THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER

COUNTERTERRORISM

2014 CALENDAR
Dear Colleagues,

As the Center approaches our 10th anniversary, we reflect on the 

terrorist attacks this past year both here at home and around the 

world. The attack at the Boston marathon, the assault on an Algerian 

gas facility, and the storming of a shopping mall in Kenya—these all 

demonstrate the persistent threat of terrorism and the challenges ahead.

Ten years ago, the National Counterterrorism Center was founded on 

a bold idea—that a joint workforce drawn from across the government 

should be responsible for the analysis of all terrorism information and 

the integration of our national effort to combat terrorism. Following 

the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission, NCTC was established 

by Executive Order in August 2004 as the successor to the Terrorist 

Threat Integration Center. Congress then codified the creation of NCTC 

in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. Ten 

years later, NCTC is fulfilling the vision that led to its creation and now 

occupies a place at the center of our nation’s counterterrorism effort.

This year, we celebrate a decade of dedication and hard work from our 

workforce and across the intelligence community. Looking forward, we 

are committed to working with all of our partners here at the Center 

and around the government, strengthening the culture of leadership, 

integrity, excellence, and collaboration that remain the hallmark of 

NCTC and our counterterrorism fight.

Sincerely,

 

Matthew G. Olsen

Director
The US National Counterterrorism Center is pleased to 

present the 2014 edition of the Counterterrorism (CT) 

Calendar. This edition, like others since the Calendar 

was first published in daily planner format in 2003, 

contains many features across the full range of issues 

pertaining to international terrorism: terrorist groups, 

wanted terrorists, and technical pages on various 

threat-related topics. The Calendar also marks dates 

that terrorists may believe are important if planning 

attacks to commemorate particular events. 

Individuals portrayed in this calendar are all listed on 

the US Government’s Rewards for Justice site or on 

FBI sites devoted to terrorism. These individuals have 

all been either indicted or are being sought for their 

involvement in international terrorism. 

The CT Calendar is designed as a ready reference guide 

for law-enforcement, intelligence, military and security 

personnel, contingency planners, or citizens concerned 

about terrorist threats. The CT Calendar is oriented 

primarily to readers in the United States, but we hope it 

will be useful for citizens of other countries as well. We 

invite you to visit the interactive version of the calendar 

at http://www.nctc.gov.
Islamic Calendar

The Islamic calendar is based on the movement 

and observation of the moon. The Islamic year 

contains 12 months, none of which can exceed 

30 days. Each month starts when the lunar 

crescent is first seen after a new moon. Because 

12 lunar months multiplied by 29.53 days equals 

354.36 days, the Islamic calendar will always be 

approximately 11 days shorter than the Western, 

or Gregorian, calendar. For example, 1 Muharram, 

the first day of Islamic year 1435 (known in the 

West by the Latin term Anno Hegirae, or A.H.), 

fell on 5 November 2013; in A.H. 1436, 

1 Muharram falls on 25 October 2014. Because of 

lunar observation and differences in time zones, 

the observance of Islamic holidays 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. We have retained, however, the 

spellings used on the Rewards for Justice and 

FBI Most Wanted Terrorists Web pages; these are 

designed for easy recognition and therefore do 

not always conform to these rules.

Map Boundaries

Boundary representation is not necessarily 

authoritative.

The information in this calendar is valid as of 

16 September 2013. 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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The Boston Globe 

By: David L. Ryan / Globe Staff
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 the fight against terrorism and are 

an effective means of curtailing support for terrorist activities. The listed groups appear in 

chronological order of designation.

For the current FTO list, as well as fact sheets on all FTOs, visit 

http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209989.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 (PFLF)

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)

United Self-Defense Forces of 

Colombia (AUC)

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)

Al-Qa‘ida in Iraq (AQI)

Islamic Jihad Union (IJU)

Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM)

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 Mujahidin (IM)

Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT)

Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB)

Haqqani Network (HQN)

Ansar al-Dine (AAD)
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Al-Qa‘ida (AQ)

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. Also in 2006, al-Zawahiri 

announced that the Algerian Salafist Group for 

Preaching and Combat had joined al-Qa‘ida, 

adopting the name al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the 

Islamic Maghreb. In 2009, extremist leaders in 

Yemen and Saudi Arabia reportedly announced 

they had merged to fight under the banner of 

al-Qa‘ida in the Arabian Peninsula.

On 2 May 2011, US forces raided a compound 

in Abbottabad, Pakistan, resulting in the death 

of Bin Ladin. His death, in addition to significant 

losses to al-Qa‘ida’s command structure based 

in the tribal areas of Pakistan since early 2008, 

has left the group at its weakest since the fall 

of the Afghan Taliban in late 2001. In the 

aftermath of Bin Ladin’s death, al-Qa‘ida leaders 

moved quickly to name al-Zawahiri as his 

successor. Since this announcement, regional 

affiliates have publicly sworn allegiance and 

pledged support to him. Al-Qa‘ida remains 

a cohesive organization and al-Qa‘ida core’s 

leadership continues to be important to the 

global movement.

Despite continued leadership losses, 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. 

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209989.htm

Ayman al-Zawahiri
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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

SUNDAY 25 Safar 29

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

30; ASG suspected

MONDAY 26 Safar 30

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

in ambush by Intifada Martyrs

TUESDAY 27 Safar 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

WEDNESDAY 28 Safar 1

New Year’s Day

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

THURSDAY 29 Safar 2

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

first responders in Khash Rod; Taliban claim responsibility

FRIDAY 1 Rabi` al-Awwal 3

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

kidnapped in separate incidents; Lord’s Resistance Army believed 

responsible

SATURDAY 2 Rabi` al-Awwal 4

December/January
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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. 

The embassy bombings killed 

224 civilians and wounded over 

5,000 others.

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

hair: Brown/black

eyes: Dark

nationality: Egyptian 

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Ayman Al-Zawahiri
2014

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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

SUNDAY 3 Rabi` al-Awwal 5

1963, Colombia: National Liberation Army (ELN) founded MONDAY 4 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

TUESDAY 5 Rabi` al-Awwal 7

Orthodox Christian: Christmas 

(Old Calendar)

1998, US: Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life plus 240 years for 1993 

World Trade Center bombings

WEDNESDAY 6 Rabi` al-Awwal 8

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

15 more and kills one

THURSDAY 7 Rabi` al-Awwal 9

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

Lashkar-e-Jhanghvi 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

FRIDAY 8 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

SATURDAY 9 Rabi` al-Awwal 11

January
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aliases/name variants:

al-Suri, Yaseen al-Suri, Izz alDin Abd al-Farid Khalil, Zayn 

al-Abadin

date of birth: 1982

place of birth: al-Qamishli, Syria

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. Al-Suri moves money 

and recruits from across the 

Middle East into Iran, and then 

on to Pakistan, to support 

al-Qa‘ida’s senior leadership. 

Iranian authorities maintain a 

relationship with al-Suri 

and have permitted him to 

operate within Iran’s borders 

since 2005.

Al-Suri facilitates the 

movement of recruits for 

al-Qa‘ida from the Gulf to 

Pakistan and Afghanistan via 

Iran. He is also an important 

fundraiser for al-Qa‘ida and 

has collected money from 

donors and fundraisers 

throughout the Gulf. Al-Suri 

funnels significant funds 

via Iran for onward passage 

to al-Qa‘ida’s leadership in 

Afghanistan and Iraq.

Working with the Iranian 

government, al-Suri arranges 

the release of al-Qa‘ida 

personnel from Iranian prisons. 

When al-Qa‘ida operatives 

are released, the Iranian 

government transfers them 

to al-Suri, who then facilitates 

their travel to Pakistan.

Yasin Al-Suri
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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

SUNDAY 10 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

MONDAY 11 Rabi` al-Awwal 13

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

others including American Thor David Hesla; Taliban claim responsibility

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

10 at Erez Crossing

TUESDAY 12 Rabi` al-Awwal 14 Islamic: Mawlid an-Nabi (Birthday of 

Muhammad, A.H. 11 [approximate]; 

observed by Sunni)

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

outside his home; Israel implicated

WEDNESDAY 13 Rabi` al-Awwal 15

2013, Algeria: Attack on gas facility near In 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 Boldak; no claim of responsibility

THURSDAY 14 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

FRIDAY 15 Rabi` al-Awwal 17

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

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

strongly suspected

1982, Lebanon: Malcolm Kerr, American University president, 

assassinated in Beirut; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility

SATURDAY 16 Rabi` al-Awwal 18

January
10

Muhsin al-Fadhli

WANTED

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 

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 and his 

co-conspirators were 

sentenced to five-year 

jail sentences. 

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.

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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

complextion: Olive

hair: Black

eyes: Black

height: 5’5” (165 cm) 

citizenship: Kuwaiti

Passport: Kuwait, 001313585; 

Kuwait, 106261543
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January

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

Ogaden National Liberation Front believed responsible

SUNDAY 17 Rabi` al-Awwal 19 Islamic: Mawlid an-Nabi 

(Birthday of Muhammad, A.H. 11 

[approximate]; observed by Shia)

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

MONDAY 18 Rabi` al-Awwal 20

US: Birthday of Martin Luther King, 

Jr., observed

2003, Kuwait: Gunman ambushes vehicle near Camp Doha, 

killing one US contractor and wounding another

TUESDAY 19 Rabi` al-Awwal 21

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

84 others sentenced in mass trial

WEDNESDAY 20 Rabi` al-Awwal 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

THURSDAY 21 Rabi` al-Awwal 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

FRIDAY 22 Rabi` al-Awwal 24

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

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

Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

1993, US: Aimal Kasi kills two and wounds three outside CIA 

Headquarters in McLean, Virginia

SATURDAY 23 Rabi` al-Awwal 25
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Adel Radi Saqr al-Wahabi al-Harbi

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 April 18, 2010; expires 

22 February 2015

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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.
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January/February

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

several villages; Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda widely 

believed responsible

SUNDAY 24 Rabi` al-Awwal 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

MONDAY 25 Rabi` al-Awwal 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

TUESDAY 26 Rabi` al-Awwal 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

WEDNESDAY 27 Rabi` al-Awwal 29 Chinese New Year 

(Year of the Horse)

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

in Khar; no claim of responsibility

THURSDAY 28 Rabi` al-Awwal 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

FRIDAY 29 Rabi` al-Awwal 31

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

himself and a guard; DHKP/C claims responsibility

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

four terrorism-related charges

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

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

SATURDAY 30 Rabi` al-Awwal 1
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aliases/name variants:

Seif Al Adel, Ibrahim al-Madani

date of birth: 11 April 1960 or 1963

place of birth: Egypt

hair: Dark

eyes: Dark

citizenship: Egypt

WANTED

Saif al-Adel is believed to 

be a high-ranking member 

of al-Qa‘ida. 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. 

Saif al-Adel has been indicted 

on the following charges: 

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.

Saif Al-Adel
2014

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

more in Tarin Kot; Taliban claim responsibility

SUNDAY 1 Rabi` al-Thani 2

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

compliance with Arab Antiterrorism Convention

MONDAY 2 Rabi` al-Thani 3

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

FARC claims responsibility

TUESDAY 3 Rabi` al-Thani 4

Sri Lanka: Independence Day

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

fighting terrorism

WEDNESDAY 4 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

THURSDAY 5 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

FRIDAY 6 Rabi` al-Thani 7

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

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

claims responsibility

SATURDAY 7 Rabi` al-Thani 8

February
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aliases/name variants:

Adnan G. el Shukri Jumah; 

Abu Arif; Ja‘far al-Tayar; 

Jaffar al-Tayyar; Jafar Tayar; 

Jaffar the Pilot

date of birth: 4 August 1975

place of birth: Saudi Arabia

hair: Black

eyes: Black

height: 5’3”-5’7” (160-170 cm)

weight: Medium to heavy

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 

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 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
2014

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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

SUNDAY 8 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

MONDAY 9 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

TUESDAY 10 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

WEDNESDAY 11 Rabi` al-Thani 12

US: Lincoln’s Birthday

2000, Colombia: FARC, ELN stage attacks, kill 12, kidnap 16 THURSDAY 12 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

FRIDAY 13 Rabi` al-Thani 14

Valentine’s Day

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

Turkey; arrest sparks Kurdish protests across Europe

SATURDAY 14 Rabi` al-Thani 15

February
18

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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 

Ayman al-Zawahiri and 

Saif al-Adel.

Before 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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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

SUNDAY 15 Rabi` al-Thani 16

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

in suicide bombing in Kandahar; Taliban believed responsible

MONDAY 16 Rabi` al-Thani 17

US: Washington’s Birthday 

observed

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

Brigade claims responsibility

TUESDAY 17 Rabi` al-Thani 18

2001, UK: Terrorism Act 2000 enacted WEDNESDAY 18 Rabi` al-Thani 19

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

Yemen-born naturalized Saudi later arrested 

1998, Japan: Japanese Red Army member Tustomu Shiosaki sentenced 

to 30 years for attack on US Embassy in Indonesia

THURSDAY 19 Rabi` al-Thani 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

FRIDAY 20 Rabi` al-Thani 21

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

New York City subway system

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

triggers retaliatory attacks that kill nearly 400 in subsequent week; 

al-Qa‘ida in Iraq claims responsibility for attack

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

SATURDAY 21 Rabi` al-Thani 22

US: Washington’s birthday

February
20

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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

complextion: Light

hair: Brown

eyes: Brown/hazel

height: 5”11 (180 cm)

weight: 210 lbs (95 kg)

build: Medium

languages: Arabic, English

citizenship: United States

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
2014

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February/March

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

SUNDAY 22 Rabi` al-Thani 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

MONDAY 23 Rabi` al-Thani 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

TUESDAY 24 Rabi` al-Thani 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

WEDNESDAY 25 Rabi` al-Thani 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

THURSDAY 26 Rabi` al-Thani 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

FRIDAY 27 Rabi` al-Thani 28

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

SATURDAY 28 Rabi` al-Thani 1
22

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, 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.

AQAP emerged in January 2009 following an 

announcement that Yemeni and Saudi terrorists 

were unifying under a common banner, 

signaling the group’s intent to serve as a hub for 

regional terrorism in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. 

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 recently 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.

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

came into existence after the escape of 23 

al-Qa‘ida members from prison in the Yemeni 

capital, Sanaa, in February 2006. Several 

escapees helped reestablish the group and 

later identified fellow escapee al-Wahishi as the 

group’s new amir.

AQY operatives conducted near-simultaneous 

suicide attacks in September 2006 against oil 

facilities in Yemen, the first large-scale attack 

by the group. AQY later claimed responsibility 

for the attack and, in its first Internet statement 

in November 2006, vowed to conduct further 

operations. Ayman al-Zawahiri, at that time 

al-Qa‘ida’s second-in-command, in a statement 

in December 2006 congratulated AQY and 

encouraged additional attacks.

AQY in early 2008 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 

conducted its largest attack to date, targeting 

the US Embassy in Sanaa using two vehicle 

bombs that detonated outside the compound, 

killing 19 people, including six terrorists.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209989.htm

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

Nasir al-Wahishi
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March

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

SUNDAY 29 Rabi` al-Thani 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

MONDAY 1 Jumada al-Ula 3

1999, Turkey: Suspected PKK suicide bomber kills three in Batman TUESDAY 2 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

WEDNESDAY 3 Jumada al-Ula 5 Christian: Ash Wednesday

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

THURSDAY 4 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

FRIDAY 5 Jumada al-Ula 7

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

building in Lahore; TTP claims esponsibility

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

SATURDAY 6 Jumada al-Ula 8 Worldwide: International 

Women’s Day
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aliases/name variants:

Jamal Muhsin al-Tali, Abu 

Abdul Rahman al-Badawi, 

Abu Abdul Rahman al-Adani, 

Jamal Mohammad Ahmad 

Ali al-Badawi, Jamal 

Mohammad Ahmad

date of birth: 22 July 1960, 

23 October 1960 or 1963

place of birth: Al-Shargian, 

Makiras, Yemen

complextion: Olive

hair: Black

eyes: Black

height: 5’5” (165 cm)

weight: 175 lbs (79 kg)

citizenship: Yemen 

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 
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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

SUNDAY 7 Jumada al-Ula 9

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

70 wounded

MONDAY 8 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

TUESDAY 9 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

WEDNESDAY 10 Jumada al-Ula 12

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

Revenge Falcons of Apo claims responsibility

THURSDAY 11 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

FRIDAY 12 Jumada al-Ula 14

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

two hostages and one hijacker killed, remaining hostages released

SATURDAY 13 Jumada al-Ula 15

March
26

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

complextion: Olive

hair: Black

eyes: Black

citizenship: Yemen

language: Arabic

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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. He may be 

residing in Yemen. If you have 

any information concerning 

this person, please contact 

your local FBI office or the 

nearest American Embassy 

or Consulate.

Abdullah Al-Rimi
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1985, Lebanon: US journalist Terry Anderson kidnapped 

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

by Hizballah

SUNDAY 14 Jumada al-Ula 16 Jewish: Purim (Feast of Lots)

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

wounding 220; Lebanese Hizballah claims responsibility

MONDAY 15 Jumada al-Ula 17 Christian: St. Patrick’s Day

TUESDAY 16 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 al-Qassam 

Brigades, claims responsibility

2007, Afghanistan: Suicide bomber attacks US Embassy convoy, 

wounding two officials and one Afghan child; Taliban claim responsibility

WEDNESDAY 17 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

THURSDAY 18 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

FRIDAY 19 Jumada al-Ula 21

Iran/Afghanistan: Nowruz (Persian 

New Year)

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

bombing attempt in Moscow 

1945, Egypt: Arab League founded

SATURDAY 20 Jumada al-Ula 22

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

wounds 40; no immediate claim of responsibility

SUNDAY 21 Jumada al-Ula 23 Pakistan: Pakistan Day

2003, India: Armed militants dressed in military uniforms kill 24 MONDAY 22 Jumada al-Ula 24

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

Sabari; no claim of responsibility

TUESDAY 23 Jumada al-Ula 25

1978, Egypt & Israel: Countries ratify Camp David accords WEDNESDAY 24 Jumada al-Ula 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

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

THURSDAY 25 Jumada al-Ula 27

2007, Greece: Grenade attack damages vehicles in Thessaloniki but 

causes no injuries; anarchists believed responsible

FRIDAY 26 Jumada al-Ula 28

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

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

more than 200

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

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

Doku Umarov claims responsibility for the attacks

SATURDAY 27 Jumada al-Ula 29

March
30

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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

complextion: Olive

hair: Black

eyes: Brown 

WANTED

Abu Du‘a is the senior leader 

of the terrorist organization 

al-Qa‘ida in Iraq (AQI). Abu 

Du’a is in charge of overseeing 

all AQI operations and is 

currently based in Iraq. AQI 

was listed by the UN 1267 

Committee in 2004 under 

permanent reference number 

QE.J.115.04. Abu Du’a is 

responsible for managing 

and directing AQI large-scale 

operations, such as AQI’s 

28 August 2011 attack on 

the Umm al-Qura mosque 

in Baghdad which killed 

prominent Sunni lawmaker 

Khalid al-Fahdawi.

In a statement eulogizing 

Usama Bin Ladin, Abu Du‘a 

threatened violent retaliation 

for Bin Ladin’s death. Three 

days after Bin Ladin’s 

death, Abu Du‘a claimed 

responsibility for an attack 

in Hilla, Iraq, that killed 

24 policemen and wounded 

72 others. On 15 August 2011, 

a wave of AQI suicide attacks 

began in Mosul, Iraq, which 

culminated in over 70 deaths. 

Shortly thereafter, Abu Du‘a 

pledged on AQI’s Web site to 

carry out 100 attacks across 

Iraq in retaliation for Bin 

Ladin’s death.

Abu Du‘a

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

academy near Lahore; second major attack on security forces 

within month

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

al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claims responsibility

SUNDAY 28 Jumada al-Ula 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

MONDAY 29 Jumada al-Ula 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 TUESDAY 30 Jumada al-Ula 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

WEDNESDAY 1 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

THURSDAY 2 Jumada al-Akhirah 3

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

and wounding 200; Libya responsible

FRIDAY 3 Jumada al-Akhirah 4

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

killing two passengers; standoff ends 16 days later with remaining 

hostages released

SATURDAY 4 Jumada al-Akhirah 5

March/April

31
32

Al-Qa‘ida in Iraq (AQI), also known as the 

Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and more recently the 

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), 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. AQI targeted Coalition 

forces and civilians using tactics such as 

vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices 

(VBIEDs), suicide bombers, and executions 

of hostages by beheading and other means, 

attempting to pressure countries and foreign 

companies to leave Iraq, push Iraqis to stop 

supporting the United States and the Iraqi 

Government, and attract additional cadre to 

its ranks.

Al-Zarqawi was killed in a US airstrike on 

7 June 2006. The new leader of AQI, 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 AQI’s terrorist activities and 

place an “Iraqi face” on their efforts.

In 2007 AQI’s continued targeting and 

repression of Sunni civilians 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 forces and Iraqi Government 

operations that denied AQI its safehavens, 

restricting the organization’s freedom of 

movement and resulting in a decreased attack 

tempo beginning in mid-2007.

High-profile attacks in 2009 and 2010 

demonstrated not just the group’s relevance 

in the wake of the Coalition withdrawal from 

Iraqi cities in 2009, but also its efforts to 

posture itself to take advantage of the changing 

security environment. Abu Ayyub al-Masri and 

Abu Umar al-Baghdadi were killed in April 2010, 

marking a significant loss for the organization.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became AQI’s next 

leader, and the group has continued conducting 

high-profile attacks in Iraq and has made efforts 

to expand within the region. Suicide bombers 

and car bombs during the first half of 2013 

caused about 1,000 Iraqi deaths, the highest 

monthly violent death tolls since 2008. 

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in April 2013 declared the 

group was operating in Syria and changed its 

public name to the Islamic State of Iraq and the 

Levant. When al-Baghdadi announced 

the creation of the ISIL, he claimed AQI had 

founded the al-Nusrah Front in Syria and that 

the groups were merging. Al-Nusrah Front, 

however, denied the merger and publicly 

pledged allegiance to al-Qa‘ida leader 

Ayman al-Zawahiri.

AQI expanded its targeting outside of Iraq in 

August 2005 by attempting a rocket attack on 

a US Navy ship in the Port of Aqaba, Jordan, 

and in November 2005 with the bombing of 

three hotels in Amman that left 67 dead and 

more than 150 injured. The group’s official 

spokesperson and its leader in 2012 made vague 

threats against Americans everywhere. The 

arrests in May 2011 of two AQI-affiliated Iraqi 

refugees in Kentucky highlight the potential 

threat inside the United States from people 

associated with AQI.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209989.htm

Al-Qa‘ida in Iraq (AQI)/Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
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2001, US: Algerian Ahmed Ressam convicted for role in plot to attack 

Los Angeles International Airport on 31 December 1999

SUNDAY 5 Jumada al-Akhirah 6

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

17 November claims responsibility on 9 April 2001

MONDAY 6 Jumada al-Akhirah 7

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

election rally in Uri; Save Kashmir Movement claims responsibility

TUESDAY 7 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

WEDNESDAY 8 Jumada al-Akhirah 9 Tunisia: Martyrs Day

2002, Israel: HAMAS suicide bomber kills eight, wounds 22 in bus attack THURSDAY 9 Jumada al-Akhirah 10

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

Command founded

FRIDAY 10 Jumada al-Akhirah 11

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

Martyrs Brigade responsible

SATURDAY 11 Jumada al-Akhirah 12

April
34

Al-Nusrah Front

Al-Nusrah Font is one of the most capable 

al-Qa‘ida-affiliated 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 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.

Al-Qa‘ida in Iraq (AQI)—also known as the 

Islamic State of Iraq (ISI)—played a significant 

role in founding the group. AQI since 2003 has 

used Syria as a facilitation hub and transformed 

this facilitation and logistics network into 

an organization capable of conducting 

sophisticated explosives and firearms attacks. 

AQI leaders since the beginning of al-Nusrah 

Front’s participation in the conflict had provided 

the group with personnel and resources, 

including money and weapons.

For most of early 2013, however, al-Nusrah 

Front and AQI were consumed by a public 

rift stemming from AQI leader Abu Bakr 

al-Baghdadi’s April announcement of 

the “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” (ISIL), 

which constituted a de facto public merger of 

both groups. Al-Nusrah Front and AQI have 

differing agendas in and strategies for Syria, 

and a public merger between them probably 

would have undermined al-Nusrah Front’s 

autonomy in Syria. In April 2013, al-Nusrah 

Front’s leader, Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani, 

pledged allegiance to al-Qa‘ida leader 

Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Al-Nusrah Front’s leaders probably have learned 

lessons from AQI’s experiences in Iraq and 

have sought to win the hearts and minds of the 

Syrian populace, providing parts of the country 

with humanitarian assistance and basic civil 

services. Several Syria-based armed opposition 

groups cooperate and fight alongside Sunni 

extremists, including al-Nusrah Front, and 

are dependent upon the groups for expertise, 

training, and weapons. Al-Nusrah Front has 

managed to seize territory, including military 

bases and hydroelectric dams in northern Syria.

The group’s cadre is predominately composed 

of Syrian nationals, many of whom are 

veterans of previous conflicts, including in 

Iraq. Thousands of fighters from around 

the world have traveled to Syria since early 

2012 to support secular oppositionist groups, 

although 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.

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

2006, Chad: Eighty civilians killed in two attacks in and near Jawara; no 

claim of responsibility but Janjaweed Militia widely believed responsible

SUNDAY 12 Jumada al-Akhirah 13 Christian: Palm Sunday

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

MONDAY 13 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

TUESDAY 14 Jumada al-Akhirah 15 Jewish: Passover (lasts one week)

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

WEDNESDAY 15 Jumada al-Akhirah 16

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

al-Rantisi

THURSDAY 16 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

FRIDAY 17 Jumada al-Akhirah 18 Christian: Good Friday

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

SATURDAY 18 Jumada al-Akhirah 19
36

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. 

GSPC had close to 30,000 members at its 

height, but the Algerian Government’s 

counterterrorism efforts have reduced its 

ranks to fewer than 1,000.

Following its formal alliance with al-Qa‘ida, 

AQIM expanded its aims and declared its 

intention to attack Western targets. In late 2006 

and early 2007, it conducted several improvised 

explosive device (IED) attacks against convoys 

of foreign nationals working in the energy 

sector. AQIM in December 2007 attacked United 

Nations offices in Algiers with a car bomb and 

in February 2008 attacked the Israeli Embassy in 

Nouakchott, Mauritania, with small arms. 

AQIM, which operates primarily in the northern 

coastal areas of Algeria and in parts of the 

desert regions of southern Algeria and northern 

Mali, mainly employs conventional terrorist 

tactics, including guerrilla-style ambushes 

and mortar, rocket, and IED attacks. Its 

principal sources of funding include extortion, 

kidnapping, and donations. AQIM leader 

Abdelmalek Droukdal announced in May 

2007 that suicide bombings would become 

the group’s main tactic. The group claimed 

responsibility for a suicide truck-bomb attack 

that killed at least eight soldiers and injured 

more than 20 at a military barracks in Algeria on 

11 July 2007, the opening day of the All-Africa 

Games. 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. 

In 2010, AQIM 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 deaths 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.

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 Timbuktou for 

ethnic Tuaregs.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209989.htm

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

Abdelmalek 

Droukdal
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1998, Germany: Red Army Faction announces dissolution SUNDAY 19 Jumada al-Akhirah 20 Christian: Easter

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

MONDAY 20 Jumada al-Akhirah 21 Jewish: Passover (7th day; in Israel, 

Passover ends at sundown)

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

residence ends with 17 dead, 71 freed; MRTA responsible

TUESDAY 21 Jumada al-Akhirah 22 Jewish: Passover (8th day; ends at 

sundown)

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

WEDNESDAY 22 Jumada al-Akhirah 23

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

FARC believed responsible

THURSDAY 23 Jumada al-Akhirah 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

FRIDAY 24 Jumada al-Akhirah 25

Egypt: Sinai Liberation Day

2001, Colombia: Government withdraws troops and allows ELN to 

claim territory

SATURDAY 25 Jumada al-Akhirah 26

April
38

Terrorism in North and West Africa

Al-Mulathamun Batallion

Al-Mulathamun Battalion and its subordinate 

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

With Blood”), led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, 

splintered from al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the 

Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in fall 2012 due to 

leadership disputes between Belmokhtar and 

AQIM’s leadership.

The group claimed responsibility for the 

16 January attack on the In Amenas oil facility in 

southern Algeria, which resulted in a four-day 

hostage crisis in which his group held at least 40 

Western captives, including several US citizens. 

The group also jointly carried out a pair of 

suicide attacks in Niger in conjunction with the 

likeminded extremist group Tawhid Wal Jihad 

in West Africa in May 2013. Belmokhtar claimed 

responsibility for a prison attack in early June in 

Niamey, Niger.

Belmokthar in December 2012 issued a public 

statement calling on jihadists to travel to Mali to 

fight against Western nations during anticipated 

military intervention. Belmokhtar also promised 

to take the fight to the West, vowing that 

Western nations’ interests would be threatened 

within their own borders. 

While “Those Who Sign With Blood” is a 

relatively new organization, Belmokhtar has 

been gathering supporters and prestige in 

North and West Africa for almost two decades. 

He traveled to Afghanistan as a teenager in 1989 

to fight with the mujahidin and trained with 

al-Qa‘ida, where he lost an eye mishandling 

explosives. He returned to Algeria in the 

mid-1990s and joined the Armed Islamic Group 

(GIA), whose stated mission was to overthrow 

the Algerian government and establish an 

Islamic state. By the late 1990s, Belmokhtar 

seized control over lucrative trans-Saharan 

smuggling routes, reportedly earning millions 

by trafficking cigarettes. Having taken over as 

the GIA’s amir in the Sahara, Belmokhtar helped 

set up the Salafist Group for Preaching and 

Combat (GSPC) splinter faction in 1998. GSPC 

evolved into AQIM in 2007.

TWJWA

Al-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 al-Qa‘ida in the 

Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). TWJWA 

is led by a former AQIM spiritual adviser, Hamad 

el-Khairy, who has close ties to former AQIM 

commander and now al-Mulathamun Battalion 

leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar. TWJWA has 

coordinated and planned terrorist attacks across 

North and West Africa and has used local black 

African populations from West Africa to carry 

out attacks.

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. 

TWJWA has been more active than AQIM in 

targeting intervening forces because TWJWA—

which is largely comprised of individuals from 

Mali, Mauritania, and Niger—probably perceives 

Western-led intervention in Mali as a threat to 

the sub-Saharan region, which is home to a 

majority of TWJWA’s members.
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April/May

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

Revolutionary Cells responsible

SUNDAY 26 Jumada al-Akhirah 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

MONDAY 27 Jumada al-Akhirah 28 Israel: Holocaust Remembrance Day 

(Yom HaShoah)

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

TUESDAY 28 Jumada al-Akhirah 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

WEDNESDAY 29 Jumada al-Akhirah 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

THURSDAY 1 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

FRIDAY 2 Rajab 2

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

bombing in Times Square, New York City

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

9/11 attacks

SATURDAY 3 Rajab 3
40

Mokhtar Belmokhtar

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 

Signed-in-Blood Battalion. 

Under Belmokhtar’s command, 

the Battalion conducted a 

deadly attack in January 2013 

on a gas facility in In-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 

Signed-in-Blood Battalion, 

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 

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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if you are in the United States, 

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telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARDS. 

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May

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

claims responsibility

SUNDAY 4 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

MONDAY 5 Rajab 5 Israel: Memorial Day (Yom 

Hazikaron)

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

TUESDAY 6 Rajab 6 Israel: Independence Day (Yom 

Ha’atzmaut)

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

2002, Israel: Suicide bomber at club in Tel Aviv kills 15 and wounds 55; 

HAMAS responsible

WEDNESDAY 7 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

THURSDAY 8 Rajab 8

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

imposition of UN sanctions

FRIDAY 9 Rajab 9

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

Dagestan, leaving 41 dead; Chechen separatists suspected

SATURDAY 10 Rajab 10
42

Yahya Abu el Hammam

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 

seventy-eight-year-old French 

hostage in Niger. In 2006, 

Hammam was sentenced to 

death in absentia by Algerian 

authorities for terrorismrelated 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 the northwest Africa 

region. AQIM has claimed 

responsibility for suicide 

bombings, kidnappings of 

Westerners, assassinations, 

and improvised explosive 

device attacks. The group 

conducted two simultaneous 

suicide operations in 

December 2007, attacking 

a United Nations program 

headquarters and the Algerian 

Constitutional Council, killing 

42 people and wounding 

158 others. AQIM also claimed 

responsibility for the June 

2009 murder of American 

citizen Christopher Leggett, 

who was in Mauritania 

conducting missionary work. 

In September 2012, AQIM 

encouraged members to 

threaten US embassies and 

kill US ambassadors. AQIM 

announced its official alliance 

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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if you are in the United States, 

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or Consulate.

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If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARDS. 

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

to kill Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

SUNDAY 11 Rajab 11

US: Mother’s Day

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

MONDAY 12 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

TUESDAY 13 Rajab 13 Islamic: Birthday of ‘Ali, cousin and 

son-in-law of Muhammad (Islamic 

calendar; approx. 598 C.E., 24 A.H.)

1948, Israel: Founding of the State of Israel WEDNESDAY 14 Rajab 14

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

killing 19 and wounding 30; Taliban claim responsibility

THURSDAY 15 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

FRIDAY 16 Rajab 16

1989, West Germany: Court convicts Muhammed Ali Hamadei of 

hijacking TWA flight 847 in 1985

SATURDAY 17 Rajab 17

US: Armed Forces Day

May
44

aliases/name variants: 

Oumar Ould Harama, Oumar 

Ould Hana

date of birth: 1963

place of birth: Kidal, Mali

hair: Black

height: 71 inches (180 cm)

nationality: Malian

WANTED

Oumar Ould Hamaha, 

previously a member of 

al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the 

Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), is 

now the spokesperson for the 

Movement for Unity and Jihad 

in West Africa (MUJWA), an 

AQIM offshoot group. As a 

member of AQIM, Hamaha 

participated in kidnappings 

of foreigners for ransom, 

including the kidnapping of 

Canadian diplomat Robert 

Fowler from Niamey, Niger, 

in December 2008. Hamaha 

also made threats against 

Westerners in Mali and has 

been associated with the 

abduction of Europeans in 

the region.

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May

1980, Peru: Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) begins terrorist operations SUNDAY 18 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

MONDAY 19 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

TUESDAY 20 Rajab 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

WEDNESDAY 21 Rajab 21

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

THURSDAY 22 Rajab 22

FRIDAY 23 Rajab 23

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

State of Iraq/Mujahidin Shura Council believed responsible

SATURDAY 24 Rajab 24
46

aliases/name variants: 

Abd al Karim, Abou Abdoul 

Karim, Abu Abd al Karim al 

Tariqi, Abou Hamid Abdel 

Karim, Abd al Karim the Malian

date of birth: 1972

hair: Black

complexion: Dark

nationality: Malian

WANTED

Malik Abou Abdelkarim is a 

senior leader of a company 

of fighters within the terrorist 

group al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of 

the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). 

Under Abdelkarim’s command, 

his company has acquired 

weapons and conducted 

kidnappings and small-scale 

terrorist attacks in North and 

West Africa. Abdelkarim was 

reportedly responsible for 

killing a seventy-eight-year-old 

French hostage in Niger in July 

2010. An attack in June 2010 

carried out by Abdelkarim’s 

company resulted in the death 

of 11 Algerian gendarmes.

AQIM, previously known as the 

Salafist Group for Preaching 

and Combat (GSPC), has 

conducted dozens of terrorist 

attacks in the northwest Africa 

region. AQIM has claimed 

responsibility for suicide 

bombings, kidnappings of 

Westerners, assassinations, 

and improvised explosive 

device attacks. The group 

conducted two simultaneous 

suicide operations in 

December 2007, attacking 

a United Nations program 

headquarters and the Algerian 

Constitutional Council, killing 

42 people and wounding 158 

others. AQIM also claimed 

responsibility for the June 

2009 murder of American 

citizen Christopher Leggett, 

who was in Mauritania 

conducting missionary work. 

In September 2012, AQIM 

encouraged members to 

threaten US embassies and 

kill US ambassadors. AQIM 

announced its official alliance 

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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Malik Abou Abdelkarim
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May

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

SUNDAY 25 Rajab 25

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

attack in 1995

MONDAY 26 Rajab 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

TUESDAY 27 Rajab 27 Islamic: Laylat al-Mi’raj (Ascent 

of the Prophet to Heaven; approx 

621 C.E.)

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)

WEDNESDAY 28 Rajab 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

THURSDAY 29 Rajab 29 Christian: Ascension Day

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

JRA dissolution, regrouping as legal organization 

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

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

International Airport

FRIDAY 30 Rajab 30

1979, West Germany: Red Army Faction member Irmgard Moeller 

sentenced to life in prison for attacks on US Army headquarters 

in Heidelberg

SATURDAY 1 Sha`ban 31
48

The Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin—commonly 

known as al-Shabaab—was the militant wing of 

the Somali Council of Islamic Courts that took 

over most of southern Somalia in the second 

half of 2006. Despite the group’s defeat by 

Somali and Ethiopian forces in 2007, 

al-Shabaab—a clan-based insurgent and 

terrorist group—has continued its violent 

insurgency in southern and central Somalia. 

The group has exerted temporary and, at times, 

sustained control over strategic locations 

in those areas by recruiting, sometimes 

forcibly, regional sub-clans and their militias, 

using guerrilla warfare and terrorist tactics 

against the 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 has largely 

degraded al-Shabaab’s control, especially in 

Mogadishu but also in other key regions of the 

country, and conflict among senior leaders has 

exacerbated fractures within the group. 

As evidenced by the increasing levels of 

infighting among leadership, al-Shabaab is not 

centralized or monolithic in its agenda or goals. 

Its rank-and-file members come from disparate 

clans, and the group is susceptible to clan 

politics, internal divisions, and shifting alliances. 

Most of its fighters are predominantly interested 

in the nationalistic battle against the SFG and 

not supportive of global jihad. Al-Shabaab’s 

senior leadership is 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. Some al-Shabaab personalities 

have previously threatened the West and vowed 

to launch attacks in neighboring countries; 

associated extremists are likely responsible for 

the rash of bombings that have occurred 

in Kenya. 

The group 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, including five bombers, and injuring 29 

others. Al-Shabaab also 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 

that killed 22. Al-Shabaab is responsible for 

the assassination of Somali peace activists, 

international aid workers, numerous civil 

society figures, and journalists, and for blocking 

the delivery of aid from some Western relief 

agencies during the 2011 famine that killed 

tens of thousands of Somalis. In 2008, the 

US Government designated al-Shabaab as a 

Foreign Terrorist Organization under Section 

219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as 

amended) and as a Specially Designated Global 

Terrorist entity under Section 1(b) of Executive 

Order 13224 (as amended). In 2012, the Rewards 

for Justice program added several al-Shabaab 

leaders to its site, offering large rewards for 

information leading to their capture.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209989.htm

Al-Shabaab
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June

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

SUNDAY 2 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

MONDAY 3 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

TUESDAY 4 Sha`ban 3

2012, Pakistan: Abu Yahya al-Libi, seen as al-Qa`ida second-in-command 

and “general manager,” killed; White House sees “major blow” to 

group’s capabilities

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

Consulate in Istanbul

WEDNESDAY 5 Sha`ban 4 Jewish: Shavuot (Feast of Weeks, 

lasts two days)

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

THURSDAY 6 Sha`ban 5

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

German peacekeepers in Kabul, killing five and wounding 29; al-Qa‘ida 

probably responsible 

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

bombing and jailed in Japan

FRIDAY 7 Sha`ban 6

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

SATURDAY 8 Sha`ban 7
50

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 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:

Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohammed, 

Muktar Abdulrahim Abuzubair, 

Shaykh Mukhtar, Abu Zubeyr, 

Godani, Godane

date of birth: 10 July 1977

place of birth: Hargeysa, Somalia

hair: Black

eyes: Brown

complexion: Dark

nationality: Somali

WANTED

Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed 

is the founder of Harakat 

Shabaab al-Mujahidin 

(al-Shabaab). He was 

publicly named emir of the 

organization in December 2007. 

Aw-Mohamed has exercised 

command responsibility for 

al-Shabaab operations across 

Somalia. He claimed his group 

was responsible for the May 

2007 assassination of a judge 

in Beledweyne, Somalia; and 

in March 2007, he coordinated 

attacks on Ethiopian troops in 

Somalia. He has also served 

as a conduit for financing to 

al-Shabaab. On 20 November 

2008, the US Department of 

the Treasury designated 

aw-Mohamed under Executive 

Order 13224, which targets 

terrorists and those providing 

support to terrorists or acts 

of terrorism. Aw-Mohamed 

was also designated 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. 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 

Ahmed Abdi Aw-Mohamed 
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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

SUNDAY 9 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 

Abu-Rawwash, killed in Cairo; 40 members arrested

MONDAY 10 Sha`ban 9

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

responsibility but Islamic State of Iraq suspected

TUESDAY 11 Sha`ban 10

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

next day; plane destroyed, hijackers escape

WEDNESDAY 12 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

THURSDAY 13 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

FRIDAY 14 Sha`ban 13

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

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

hijackers escape

SATURDAY 15 Sha`ban 14

US: Flag Day

Islamic: Nisfu Sha‘ban (Night 

of Repentance, observed from 

preceding night)

June
52

northern Somalia, typically 

targeting Somali Government 

officials and perceived allies 

of the TFG. 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. 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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if you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

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telephone, please call 

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aliases/name variants:

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 1969

place of birth: Xudur or 

Keren, Somalia

hair: Black

eyes: Brown

complexion: Dark

nationality: Somali; also 

possesses an Eritrean passport 

under the alias Mukhtar 

Abdullahi Ali

WANTED

Mukhtar Robow has served as 

the spokesperson for Harakat 

Shabaab al-Mujahidin 

(al-Shabaab), communicating 

to the press and public on its 

behalf. He has also served as 

al-Shabaab’s spiritual leader 

and as its military commander 

in parts of southern Somalia. 

As an al-Shabaab military 

commander, Robow has 

targeted Somali Transitional 

Federal Government (TFG), 

Ethiopian, and African 

Union troops in Somalia. In 

December 2007, al-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 

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

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

Delhi on Bin Ladin’s orders

SUNDAY 16 Sha`ban 15

US: Father’s Day

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

MONDAY 17 Sha`ban 16

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

recruitment center, killing 35 and wounding 138

TUESDAY 18 Sha`ban 17

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

injuring 74; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility

WEDNESDAY 19 Sha`ban 18

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

al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claims responsibility

THURSDAY 20 Sha`ban 19

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

others wounded near Srinagar

FRIDAY 21 Sha`ban 20

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

SATURDAY 22 Sha`ban 21

June
54

killing at least 26 people and 

injuring 29 others. Al-Shabaab 

was responsible for the twin 

suicide bombings in Kampala, 

Uganda, on 11 July 2010, which 

killed more than 70 people, 

including one American. The 

group is responsible for the 

assassination of Somali 

peace activists, international 

aid workers, numerous civil 

society figures, and journalists. 

In February 2012, al-Shabaab 

and al-Qa‘ida announced their 

formal alliance. 

The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization under 

Section 219 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (as 

amended) on 26 February 2008, 

and a Specially Designated 

Global Terrorist entity under 

Executive Order 13224 on 

29 February 2008. 

REWARD

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concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office 

if you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

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telephone, please call 

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aliases/name variants:

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

in foreign oil worker’s kidnapping and murder

SUNDAY 23 Sha`ban 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

MONDAY 24 Sha`ban 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

TUESDAY 25 Sha`ban 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

WEDNESDAY 26 Sha`ban 25

1995, Ethiopia: Egyptian President Mubarak escapes assassination 

attempt; al-Gama’at al-Islamiyya responsible

THURSDAY 27 Sha`ban 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

FRIDAY 28 Sha`ban 27

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

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

attackers detonate themselves; Taliban claim responsibility

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

assassinated in Athens by 17 November

SATURDAY 29 Sha`ban 28

June
56

suicide bombings in Kampala, 

Uganda, on 11 July 2010, which 

killed more than 70 people, 

including one American. The 

group is responsible for the 

assassination of Somali 

peace activists, international 

aid workers, numerous civil 

society figures, and journalists. 

In February 2012, al-Shabaab 

and al-Qa‘ida announced their 

formal alliance. 

The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization under 

Section 219 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (as 

amended) on 26 February 2008, 

and a Specially Designated 

Global Terrorist entity under 

Executive Order 13224 on 

29 February 2008.

REWARD

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concerning this person, please 

contact your local FBI office 

if you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

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send your information to

rfj@state.gov.

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telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARDS. 

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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

location: Mogadishu, Somalia

WANTED

Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud 

is a military commander of 

Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin 

(al-Shabaab). As of late 

2008, he was also one of 

approximately 10 members 

on al-Shabaab’s leadership 

council. Mahamoud and an 

associate were in charge of 

the 10 June 2009 mortar attack 

against the Somali Transitional 

Federal Government (TFG) 

in Mogadishu. Additionally, 

as of 2007, he coordinated 

al-Qa‘ida activity in Somalia. 

In April 2010, Mahamoud 

was designated by the US 

Department of the Treasury 

under Executive Order 13536 

for contributing to the violence 

and the deterioration of 

security in Somalia. 

Al-Shabaab was the militant 

wing of the Somali Council of 

Islamic Courts that took over 

most of southern Somalia 

in the second half of 2006. 

Al-Shabaab has continued 

its violent insurgency in 

southern and central Somalia. 

The group has claimed 

responsibility for many 

bombings—including various 

types of suicide attacks—in 

Mogadishu and in central and 

northern Somalia, typically 

targeting Somali Government 

officials and perceived allies 

of the TFG. 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 

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2007, UK: Two car bombs safely dismantled in London

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

for treason

SUNDAY 1 Ramadan 29 Islamic: Ramadan (fasting begins 

at dawn)

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

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

MONDAY 2 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

TUESDAY 3 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

WEDNESDAY 4 Ramadan 2

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

Redemption Front claims responsibility

THURSDAY 5 Ramadan 3

2010, Lebanon: Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah, spiritual leader of 

Hizballah, dies in Beirut

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

citizens in Kashmir 

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

three hostages and all hijackers killed

FRIDAY 6 Ramadan 4

US: Independence Day

2001, Sri Lanka: Government invokes tough terrorism laws to 

combat LTTE

SATURDAY 7 Ramadan 5

Algeria: Independence Day

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aliases/name variants:

Ibrahim Hajj Jama, Ibrahim 

Haji Jama Mead, Ibrahim Haji 

Jama Mee’aad, Ibrahim Haji 

Jama Meecaad Afkhani, AbuZalma, and Abubakar al-Seyli‘i, 

al-Afghani

WANTED

Ibrahim Haji Jama is another 

founder of Harakat 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 Kismaayo. 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. 

In February 2012, al-Shabaab 

and al-Qa‘ida announced their 

formal alliance.

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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

SUNDAY 8 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

MONDAY 9 Ramadan 7

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

German Dirk Hasert in Kashmir

TUESDAY 10 Ramadan 8 Islamic: Occupation of Mecca by 

Muhammad’s army (1 January 

630 C.E.)

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

WEDNESDAY 11 Ramadan 9

2001, Spain: ETA car bomb attack kills one and wounds 12 in Madrid THURSDAY 12 Ramadan 10

Egypt: Sinai Liberation Day

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

FRIDAY 13 Ramadan 11

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

killed in Kandahar by bodyguard; Taliban claim responsibility

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

SATURDAY 14 Ramadan 12

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aliases/name variants:

Emir Anwar, Ahmed Gurey, 

Anwar al-Amriki, “Ahmed” 

(moniker), “Anwar” (moniker)

date of birth: 28 December 1981; 

11 November 1986

place of birth: Waukesha, 

Wisconsin

hair: Brown

eyes: Blue

build: Tall, thin

complexion: Light

height: 6’1” (185 cm)

weight: 170 lbs (77 kg)

citizenship: United States

languages: Arabic, Somali, 

English

special identifiers: Mostafa is lefthanded. 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 is 

being sought for his alleged 

terrorist activities and acting 

as an operating member of 

al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based 

terrorist organization.

Jehad Serwan Mostafa, has 

performed various functions 

for al-Shabaab, including 

acting as a training camp 

instructor and a leader of 

foreign fighters. He is also 

skilled in the group’s media 

activities. Mostafa is an 

American citizen who lived in 

San Diego, California, before 

moving to Somalia in 2005. He 

may have or is likely to visit 

the following areas: Somalia, 

Yemen, Ethiopia, Kenya, and 

other African countries. 

Mostafa is on the FBI’s Most 

Wanted Terrorists list, and 

is sought by the FBI for his 

alleged terrorist activities. 

On 9 October 2009, a federal 

arrest warrant was issued for 

Mostafa in the United States 

District Court, Southern 

District of California.

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. 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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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

SUNDAY 15 Ramadan 13

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

and British Embassy in Baghdad kills 10, wounds 40

MONDAY 16 Ramadan 14 France: Bastille Day

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

convoy; Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility

TUESDAY 17 Ramadan 15 Islamic: Battle of Badr 

(13 March 624 C.E.)

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

WEDNESDAY 18 Ramadan 16

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

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

Noordin Mat Top and Jemaah Islamiya strongly suspected

2002, Greece: Police arrest Alexandros Giotopoulos, leader and founder 

of 17 November

THURSDAY 19 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

FRIDAY 20 Ramadan 18

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

and wounding 60

SATURDAY 21 Ramadan 19

July
62

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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telephone, please call 

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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 

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2009, Afghanistan: Twelve civilians killed when vehicle strikes a roadside 

bomb in Syah Koshah; no claim of responsibility

SUNDAY 22 Ramadan 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

MONDAY 23 Ramadan 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

TUESDAY 24 Ramadan 22

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

militants suspected

WEDNESDAY 25 Ramadan 23

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

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

THURSDAY 26 Ramadan 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

FRIDAY 27 Ramadan 25 Islamic: Laylat al-Qadr (Night of 

Power; the night of revelation of 

Qur’an to Muhammad, begins 

this evening)

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

200 in Ahmedabad; Indian Mujahidin claims responsibility

SATURDAY 28 Ramadan 26

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The US Department of State 

named al-Shabaab a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization under 

Section 219 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (as 

amended) on 26 February 2008, 

and a Specially Designated 

Global Terrorist entity under 

Executive Order 13224 on 

29 February 2008.

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concerning this person, please 

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if you are in the United States, 

or the nearest US Embassy 

or Consulate.

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telephone, please call 

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aliases/name variants: 

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 founder and emir 

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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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

SUNDAY 29 Ramadan 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

MONDAY 30 Ramadan 28 Islamic: Eid al-Fitr (feast of fastbreaking after Ramadan; begins 

tonight, lasts three days)

Peru: Independence Day

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

in Burgos; ETA claims responsibility

TUESDAY 1 Shawwal 29

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

HAMAS responsible

WEDNESDAY 2 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

THURSDAY 3 Shawwal 31

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

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

subsequent attacks on villages

FRIDAY 4 Shawwal 1

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

in Baghdad, killing 19 and wounding 50 

1990, Iraq: Invasion of Kuwait begins

SATURDAY 5 Shawwal 2

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Boko Haram, which refers to itself as “Jama‘atu 

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

Group of the Sunni People for the Calling 

and Jihad) and “Nigerian Taliban”—other 

translations and variants are used—is a Nigeriabased 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.

Since late 2011, the group has conducted 

multiple attacks per week against a wide 

range of targets, including Christians, Nigerian 

security and police forces, the media, schools, 

and politicians. Since late 2012, Boko Haram 

and its splinter group Ansaru have claimed 

responsibility for three kidnappings of 

Westerners, raising their international profile 

and emphasizing the growing threat they 

pose to Western and regional interests. As of 

July 2013 Ansaru was holding a French hostage. 

Also in 2013, Boko Haram expanded its activity 

in neighboring countries and continues to clash 

with Nigerian military forces trying to oust it 

from northeastern Nigeria.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209979.htm

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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

SUNDAY 6 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

MONDAY 7 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 Mahsud killed in missile 

strike; Mahsud 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

TUESDAY 8 Shawwal 5 Jewish: Tisha B’Av 

(commemoration of destruction of 

First and Second Temples)

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

WEDNESDAY 9 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; al-Qa‘ida 

responsible

THURSDAY 10 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

FRIDAY 11 Shawwal 8

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

Zemmouri; AQIM claims responsibility

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

missionary hospital in Islamabad

SATURDAY 12 Shawwal 9

August
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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

date of birth: 1965, 1969, 1975

place of birth: Yobe, Nigeria

height: Tall

build: Slim

complexion: Dark

ethnicity: Kanuri

languages: Arabic, Hausa, Fulani, 

Kanuri

WANTED

Abubakar Shekau is the leader 

of Jama‘atu Ahl as-Sunnah 

il-Da‘awati wal-Jihad, more 

commonly known as Boko 

Haram. Boko Haram, which 

means “Western education is 

forbidden,” is a Nigeria-based 

terrorist organization that 

seeks to overthrow the current 

Nigerian government and 

replace it with a regime based 

on Islamic law. 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 (IED) in 

June 2011, and has 

increasingly used IEDs in 

attacks against soft targets. 

Boko Haram’s 26 August 2011 

vehicle-bomb attack on the 

United Nations headquarters 

in Abuja, Nigeria, marked the 

group’s first lethal operation 

against Western interests. At 

least 23 people were killed 

and 80 more 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 on 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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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

SUNDAY 13 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

MONDAY 14 Shawwal 11

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

and wounds 20; Palestine Islamic Jihad suspected

TUESDAY 15 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

WEDNESDAY 16 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

THURSDAY 17 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

FRIDAY 18 Shawwal 15

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

airports, dies under mysterious circumstances in Baghdad

1993, Germany: Authorities storm KLM plane hijacked by Egyptian 

Islamic Jihad after last two hostages escape through cockpit window

SATURDAY 19 Shawwal 16

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Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)

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. 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; 

however, this only increased attacks and caused 

a dramatic increase in the number of internally 

displaced people. In 2005 and 2006, after years 

of increasing military pressure, the LRA shifted 

forces to the DRC to regroup, 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.

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. 

On 22 November 2011, the African Union (AU) 

formally designated the LRA a terrorist group 

and authorized an initiative to enhance regional 

cooperation toward its elimination. In March 

2012, the AU launched its own military force to 

assist regional counter-LRA efforts. However, 

instability resulting from a March 2013 coup by 

the Seleka rebel group in the Central African 

Republic has hindered Ugandan-led counterLRA military operations in the region.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209979.htm

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August

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

SUNDAY 20 Shawwal 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

MONDAY 21 Shawwal 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

TUESDAY 22 Shawwal 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

WEDNESDAY 23 Shawwal 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

THURSDAY 24 Shawwal 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

FRIDAY 25 Shawwal 22

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

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

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

and wounds 25; ELN blamed

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

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

wherever they are found

SATURDAY 26 Shawwal 23
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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. The 

group also supports Palestinian rejectionist 

groups in their struggle against Israel and 

provides training for Iraqi Shia militants 

attacking Western interests in Iraq. Hizballah 

Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah publically 

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, a July 2012 bus bombing in Bulgaria, 

and the group’s intervention in Syria. 

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. Although 

Hizballah’s leadership is based in Lebanon, the 

group has established cells worldwide.

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. In May 2008, Hizballah militants 

seized parts of Beirut in response to calls by 

the government to restrict Hizballah’s secure 

communications and arms. In negotiations to 

end the violence, Hizballah gained veto power 

in the government and retained its arms and 

secure communications. 

In 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. Several 

Hizballah operations have been disrupted 

since Mughniyah’s death, including the 2008 

disruption of 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.

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. 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 July 2012, a bomb exploded on a bus 

in Burgas, Bulgaria, killing five Israeli 

tourists and a Bulgarian. The Israeli prime 

minister announced his government had 

“unquestionable” intelligence indicating 

Hizballah conducted the attack, and in February 

the Bulgarian Interior Minister said there was 

“well grounded” evidence Hizballah was behind 

the bombing.

Hizballah
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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

SUNDAY 27 Shawwal 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

MONDAY 28 Shawwal 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

TUESDAY 29 Shawwal 26

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

and Kirkuk kill 50 civilians; no claim of responsibility

WEDNESDAY 1 Dhu al-Qa‘da 27

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

Aden-Abyan suspected

THURSDAY 2 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

FRIDAY 3 Dhu al-Qa‘da 29

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

three and wounds seven

SATURDAY 4 Dhu al-Qa‘da 30

August
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aliases/name variants:

Ahmed Garbaya, Samir 

Salwwan, Sa-id

date of birth: 1963

place of birth: Lebanon

hair: Black

eyes: Black

height: 5’9”-5’11” (175-180 cm)

build: Slender

citizenship: Lebanon 

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 of 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.

For his role in planning and 

participating in this attack on 

a commercial airliner, Hasan 

Izz-al-Din was 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 on board an 

aircraft; placing a destructive 

device on board an aircraft; 

assault on board an 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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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

SUNDAY 5 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

MONDAY 6 Dhu al-Qa‘da 1

US: Labor Day

Libya: National Day

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

TUESDAY 7 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

WEDNESDAY 8 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

THURSDAY 9 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

FRIDAY 10 Dhu al-Qa‘da 5

1986, Turkey: ANO kills 21 in attack on Istanbul synagogue SATURDAY 11 Dhu al-Qa‘da 6 Islamic: Death of ‘Ali al-Rida‘, eighth 

Shia Imam (26 May 818 C.E.)

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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.

Ayoub should be considered 

armed and dangerous. If 

you have any information 

concerning this person, please 

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the nearest American Embassy 

or Consulate.

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and dangerous.

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terrorists

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: 5 October 1966

place of birth: Beirut, Lebanon

hair: Black

eyes: Brown

complexion: Light

height: 5’7” (170 cm)

weight: 169 lbs (77 kg)

build: Medium

languages: Arabic, English

citizenship: Lebanon 

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

wounding 14; GIA suspected

SUNDAY 12 Dhu al-Qa‘da 7

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

Dagestan Liberation Army claims responsibility

MONDAY 13 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

TUESDAY 14 Dhu al-Qa‘da 9

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

40 years for murder of three US activists

WEDNESDAY 15 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

THURSDAY 16 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

FRIDAY 17 Dhu al-Qa‘da 12

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: Israel and PLO sign peace agreement

SATURDAY 18 Dhu al-Qa‘da 13

September
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Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, also known as Army of 

the Righteous, is one of the largest and most 

proficient of the Kashmir-focused militant 

groups. LT formed in the early 1990s as the 

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

a Pakistan-based Islamic fundamentalist 

missionary organization founded in the 1980s 

to oppose the Soviets in Afghanistan. Since 

1993, LT has conducted numerous attacks 

against Indian troops and civilian targets in the 

disputed Jammu and Kashmir state, as well as 

several high-profile attacks inside India itself. 

Concern over new LT attacks in India remains 

high. The United States and United Nations 

have designated LT an international terrorist 

organization. The Pakistani Government banned 

LT and froze its assets in 2002. In 2008 the US 

Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 

four senior LT leaders, and in April 2012 two 

senior LT leaders were placed on the US State 

Department Rewards for Justice list.

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, Pakistani Ajmal Kasab, after the Indian 

Supreme Court upheld his death sentence. India 

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. Indian authorities have 

speculated that LT also may have contributed 

surveillance and planning for the 13 February 

2010 bombing of a German bakery in 

Pune, India.

LT’s exact size is unknown, but the group 

probably has several thousand members, 

predominantly Pakistani nationals seeking a 

united Kashmir under Pakistani rule. 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, were widely reported to have 

provided aid to flood victims.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209989.htm
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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

SUNDAY 19 Dhu al-Qa‘da 14

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

MONDAY 20 Dhu al-Qa‘da 15

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

and three soldiers; Taliban claim responsibility

TUESDAY 21 Dhu al-Qa‘da 16

1992, Germany: Four Iranian Kurds killed in Berlin’s Mykonos restaurant WEDNESDAY 22 Dhu al-Qa‘da 17

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

kills nine Germans

THURSDAY 23 Dhu al-Qa‘da 18

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

responsible

FRIDAY 24 Dhu al-Qa‘da 19

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

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

1984, Lebanon: Islamic Jihad Organization responsible for truck bomb at 

US Embassy annex in Beirut; 23 killed

SATURDAY 25 Dhu al-Qa‘da 20

September
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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. 

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed
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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

SUNDAY 26 Dhu al-Qa‘da 21

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

in Jerusalem

MONDAY 27 Dhu al-Qa‘da 22

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

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

Meta Department

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

killing three 

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

US citizen

TUESDAY 28 Dhu al-Qa‘da 23

Saudi Arabia: Unification of the 

Kingdom

2002, India: Militants attack Hindu temple, killing 31; LT suspected WEDNESDAY 29 Dhu al-Qa‘da 24

2002, Pakistan: Militants kill seven at Christian charity in Karachi THURSDAY 30 Dhu al-Qa‘da 25 Jewish: Rosh Hashanah 

(New Year, 1st day)

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

FRIDAY 1 Dhu al-Hijja 26 Jewish: Rosh Hashanah (2nd Day)

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

Popular Struggle (ELA) responsible

SATURDAY 2 Dhu al-Hijja 27

September
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aliases/name variants:

Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki; 

Hafaz Abdul Rahman Makki; 

Abdulrahman Makki

date of birth: Circa 1948

place of birth: Bahalwalpur, 

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 listed 

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

to rescue hostages

SUNDAY 3 Dhu al-Hijja 28

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

wounding 54, including three police officers 

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

55; LTTE blamed

MONDAY 4 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

TUESDAY 5 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

WEDNESDAY 6 Dhu al-Hijja 1

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

contesting elections

THURSDAY 7 Dhu al-Hijja 2

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

Athens; 17 November blamed

FRIDAY 8 Dhu al-Hijja 3 Islamic: Al-Hajj, the Pilgrimage, 

begins

2000, Peru: Shining Path leader Carlos Fernandez is captured SATURDAY 9 Dhu al-Hijja 4 Islamic: Yawm Arafat

Jewish: Yom Kippur (Day of 

Atonement)

September/October
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Jemaah Islamiya (JI) is an 

Indonesia-based clandestine 

terrorist network formed in 

the early 1990s to establish an 

Islamic state encompassing 

southern Thailand, Malaysia, 

Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, 

and the southern Philippines. 

Its operatives, who trained in camps in 

Afghanistan and the southern Philippines, 

began conducting attacks in 1999. The 

network’s existence was discovered in late 2001 

after Singaporean authorities disrupted a cell 

that was planning to attack targets associated 

with the US Navy. JI is responsible for a series 

of lethal bombings targeting Western interests 

in Indonesia and the Philippines from 2000-

2005, including attacks in 2002 against two 

nightclubs in Bali that killed 202 people; the 

2003 car bombing of the JW Marriott hotel in 

Jakarta that killed 12; the 2004 truck bombing of 

the Australian Embassy that killed 11; and the 

2005 suicide bombing of three establishments 

in Bali that killed 22. A JI splinter group led by 

Noordin Mat Top in July 2009 conducted suicide 

bombings at two hotels in Jakarta.

Southeast Asian governments since 2002 have 

arrested more than 300 suspected terrorists, 

significantly degrading JI’s network. Thai 

authorities detained the network’s operations 

chief in 2003. Indonesian police killed JI’s 

most experienced bombmaker in 2005 and 

arrested its two senior leaders in mid-2007. 

Malaysian authorities arrested two senior JI 

operatives in Kuala Lumpur in early 2008 and 

in April 2009 recaptured fugitive Singapore 

JI leader Mas Selamat Kasteri, who escaped 

from his Singaporean prison cell in early 2008. 

Indonesian police in September 2009 killed 

Noordin Mat Top.

Since 2009, JI has been overshadowed by 

the activities of its splinter groups and other 

Indonesia-based terrorists, some of whom are 

experienced operatives previously affiliated 

with JI; others are convicted terrorists who 

completed prison sentences and have since 

resumed their activities. Indonesian terrorist 

Umar Patek—arrested by Pakistani authorities 

in Abbotabad in January 2011 and repatriated 

seven months later—was convicted in 

June 2012 for his role in the 2002 Bali 

bombings and sentenced to 20 years in prison. 

In November 2012, Philippine security forces 

killed senior Indonesian JI leader Sanusi.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209989.htm

Jemaah Islamiya (JI)

Umar Patek
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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

SUNDAY 10 Dhu al-Hijja 5 Islamic: Eid al-Adha 

(Festival of Sacrifice)

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

MONDAY 11 Dhu al-Hijja 6

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

areas; 34 killed, more than 100 wounded

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

response to 9/11 attacks

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

citizen killed

TUESDAY 12 Dhu al-Hijja 7 Islamic: Al-Hajj, the Pilgrimage, 

ends

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

killing one

WEDNESDAY 13 Dhu al-Hijja 8

1983, Burma: North Korean commandos attack South Korean state 

delegation visiting Rangoon, killing 21 Burmese and Korean officials

THURSDAY 14 Dhu al-Hijja 9 Jewish: Sukkot (Feast of 

Tabernacles; lasts one week)

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

Headquarters in Rawalpindi; TTP claims responsibility

FRIDAY 15 Dhu al-Hijja 10

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

times by unknown gunman but survives

SATURDAY 16 Dhu al-Hijja 11

October
86

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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

citizenship: Malaysia

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
2014

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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

SUNDAY 17 Dhu al-Hijja 12

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

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

claims responsibility

MONDAY 18 Dhu al-Hijja 13

US: Columbus Day

TUESDAY 19 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

WEDNESDAY 20 Dhu al-Hijja 15

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

THURSDAY 21 Dhu al-Hijja 16 Jewish: Shemini Atzeret 

(Assembly of the Eighth Day)

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

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

FRIDAY 22 Dhu al-Hijja 17 Jewish: Simchat Torah 

(Rejoicing in the Torah)

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

12 October 2002 bombing in Bali

SATURDAY 23 Dhu al-Hijja 18

October
88

The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is the most violent 

of the Islamic separatist groups operating in the 

southern Philippines; it claims to promote an 

independent Islamic state in western Mindanao 

and the Sulu Archipelago. Split from the Moro 

National Liberation Front in the early 1990s, 

the group currently engages in bombings, 

assassinations, extortion, and kidnappings for 

ransom, and has ties to Jemaah Islamiya (JI). 

The ASG operates mainly in Basilan, Sulu, and 

Tawi-Tawi provinces in the Sulu Archipelago 

and has a presence on Mindanao. Members also 

occasionally travel to Manila.

The ASG has used terror both for financial 

profit and to promote its jihadist agenda. In 

April 2000, an ASG faction kidnapped 21 

persons—including 10 Westerners—from a 

Malaysian resort, and, in May 2001, the ASG 

kidnapped three US citizens and 17 Filipinos 

from a resort in Palawan, Philippines, later 

murdering several of the hostages, including 

one US citizen. On 27 February 2004, members 

of ASG leader Khadafi Janjalani’s faction 

bombed a ferry in Manila Bay, killing 116, and on 

14 February 2005 they perpetrated simultaneous 

bombings in the cities of Manila, General 

Santos, and Davao, killing at least eight and 

injuring about 150. In 2006, Janjalani’s faction 

relocated to Sulu, where it joined forces with 

local ASG supporters who were providing 

shelter to fugitive JI members from Indonesia. 

In July 2007, members of the ASG and the Moro 

Islamic Liberation Front engaged a force of 

Philippine marines on Basilan Island, killing 14. 

In November 2007, a motorcycle bomb exploded 

outside the Philippine Congress, killing a 

Congressman and three staff members. While 

there was no definitive claim of responsibility, 

three suspected ASG members were arrested 

during a subsequent raid on a safehouse. 

In January 2009, the ASG kidnapped three 

International Red Cross workers in Sulu 

province, holding one of the hostages for six 

months. Philippine marines in February 2010 

killed Albader Parad, one of the ASG’s most 

violent sub-commanders, on Jolo Island. In 

2011, the ASG kidnapped several individuals, 

including two Americans, and held them 

for ransom.

In February 2012, a Philippine military airstrike 

against a terrorist encampment on Jolo Island 

killed senior ASG leader Gumbahali Jumdail, 

also known as Dr. Abu. In March 2013, the ASG 

released an Australian citizen the group had 

held hostage for fifteen months. 

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209989.htm

Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
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2000, Sri Lanka: LTTE suicide bomber wounds 23, including three US 

tourists, in attack against town hall near Colombo

SUNDAY 24 Dhu al-Hijja 19

1981, Belgium: Antwerp synagogue bombed, killing two and 

wounding 99

MONDAY 25 Dhu al-Hijja 20

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

suspected

TUESDAY 26 Dhu al-Hijja 21

2000, Spain: ETA car bomb kills prison officer in Basque capital, Vitoria WEDNESDAY 27 Dhu al-Hijja 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

THURSDAY 28 Dhu al-Hijja 23

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

officer Ed Seitz, wounds one

FRIDAY 29 Dhu al-Hijja 24

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

SATURDAY 1 Muharram, A.H. 1436 25 Islamic: First of Muharram 

(Islamic New Year)

October
90

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

hair: Black

eyes: Brown

height: 5’5”-5’7” (165-170 cm)

scars/distinguishing characteristics:

May have chin hair and 

slight mustache. 

WANTED

Isnilon Hapilon is a senior 

leader of the Abu Sayyaf 

Group (ASG), 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 

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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October/November

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

SUNDAY 2 Muharram 26

MONDAY 3 Muharram 27

2002, Jordan: USAID official Laurence Foley assassinated in Amman 

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

TUESDAY 4 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

WEDNESDAY 5 Muharram 29

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

ETA car bomb attack in Madrid

THURSDAY 6 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

FRIDAY 7 Muharram 31 Halloween

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

assassinate President Truman

SATURDAY 8 Muharram 1 Christian: All Saints Day
92

Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT) 

is an Indonesia-based extremist 

organization founded by radical 

cleric Abu Bakar Bashir (also 

known as Abu Bakr Ba‘asyir 

and similar variants) in 

July 2008 to advance an 

absolutist interpretation 

of Islamic law with the ultimate goal of 

establishing a caliphate in Indonesia. JAT 

leadership has publicly stated that violence 

is religiously permissible when directed 

against perceived enemies of Islam and 

apostates—specifically Indonesian judges, 

prosecutors, and police. The US Department 

of State designated JAT as a Foreign Terrorist 

Organization in 2012.

JAT is implicated in a series of attacks 

conducted since 2011, including the murder of 

five Indonesian policemen, suicide bombings 

in Cirebon and Solo, and the detonation of an 

explosive device at a boarding school in Bima 

that authorities suspect served as a terrorist 

training facility. Indonesian police in March 

2012 killed five JAT-associated suspected 

terrorists believed by authorities to be engaged 

in preparations for attacks on the island of Bali. 

In September 2012 Bashir, under detention 

in Indonesia, said the United States must be 

destroyed and expressed his hope for 

an incident bigger than the one on 

11 September 2001.

Bashir in June 2011 was sentenced to 15 years 

imprisonment for his role in planning and 

financing a terrorist training camp disrupted by 

Indonesian authorities in February 2010. He was 

transferred to a maximum security prison in 

January 2013.

Since Bashir’s arrest in August 2010, the 

organization has been led by acting supreme 

leader Muhammad Achwan, previously 

incarcerated for bombing a Hindu 

temple in 1985.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2011/195542.htm

Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT)

Abu Bakr Bashir
2014

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2000, Colombia: ELN releases remaining 21 hostages kidnapped from 

Cali on 17 September

SUNDAY 9 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

MONDAY 10 Muharram 3 Islamic: Ashura (primarily Shia; 

marks martyrdom of the Prophet’s 

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

October 680 C.E.)

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

assailant killed and 35 wounded; PIJ claims responsibility

TUESDAY 11 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

WEDNESDAY 12 Muharram 5

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

wounding 100

THURSDAY 13 Muharram 6

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

Court building

FRIDAY 14 Muharram 7

1987, UK: Thirteen killed by PIRA bomb during Remembrance 

Day celebration

SATURDAY 15 Muharram 8

November
94

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was founded in 1996 as a 

militant offshoot of Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, a 

Deobandi and anti-Shia group that emerged 

in the mid-1980s in reaction to class-based 

conflict and the domestic Pakistani Shia revival 

that followed the Iranian revolution. LJ seeks to 

transform Pakistan into a Deobandi-dominated 

Sunni state, and primarily targets Shia and other 

religious minorities.

Akram Lahori is the leader of LJ but in 2002 was 

arrested, later convicted of sectarian killings, 

and is currently incarcerated. Lahori officially 

remains LJ’s amir and Malik Mohammad Ishaq, 

one of LJ’s founding members, is believed to 

have taken command since his release from 

prison in 2011. According to Pakistani media 

reporting, LJ consists of at least eight loosely 

coordinated cells spread across Pakistan with 

independent chiefs for each cell. At least seven 

of these cells—Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al Alami, Asif 

Chotoo group, Akram Lahori group, Naeem 

Bukhari group, Qari Zafar group, Qari Shakeel 

group, and Farooq Bengali group—are active 

in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi. Many are 

linked to al-Qa‘ida and Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan 

(TTP) but still recognize Ishaq as the head of 

LJ. In particular, LJ cells also often coordinate 

with TTP factions in Karachi when targeting law 

enforcement agencies and Shia.

LJ collaborates and has overlapping 

membership with other Pakistan-based radical 

Sunni groups including al-Qa’ida and TTP. 

Pakistani authorities suspected LJ collaborated 

with these groups in the 2009 attack on 

the Pakistan Army General Headquarters 

in Islamabad and in several attacks in 2010 

targeting Pakistan’s Criminal Investigation 

Department. LJ members reportedly also 

have been linked to a number of high-profile 

kidnappings and killings of Westerners in the 

region, such as the 1997 killing of four US oil 

workers in Karachi, the 2002 kidnapping and 

execution of US journalist Daniel Pearl, the 

August 2010 kidnapping of the son-in-law of 

the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 

Staff Committee, and the August 2011 

kidnapping of a US citizen that was later 

publicly claimed by al-Qa‘ida.

In 2013, LJ claimed credit for some of the most 

deadly sectarian attacks in Pakistan’s history. 

In January, a billiard hall in Quetta, Balochistan 

Province, was hit by two blasts, first by a suicide 

bomber and about 10 minutes later by a car 

bomb, killing 92 people and injuring more than 

120, mostly Shia. In February, explosives hidden 

in a water tanker exploded in a crowded market 

in Hazara town, a Shia-dominated area on the 

edge of Quetta. The blast killed 81 people and 

wounded 178, stoking anger and frustration 

among Shia at the authorities’ inability or 

unwillingness to crack down on LJ. The group, 

with al-Qa‘ida, also claimed responsibility for 

a June suicide attack in Quetta against a bus 

carrying Pakistani female university students. 

A female suicide bomber was one of the 

attackers, and at least 25 people were killed, 

which included a follow-on assault on a 

nearby hospital. 

The US State Department designated LJ as a 

Foreign Terrorist Organization in January 2003.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209989.htm

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
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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

SUNDAY 16 Muharram 9

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

Liberation Front of Tripura claims responsibility

MONDAY 17 Muharram 10

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

bomb US military targets

TUESDAY 18 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

WEDNESDAY 19 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

THURSDAY 20 Muharram 13

2002, US: Aimal Kasi executed for 1993 murder of two CIA employees FRIDAY 21 Muharram 14

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

November responsible

SATURDAY 22 Muharram 15

November
96

The Imirat Kavkaz, (IK, or Caucasus Emirate), 

founded in late 2007 by 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 

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. The US State 

Department in May 2011 designated Imirat 

Kavkaz as a Specially Designated Terrorist 

group under Executive Order 13224 and 

authorized a $5 million reward for information 

leading to Umarov’s arrest. Umarov on 

2 July 2013 urged militants in Russia to attack 

the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, 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.”

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 US State Department in 

September 2000 designated the IMU a Foreign 

Terrorist Organization.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209983.htm

Central Asia Terrorism
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SUNDAY 22 Muharram 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

MONDAY 23 Muharram 17

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

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

TUESDAY 24 Muharram 18

1995, Pakistan: Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad bombed by EIJ WEDNESDAY 25 Muharram 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

THURSDAY 26 Muharram 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

FRIDAY 27 Muharram 21

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

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

SATURDAY 28 Muharram 22 Lebanon: Independence Day

November
98

Doku Umarov

WANTED

Doku Umarov is the 

senior leader and military 

commander of the North 

Caucasus-based Caucasus 

Emirate (CE) group. CE’s stated 

goal is to establish an Islamic 

emirate through violence in 

the North Caucasus, southern 

Russia, and the Volga region, 

with Umarov as its Emir. Under 

Umarov’s leadership, CE is 

responsible for carrying out 

suicide bombings and other 

acts of terrorism. CE has 

employed violent tactics under 

Umarov’s command, involving 

improvised explosive devices 

(IED), vehicle-born IEDs, and 

suicide bombings. Umarov 

has claimed responsibility 

for various attacks including 

the 2010 Moscow subway 

bombings, which killed 40 

people. He claimed to have 

masterminded the 2009 

Nevsky Express train bombing, 

which killed 28 people. 

In June 2010, the US 

Department of State listed 

Umarov as a Specially 

Designated Global Terrorist 

under E.O. 13224. Umarov 

has issued several public 

statements encouraging 

followers to turn to violence 

to confront CE’s declared 

enemies, which include the 

United States as well as 

Israel, Russia, and the 

United Kingdom.

aliases/name variants:

Dokka Umarov, Dokku Umarov

date of birth: 13 April 1964

place of birth:

Kharsenoi, Chechnya

hair: Brown

eyes: Brown

citizenship: Russia

scars/distinguishing characteristics:

Wears a full beard and 

a mustache.

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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

SUNDAY 30 Muharram 23

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

LT blamed

MONDAY 1 Safar 24

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

Movement responsible

TUESDAY 2 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

WEDNESDAY 3 Safar 26

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

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

claim of responsibility

THURSDAY 4 Safar 27

US: Thanksgiving Day

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

FRIDAY 5 Safar 28

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

by two North Korean agents; all 115 passengers killed

SATURDAY 6 Safar 29

November
100

aliases/name variants:

Muhammad Makkawi Ibrahim 

Muhammad

date of birth: 1 January 1984

place of birth: Sudan

hair: Black

eyes: Dark Brown

nationality: Sudanese

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 

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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Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim Mohamed
2014

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

assassinated; Red Army Faction suspected

SUNDAY 7 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

MONDAY 8 Safar 1

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

Basque territory to protest US involvement in Central America

TUESDAY 9 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

WEDNESDAY 10 Safar 3

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

during terrorist mission

THURSDAY 11 Safar 4

2000, Jordan: Ra‘id Hijazi sentenced to death for planning Millennium 

attacks against US and Israeli targets

FRIDAY 12 Safar 5

2011, Afghanistan: Attacks on Shia mosques in Kabul and Mazar-e Sharif 

kill more than 60; Lashkar-e-Janghvi al-Alami claims responsibility

2000, Sri Lanka: Landmine believed planted by LTTE kills four bus 

passengers and wounds 21

SATURDAY 13 Safar 6

November/December
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date of birth: 1 January 1979; 

1983

place of birth: Sudan

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-Qaida 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.

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Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhassan Haj Hamad
2014

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

150; no credible claim of responsibility

SUNDAY 14 Safar 7

2009, Iraq: Near-simultaneous vehicle bombs at government buildings 

kill 127; authorities blame al-Qa‘ida militants 

2000, Yemen: Muhammad al-Harazi and Jamal al-Badawi named as prime 

suspects in USS Cole bombing

MONDAY 15 Safar 8

1999: UN General Assembly adopts International Convention for the 

Suppression of Financing Terrorism

TUESDAY 16 Safar 9

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

Taliban widely believed responsible

WEDNESDAY 17 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

THURSDAY 18 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

FRIDAY 19 Safar 12

2001, India: Parliament bombed, killing 13; Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Jaishe-Mohammed are responsible

SATURDAY 20 Safar 13

December
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aliases/name variants:

Abu Mohamed al-Masri, Saleh, 

Abu Mariam

date of birth: Approximately 1963

place of birth: Egypt

hair: Dark

eyes: Dark

height: 5’8” (173 cm)

build: Medium

citizenship: Egypt

status: Fugitive

scars/distinguishing characteristics:

May wear a mustache and 

has scar on right side of his 

lower lip.

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. The embassy 

bombings killed 224 civilians 

and wounded over 

5,000 others. 

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
2014

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1987, West Bank: Founding of the Islamic Resistance Movement 

(HAMAS) by Shaykh Ahmad Yasin

SUNDAY 21 Safar 14

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

al-Qa‘ida in Iraq blamed

MONDAY 22 Safar 15

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

including one US citizen, and wounding 91 others

TUESDAY 23 Safar 16 Jewish: First night of Hannukah; 

lasts one week

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

WEDNESDAY 24 Safar 17 Jewish: First day of Hannukah

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

THURSDAY 25 Safar 18

1998, Philippines: Libyan-trained ASG leader Abdurajak Abubaker 

Janjalani dies in gunfight with authorities on Basilan Island

FRIDAY 26 Safar 19

1999, Ecuador: Seven Canadians and one US hostage freed by FARC SATURDAY 27 Safar 20

December
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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

hair: Black

eyes: Black

height: 5’2” (157 cm)

citizenship: Saudi Arabia

scars/distinguishing characteristics:

Has a mole on his face.

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 

Khobar Towers attack on the 

following charges: Conspiracy 

to kill US nationals; conspiracy 

to murder US employees; 

conspiracy to use weapons 

of mass destruction against 

US nationals; conspiracy 

to destroy property of the 

United States; conspiracy 

to attack national defense 

utilities; bombing resulting 

in death; use of weapons of 

mass destruction against US 

nationals; murder while using 

a destructive device during 

a crime of violence; murder 

of federal employees; and 

attempted murder of 

federal employees.

Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie
2014

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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

SUNDAY 28 Safar 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

MONDAY 29 Safar 22

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

Athens; 17 November responsible

TUESDAY 1 Rabi` al-Awwal 23

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

murders in 1975

WEDNESDAY 2 Rabi` al-Awwal 24

2009, US: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempts to detonate plastic 

explosives aboard Northwest Airlines flight 253 en route to Detroit. 

Attempt fails; 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

THURSDAY 3 Rabi` al-Awwal 25 Christian: Christmas (Roman 

Catholic, Protestant, and newcalendar Orthodox)

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

killing hijackers and freeing passengers

FRIDAY 4 Rabi` al-Awwal 26

US: Kwanzaa

2007, Pakistan: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated after 

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

2002, Russia: Suicide bombers detonate two explosives-filled 

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

wounding 210 

1985, Italy, Austria: ANO group attacks Rome and Vienna airports; 18 

dead and 121 wounded

SATURDAY 5 Rabi` al-Awwal 27

December
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aliases/name variants:

Ammar Mansour Bouslim, 

Hassan Rostom Salim

date of birth: Approximately 1960

place of birth: Lebanon

hair: Black

eyes: Brown

height: 5’8” (173 cm)

weight: 150 lbs (68 kg)

build: Medium

citizenship: Lebanon

WANTED

Ali Atwa is believed to be 

a member of the terrorist 

organization Lebanese Hizballah.

On 14 June 1985, terrorists 

hijacked TWA Flight 847 en 

route from Athens to its 

destination of 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 this attack on 

a commercial airliner. This 

hijacking resulted in the assault 

of multiple passengers and crew 

members, and the murder of 

one US citizen.

He has been indicted on the 

following charges: Conspiracy 

to commit aircraft piracy, to 

commit hostage taking, to 

commit air piracy resulting in 

murder, to interfere with a flight 

crew, to place a destructive 

device aboard an aircraft, to 

have explosive devices about 

the person on an aircraft, and 

to assault passengers and 

crew; air piracy resulting in 

murder; air piracy; hostage 

taking; interference with flight 

crew; placing explosives aboard 

aircraft; placing a 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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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

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 Intifada Martyrs

WEDNESDAY 9 Rabi` al-Awwal 31 New Year’s Eve

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

THURSDAY 10 Rabi` al-Awwal 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, A.H. 11 

[approximate]; observed by Sunni)
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date of birth: Between 1942-1952

place of birth: Saudi Arabia

hair: Black

eyes: Brown

height: 5’8” (173 cm)

citizenship: Saudi Arabia

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.

For his alleged role in the 

Khobar Towers attack, 

Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed 

al-Nasser was indicted in the 

Eastern District of Virginia 

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 

US property; conspiracy 

to attack national defense 

facilities; 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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2015

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

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

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 is sentenced to life plus 240 years for 

World Trade Center bombings in 1993

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

(Birthday of Muhammad, A.H. 11 

[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-e-Jhanghvi 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

January
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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.

For his alleged role in the 

Khobar Towers attack, Ahmad 

Ibrahim al-Mughassil was 

indicted in the Eastern District 

of Virginia 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 US property; 

conspiracy to attack national 

defense facilities; 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.

aliases/name variants:

Abu Omran

date of birth: 26 June 1967

place of birth: Saudi Arabia

hair: Black

eyes: Brown

height: 5’4” (163 cm)

citizenship: Saudi Arabia 

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Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Mughassil
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2015

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

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 is killed by a 

bomb outside his home; Israel implicated

THURSDAY 24 Rabi` al-Awwal 15

2013, Algeria: Attack on gas facility near In 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 Boldak; 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

January
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date of birth: 16 October 1966

place of birth: Saudi Arabia

hair: Black

eyes: Brown

height: 5’4” (162 cm)

citizenship: Saudi Arabia

scars/distinguishing characteristics:

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.

For his alleged role in the 

Khobar Towers attack, Ibrahim 

Salih Mohammed al-Yacoub 

was indicted in the Eastern 

District of Virginia 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 US property; 

conspiracy to attack national 

defense facilities; 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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2015 January

1982, Beirut: Malcolm Kerr, American University president, is 

assassinated; 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 taken in November 1979 

are 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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Afghan Taliban

The Taliban is a Sunni Islamist nationalist and 

pro-Pashtun movement founded in the early 

1990s that ruled most of Afghanistan from 

1996 until October 2001. The movement’s 

founding nucleus—the word “Taliban” is Pashto 

for “students”—was composed of peasant 

farmers and men studying Islam in Afghan and 

Pakistani madrasas, or religious schools. The 

Taliban found a foothold and consolidated their 

strength in southern Afghanistan.

By 1994, the Taliban had moved their way 

through the south, capturing several provinces 

from various armed factions who had been 

fighting a civil war after the Soviet-backed 

Afghan government fell in 1992. By September 

1996, the Taliban had captured Kabul, killed 

the country’s president, and established the 

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Taliban’s 

first move was to institute a strict interpretation 

of Qur‘anic instruction and jurisprudence. In 

practice, this meant often merciless policies on 

the treatment of women, political opponents of 

any type, and religious minorities.

In the years leading up to the 11 September 

2001 attacks in the United States, the Taliban 

provided a safehaven 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 

many attacks in Afghanistan, including the 

simultaneous coordinated attacks on 

15 April 2012 against the US and other Western 

embassies and Afghan Government targets 

in Kabul—and separate Coalition targets in 

neighboring provinces—which the group said 

marked the beginning of the year’s fighting 

campaign. The Taliban also conducted the 

11 September 2011 suicide truck bombing 

of a US military outpost in Wardak Province 

that killed five Afghan citizens, including a 

three-year-old girl, and injured up to 77 US 

military personnel. Two days later the Taliban 

conducted a day-long assault against major 

targets in Kabul, including the US Embassy, 

ISAF Headquarters, the Presidential Palace, and 

the Afghan National Directorate of Security 

Headquarters. The Pakistan-based Haqqani 

Network also participated in these attacks.

Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)

Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is an alliance of 

militant groups formed in 2007 to unify groups 

fighting against the Pakistani military in the 

Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber 

Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. TTP leaders 

also hope to impose a strict interpretation of 

Qur‘anic instruction throughout Pakistan and to 

expel Coalition troops from Afghanistan. TTP 

maintains close ties to senior al-Qa‘ida leaders, 

including al-Qa‘ida’s former head of operations 

in Pakistan. 

Baitullah Mahsud, the first TTP leader, was 

killed in an explosion on 5 August 2009 and was 

succeeded by Hakimullah Mehsud, who vowed 

to deploy suicide operatives to the United 

States. The group has repeatedly 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 UK for 

their involvement in Afghanistan.
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Taliban Presence in Afghanistan
118

Mullah Omar

WANTED

Mullah Omar’s Taliban regime 

in Afghanistan sheltered 

Usama Bin Ladin and his 

al-Qa‘ida network in the years 

prior to the 11 September 

attacks. Although Operation 

Enduring Freedom removed 

the Taliban regime from power, 

Mullah Omar remains at large 

and represents a continuing 

threat to America and its allies.

hair: Black

height: Tall

nationality: Afgani

scars/distinguishing characteristics:

Has a shrapnel wound to his 

right eye.

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aliases/name variants:

Hakeemullah Mehsud

date of birth: 1 January 1980, 

approximately 1978-1981

place of birth: Kotkai region, 

South Waziristan

hair: Black

eyes: Brown

complexion: Olive 

nationality: Pakistani

status: Fugitive

scars/distinguishing characteristics:

Wears a full beard and 

a mustache.

STATUS UPDATE

Hakimullah Mehsud was 

reported killed in November 

2013.

Hakimullah Mehsud, the 

self-proclaimed emir of the 

Pakistani Taliban, is wanted 

in connection with his 

involvement in the murder 

of seven and injury of six 

American citizens on 

30 December 2009, at Forward 

Operating Base Chapman 

in Khost, Afghanistan. The 

explosion occurred after a 

suicide bomber entered the 

military base and detonated 

a device that was hidden 

under his clothing. Hakimullah 

Mehsud has been indicted 

on charges of conspiracy to 

murder US citizens abroad and 

conspiracy to use a weapon of 

mass destruction (explosives) 

against US citizens abroad.

Hakimullah Mehsud, a resident 

of the Federally Administered 

Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan, 

is the leader of the Tehrik-e 

Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or what 

is more commonly known 

as the Pakistani Taliban. The 

TTP’s primary purpose is to 

force withdrawal of Pakistani 

troops from the FATA, which 

is located along the PakistanAfghanistan border; to expel 

Western interests from 

Pakistan; and to establish 

Sharia—or Islamic law—in the 

tribal territories. 

The TTP has had alleged roles 

in, or claimed responsibility for, 

a number of acts of violence, 

including the September 2008 

bombing of the Marriott Hotel 

in Islamabad, which resulted 

in the deaths of more than 

50 people and another 300 

wounded, including several 

Americans. These attacks are 

often coordinated with other 

insurgents or terrorist groups, 

including the Taliban 

and al-Qa‘ida. 

Hakimullah Mehsud remains 

the commander of TTP, which 

continues to plan and carry out 

attacks against the interests 

of the United States from the 

FATA. Most recently, the TTP 

has claimed responsibility for 

the failed bombing of Times 

Square in New York City on 

1 May 2010.

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aliases/name variants:

Siraj Haqqani, Khalifa

date of birth: Circa 1973

hair: Black

height: 5’ 7” (170 cm)

weight: 150 lbs (68 kg)

complexion: Light, with wrinkles

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 crossborder attacks against US and 

Coalition forces in Afghanistan. 

He is believed to be located 

in the Federally Administered 

Tribal Areas of Pakistan.

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Sirajuddin Haqqani

The Haqqani Network is a Sunni Islamist militant group founded by Jalaluddin Haqqani, an Afghanistan 

battlefield commander from the 1980s who fought against the Soviet Union. The Haqqani Network 

is allied with the Afghan Taliban and al-Qa‘ida and seeks to reestablish Taliban rule in Afghanistan. 

Sirajuddin Haqqani, Jalaluddin’s son, currently leads the day-to-day activities of the network.

The Haqqani Network is primarily based in North Waziristan, Pakistan, and conducts cross-border 

operations into eastern Afghanistan and Kabul. The Haqqanis are considered the most lethal insurgent 

group targeting Coalition and Afghan forces in Afghanistan. The Haqqani Network is responsible for 

many high-profile attacks in Afghanistan, 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. For more, see http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209989.htm. 

-NCTC
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WANTED

Shaykh Aminullah is wanted for 

questioning in connection with 

providing material support to 

al-Qa‘ida, the Taliban and antiCoalition militias, with the aid of 

a Pakistan-based terrorist group, 

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT). Shaykh 

Aminullah is the founder and 

director of the Ganj Madrassa, 

a religious institution, and 

operates as a financier, recruiter, 

and weapons facilitator for 

the Madrassa.

Aminullah wears thick glasses 

and has a curly, chest-length 

salt-and-pepper beard. He may 

be residing in the Ganj District 

(or Ganji District), Peshawar, 

Pakistan.

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 Abu 

Mohammed Ameen 

al-Peshawari

dates of birth used: 1961, 1967, 

1973

place of birth:

Konar Province, Afghanistan

height: 5’ 10” (180 cm)

complexion: Light

build: Thin, with large, round 

stomach

scars/distinguishing characteristics:

Wears a full beard and 

a mustache.

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Hezb-e-Islami, or “Party of 

Islam,” is a political and 

paramilitary organization in 

Afghanistan founded in 1976 

by 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 Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s 

regime with an Islamic state rooted in sharia 

(Islamic law), 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 is also separate from 

Hezb-e-Islami Khalis (HIK), an insurgent group 

formed after another original Hezb founder, 

Mohammed Younis Khalis, splintered from the 

main party in 1979, after which Hekmatyar’s 

faction came to be known as the HIG.

Hekmatyar served as Afghanistan’s prime 

minister from 1993-1994 and then briefly 

again in 1996. His and HIG’s influence in 

Afghanistan started to wane in 1996, when 

the Taliban assumed control of most of the 

country following a series of clashes between 

the two groups, forcing HIG from southern 

Kabul and driving Hekmatyar into exile in Iran. 

HIG re-emerged in Afghanistan following the 

US-led operation in October 2001, and has 

carried out attacks on Afghan and Coalition 

forces, primarily in the eastern Kunar and 

Nuristan Provinces. HIG also uses Pakistan’s 

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) 

and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province as a staging 

area for logistics, fundraising, and recruitment 

efforts, particularly in the Shamshatu refugee 

camp located near Peshawar. HIG shares 

many elements of Taliban ideology and HIG 

insurgents cooperate with the Taliban in some 

parts of Afghanistan despite some ideological 

differences. Hekmatyar publicly denies any ties 

to al-Qa‘ida or the Taliban.

HIG in its public statements refers to itself 

as HIA, and Hekmatyar does not appear to 

distinguish between the two organizations. 

HIG conveys its communiqués via a newspaper, 

Shahadat (“Martyrdom”), which is available 

in printed format in the Afghanistan-Pakistan 

border region and on the Internet.

Hekmatyar and his deputies, Ghairat Baheer 

and Qutbuddin Hilal, continue to participate 

sporadically in negotiations with the Afghan 

Government. 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 

16 May 2013 suicide VBIED attack in Kabul, 

which destroyed a US armored SUV, killing 

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.

Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin

Gulbuddin 

Hekmatyar
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Jaish-e-Mohammed 

(JEM)—also known as 

the Army of Mohammed, 

Khudamul Islam, and Tehrik 

ul-Furqaan among other 

names—is an extremist group 

based in Pakistan. It was 

founded by Masood Azhar in 

early 2000 upon his release 

from prison in India. The 

group’s aim is to unite Kashmir with Pakistan 

and to expel foreign troops from Afghanistan. 

JEM has openly declared war against the 

United States. Pakistan outlawed JEM in 

2002, and by 2003 JEM had splintered into 

Khuddam ul-Islam (KUI), headed by Azhar, and 

Jamaat ul-Furqan (JUF), led by Abdul Jabbar. 

Pakistani authorities detained Abdul Jabbar for 

suspected involvement in the December 2003 

assassination attempts against President Pervez 

Musharraf but released him in August 2004. 

Pakistan banned KUI and JUF in November 2003. 

JEM continues to operate openly in parts of 

Pakistan despite the 2002 ban on its activities. 

Since JEM founder Masood Azhar’s release in 

2000, JEM has conducted many lethal terrorist 

attacks, including a suicide bombing of the 

Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly 

building in the Indian-administered Kashmir 

capital of Srinagar in October 2001 that killed 

more than 30. In July 2004, Pakistani authorities 

arrested a JEM member wanted in connection 

with the 2002 abduction and murder of US 

journalist Daniel Pearl. In 2006 JEM claimed 

responsibility for a number of attacks, including 

the killing of several Indian police officials in 

Srinagar. JEM members also were involved in 

the 2007 Red Mosque uprising in Islamabad. 

Asmatullah Moavia, a militant currently 

associated with Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, split 

from the group after the Red Mosque incident 

because of disagreements over how to react to 

it. In 2009, Pakistani authorities detained several 

JEM members suspected of taking part in a 

3 March attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team 

in Lahore.

In June 2008, JEM reportedly was working 

to resolve its differences with other Pakistani 

extremist groups and began shifting its focus 

from Kashmir to Afghanistan in order to step up 

attacks against US and Coalition forces. Rogue 

factions of JEM, in conjunction with other 

regional groups, may conduct attacks against 

Western interests in Pakistan as well as attack 

Pakistani Government entities. 

JEM has at least several hundred armed 

supporters located in Pakistan, India’s southern 

Kashmir and Doda regions, and in the Kashmir 

Valley. Supporters are mostly Pakistanis and 

Kashmiris, but also include Afghans and Arab 

veterans of the Afghan war against the Soviets. 

The group uses light and heavy machine guns, 

assault rifles, mortars, improvised explosive 

devices, and rocket-propelled grenades in its 

attacks. The US State Department designated 

JEM a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 2001.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209989.htm

Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)

Masood Azhar: 

founder of 

Jaish-e-Mohammed
124

Greek Domestic Terrorism

Greek domestic terrorism stems from radical 

leftist and anarchist ideologies that developed 

in reaction to the military dictatorship that ruled 

Greece from 1967 to 1974. Shortly after the 

dictatorship’s collapse, radical leftist elements 

emerged to form Greece’s two most notorious 

terrorist groups, Revolutionary Organization 

17 November (17N) and Revolutionary Popular 

Struggle (ELA). Their main targets were 

centrist and conservative Greek officials and 

businessmen and US and NATO government 

representatives in Greece.

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. 

A new generation of terrorist groups 

subsequently emerged, the three most 

prominent of which were Revolutionary 

Struggle (RS), Sect of Revolutionaries (SE), 

and Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei (SPF).

EA, a radical leftist group conducted a number 

of high-profile terrorist operations against Greek 

and Western interests after its emergence in 

2003, including a rocket-propelled grenade 

attack against the US Embassy in Athens in 

January 2007. Greek authorities in April 2010 

arrested six EA members and confiscated 

several weapons and explosives caches, largely 

disrupting the group’s operations. Two EA 

members, including the group’s ringleader, in 

mid-2012 disappeared, prompting concerns they 

might try to revive operations.

SPF, an anarchist group, conducted coordinated 

attacks against Greek Government targets 

and claimed responsibility for a November 

2010 parcel bomb campaign that targeted 

international leaders and institutions outside 

Greece, a first for Greek domestic terrorists. A 

number of individuals in the first half of 2013 

were arrested for links to SPF—some involved 

in bank robberies to fund terrorist operations. 

In June, 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.

Radical leftist SE last acted in 2010 after 

a 13-month hiatus to assassinate a Greek 

journalist outside of his Athens home. 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. 

These groups espoused an anarchist and 

anti-authoritarian ideology and solidarity with 

imprisoned members of the more established 

terrorist groups. Attacks increased in 2013. 

Some of them were claimed by new or littleknown anarchist groups, often expressing 

solidarity with imprisoned leftist and anarchist 

leaders and anti-authoritarian squatters 

arrested in confrontations with authorities.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209981.htm
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Domestic Terrorism in Turkey

DHKP/C

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 

group espouses an anti-US, anti-NATO, and 

anti-Turkish establishment ideology and has 

targeted US interests intermittently for several 

decades, most recently in February 2013 when 

a suicide bomber targeted the US Embassy 

in Ankara, killing a Turkish security guard. Its 

goals are the overthrow of the Turkish state, the 

removal of the US and NATO footprint from 

Turkey, and the abolition of one- to three-man 

prison cells, called F-type prisons, in Turkey. 

DHKP/C finances its activities chiefly through 

donations and extortion. 

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, with successful 

attacks against Turkish police, in addition to 

improvised explosive devices and targeted 

assassinations. Increased attacks in 2003 

probably were a reaction to Turkey’s support 

of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Turkish press 

reporting suggested the death of the group’s 

leader, Dursun Karatas, in August 2008 initiated 

a leadership struggle within the organization. In 

2009, DHKP/C engaged in limited operational 

activity against Turkish targets, followed 

by a lull until mid-2012 when the group 

resumed attacks against Turkish police targets. 

Following the February 2013 US Embassy 

attack, DHKP/C in March conducted two more 

attacks against Turkish government targets in 

Ankara, highlighting that the group remained 

operationally viable despite crackdowns. 

Kongra-Gel

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 has 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. KGK leaders, however, have 

warned the Turkish Government that it needs 

to take a reciprocal step by 1 September 2013. 

Nevertheless, in late July, Ocalan said that KGK 

members would return to Turkey unarmed to 

participate in the political process.

In addition to its stronghold in northern Iraq, to 

which KGK fighters probably are withdrawing 

according to the peace settlement, the KGK’s 

Syrian affiliate, the Democratic Union Party, 

has increased its presence in northern Syria by 

establishing control in Kurdish areas, resulting 

in increased tensions along the border.

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209981.htm

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126

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aliases/name variants:

Abu Yusif al-Tunisi, Abdulaziz, 

Fakeroun, Fakerrou, Fakir

date of birth: 22 March 1964

place of birth: Tunisia

hair: Black

eyes: Dark

height: 5’7” (170 cm)

weight: 165 lbs (75 kg)

scars/distinguishing characteristics:

Has protruding ears and is 

believed to have a serious 

pituitary gland illness.

WANTED

Faker Boussora, also known 

as Abu Yusif al-Tunisi, is 

a Tunisian national with 

extensive connections to 

radical Islamic extremism. 

He is an al-Qa‘ida-trained 

operative with declared 

intentions of becoming a 

suicide martyr. Boussora is 

an associate of Tunisian terror 

suspect Abderraouf Jdey, and 

the two may have traveled 

together in the past.

Boussora left his native Tunisia 

in 1988 to reside in France. 

He departed France in 1991 

and immigrated to Montreal, 

Canada, traveling back and 

forth from Canada to Tunisia 

frequently during the 1990’s. 

Boussora gained Canadian 

citizenship in 1999 and while in 

Canada attended the Assunna 

Mosque in Montreal.

Boussora departed Canada in 

1999 and may have made more 

than one trip to Afghanistan 

during 1999-2000. He received 

training from al-Qa‘ida while in 

Afghanistan and subsequently 

returned to Canada. 

Authorities remain concerned 

that Boussora may attempt to 

return to Canada or the United 

States to plan or participate 

in a terrorist attack. He may 

suffer from a serious illness 

and be in extremely poor 

health, resulting in 

weight loss and altered 

physical appearance.

Faker Ben Abdelaziz Boussora
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aliases/name variants:

Farouq al-Tunisi, Abd alRauf Bin al-Habib Bin Yousef 

al-Jiddi, Abderraouf Dey, A. 

Raouf Jdey, Abdal Ra‘Of Bin 

Muhammed Bin Yousef Al-Jadi, 

Abderraouf Ben Habib Jeday

date of birth: 30 May 1965

place of birth: Grombalia, Tunisia

hair: Brown

eyes: Brown

height: 6’0” (183 cm)

weight: 210 lbs (95 kg)

scars/distinguishing characteristics:

Has scar on forehead.

WANTED

Abderraouf Jdey, also known 

as Farouq al-Tunisi, has an 

extensive history of extremist 

affiliations. He has been closely 

linked with al-Qa‘ida operatives 

and involved in plans for 

conducting hijacking/terrorist 

operations. Jdey is an associate 

of Tunisian terror suspect Faker 

Boussora, and the two may 

have traveled together in 

the past.

Jdey left his native Tunisia 

in 1991 and immigrated to 

Canada, becoming a Canadian 

citizen in 1995. While in Canada, 

Jdey studied biology at the 

University of Montreal and 

attended the Assunna Mosque 

in Montreal.

Jdey departed Canada in 1999 

and received combat training 

and experience in Afghanistan 

through 2000. He engaged in 

fighting against the Afghan 

Northern Alliance and authored 

a suicide letter stating his 

intention to become a martyr 

for jihad. During this time, Jdey 

also appeared in a well-known 

martyrdom video that was later 

found in an al-Qa‘ida leader’s 

house in 2001.

Following a return to the 

Montreal area in 2001 in which 

Jdey consorted with extremists 

on methods of joining the jihad, 

Jdey left Canada. Authorities 

remain concerned that Jdey 

may attempt to return to 

Canada or the United States 

to plan or participate in a 

terrorist attack.

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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

hair: Black

eyes: Brown

complexion: Light

height: 6’1” (185 cm)

weight: 225 lbs (102 kg)

languages: Arabic, English

nationality: Palestinian

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.

Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah
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WANTED

Abd Al Aziz Awda is wanted 

for conspiracy to conduct 

the affairs of the designated 

international terrorist 

organization known as the 

Palestine Islamic Jihad 

(PIJ) through a pattern 

of racketeering activities 

such as bombings, murder, 

extortion, and money 

laundering. Awda was one 

of the original founders and 

the spiritual leader of the PIJ 

and is presently still involved 

in the organization, whose 

headquarters is in Damascus, 

Syria. He was listed as 

a “Specially Designated 

Terrorist” under United States 

law on 23 January 1995. Awda 

was indicted on 53 charges in 

the US District Court, Middle 

District of Florida, Tampa.

Awda was educated in Arab 

and Islamic Studies in Cairo, 

Egypt. He has worked as a 

lecturer at a university and as 

an imam at a mosque, both of 

which were in the Gaza Strip. 

He normally wears a mustache 

and a beard.

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and dangerous.

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www.fbi.gov/wanted

aliases/name variants:

Sheik Odeh, Abdel Aziz Odeh, 

Abd Al Aziz Odeh, Abed Al 

Aziz Odeh, Abu Ahmed, Sheik 

Awda, Fadl Abu Ahmed, Al 

Sheik, The Sheik, Mawlana

date of birth: 20 December 1950

place of birth:

Jabaliyah, Gaza Strip

hair: Black

eyes: Brown

complexion: Light

languages: Arabic, English

citizenship: Palestine

scars/distinguishing characteristics:

Normally wears a mustache 

and a beard.

Abd Al Aziz Awda 

FBI MOST WANTED TERRORISTS
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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 social/political 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. More recently, 

HAMAS has publicly expressed a willingness 

to accept a long-term cessation of hostilities 

if Israel agrees to a Palestinian state based on 

the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital. 

HAMAS’s strength is concentrated in the Gaza 

Strip and areas of the West Bank. 

HAMAS has a paramilitary arm, the Izz al-Din 

al-Qassam Brigades, which, beginning in the 

1990s, has conducted many anti-Israeli attacks 

in Israel and the Palestinian territories. These 

have included large-scale terrorist bombings 

against Israeli civilian targets, as well as smallarms attacks, improvised roadside explosives, 

and the launching of rockets into Israel. 

While the group receives some support 

from foreign countries and movements, 

it remains independent.

In early 2006 HAMAS 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 national movement.

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 military operation launched 

by Israel on 27 December 2008. After destroying 

much of HAMAS’s infrastructure in the Gaza 

Strip, Israel declared a unilateral cease-fire 

on 18 January 2009. Since 2009, HAMAS has 

worked to rein in attacks from other groups 

and enforce the cease-fire, though sporadic 

low-level attacks against Israeli forces along the 

Gaza border have continued.

In May 2010, the Israel Defense Forces 

intercepted a flotilla of humanitarian aid 

vessels bound for the Gaza Strip, which since 

2007 has been under a strictly enforced Israeli 

blockade. The seizure of one ship led to a violent 

confrontation and resulted in the death of nine 

passengers. HAMAS publicly condemned the 

incident, which it characterized as a massacre, 

and urged international activists to continue 

their attempts—with additional flotillas if 

necessary—to break the blockade. In late 

August 2010, an Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades 

spokesman claimed responsibility for the 

shooting deaths of four Israeli settlers, an attack 

widely believed to be aimed at scuttling peace 

talks between Palestinians and Israelis 

in Washington.

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, 

however, after an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza 

Strip killed the leader of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam 

Brigades following an increase in rocket attacks 

on southern Israel. HAMAS has worked to 

maintain the cease-fire brokered by Egypt 

that ended the week-long conflict, but other 

Palestinian jihadist groups have flouted it with 

sporadic rocket attacks in 2013, including during 

President Obama’s visit to Israel in March.

HAMAS
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WANTED

Abdul Rahman Yasin directly 

assisted terrorist mastermind 

Ramzi Ahmed Yousef in 

carrying out the February 1993 

World Trade Center bombing 

in New York City. Yousef 

and Yasin drove a van full of 

explosives into the basement of 

the World Trade Center, killing 

six people and wounding over a 

thousand. Yasin fled the United 

States immediately after the 

bombing to avoid arrest. After 

the bombing, law enforcement 

officials obtained evidence that 

led to the indictment and arrest 

of several suspected terrorists 

involved in the bombing, 

including Yasin.

Yasin was born in the United 

States, moved to Iraq during 

the 1960s, and returned to the 

United States in fall 1992. He 

possesses a US passport.

Abdul Rahman Yasin has been 

indicted on the following 

charges: Damage by means of 

fire or an explosive; damage by 

means of fire or an explosive 

to US property; transport 

in interstate commerce of 

an explosive; destruction 

of motor vehicles or motor 

vehicle facilities; conspiracy 

to commit offense or defraud 

the United States; aiding and 

abetting; assault of a federal 

officer in the line of duty; and 

commission of a crime of 

violence through the use of a 

deadly weapon or device.

aliases/name variants:

Abdul Rahman Said Yasin, 

Aboud Yasin, Abdul Rahman S. 

Taha, Abdul Rahman S. Taher

date of birth: 10 April 1960

place of birth:

Bloomington, Indiana

hair: Black

eyes: Brown

complexion: Olive

height: 5’10” (178 cm)

weight: 180 lbs (82 kg)

citizenship: United States

scars/distinguishing characteristics:

Possible chemical burn on 

right thigh; epileptic, takes 

medication for condition.

REWARD

Up to $5 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

rfj@state.gov.

If you prefer to use the 

telephone, please call 

1-800-US REWARDS. 

www.rewardsforjustice.net

Abdul Rahman Yasin 

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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.

Rewards for Justice

Washington, DC 20522-0303

www.rewardsforjustice.net

RFJ@state.gov | 1-800-US REWARDS

Ramzi Ahmed Yousef

Convicted

Uday Husayn

Deceased

Qusay Husayn

Deceased

Abu Solaiman

Deceased

Khadafi Janjalani

Deceased
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Bomb Threat Stand-Off Distances

This table is for general emergency planning only. A given building’s vulnerability to explosions 

depends on its construction and composition. The data in these tables may not accurately reflect 

these variables. Some risk will remain for any persons closer than the outdoor evacuation distance.

Explosives Capacity1

(TNT Equivalent)

Mandatory 

Evacuation Distance2

Preferred Evacuation 

Distance3

Pipe bomb 5 lbs/2.3 kg 70 ft/21 m 1,200 ft/366 m

Suicide vest 20 lbs/9.2 kg 110 ft/34 m 1,700 ft/518 m

Briefcase/suitcase bomb 50 lbs/23 kg 150 ft/46 m 1,850 ft/564 m

Sedan 500 lbs/227 kg 320 ft/98 m 1,900 ft/580 m

SUV/van 1,000 lbs/454 kg 400 ft/122 m 2,400 ft/732 m

Small delivery truck 4,000 lbs/1,814 kg 640 ft/195 m 3,800 ft/1159 m

Container/water truck 10,000 lbs/4,536 kg 860 ft/263 m 5,100 ft/1555 m

Semi-trailer 60,000 lbs/27,216 kg 1,570 ft/479 m 9,300 ft/2835 m

Preferred Evacuation Distance

Preferred area (beyond this line) for evacuation of people in 

buildings and mandatory for people outdoors. 

Mandatory Evacuation Distance

All personnel must evacuate (both inside of buildings and out).

Shelter-in-Place Zone

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 this area.4

1 Based on maximum volume or weight of explosive (TNT equivalent) that could reasonably fit in a suitcase or vehicle.

2 Governed by the ability of typical US commercial construction to resist severe damage or collapse following a blast. 

Performances can vary significantly, however, and buildings should be analyzed by qualified parties when possible.

3 Governed by the greater of fragment throw distance or glass breakage/falling glass hazard distance. Note that pipe and 

briefcase bombs assume cased charges that throw fragments farther than vehicle bombs.

4 A known terrorist tactic is to attract bystanders to windows, doorways, and the outside with gunfire, small bombs, or other 

methods and then detonate a larger, more destructive device, significantly increasing human casualties.
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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.

Assassination as Terrorist Tactic

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, DC. - 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

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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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TNT Equivalents

A terrorist cell’s skill in constructing Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) or Vehicle-Borne 

Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIED) is likely to influence the type of attack it might execute. 

Bombmakers with only rudimentary skills may be restricted to assembling basic devices. A skilled 

journeyman bombmaker may have the competence needed to build a range of IEDs from small to 

large that are highly concealable or have advanced capabilities such as multiple triggering methods, 

directional blasts, or increased blast effect. Two hundred kilograms of explosives can make: 

Sufficient booster charge 

for 4,000 kg of homemade 

explosives in a VBIED

200 Pipe bombs

at 1 kg each

2 small VBIEDs 

at 100 kg each

20 Suicide vests 

at 10 kg each

Explosive Pressure Equivalent Impulse Equivalent Maximum 

Pressure

TNT 1.00 1.00

C-4 1.30 1.50

Composition B (60 RDX/40 TNT) 1.20 1.10

Pentolite 1.42 1.44

Dynamite 60 percent straight

50 percent

20 percent

0.90

0.90

0.70

0.90

—

—

Blasting gel 0.85 0.85

ANFO 0.82

Smokeless powder (dense packing) 0.60

Black powder (dense packing) 0.60

Photo flash powder 

(aluminum, potassium perchlorate 40/60)

0.42

Fuel-Air (by weight)

Ethylene oxide 10+ 300 psi

MAPP (welding gas) 10 200 psi

Acetylene 150 psi

Propane 6 120 psi

Methane 100 psi

Paint pigments 160 psi

Milk powder 135 psi

Flour 7 150 psi

Wood 7 160 psi

Sugar 134 psi

Aluminum 10 195 psi
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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.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/dirty-bombs-bg.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

Fact Sheets on Radiological Weapons
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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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VX

VX (C11H26NO2PS), a chemical nerve agent, 

paralyzes the nervous system. It is more toxic 

and longer-lived than related nerve agents 

Tabun and Sarin, which dissipate quickly and 

have only short-term effects. 

Symptoms

VX binds to an enzyme that transmits signals 

to the nerves and inhibits them. As a result, the 

nerves become isolated and uncontrollable. 

Treatment

The antidote, atropine, is a toxin itself but 

counteracts VX by removing it from the enzyme. 

Atropine is normally injected into the arm 

or thigh; in the case of gas attacks, however, 

atropine must be injected directly into the 

heart. Full body protection and gas masks are 

essential to avoid exposure in a VX attack.

www.emergency.cdc.gov/agent/vx/index.asp

Model of a VX molecule.

Quickly get away 

Protect yourself; cover your mouth and nose with 

layers of fabric that can filter the air but still allow 

breathing; examples include two to three layers 

of cotton such as a T-shirt, handkerchief or towel; 

otherwise, several layers of tissue or paper towels 

may help 

Wash with soap and water 

Contact authorities 

Watch TV, listen to the radio, or check the Internet 

for official news and information including what 

the signs and symptoms of the disease are, if 

medications or vaccinations are being distributed, 

and where you should seek medical attention if you 

become sick

If you become sick seek emergency 

medical attention

Suspicious Substance?
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Sarin

Model of a Sarin molecule.

Sarin is an extremely toxic substance whose 

sole application is as a nerve agent. As a 

chemical weapon, it is classified as a weapon 

of mass destruction by the United Nations 

according to UN Resolution 687, and its 

production and stockpiling was outlawed by 

the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993. 

Sarin can be used as a binary chemical weapon, 

meaning two different substances which are 

easier and/or safer to store independently, then 

can be mixed immediately before use to create 

the desired chemical.

Sarin is similar in structure and biological 

activity to some commonly used insecticides. 

At room temperature, sarin is a colorless, 

odorless liquid. Its vapor is also colorless and 

odorless. It has a relatively short shelf life, and 

will degrade after a period of several weeks to 

several months.

Timely decontamination is imperative. 

Contaminated equipment should be cleaned 

using household bleach, caustic soda, dilute 

alkali solutions, or hot, soapy water. When 

equipment is located in a confined area, 

steam and ammonia or hot, soapy water may 

be used. Sodium hydroxide, an all-purpose 

decontaminant, also works well on sarin.

www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/sarin/basics/facts.asp

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Dermal 

Exposure to 

Liquid

Minutes to 

hours

Mild Exposure: Increased sweating at the site of exposure; muscular 

twitching at site

Moderate Exposure: Same as above plus nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, 

generalized weakness

Severe Exposure: Same as above plus loss of consciousness, convulsions, 

generalized twitching, flaccid paralysis, lapses in breathing, generalized 

secretions, involuntary defecation

Exposure to 

Vapor

Seconds Mild Exposure: Small pupils, runny nose, breathing constriction, secretions, 

slight lapses in breathing

Moderate Exposure: Small pupils, runny nose, breathing constriction, 

secretions, marked lapses in breathing

Severe Exposure: Same as above plus loss of consciousness, convulsions, 

generalized twitching, flaccid paralysis, lapses in breathing, generalized 

secretions, involuntary defecation
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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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Biological Threats

Clinical Features Diagnosis Medical Management

Botulinum Toxins

Symptoms appear several hours to one to two days after exposure

Initial

Blurred vision, drooping eyelids, difficulty understanding 

language, difficulty in speaking, muscle weakness

Progression—Day 3

Mucous in throat, neuromuscular symptoms, respiratory 

distress, difficulty in swallowing, feels like a cold without 

fever

Progression—Day 4

Indistinct speech, pupils moderately dilated, retarded eye 

motions, “mental numbness”

An epidemic of 

cases of bulbar and 

neuromuscular disease

Other causes could 

be considered; 

however, the extent 

and epidemiology of 

the outbreak will help 

diagnose and define 

whether or not there 

was an attack

Respiratory failure is 

the principal cause of 

death. Tracheostomy, 

endotracheal 

intubation, and 

ventilatory assistance 

may be required

Antitoxins are available, 

but they are horse 

serums and may 

produce reactions 

in those allergic to 

horse serum

Smallpox

Incubation average 12 days. Symptoms begin acutely

Phase I Symptoms

Malaise, fever, chills, vomiting, headache, backache; lightskinned patients may exhibit rash during this phase

Phase II Symptoms

Facial rash and eruptions on mucous membrane leading 

to infectious secretions. Eruptions on lower extremities 

spreading to the trunk over the following eight to 14 days 

(these pustules later form scabs)

It is necessary to 

distinguish smallpox 

from chicken pox. 

Examination of 

vesicular scrapings 

under a microscope is 

the usual method for 

diagnosis

Strict quarantine for 17 

days of all persons in 

contact with index cases

No specific therapy

Supportive care to 

prevent secondary 

infections

Botulinum Toxin.
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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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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

Indicators of False Travel Documents

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: 

 www.travel.state.gov/passport/lost/

 lost_848.html
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Radicalization

The strategy to prevent violent extremism in 

the United States outlines how the Federal 

Government will support and help empower 

American communities and their local 

partners in their grassroots efforts to prevent 

violent extremism. This strategy commits the 

Federal Government to improving support 

to communities, including sharing more 

information about the threat of radicalization; 

strengthening cooperation with local law 

enforcement, who work with these communities 

every day; and helping communities to better 

understand and protect themselves against 

violent extremist propaganda, especially online.

Protecting American communities from 

al-Qa‘ida’s hateful ideology is not the work of 

government alone. Communities—especially 

Muslim American communities whose children, 

families, and neighbors are being targeted 

for recruitment by al-Qa‘ida—are often best 

positioned to take the lead because they know 

their communities best. Indeed, Muslim American 

communities have categorically condemned 

terrorism, worked with law enforcement to help 

prevent terrorist attacks, and forged creative 

programs to protect their sons and daughters 

from al-Qa‘ida’s murderous ideology.

We have prioritized three broad areas of action 

where we believe the Federal Government can 

provide value to supporting partnerships at the 

local level and countering violent extremism. 

Enhancing Federal engagement with and 

support to local communities that may be 

targeted by violent extremists. Engagement 

is essential for community-based efforts to 

prevent violent extremism because it allows 

government and communities to share 

information, concerns, and potential solutions. 

Building government and law enforcement 

expertise for preventing violent extremism. 

We must be vigilant in identifying, predicting, 

and preempting new developments. This 

necessitates ongoing research and analysis, 

as well as exchanges with individuals, 

communities, and government officials who 

work on the frontlines to counter the threats 

we all face.

Countering violent extremist propaganda 

while promoting our ideals. We must 

actively and aggressively counter the range 

of ideologies violent extremists employ 

to radicalize and recruit individuals by 

challenging justifications for violence and by 

actively promoting the unifying and inclusive 

vision of our American ideals.

Protecting our Nation’s communities from violent 

extremist recruitment and radicalization is a 

top national security priority. It is an effort that 

requires creativity, diligence, and commitment to 

our fundamental rights and principles.

This page is a summary of two documents relating to radicalization, “Empowering Local Partners To 

Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States,” and the “Strategic Implementation Plan for Empowering 

Local Partners To Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States.” 

For the full text of these documents, please visit: 

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/empowering_local_partners.pdf 

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/sip-final.pdf
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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: rfj@state.gov 

Phone: In the United States, call 1-800-US REWARDS (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 

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

www.state.gov/s/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:

www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2010/170260.htm

Cuba

1 March 1982

Iran

19 January 1984

Sudan

12 August 1993

Syria

29 December 1979
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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.

Logos

Harakat ul-Mujahidin Hizballah 

(Party of God) 

Imirat Kavkaz

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 al-Islam

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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Islamic Movement 

of Uzbekistan (IMU)

Logos

United Self-Defense 

Forces of Colombia 

(AUC)

Shining Path 

(Sendero Luminoso)

Jemaah Islamiya (JI)

Jundallah (Iran) Kahane Chai (KACH) Kata’ib Hizballah (Iraq) Liberation Tigers of 

Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid Jemaah Islamiya (JI)

NI UN PASO ATRAS LIBERACION O MUERTE

E.L.N.

National Liberation 

Army (ELN)

New People’s Army 

(NPA)

Palestinian Liberation 

Front (PLF)

Palestine Islamic 

Jihad (PIJ)

Popular Front for the 

Liberation of Palestine 

(PFLP)

Revolutionary People’s 

Liberation Party/Front 

(DHKP/C)

Sect of Revolutionaries 

(Greece)

Jaish-e-Mohammed 

(JEM)

Kongra-Gel (KGK, 

formerly Kurdistan 

Worker’s Party,

PKK, KADEK)

Lord’s Resistance Army 

(LRA)
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Captured or Killed (Selected)

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; US President says, “Justice has been done.”

2010

Shaykh Sa‘id al-Masri – Also known as Mustafa 

Abu al-Yazid, presumed third in command of alQa‘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 Mohammad 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 Mahsud – Leader of Tehrik-e Taliban 

Pakistan, Mahsud 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.

2013

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.

2012

Abu Yahya al-Libi – Al-Qa‘ida second-in-command, 

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.”
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Captured or Killed (Selected)

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.

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.

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.

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.

‘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.

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.
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A

Aafia Siddiqui 153

Abbas Musawi 19

Abd Al Aziz Awda 129

‘Abd al-Baset al-Megrahi 13

‘Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi 153

‘Abdallah Azzam Brigades 65

Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB) 3

Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhassan Haj Hamad 102

Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser 110

Abdelkarim, Malik Abou 46

Abdelmajid Dahoumane 29

Abdelmalek Droukdal 36

Abderraouf Ben Habib Jdey 127

Abderraouf Jdey 126

Abdulhakim Muhammad 49

Abdullah, Abdullah Ahmed 104

Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah 104

Abdullah al-Rimi 26

Abdullah Azzam Shaheed Brigade 51

Abdullahi Yare 64

Abdullah Ocalan 17, 57, 113, 125

Abdul Rahman Yasin 131

Abdurajak Abubaker Janjalani 105

Abouhalima, Mohammed 47

Abu Ayyub al-Masri 32, 35, 152

Abubakar Shekau 66, 68

Abu Bakr Bashir 92

Abu Du‘a 30

Abu Faraj al-Libi 153

Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade 25

Abu Layth al-Libi 153

Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqawi 10, 21, 32, 49, 53, 153

Abu Nidal 51, 69

Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) 3, 59, 75, 99, 107, 150

Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) 3, 5, 37, 45, 47, 59, 75, 83, 86, 

88, 90, 91, 105, 109, 150

Abu Solaiman 132, 153

Abu Umar al-Baghdadi 32

Abu Yahya al-Libi 49, 152

Abu Yusif al-Tunisi 126

Achille Lauro 85

Adam Yahiye Gadahn 20

Adel Radi Saqr al-Wahabi al-Harbi 12

Adil, Usman 71

Adnan G. El Shukrijumah 16

Afghan Taliban 116

Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Mughassil 112

Ahmad Shah Mahsood 77

Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed 50

Ahmed Ghailani 11

Aimal Kasi 11, 95

Akram Lahori 94

al-Adel, Saif 14

al-Ansar, ‘Asbat 97

Alan Steen 11, 115

al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade 3, 7, 19, 25, 27, 31, 33, 39, 53, 

81, 111, 150

al-Aulaqi, Anwar 22, 83, 152

al-Badawi, Jamal Mohammad 24, 103

al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar 32

al-Baghdadi, ‘Umar 35, 152

al-Bakri, Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa 18

Aleksandr Suslikov 27

al-Fadhli, Muhsin 10

Al-Faran 57, 59

al-Gama’at al-Islamiyya 51, 55, 97, 103

al-Hakim, Ayatollah 73

al-Harazi, Muhammad 103

al-Harbi, Adel Radi Saqr al-Wahabi 12

al-Hariri, Rafiq 17

Ali Atwa 108

al-Iraqi, ‘Abd al-Hadi 153

Ali Saed Bin Ali El-Hoorie 106

Ali Sayyid Muhamed Mustafa Al-Bakri 18

al-Karmi, Ra‘id 113

al-Libi, Abu Faraj 153

al-Libi, Abu Layth 13, 153

al-Libi, Abu Yahya 49, 152

al-Masri, Abu Ayyub 32, 35, 152

al-Masri, Shaykh Sa‘id 152

al-Megrahi, ‘Abd al-Baset 13

al-Mughassil, Ahmad Ibrahim 112

al-Mulathamun Batallion 38

al-Nasser, Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed 110

al-Nusrah Front 32, 34, 150

al-Qa’ida (AQ) 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 21, 28, 36, 37, 

39, 43, 48, 49, 53, 59, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 85, 87, 

89, 94, 97, 99, 103, 107, 109, 116, 120, 121, 126, 127, 150

al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI, Islamic State of Iraq and the 

Levant, ISIL, formerly Islamic State of Iraq, ISI) 3, 9, 

19, 30, 32, 34, 35, 49, 95, 105, 150

al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) 3, 4, 22, 45, 

51, 83, 107

al-Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) 3, 

4, 5, 23, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 46, 55, 67, 71, 103, 109, 150

al-Qa‘ida in Yemen (AQY) 22

al-Quso, Fahd 41, 152

al-Rahman, Atiyah Abd 71, 152

al-Rahman, Umar ‘Abd 9, 113, 153

al-Rimi, Abdullah 26

al-Shabaab (Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin) 3, 48, 50, 

52, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 62, 73, 81, 101, 150

al-Sharia, Ansar 45

Al-Sirat al-Mustaqim 43

al-Sunna, Ansar 41, 59

al-Suri, Yasin 8, 10

Al-Tawhid Wal Jihad in West Africa (TWJWA) 38

al-Tunisi, Abu Yusif 126

al-Wahishi, Nasir 22

Index
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Al-Yacoub, Ibrahim Salih Mohammed 114

al-Zarqawi, Abu Mus‘ab 10, 21, 32, 49, 53, 65, 153

al-Zawahiri, Ayman 4, 6, 22, 32, 48, 53, 69

Aminullah, Shaykh 121

Anderson, Terry 27

Ansar al-Dine (AAD) 3

Ansar al-Islam (AAI) 3, 150

Ansar al-Sharia 45

Ansar al-Sunna 41, 59

Anwar al-Aulaqi 22, 83, 152

AQ (al-Qa’ida) 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 21, 28, 36, 

37, 39, 43, 48, 53, 59, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 85, 87, 

89, 94, 97, 99, 103, 107, 109, 116, 120, 121, 126, 127, 150

AQAP (al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula) 3, 4, 22, 45, 

51, 83, 107

AQI (al-Qa’ida in Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and the 

Levant, ISIL, formerly Islamic State of Iraq, ISI) 3, 9, 

19, 30, 32, 34, 35, 49, 95, 105, 150

AQIM (al-Qa’ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb) 3, 

4, 5, 23, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 46, 55, 67, 71, 103, 109, 150

AQY (al-Qa‘ida in Yemen) 22

Arab Revolutionary Cells 31

Armed Islamic Group (GIA) 11, 38, 63, 77, 87, 115

Army of Islam (AOI) 3, 5, 150

Army of Mohammed 123

Asbat al-Ansar 3, 97

Assassination as Terrorist Tactic 134

Atef, Muhammad 153

Atiyah Abd al-Rahman 71, 152

Atwa, Ali 108

Atwah, Muhsin Musa Matwalli 153

AUC (United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia) 3, 151

Aum Shinrikyo (AUM) 3, 27, 47, 55, 61, 150

Avengers of the Infants 23

Awda, Abd Al Aziz 129

aw-Mohamed, Ahmed Abdi 50

Ayatollah al-Hakim 73

Ayman al-Zawahiri 6, 22, 32, 48, 53, 69

Ayoub, Faouzi Mohamad 76

Azahari bin Husin 153

Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) 36

Azhar, Masood 123

B

Baitullah Mahsud 116, 152

Barot, Dhiren 139, 153

Baruch Goldstein 21

Bashir, Abu Bakr 92

Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud 56

Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) 3, 59, 63, 71, 89, 

91, 93, 150

Belmokhtar, Mokhtar 9, 38, 40, 113

Benazir Bhutto 107

Bhutto, Benazir 107

Bin Ladin, Usama 4, 6, 21, 32, 39, 53, 71, 77, 87, 152

Binyamin Kahane 5, 109

Biological Threats 144

Black September 23, 75, 91, 109

Bledsoe, Carlos Leon 49

Blind Shaykh 113

Boko Haram 11, 66, 68, 73, 93, 115

Bomb Threat Stand-Off Distances 133

Boston Marathon 35

Botulinum 144

Boussora, Faker Ben Abdelaziz 126, 127

Brigade, Al-Aqsa Martyrs 27

Buckley, William 27

Burnham, Gracia 47, 90

Burnham, Martin 47, 90

C

C-4 136

Carlos Leon Bledsoe 49

Carlos the Jackal 69, 73, 107

castor beans 145

Central Asia Terrorism 96

Christopher Leggett 36, 55

Christopher Stevens 77

Cleo A. Noel 23

Colleen LaRose 13

Common Explosives 136

Communist Party of India-Maoist 7, 113

Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army 

(CPP/NPA) 3

Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei (SPF) 124, 150

Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) 3, 150

D

Dahoumane, Abdelmajid 29

Daniel Pearl 11, 115, 123

Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda 13, 17

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine 19

Devrimci Sol 125

Dev Sol 125

Dhiren Barot 139, 153

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

3, 13, 49, 125, 151

Dirty Bomb 138

Djokhar Tsarnaev 35

Doku Umarov 11, 29, 96, 98, 115

Domestic Terrorism in Turkey 125

Dozier, James 13, 105

Droukdal, Abdelmalek 36

Du‘a, Abu 30

Dulmatin 152

E

Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) 18, 69, 87, 97

ELA (Revolutionary Popular Struggle) 81, 124

Elbaneh, Jaber A. 28

El-Hoorie, Ali Saed Bin Ali 106

el-Khairy, Hamad 38

Index
156

Haqqani, Jalaluddin 120

Haqqani Network (HQN) 3, 120

Haqqani, Sirajuddin 120

Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin (al-Shabaab) 3, 48, 50, 

52, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 62, 73, 101, 150

Harakat-ul-Ansar 101

Harakat-ul-Jihad 23

Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B) 3

Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI) 3

Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) 3, 150

Harun Fazul 49, 152

Hasan Izz-al-Din 74

Hasan Nasrallah 72

Hasan, Nidal Malik 71, 93

Have Suspicions? 148

Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin 122

Hersi, Zakariya Ismail Ahmed 62

Hesla, Thor David 9, 120

Hezb-e-Islami 122

Hir, Zulkifli bin 86

Hizballah 3, 19, 27, 31, 35, 51, 53, 55, 57, 61, 72, 76, 99, 

101, 103, 108, 150

Hizb-ul-Mujahedin 99

HMTD (Hexamethlene Triperoxide Diamine) 136

Howes, Thomas 21, 57

HUJI-B (Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh) 3

HUM (Harakat ul-Mujahidin) 3, 150

Husayn, Qusay 132

Husayn, Uday 132

Husin, Azahari bin 153

I

Ibrahim Haji Jama 58

Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub 114

IJU (Islamic Jihad Union) 3, 75, 96

Ilyas Kashmiri 152

‘Imad Mughniyah 17, 72, 153

IM (Indian Mujahidin) 3, 43, 63

Imirat Kavkaz 11, 96, 150

IMU (Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan) 3, 71, 96, 151

Indian Mujahidin (IM) 3, 43, 63

Intifada Martyrs 109

Iraultza 101

Islamic Army 89

Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan 73

Islamic Dagestan Liberation Army 77

Islamic Inquilab Mahaz group 91

Islamic Jihad 9, 27, 49, 53, 89, 115

Islamic Jihad Organization 79, 101

Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) 3, 75, 96

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) 3, 71, 96, 151

Islamic Party (Somalia) 21

Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) 105

Islamic State of Iraq (al-Qa’ida in Iraq, AQI, Islamic 

State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, ISI) 32, 34, 39, 45, 

47, 51, 67, 69, 71, 91

ELN (National Liberation Army) 3, 7, 17, 37, 55, 67, 71, 

79, 93, 111, 151

El Shukrijumah, Adnan G. 16

ETA (Basque Fatherland and Liberty) 3, 59, 63, 71, 89, 

91, 93, 150

F

Fahd al-Quso 41, 152

Faisal Shahzad 39, 85

Faker Ben Abdelaziz Boussora 126

Faker Boussora 127

Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation 78

False Travel Documents 146

Faouzi Mohamad Ayoub 76

FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) 3, 15, 

17, 21, 23, 25, 37, 39, 45, 47, 55, 57, 67, 77, 81, 83, 105, 

109, 150

Fatah al-Islam 13, 45

Foley, Laurence 91

Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) 3

14 February Youth Coalition 17, 35

Frederick Kroesen 79

Fuad Mohamed Khalaf 54

G

Gadahn, Adam Yahiye 20

Gama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group) 3

George C. Moore 23

Ghailani, Ahmed 11

Ghayth, Sulayman Bu 152

GIA (Armed Islamic Group) 11, 38, 63, 77, 87, 115

Goldstein, Baruch 21

Gonsalves, Marc 21, 57

Gracia Burnham 47, 90

Granville, John 5, 100, 109

GRAPO (First of October Antifascist Resistance Group) 

65

Greek Domestic Terrorism 124

Guillermo Sobero 51, 90

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 122

H

Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki 82

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed 80

Hakimullah Mehsud 116, 119

Hamad, Abdelbasit Alhaj Alhassan Haj 102

Hamadei, Mohammed Ali 9, 43, 113

Hamad el-Khairy 38

Hamaha, Oumar Ould 44

HAMAS 3, 7, 9, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 41, 47, 49, 

63, 65, 67, 71, 75, 81, 87, 97, 101, 105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 

130, 150

Hambali 69, 153

Hammam, Yahya Abu el 42

Hamza Rabi‘a 153

Hapilon, Isnilon 90

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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, al-Qa’ida in 

Iraq, AQI, formerly Islamic State of Iraq, ISI) 32, 34

Islamiya, Jemaah 61

Isnilon Hapilon 90

Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades 75, 130

Izz-al-Din, Hasan 74

J

Jaber A. Elbaneh 28

Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) 3, 103, 123, 151

Jalaluddin Haqqani 120

Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) 78

Jama, Ibrahim Haji 58

Jamal al-Badawi 103

Jamal Mohammad Al-Badawi 24

James Dozier 13, 105

Jamiat-ul-Mujahedin 107

Jane, Jihad 13

Janjalani, Abdurajak Abubaker 105

Janjalani, Khadafi 75, 132, 153

Janjaweed Militia 35

Japanese Red Army 19, 47

JAT (Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid) 3, 92, 151

Jdey, Abderraouf 126

Jdey, Abderraouf Ben Habib 127

Jehad Serwan Mostafa 60

Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT) 3, 92, 151

Jemaah Islamiya (JI) 3, 31, 61, 67, 69, 83, 84, 87, 151

Jesse Turner 11, 115

Jewish Defense League (JDL) 135

Jihad Jane 13

JI (Jemaah Islamiya) 3, 31, 61, 67, 69, 83, 84, 87, 151

John Granville 100, 109

Johnson, Paul 51

Joseph Kony 70

Jundallah (Iran) 3, 151

Justice and Equality Movement 75, 93

K

Kabardino-Balkariyan Sector of the Caucasus Front 87

Kahane, Binyamin 109

Kahane Chai (KACH) 3, 151

Kansi, Mir Amal 153

Kashmiri, Ilyas 152

Kasi, Aimal 11, 95

Kata’ib Hizballah (KH) 3, 151

Kavkaz, Imirat 11

Keith Stansell 21, 57

Kerr, Malcolm 9, 115

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

PKK, KADEK) 3, 17, 23, 45, 57, 65, 113, 125, 151

Khadafi Janjalani 75, 132, 153

Khalaf, Fuad Mohamed 54

Khalid Shaykh Muhammad 21, 153

Khobar Towers 53, 55, 106, 110, 112, 114

Kommando Gudrun Ensslin 79

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

PKK, KADEK) 3, 17, 23, 45, 57, 65, 113, 125, 151

Kony, Joseph 70

Kroesen, Frederick 79

Kumpulun Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM) 86

Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) 43

Kurdistan People’s Congress 125

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

KADEK) 3, 17, 23, 45, 57, 65, 113, 125, 151

L

La Belle disco 31

Lahori, Akram 94

LaRose, Colleen 13

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) 3, 7, 19, 35, 94, 101, 111

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) 3, 69, 78, 80, 81, 82, 99, 103, 121

Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Brigades 31

Leggett, Christopher 36, 55

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 3, 21, 25, 37, 45, 

49, 57, 63, 73, 83, 85, 87, 89, 97, 101, 105, 151

Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) 3

LJ (Lashkar-e-Jhangvi) 3, 7, 19, 35, 94, 101, 111

Logos 150

Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) 5, 7, 19, 67, 70, 81, 111, 

151

LT (Lashkar-e-Tayyiba) 3, 69, 78, 80, 81, 82, 99, 103, 121

Luminoso, Sendero 45

M

M-19 21

Mahamoud, Bashir Mohamed 56

Mahsood, Ahmad Shah 77

Mahsud, Baitullah 116, 152

Mahsud, Hakimullah 116

Makki, Hafiz Abdul Rahman 82

Makki, Omar Abdullah 53

Malcolm Kerr 9, 115

Marc Gonsalves 21, 57

Martin Burnham 47, 90

Martyrs, Intifada 109

Masood Azhar 123

McVeigh, Timothy 35

Mehsud, Hakimullah 119

MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) 23, 88, 97

Militia, Janjaweed 35

Mir Amal Kansi 153

Mithileshwar Singh 11, 115

Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) 71

Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim Mohamed 100

Mohamed, Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim 100

Mohammed Abouhalima 47

Mohammed Ali Hamadei 9, 113

Mokhtar Belmokhtar 9, 38, 40, 113

Moore, George C. 23

Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) 3

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) 23, 88, 97

Index
158

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan 49

Paul Johnson 51

Pearl, Daniel 11, 115, 123

PFLP-GC (PFLP-General Command) 3, 19

PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC) 3, 19

PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) 3, 

55, 151

PIJ (Palestine Islamic Jihad) 3, 31, 47, 69, 89, 91, 93, 128, 

129, 151

PIRA (Provisional IRA) 15, 21, 93, 105

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

Party, KADEK) 3, 17, 23, 45, 57, 65, 113, 125, 151

PLF (Palestine Liberation Front) 3, 151

Polhill, Robert 11, 115

Popular Forces of Liberation 31

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General 

Command 33

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) 3, 

55, 151

Possible Chemical Incident 140

Puerto Rican Nationalist Party 91, 135

Q

Qusay Husayn 132

R

Rabi‘a, Hamza 153

Radicalization 147

Radiological Threat 138

Rafiq al-Hariri 17

Ra‘id al-Karmi 113

Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah 128

Ramzi Ahmed Yousef 7, 111, 132, 153

Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) 3

Red Army Faction 37, 47, 79, 101

Red Brigades 105

Rehav‘am Ze‘evi 87

Rehman, Wali Ur 152

Reid, Richard 13, 107

Revenge Falcons of Apo 25

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 3, 

15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 37, 39, 45, 47, 55, 57, 67, 81, 83, 105, 

109, 150

Revolutionary Cells 39

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

3, 13, 49, 125, 151

Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA) 81, 124

Revolutionary Struggle (RS) 3, 9, 113, 124

Rewards for Justice Program 132, 148

Richard Reid 13, 107

Richard Welch 107

Ricin 145

RIRA (Real IRA) 3, 67

Robert Polhill 11, 115

Robow, Mukhtar 52

Mostafa, Jehad Serwan 60

Moussaoui, Zacarias 39

Movement for New Colombia 39

Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) 

38

MQM (Mohajir Qaumi Movement) 71

MRTA (Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) 37, 105

Mughniyah, ‘Imad 17, 72, 153

Muhammad, Abdulhakim 49

Muhammad al-Harazi 103

Muhammad Ali Hamadei 43

Muhammad Atef 153

Muhammad, Khalid Shaykh 21, 153

Muhsin al-Fadhli 10

Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah 153

Mujahidin Shura Council 45

Mukhtar Robow 52

Mullah Mohammad Omar 116

Mullah Omar 118

Musawi, Abbas 19

N

Nabhan, Saleh 152

Najibullah Zazi 19, 37

Nasir al-Wahishi 22

Nasrallah, Hasan 72

National Liberation Army (ELN) 3, 7, 17, 37, 55, 67, 71, 

79, 93, 111, 151

National Liberation Front of Tripura 95

National Redemption Front 57

National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah 

(NSCN-IM) 15

New People’s Army (NPA) 151

Nidal, Abu 51, 69

Nidal Malik Hasan 71, 93

Nigerian Taliban 66

Noel, Cleo A. 23

Noordin Mat Top 61, 84, 152

Nordeen, William 55

O

Ocalan, Abdullah 17, 57, 113, 125

Ogaden National Liberation Front 11, 115

Omar Abdullah Makki 53

Omar, Mullah 116, 118

Oumar Ould Hamaha 44

P

Pakistani Taliban 119

Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) 3, 31, 47, 69, 89, 91, 93, 128, 

129, 151

Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) 3, 151

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) 49

Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People (PalipehutuFNL) 13

Patek, Umar 29, 69, 84, 152

Index
2014 Counterterrorism Calendar / www.nctc.gov 159

S

Saeed, Hafiz Mohammad 80

Saif Al-Adel 14

Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) 4, 36, 

42

Saleh Nabhan 152

Sanders, Ron 13

Sarin 27

Satanic Verses, The 61, 85

Saudi Hizballah 53, 106, 110, 112, 114

Save Kashmir Movement 33

Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia 73

Sect of Revolutionaries (Greece) 151

Sect of Revolutionaries (SE) 124

Seitz, Ed 89

Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) 3, 45, 83, 151

17 November (17N) 3, 33, 47, 51, 55, 61, 83, 95, 97, 107, 

124, 150

Shahzad, Faisal 39, 85

Shallah, Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad 128

Shaykh Aminullah 121

Shaykh Sa‘id al-Masri 152

Shaykh Swedan 153

Shekau, Abubakar 66, 68

Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) 3, 45, 83, 151

Shinrikyo, Aum 27, 47

Siddiqui, Aafia 153

Singh, Mithileshwar 11, 115

Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan 94

Sirajuddin Haqqani 120

Smallpox 144

Sobero, Guillermo 47, 51, 90

Solaiman, Abu 132, 153

Stansell, Keith 21, 57

State Sponsors of Terrorism 149

Steen, Alan 11, 115

Stethem, Robert 9, 51, 74, 108, 113

Stevens, Christopher 77

Sudan People’s Liberation Army 21

Sulayman Bu Ghayth 152

Suslikov, Aleksandr 27

T

Tahir Yuldashev 71

Taliban 5, 9, 15, 19, 21, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39, 41, 43, 53, 55, 

65, 67, 71, 73, 77, 79, 103, 109, 118, 120, 121

Tamerlan Tsarnaev 35

Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) 3, 17, 23, 31, 39, 43, 45, 

47, 61, 67, 85, 87, 94, 116, 119

Terrorism in North and West Africa 38

Terry Anderson 27

Thomas Howes 21, 57

Thor David Hesla 9, 120

Those Who Sign With Blood 9, 38, 40, 113

Timothy McVeigh 35

Top, Noordin Mohammad 152

Toxic Industrial Chemicals 143

Tsantes, George 95

Tsarnaev, Djokhar 35

Tsarnaev, Tamerlan 35

Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) 37, 105

Turner, Jesse 11, 115

TWA Flight 847 9, 43, 51, 72, 74, 108, 113

25 April Movement 99

TWJWA (Al-Tawhid Wal Jihad in West Africa) 38

U

Uday Husayn 132

Umar ‘Abd al-Rahman 9, 113, 153

‘Umar al-Baghdadi 35, 152

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab 107

Umarov, Doku 11, 29, 96, 98, 115

Umar Patek 29, 69, 84, 152

United Baluch Army 7, 111

United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) 7, 109, 111

United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) 3, 151

Usama al-Kini 153

Usama Bin Ladin 4, 6, 21, 32, 39, 53, 71, 77, 87, 152

Usman Adil 71

USS Cole 4, 24, 26, 87, 103

V

VX 141

W

Wali Ur Rehman 152

Warren Weinstein 69

Weinstein, Warren 69

Welch, Richard 107

William Buckley 27

William Nordeen 55

World Trade Center 4, 7, 9, 21, 47, 77, 111, 113, 131, 132

Y

Yahya Abu el Hammam 42

Yare, Abdullahi 64

Yasin, Abdul Rahman 131

Yasin al-Suri 8, 10

Yousef, Ramzi 7, 111, 132, 153

Yuldashev, Tahir 71

Z

Zacarias Moussaoui 39

Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi 62

Zazi, Najibullah 19, 37

Ze‘evi, Rehav‘am 87

Zulkifli bin Hir 86

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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 

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Today’s Date:

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