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 2001.

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 1997.

1996

‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahman – Also known as 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 Best of 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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Assassination as Terrorist Tactic

Assassination is a tactic used by nearly all 

terrorist groups, although far less frequently 

than other types of armed attacks. Assassination, 

when used as a terrorist tactic, is the 

targeted killing of a country’s public officials 

or individuals who represent the political, 

economic, military, security, social, religious, 

media, or cultural establishments. The killings 

can be motivated by ideology, religion, politics, 

or nationalism. Most terrorist groups conduct 

assassinations to eliminate enemies, intimidate 

the population, discourage cooperation, 

influence public opinion, decrease government 

effectiveness, gain media attention, or simply to 

exact revenge.

Simple terrorism-related assassinations can 

be carried out with a minimum of personnel, 

training, or equipment, and they are usually 

successful when aimed at public figures who 

are protected least. An example of such an 

attack was the 2004 killing of filmmaker Theo 

Van Gogh by a Dutch-Moroccan extremist in 

the Netherlands. By contrast, assassination 

operations directed against highly protected 

individuals, such as heads of state, are 

difficult and costly. Although impressive when 

successful—such as the 2007 killing of former 

Pakistan prime minister and party leader Benazir 

Bhutto—these operations are rare and prone to 

failure. Similar to attacks on other hard targets, 

they require extensive planning, financing, 

personnel, training, and equipment.

Terrorism Related Assassination Incidents by Selected Country, 2012

Number of Assassinations

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

Pakistan Iraq India Afghanistan Syria Thailand Somalia Russia Yemen Colombia Philippines

There have been 26 incidents of 

terrorism-related assassination attempts 

in the United States over the past 100 years. 

The last events of this type were in 1990, when 

Jewish Defense League founder Meir Kahane 

and Qur‘anic scholar and teacher Rashid Khalifi 

were killed by extremists linked to foreign 

terrorism. Only eight of these attacks may be 

directly or indirectly attributed to foreign groups 

or state sponsors of terrorism. The majority of 

US assassination attempts have been conducted 

by homegrown violent extremists with little or 

no connection to foreign organizations and most 

often directed against public figures having 

minimal security, if any. Terrorism-related 

attempted assassinations of highly protected 

public figures are an extremely rare occurrence 

in the United States, with the 1950 attempt on 

President Truman by Puerto Rican nationalists 

the only one that truly qualifies as such. Robert 

F. Kennedy, whose killer claimed an international 

nexus due to Kennedy’s support for Israel, is 

on the chart but cannot be considered a highly 

protected official. He had minimal personal 

security when he was killed, and it was this 

assassination that generated future Secret 

Service protection for presidential candidates. 

Anyone who does not have a high level of 

security should vigilantly pay attention to their 

surroundings, vary their everyday routines and 

travel, and be aware of individuals loitering 

nearby.
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Terrorist-Associated Assassination Incidents in the United States

Year Group Target/Location/Result Method

1990 HVE-Jamaat ul-Fuqra 

(JF) (Community of 

the Impoverished)

Qur`anic scholar and teacher Rashid Khalifa - 

Tucson, AZ - killed

Stabbing

1990 HVE-None JDL founder Meir Kahane - NY City, NY - killed Shooting

1985 HVE-Jewish Defense League 

(JDL)

Director of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination 

Committee, Alex Odeh – Santa Ana, CA - killed

Bombing

1985 HVE-Possible JDL Local NJ political figure and former Waffen SS member 

Tscherim Soobzokov – Paterson, NJ - killed

Bombing

1982 Justice Commandos Against 

Armenian Genocide (JCAG)

Unnamed US citizen witness to the killing of Turkish Honorary 

Consul Orhan Gunduz – Somerville, MA - wounded

Shooting

1982 JCAG Turkish Honorary Consul Orhan Gunduz (second attempt) - 

Somerville, MA - killed

Shooting

1982 JCAG Turkish Honorary Consul Orhan Gunduz (first attempt) - 

Somerville, MA - unsuccessful 

Bombing

1982 JCAG Turkish Consul General Kemal Arikan - 

Los Angeles, CA - killed

Shooting

1980 Iran-directed President of the Iran Freedom Foundation and vocal opponent 

of Ayatollah Khomeini, Ali Akbar Tabatabaei - 

Bethesda, MD - killed

Shooting

1976 Direccion de Inteligencia 

Nacional (DINA-Chilean 

Secret Police)

Former Chilean Foreign Minister, Ambassador to the United 

States and outspoken critic of the Pinochet regime, Orlando 

Letelier - Washington, D.C. - killed

Car bomb

1974-

77

Intra-Cuban Exile Groups Eight anti-Castro Cuban exiles: Jose De La Torriente (1974 

Coral Gable, FL); Rolando Masferrer (1975 Miami, FL); Luciano 

Nieves (1975 Miami, FL); Ramon Donesteves (1976 Miami, FL); 

Aldo Vera Serafin (1976 San Juan, PR); Jesus Gonzalez Cartas 

(1976 Miami, FL) and Jose Peruyero (1977 Miami, FL) – killed - 

Emilio Milian (1976 Miami, FL) - wounded

Bombing 

and 

shooting

1973 Possible Palestinian 

Liberation Organization (PLO)

Israeli Assistant Air/Naval Attache Yosef Alon - 

Chevy Chase, MD - killed

Shooting

1973 HVE-Symbionese Liberation 

Army (SLA)

Oakland CA School Superintendent Marcus Foster and his 

deputy Robert Blackburn – Oakland, CA – killed and wounded

Shooting

1973 HVE-Armenian Nationalist 

Extremist

Turkish Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Vice Consul 

Bahadir Demir - Santa Barbara, CA - killed

1972 HVE-JDL Performing arts impresario Sol Hurok - NY City, NY - wounded Bombing

1968 HVE-None Presidential candidate Senator Robert Kennedy - 

Los Angeles, CA - killed 

Shooting

1950 HVE- Puerto Rican 

Nationalist Party

President Harry Truman - Washington, DC - unsuccessful Shooting

1938 HVE- Puerto Rican 

Nationalist Party

Puerto Rico Governor Blanton Winship – 

Ponce, PR - unsuccessful 

Shooting

1936 HVE- Puerto Rican 

Nationalist Party

Puerto Rico Chief of Police E. Francis Riggs - 

San Juan, PR - unsuccessful 

Shooting

HVE: Homegrown Violent Extremist
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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.

1/32 (inches) 1 1/16
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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.

• If you find someone else’s lost passport, 

mail it to:

 US Department of State

 Passport Services

 Consular Lost/Stolen Passport Section

 600 19th Street, NW, Suite 500

 Washington, DC 20036

 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 US 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. Four countries are 

currently designated as State Sponsors of Terrorism: Cuba (designated on 1 March 1982), 

Iran (19 January 1984), Sudan (12 August 1993) and Syria (29 December 1979).

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/2013/224826.htm

Cuba

1 March 1982

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.

Harakat ul-Mujahidin Hizballah 

(Party of God) 

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)

HAMAS

Conspiracy of 

Fire Nuclei
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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 Islamiya (JI)

Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid

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)
152

Index

14 February Youth Coalition 19, 37

15 May terrorist group 134

17 November 4, 49, 53, 63, 71, 85, 99, 109, 123, 150

25 April Movement 101

A

Aafia Siddiqui 136

Abbas Musawi 21

‘Abd al-Baset al-Megrahi 15

‘Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi 137

Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB) 4, 67

Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhassan Haj Hamad 82, 84

Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed al-Nasser 112

Abdelmajid Dahoumane 31

Abdelmalek Droukdal 40

Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama 84

Abdelraouf Abu Zaid Mohamed Hamza 82, 84

Abdikadir, Abdikadir Mohamed 68

Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir 68

Abdulhakim Muhammad 51

Abdullah, Abdullah Ahmed 129

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah 129

Abdullah al-Rimi 36

Abdullah Azzam Shaheed Brigade 53

Abdullahi Yare 70

Abdullah Ocalan 11, 19, 21, 59, 115, 124

Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk 32, 109

Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi 32

Abdurajak Abubaker Janjalani 107

Abouhalima, Mohammed 49

Abousamra, Ahmad 30

Abu Anas al-Libi 135

Abu Ayyub al-Masri 24, 37, 136

Abubakar Shekau 37, 72, 74

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 24, 26, 28

Abu Bakr al-Masri 44

Abu Daoud 59

Abu Du’a 26

Abu Faraj al-Libi 137

Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade 27

Abu Khabab al-Masri 136

Abu Khatallah, Ahmad 135

Abu Layth al-Libi 15, 136

Abu-Muhammad, Ali 106

Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani 28

Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqawi 12, 24, 53, 55, 137

Abu Nidal 53, 73, 128

Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) 4, 61, 77, 101, 111, 128, 

150

Abu-Rawwash, Mustafa 53

Abu Sabaya 102

Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) 3, 4, 7, 39, 47, 49, 61, 69, 77, 

85, 93, 102, 104, 107, 111, 150

Abu Solaiman 3, 136

Abu ‘Umar al-Baghdadi 24

Abu Yahya al-Libi 51, 135

Abu-Yusuf al-Muhajir 133

Abu Zubaydah 96, 137

Achille Lauro 87

Adam Yahiye Gadahn 22

Adel Radi Saqr al-Wahabi al-Harbi 14

Aden Hashi Ayrow 56

Adil, Usman 73

Adnan G. el Shukrijumah 18

Afghan Taliban 116, 119

Agca, Mehmet Ali 45

Ahmad Abousamra 30

Ahmad Abu Khatallah 135

Ahmad Ibrahim al-Mughassil 110

Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed 52, 70, 135

Ahmed el Tilemsi 50

Ahmed Ghailani 15

Ahmed Gurey 62

Ahmed, Jubair 96

Ahmed Ressam 35

Ahmedzay, Zarein 39

Aimal Kasi 15, 97

Ajmal Kasab 96

al-Adel, Saif 16, 20

al-Amriki, Anwar 62

al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade 4, 9, 15, 21, 27, 29, 33, 37, 41, 

55, 83, 113, 150

al-Asad, Bashar 28, 106, 131

al-Aulaqi, Anwar 32, 135

al-Badawi, Jamal 105

al-Badawi, Jamal Mohammad 34

al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr 24, 26, 28

al-Baghdadi, Abu ‘Umar 24

al-Baghdadi, ‘Umar 37, 136

al-Bakri, Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa 20

al-Barnawi, Khalid 76

Aldo Moro 45

Aleksandr Suslikov 31

Alexandros Giotopoulos 63

al-Fadhli, Muhsin 12, 14, 135

Al-Faran 59, 61

al-Gama’at al-Islamiyya 53, 57, 99, 105

al-Harazi, Muhammad 105

al-Harbi, Adel Radi Saqr al-Wahabi 14

al-Hariri, Rafiq 19, 86

Ali Abu-Muhammad 106

Aliaskhab Kebekov 106

Ali Atwa 92

al-Iraqi, ‘Abd al-Hadi 137

Ali Saed bin Ali el-Hoorie 108

Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa al-Bakri 20

al-Jawlani, Abu Muhammad 28

al-Karmi, Ra‘id 11

al-Kini, Usama 136

al-Laqis, Hasan 86

al-Libi, Abu Anas 135
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al-Libi, Abu Faraj 137

al-Libi, Abu Layth 15, 136

al-Libi, Abu Yahya 51, 135

al-Madad News Agency 32

al-Mani‘, Shadi 132

al-Masri, Abu Ayyub 24, 37, 136

al-Masri, Abu Bakr 44

al-Masri, Abu Khabab 136

al-Masri, Shaykh Sa‘id 136

al-Megrahi, ‘Abd al-Baset 15

al-Mughassil, Ahmad Ibrahim 110

al-Muhajir, Abu-Yusuf 133

al-Mulathamun Battalion 4, 44, 46

al-Munawar, Muhammad Ahmed 128

al-Murabitun 40, 44

al-Muwaqi‘un Bil-Dima 40, 44

al-Nasser, Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed 112

al-Nusrah Front 4, 24, 28, 150

al-Qa‘ida (AQ) 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 

23, 28, 39, 41, 44, 45, 51, 54, 55, 58, 60, 61, 68, 69, 70, 

71, 73, 77, 79, 83, 87, 89, 93, 99, 101, 102, 105, 111, 116, 

119, 120, 121, 132, 150

Al-Qa‘ida in Iraq (AQI, Islamic State of Iraq and the 

Levant, ISIL, formerly Islamic State of Iraq, ISI) 13, 24, 

26, 28, 37, 53, 97, 107, 150

Al-Qa‘ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) 4, 32, 47, 74, 

85, 103, 109

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

4, 7, 25, 40, 41, 44, 46, 48, 50, 57, 71, 73, 74, 76, 105, 

111, 150

Al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the Two Niles (AQTN) 82, 84

al-Qa‘ida in Yemen (AQY) 32

al-Quso, Fahd 43, 135

al-Rahman, Atiyah Abd 73, 135

al-Rahman, ‘Umar ‘Abd 137

al-Rahman, Umar ‘Abd 11, 85

al-Rimi, Abdullah 36

al-Rimi, Qasim 32

al-Shabaab (Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin) 4, 52, 54, 

56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 74, 75, 83, 103, 150

al-Shahri, Sa‘id 32

Al-Sirat al-Mustaqim 45

al-Suri, Yasin 10, 12

Al-Tawhid Wal Jihad in West Africa (TWJWA) 44

al-Turki, Wadoud Muhammad Hafiz 128

al-Umari, Husayn Muhammed 134

al-Wahishi, Nasir 32

al-Yacoub, Ibrahim Salih Mohammed 114

al-Zahawi, Muhammad 80

al-Zarqawi 23, 67

al-Zarqawi, Abu Mus‘ab 12, 24, 53, 55, 137

al-Zawahiri, Ayman 6, 8, 20, 28, 44, 52, 55

Aminullah, Shaykh 121

Anderson, Terry 29

ANO (Abu Nidal Organization) 4, 61, 77, 101, 111, 128, 

150

Ansar al-Dine (AAD) 4, 40

Ansar al-Islam (AAI) 4

Ansar al-Sharia 47, 80, 150

Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi (AAS-B) 4, 80

Ansar al-Sharia in Darnah (AAS-D) 4

Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (AAS-T) 4, 80

Ansar al-Sunna 7, 43, 61, 111

Ansar al-Tawhid 82, 84

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) 4, 132, 150

Ansaru 4, 76

Anwar al-Amriki 62

Anwar al-Aulaqi 32, 135

Anwar, Emir 62

AOI (Army of Islam) 4, 111

AQ (Al-Qa‘ida) 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 

23, 28, 39, 41, 44, 45, 51, 54, 55, 58, 60, 61, 68, 69, 70, 

71, 73, 77, 79, 83, 87, 89, 99, 101, 102, 105, 111, 116, 118, 

119, 120, 121, 132, 150

AQAP (Al-Qa‘ida in the Arabian Peninsula) 4, 32, 47, 74, 

85, 103, 109

AQI (Al-Qa‘ida in Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and the 

Levant, ISIL, formerly Islamic State of Iraq, ISI) 13, 24, 

26, 28, 37, 107, 150

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

4, 7, 25, 40, 41, 44, 46, 48, 50, 57, 71, 73, 74, 76, 105, 150

AQY (al-Qa‘ida in Yemen) 32

Arab Revolutionary Cells 33

Armed Islamic Group (GIA) 13, 31, 40, 61, 65, 79, 89

Army of Islam (AOI) 4, 7, 111, 150

Army of the Righteous 96

ar-Rahayyal, Muhammad Abdullah Khalil Hussain 128

‘Asbat al-Ansar 4, 99

ASG (Abu Sayyaf Group) 3, 4, 7, 39, 47, 49, 61, 69, 77, 

85, 93, 107, 111, 150

Asoglu, Musa 125, 127

Assassination as Terrorist Tactic 140

Atef, Muhammad 137

Atiyah Abd al-Rahman 73, 135

Atwa, Ali 92

Atwah, Muhsin Musa Matwalli 137

Aum Shinrikyo (AUM) 4, 29, 49, 57, 63, 150

Avengers of the Infants 25

Awakening Councils 24

Aw-Mohamed, Ahmed Abdi 52

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 51

Ayman al-Zawahiri 6, 8, 20, 28, 44, 52, 55, 71

Ayoub, Faouzi Mohamad 90

Ayrow, Aden Hashi 56

Azahari bin Husin 137

Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) 40

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Index

Dar es Salaam 69

Darling, Frank 15

David Headley 96

Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda 15, 19

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine 23

Democratic Union Party (PYD) 124

Devrimci Sol 124, 125, 126, 127

Dev Sol 124, 125, 126, 127

Dhiren Barot 137, 143

DHKP/C (Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front) 

4, 17, 51, 124, 125, 126, 127, 151

Dirty Bomb 142

Djokhar Tsarnaev 37

Doku Umarov 13, 33, 106

Dozier, James 15, 107

Droukdal, Abdelmalek 40

Du’a, Abu 26

Dulmatin 136

Dursun Karatas 125, 126

E

Ed Seitz 91

Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) 6, 8, 20, 73, 89, 99

EIJ (Egyptian Islamic Jihad) 6, 8, 20, 73, 89, 99

ELA (Revolutionary Popular Struggle) 85, 123

Elbaneh, Jaber A. 38

el-Hoorie, Ali Saed bin Ali 108

el Khairy, Hamad 48

ELN (National Liberation Army) 4, 9, 19, 41, 57, 69, 75, 

81, 95, 113, 151

el Shukrijumah, Adnan G. 18

el Tilemsi, Ahmed 50

Emir Anwar 62

Ensslin, Kommando Gudrun 81

ETA (Basque Fatherland and Liberty) 4, 15, 43, 45, 61, 

63, 65, 67, 91, 93, 95, 150

F

Fadlallah, Muhammad Husayn 59

Fahd al-Quso 43, 135

Faisal Shahzad 43, 87

Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation 96

False Travel Documents 147

Faouzi Mohamad Ayoub 90

FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) 4, 7, 

17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 39, 41, 47, 49, 57, 69, 79, 83, 85, 109, 

111, 150

Fatah 15

Fatah al-Islam 47

Fazul, Harun 53, 135

Foley, Laurence 93

Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) 4, 5

Frank Darling 15

Frederick Buttacio 46

Fuad Shongale 58

B

Baheer, Ghairat 122

Baitullah Mehsud 69, 116, 136

Bakhtiar, Shapur 69

Barot, Dhiren 137, 143

Baruch Goldstein 23

Bashar al-Asad 28, 86, 106, 131

Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud 60

Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) 4, 43, 45, 61, 63, 

65, 67, 91, 93, 95, 150

Belmokhtar, Mokhtar 44, 46, 115

Belmokhtar, Mokthar 40

Benazir Bhutto 69, 111

Bennett, Lansing 15

Betancourt, Ingrid 23, 59

Bhutto, Benazir 69, 111

bin Hir, Zulkifli 104

bin Husin, Azahari 85, 137

Bin Ladin, Usama 6, 8, 24, 25, 41, 44, 55, 83, 89, 97, 116, 

118, 119, 135

Binyamin Kahane 7, 111

Black September 7, 25, 77, 93

Bledsoe, Carlos Leon 51

Blind Shaykh 11

Boko Haram 4, 13, 37, 43, 55, 72, 74, 75, 76, 95

Bomb Threat Stand-Off Distances 138

Boston Marathon 37

Buckley, William 29

bu-Ghayth, Sulayman 31

Burnham, Gracia 3, 49, 102

Burnham, Martin 3, 49, 102

Buttacio, Frederick 46

C

C-4 139

Calvin Morgan 15

Carlos 75

Carlos Leon Bledsoe 51

Carlos the Jackal 71, 109

castor beans 146

Christopher Leggett 40, 42, 57

Christopher Stevens 79

Cleo A. Noel 25

Colleen LaRose 17

Common Explosives 139

Communist Party of India-Maoist 11, 115

Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army 

(CPP/NPA) 4

Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei (SPF) 123, 150

Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) 4, 150

Courts, Somali Council of Islamic 60

D

Dada, Idi Amin 78

Dahoumane, Abdelmajid 31

Daniel Pearl 13
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G

Gadahn, Adam Yahiye 22

Galgala Hills militia 66

Gama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group) (IG) 4

Gandhi, Rajiv 45, 47

Ganj Madrassa 121

George C. Moore 25

George Tsantes 99

Ghailani, Ahmed 15

Ghairat Baheer 122

Ghayth, Sulayman Bu 135

GIA (Armed Islamic Group) 13, 31, 40, 61, 65, 79, 89

Giotopoulos, Alexandros 63

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo 102

Goldstein, Baruch 23

Gonsalves, Marc 23, 59

Gordon Lee Rowan 46

Gracia Burnham 3, 49, 102

Granville, John 7, 82, 84, 111

GRAPO (First of October Antifascist Resistance Group) 

67

Greek Domestic Terrorism 123

GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat) 40, 

42, 83

Guillermo Sobero 3, 53, 102

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 122

Gurey, Ahmed 62

H

Hadi, Abdu Rabbo Mansour 32

Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki 100

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed 98

Hakimullah Mehsud 116, 135

Hamad, Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhassan Haj 82, 84

Hamadei, Mohammed Ali 11, 47, 94, 115

Hamad el Khairy 48

HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement) 4, 9, 11, 23, 25, 

27, 31, 33, 35, 37, 49, 51, 65, 67, 69, 73, 77, 83, 89, 99, 

103, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 131, 150

Hambali 71, 137

Hamdallah, Rami 131

Hamid Karzai 120

Hammami, Omar 135

Hamza, Abdelraouf Abu Zaid Mohamed 82, 84

Hamza Rabi‘a 137

Hapilon, Isnilon 102

Haqqani, Ibrahim 119

Haqqani Network (HQN) 4, 106, 120

Haqqani, Sirajuddin 119, 120

Haqqani, Yahya 119

Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin (al-Shabaab) 52, 54, 56, 

58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 74, 150

Harakat-ul-Ansar 103

Harakat-ul-Jihad 25

Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B) 4

Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI) 4

Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) 4, 150

Haroon Zarghoon 122

Harun Fazul 53, 135

Hasan al-Laqis 86

Hasan Izz-al-Din 88

Hasan Nasrallah 86

Hasan, Nidal Malik 75, 95

Have Suspicions? 148

Headley, David 96

Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin 122

Hersi, Zakariya Ismail Ahmed 54

Hesla, Thor David 11, 120

Hezb-e-Islami 119, 122

Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) 122

Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) 122

Hijazi, Ra‘id 103

Hilal, Qutbuddin 122

Hizballah 4, 21, 29, 35, 55, 57, 59, 63, 86, 90, 101, 103, 

105, 150

Hizb-ul-Mujahedin 101

HMTD (Hexamethlene Triperoxide Diamine) 139

Howes, Thomas 23, 59

HUJI-B (Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh) 4

HUM (Harakat ul-Mujahidin) 4, 150

Husayn Muhammed al-Umari 134

Husayn, Qusay 3

Husayn, Saddam 3

Husayn, Uday 3

I

Ibrahim Haji Jama 64

Ibrahim Haqqani 119

Ibrahim Salih Mohammed al-Yacoub 114

Idi Amin Dada 78

IJU (Islamic Jihad Union) 4, 77, 106

Ikrima 68

Ilyas Kashmiri 135

‘Imad Mughniyah 19, 86, 136

IM (Indian Mujahidin) 4, 45, 67

Imirat Kavkaz 7, 13, 106, 111, 151

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) 4, 5

IMU (Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan) 4, 73, 106, 151

Indian Mujahedeen (IM) 4

Indian Mujahidin (IM) 45, 67

Ingrid Betancourt 23, 59

Inquilab Mahaz 93

Inspire magazine 32

IRA 63

Iraultza 103

Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan 75

Islamic Dagestan Liberation Army 79

Islamic Jihad 29, 51, 55, 91

Islamic Jihad Organization 83, 103

Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) 4, 77, 106

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) 4, 73, 106, 151

Islamic Party (Somalia) 23

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Index

Kasab, Ajmal 96

Kashmiri, Ilyas 135

Kasi, Aimal 15, 97

Kata’ib Hizballah (KH) 4, 151

Kebekov, Aliaskhab 106

Keith Stansell 23, 59

Kerr, Malcolm 13

KGK (Kongra-Gel, formerly Kurdistan Worker’s Party, 

PKK, KADEK) 124, 151

Khadafi Janjalani 3, 77, 137

Khaled Abu al-Abbas Brigade 46

Khalid al-Barnawi 76

Khalid Shaykh Muhammad 2, 25, 137

Khalis, Younis 119

Khobar Towers 57, 86, 108, 110, 112, 114

Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah 51

Kilwe, Yasin 66

Kongra-Gel (KGK, formerly Kurdistan Worker’s Party, 

PKK, KADEK) 4, 19, 67, 124, 151

Kony, Joseph 78

Kumpulun Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM) 104

Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) 45

Kurdistan People’s Congress 124

Kurdistan Worker’s Party (Kongra-Gel, KGK, PKK, 

KADEK) 4, 124, 151

L

La Belle disco 33, 37

Ladin, Usama Bin 23, 75, 79, 135

Lansing Bennett 15

LaRose, Colleen 17

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami 105

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) 4, 9, 21, 37, 115

Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LeT) 100

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) 4, 55, 61, 71, 83, 96, 98, 101, 107, 

121

Laurence Foley 93

Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Brigades 33

Lebanese Hizballah 57, 88, 94

Leggett, Christopher 40, 42, 57

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 4, 19, 25, 27, 39, 

47, 51, 61, 65, 77, 85, 87, 89, 91, 99, 105, 107, 151

Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) 4

LJ (Lashkar-e-Jhangvi) 4, 9, 21, 37, 115

Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) 9, 21, 69, 78, 83, 113, 115, 

151

Lovelady, Victor Lynn 46

LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) 9, 21, 69, 78, 83, 115, 151

LT (Lashkar-e-Tayyiba) 4, 55, 61, 71, 83, 96, 101, 107

LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) 4, 19, 25, 27, 39, 

51, 77, 85, 87, 89, 91, 99, 105, 107

Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) 99, 103, 107, 

109, 111, 113, 115, 131

Islamic State of Iraq (Al-Qa‘ida in Iraq, AQI, Islamic 

State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, ISI) 24, 41, 49, 53, 

69, 71, 73, 93

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, Al-Qa‘ida in 

Iraq, AQI, formerly Islamic State of Iraq, ISI) 4, 6, 24, 

26, 28

Isnilon Hapilon 102

Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades 77, 131

Izz-al-Din, Hasan 88

J

Jaber A. Elbaneh 38

Jaish-e-Mohammed 107

Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) 4, 151

Jalaluddin Haqqani 119, 120

Jama‘atu Ahl as-Sunnah li-Da‘awati wal-Jihad (JASDJ) 

72, 74

Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru) 

76

Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) 96, 98, 100

Jama, Ibrahim Haji 64

Jamal al-Badawi 105

Jamal Mohammad al-Badawi 34

Jama Saeed Abdul Rahim 128

James Dozier 15, 107

Jamiat-ul-Mujahedin 109

Jane, Jihad 17

Janjalani, Abdurajak Abubaker 107

Janjalani, Khadafi 3, 77, 137

Janjaweed Militia 37

Jan, Saidullah 119

Japanese Red Army 21, 49

JAT (Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid) 4, 151

J. Christopher Stevens 80

Jehad Serwan Mostafa 62

Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT) 4, 151

Jemaah Islamiya (JI) 4, 33, 63, 89, 102, 104, 151

Jewish Defense League (JDL) 141

Jihad Jane 17

JI (Jemaah Islamiya) 4, 33, 63, 69, 85, 89, 151

John Granville 7, 82, 84, 111

Johnson, Paul 53

Joseph Kony 78

Jubair Ahmed 96

Jundallah 4, 151

Justice and Equality Movement 77, 95

K

Kabardino-Balkariyan Sector of the Caucasus Front 89

Kahane, Binyamin 7, 111

Kahane Chai (KACH) 4, 151

Kansi, Mir Amal 137

Karatas, Dursun 125, 126

Karzai, Hamid 120
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M

M-19 23, 95

Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloria 102

Mahamoud, Bashir Mohamed 60

Mahsud, Baitullah 69, 136

Makki, Hafiz Abdul Rahman 100

Malala Yousafzai 116

Malcolm Kerr 13

Marc Gonsalves 23, 59

Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad 96

Martin Burnham 3, 49, 102

Maziotis, Nikolaos 135

McVeigh, Timothy 39

Mehmet Ali Agca 45

Mehsud, Baitullah 116

Mehsud, Hakimullah 116, 135

MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) 25, 99

Mir Amal Kansi 137

Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) 73

Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim Mohamed 82, 84

Mohamed, Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim 82, 84

Mohamed, Mohanad Osman Yousif 82, 84

Mohammad Rashed 134

Mohammed Abouhalima 49

Mohammed Ali Hamadei 11, 94, 115

Mohammed Usman 76

Mohanad Osman Yousif Mohamed 82, 84

Mokhtar Belmokhtar 11, 44, 46, 115

Mokthar Belmokhtar 40

Moore, George C. 25

Morgan, Calvin 15

Moro, Aldo 45

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) 25, 99

Mostafa, Jehad Serwan 62

Moussaoui, Zacarias 43

Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) 

40, 44, 48, 50

MQM (Mohajir Qaumi Movement) 73

MRTA (Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) 39, 107

Mughniyah, ‘Imad 19, 86, 136

Muhammad, Abdulhakim 51

Muhammad Abdullah Khalil Hussain ar-Rahayyal 128

Muhammad Ahmed al-Munawar 128

Muhammad al-Harazi 105

Muhammad Ali Hamadei 47

Muhammad al-Zahawi 80

Muhammad Atef 137

Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah 59

Muhammad, Khalid Shaykh 2, 25, 137

Muhammad Mursi 132

Muhammad Omar Zadran 119

Muhammad Yusuf 72

Muhsin al-Fadhli 12, 14, 135

Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah 137

Mujahidin Shura Council 49

Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem 

(MSC) 4

Mukhtar Robow 56

Mullah Mohammad Omar 116

Mullah Omar 118

Mursi, Muhammad 132

Musa Asoglu 125, 127

Musawi, Abbas 21

Museveni, Yoweri 78

Muslim Brotherhood 131

Muslim, Salih 124

Mustafa Abu-Rawwash 53

Mustafa Setmariam Nasar 137

MV Limburg 12

N

Nabhan, Saleh 136

Nairobi 69

Najibullah Zazi 23, 39

Nasar, Mustafa Setmariam 137

Nasir al-Wahishi 32

Nasrallah, Hasan 86

National Liberation Army (ELN) 4, 9, 19, 41, 57, 69, 75, 

81, 95, 113, 151

National Liberation Front of Tripura 97

National Redemption Front 59

National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah 

(NSCN-IM) 19

New People’s Army (NPA) 151

Nicholas Starr 15

Nidal, Abu 128

Nidal Malik Hasan 75, 95

Nigerian Taliban 72

Nikolaos Maziotis 135

Noel, Cleo A. 25

Noordin Mat Top 63, 136

Nordeen, William 59

NSCN-IM (National Socialist Council of Nagaland-IsakMuivah) 19

O

Ocalan, Abdullah 11, 19, 21, 115, 124

Ogaden National Liberation Front 13

Omar Hammami 135

Omar, Mullah 118

Omar, Mullah Mohammad 116

P

Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) 4, 49, 71, 91, 93, 95, 130, 

151

Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) 4, 151

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) 51, 131, 141

Palipehutu-FNL (Party for the Liberation of the Hutu 

People) 15

Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People (PalipehutuFNL) 15

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Party of God 86, 150

Party of Islam 122

Patek, Umar 33, 135

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 51

Paul Johnson 53

Pearl, Daniel 13

Pentagon 6

PFLP-GC (PFLP-General Command) 4, 21

PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC) 4, 21

PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) 4, 

49, 57, 151

PIJ (Palestine Islamic Jihad) 4, 33, 49, 91, 93, 95, 130, 

151

PIRA (Provisional IRA) 17, 97, 107

PJAK (Kurdistan Free Life Party) 45

PKK (Kongra-Gel, KGK, formerly Kurdistan Worker’s 

Party, KADEK) 4, 11, 19, 21, 25, 47, 59, 115, 124, 151

PLF (Palestine Liberation Front) 4, 151

Pope John Pau II 45

Popular Forces of Liberation 33

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General 

Command 35

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) 4, 

49, 57, 151

Possible Chemical Incident 144

Puerto Rican Nationalist Party 95, 141

Q

Qari Abdul Ra‘uf 119

Qari Zakir 119

Qasim al-Rimi 32

Qusay Husayn 3

Qutbuddin Hilal 122

R

Rabi‘a, Hamza 137

Radiological Threat 142

Radiological Threat—Facts and Mitigation Measures 

143

Rafiq al-Hariri 19, 86

Rahama, Abdelrahman Abbas 84

Rahim, Jama Saeed Abdul 128

Ra‘id al-Karmi 11

Ra‘id Hijazi 103

Rajiv Gandhi 45, 47

Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah 130

Rami Hamdallah 131

Ramzi Ahmed Yousef 3, 9, 113

Ramzi Yousef 137

Rashed, Mohammad 134

Ra‘uf, Qari Abdul 119

Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) 4

Red Army Faction 39, 51, 81, 103

Red Brigades 45, 107

Rehav‘am Ze‘evi 89

Rehman, Wali Ur 135

Reid, Richard 15, 109

Ressam, Ahmed 35

Revenge Falcons of Apo 27

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 4, 7, 

17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 41, 47, 49, 57, 69, 79, 83, 85, 109, 111, 

150

Revolutionary Cells 41

Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N) 4, 49, 

53, 63, 85, 99, 109, 123, 150

Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) 

4, 17, 51, 124, 125, 126, 127, 151

Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA) 85, 123

Revolutionary Struggle (RS) 4, 11, 115, 123

Rewards for Justice Program 1, 3, 148

Richard Reid 15, 109

Richard, Station 123

Richard Welch 109

Ricin 146

RIRA (Real IRA) 4, 69

Robert Stethem 11, 55, 88, 92, 94, 115

Robow, Mukhtar 56

Ron Sanders 17

Rowan, Gordon Lee 46

S

Sabaya, Abu 102

Saddam Husayn 3

Saeed, Hafiz Mohammad 98

Sa‘id al-Shahri 32

Saidullah Jan 119

Saif al-Adel 16, 20

Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) 40, 

42, 83

Saleh Nabhan 136

Salih Muslim 124

Sanders, Ron 17

Sarin 29, 49, 57, 63

Sari, Zerrin 125, 126, 127

Saudi Hizballah 57, 108, 110, 112, 114

Save Kashmir Movement 35

Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia 75

Sect of Revolutionaries (Greece) 151

Sect of Revolutionaries (SE) 123

Seher Demir Sen 125, 126, 127

Seitz, Ed 91

Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) 47, 151

Sen, Seher Demir 125, 126, 127

September, Black 111

Shadi al-Mani‘ 132

Shahzad, Faisal 43, 87

Shallah, Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad 130

Shapur Bakhtiar 69

Shaykh Aminullah 121

Shaykh Sa‘id al-Masri 136

Shaykh Swedan 136

Shekau, Abubakar 37, 72, 74
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Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) 4, 47, 87, 151

Shining Path (SL) 4

Shongale, Fuad 58

Siddiqui, Aafia 136

Signed-in-Blood Battalion 46

Sirajuddin Haqqani 119, 120

Sobero, Guillermo 3, 49, 53, 102

Solaiman, Abu 3, 136

Sol, Dev 126, 127

Sol, Devrimci 126, 127

Somali Council of Islamic Courts 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 64, 

66, 68, 70

Stansell, Keith 23, 59

Starr, Nicholas 15

State Sponsors of Terrorism 149

Station Richard 123

Stephen Williams 15

Stethem, Robert 11, 55, 88, 92, 94, 115

Stevens, Christopher 79

Stevens, J. Christopher 80

Sudan People’s Liberation Army 23

Sulayman Bu Ghayth 31, 135

Suslikov, Aleksandr 31

Swedan, Shaykh 136

T

Tahir Yuldashev 73

Taliban 7, 11, 12, 17, 21, 23, 31, 33, 37, 41, 43, 45, 57, 59, 

63, 67, 69, 73, 75, 79, 81, 105, 106, 113, 116, 117, 118, 

119, 121, 122

Tamerlan Tsarnaev 37

Tawhid w’al Jihad-Egypt (TWJ-Egypt) 133

Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) 4, 19, 27, 33, 41, 45, 47, 

49, 57, 63, 69, 87, 89, 95, 106, 116

Terrorist-Associated Assassination Incidents in the 

United States 141

Terry Anderson 29

The Satanic Verses 63, 89

Thomas Howes 23, 59

Thor David Hesla 11, 120

Those Who Sign With Blood Battalion 11, 115

Timothy McVeigh 39

Top, Noordin Mat 63, 136

Toxic Industrial Chemicals 145

Tsantes, George 99

Tsarnaev, Djokhar 37

Tsarnaev, Tamerlan 37

Tsutomu Shirosaki 21

TTP (Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan) 4, 19, 27, 33, 41, 45, 47, 

49, 57, 63, 69, 87, 89, 95, 106

Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) 39, 107

TWJWA (Al-Tawhid Wal Jihad in West Africa) 44, 48, 50

U

Uday Husayn 3

ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) 7, 9, 111, 113

‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahman 11, 85, 137

‘Umar al-Baghdadi 37, 136

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab 32, 109

Umarov, Doku 13, 33, 106

Umar Patek 33, 71, 135

United Baluch Army 9, 115

United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) 7, 9, 111, 113

Usama al-Kini 136

Usama Bin Ladin 6, 8, 23, 24, 25, 31, 41, 44, 55, 75, 79, 

83, 89, 97, 116, 118, 119, 135

Usman Adil 73

Usman, Mohammed 76

USS Cole 6, 34, 36, 43, 89, 105

V

Victor Lynn Lovelady 46

W

Wadoud Muhammad Hafiz al-Turki 128

Wali Ur Rehman 135

Warren Weinstein 71

Weinstein, Warren 71

Welch, Richard 109

Westgate mall 52, 83

William Buckley 29

William Nordeen 59

Williams, Stephen 15

World Trade Center 6, 11, 23, 49, 79, 113

Y

Yahya Abu el Hammam 42

Yahya Haqqani 119

Yare, Abdullahi 70

Yasin al-Suri 10, 12

Yasin Kilwe 66

Younis Khalis 119

Yousafzai, Malala 116

Yousef, Ramzi 137

Yousef, Ramzi Ahmed 3, 9, 113

Yoweri Museveni 78

Yuldashev, Tahir 73

Yusuf, Muhammad 72

Z

Zacarias Moussaoui 43

Zadran, Muhammad Omar 119

Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi 54

Zakir, Qari 119

Zarein Ahmedzay 39

Zarghoon, Haroon 122

Zazi, Najibullah 23, 39

Ze‘evi, Rehav‘am 89

Zerrin Sari 125, 126, 127

Zubaydah, Abu 96, 137

Zulkifli bin Hir 104
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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: