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NAME (with variants)
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TYPE
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FOUNDING DATE
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LOCATION
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ILLEGAL/SUSPECTED ACTIVITY
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CONNECTED TO
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CONNECTION TYPE
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AL-JIHAD |
TERROR GROUP
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AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI
AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI
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AL QAEDA
INTERNATIONAL FRONT
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LINKS BETWEEN
JOINED
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TANZIM |
RADICAL YOUTH MILITIA
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1995
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AHMAD CHILES
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FATAH
FATAH
FATAH
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EXTREMIST YOUTH MILITARY WING
ARMED WING
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HEZBOLLAH |
TERROR GROUP
TERRORIST GROUP
TERROR GROUP
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HUSAYN NASRALLAH
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SUICIDE BOMBINGS
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IRAN
SYRIA
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PROVIDING WEAPONS AND TRAINING
TO
CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SAFE HAVEN AND POLITICAL COVER TO
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AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADES |
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RAED KARMI
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FATAH
FATAH
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ARMED FACTION
MILITARY WING
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5
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HOLY LAND FOUNDATION
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NON-PROFIT 501(C) TAX-EXEMPT
CHARITY
ORGANIZATION
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1987
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JERUSALEM
TEXAS
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GHASSAN ELASHI
MOHAMMED OTHMAN
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HAMAS
HAMAS
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FRONT ORGANIZATION
FUNNELING FUNDS TO
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6
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HUA |
ISLAMIC MILITANT GROUP
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MUZAFFARABAD
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INSURGENT AND TERRORIST
OPERATIONS
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SAUDI ARABIA
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COLLECTS DONATIONS FROM
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Profile Of: AL-JIHAD
TYPE
United Press International has learned that the CIA
believes Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the Egyptian terror group al-Jihad, will
assume control of bin Ladin's terrorist finances, operations, plans and
resources. [1]
HEADED BY
Pentagon sources told reporters that Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of
Egyptian Jihad, and his family were targeted by US warplanes in
recent days. [2]
Ayman al-Zawahiri and the cryptic message By B Raman
The authenticity of the latest message purported to be of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the head of al-Jihad
of Egypt, who is number 2 to Osama bin Laden in al-Qaeda, which was
broadcast by the al-Jazeera television station of Qatar on Wednesday,
is yet to be established. [3]
CONNECTIONS
Because of the particularly close links between al-Jihad and al Qaeda,
financial ties between the organizations are probable. [4]
The relationship between al-Zawahiri and bin Laden
was formalized in February 1998 when al-Jihad joined the International Front,
and was sealed in June 2001 when al Qaeda and al-Jihad merged into a
single group, Qaeda al-Jihad. A look at their activities from the
mid-1990s onward confirms the shift: In 1994 al-Jihad militants were
linked to two unsuccessful attempts to bomb the Israeli and U.S.
embassies in Manila. [4]
CONNECTION TYPE
Because of the particularly close links between al-Jihad and al Qaeda,
financial ties between the organizations are probable. [4]
The relationship between al-Zawahiri and bin Laden
was formalized in February 1998 when al-Jihad joined the International Front,
and was sealed in June 2001 when al Qaeda and al-Jihad merged into a
single group, Qaeda al-Jihad. A look at their activities from the
mid-1990s onward confirms the shift: In 1994 al-Jihad militants were
linked to two unsuccessful attempts to bomb the Israeli and U.S.
embassies in Manila. [4]
Profile Of: TANZIM
TYPE
Experts say the brigades were an offshoot of the Tanzim, a radical youth militia associated
with the Fatah movement. [5]
FOUNDING DATE
The Tanzim have played a leading role in the
activities of the "al-Aqsa Intifada," including carrying out ambushes
of civilian vehicles and bombings of buses in Israeli cities. History
Ideology & Strategy Structure Leadership Terrorist Activity
Articles Updates Attacks from 1988-2000 History The Tanzim was set up in 1995 by
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and the Fatah leadership,
as a quasi-military force to offset the growing power of the
Palestinian Islamist groups. [6]
HEADED BY
Al-Sheikh is supported by Hachem Balawy, who was
appointed by Arafat to reduce the power of Barghouti. In the Gaza
Strip, the Tanzim is led by Ahmad
Chiles, who was a minor activist in the organization until he
was recently appointed Fatah secretary in Gaza. [6]
ILLEGAL/SUSPECTED ACTIVITY
The Tanzim
conducts military training for Palestinian young people of all
ages, under the leadership of officers of the Palestinian security
apparatus. [6]
CONNECTIONS
Western security agencies, led by the Israeli and
American governments, claim that the group is supported and supervised
by Arafat's Fatah-Tanzim, an
extremist youth military wing of the Fatah movement, and one of
Arafat's numerous security forces in the West Bank and Gaza. [7]
The Tanzim
is the armed wing of the Fatah, the largest faction of the
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) led by Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat. [6]
CONNECTION TYPE
Western security agencies, led by the Israeli and
American governments, claim that the group is supported and supervised
by Arafat's Fatah-Tanzim, an
extremist youth military wing of the Fatah movement, and one of
Arafat's numerous security forces in the West Bank and Gaza. [7]
Western security agencies, led by the Israeli and
American governments, claim that the group is supported and supervised
by Arafat's Fatah-Tanzim, an
extremist youth military wing of the Fatah movement, and one of
Arafat's numerous security forces in the West Bank and Gaza. [8]
The Tanzim
is the armed wing of the Fatah, the largest faction of the
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) led by Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat. [6]
Profile Of: HEZBOLLAH
TYPE
Some of the connections involved the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah, and some
of the money has been traced to accounts in Lebanon and Yemen,
officials said. [9]
Over the next 444 days, Buckley, the CIA's Beirut
station chief, was tortured by psychiatrist Aziz al-Abub, a member of
the Iranian-based terrorist
group, Hezbollah. [10]
Some of the connections involved the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah, and some
of the money has been traced to accounts in Lebanon and Yemen,
officials said. [11]
HEADED BY
In November 1997, IRNA reported that Hezbollah's Secretary General Husayn
Nasrallah met in Damascus with Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal
Kharrazi. [12]
ILLEGAL/SUSPECTED ACTIVITY
The State Department also said it did not possess
information that would lend substance to reports of a joint al-Qaida/Hezbollah plan in late 1999 to
attack Jewish targets in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay; in Buenos Aires,
Argentina; and in Ottawa, Canada. [13]
The midday attack added to Israel's mounting anger
over Syria's support for Hezbollah
fighters at the Israel-Lebanon border and Syria's sanctuary to
Islamic Jihad fighters. [14]
Hezbollah was
behind suicide bombings on the U.S. marine barracks, which
killed 241 U.S. military personnel, and the U.S. embassy, killing 63. [14]
CONNECTIONS
Iran is providing
weapons and training to Hezbollah and to the Palestinian
terrorist groups in Israel. [15]
Syria continues
to provide safe haven and political cover to Hezbollah in
Lebanon, which has killed hundreds of Americans in the past. [14]
CONNECTION TYPE
Iran is providing
weapons and training to Hezbollah and to the Palestinian
terrorist groups in Israel. [15]
Syria continues
to provide safe haven and political cover to Hezbollah in
Lebanon, which has killed hundreds of Americans in the past. [14]
Profile Of: AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADES
HEADED BY
The brigades are a group of West Bank militias
affiliated with Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat's al-Fatah Gunmen at
funeral of al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades leader Raed Karmi, Tulkarm, West Bank, Jan. 2002. [16]
ILLEGAL/SUSPECTED ACTIVITY
The al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing
in a Jerusalem shopping centre on March 29, another at a Tel Aviv cafe
on March 30, and a car bombing near the Old City of Jerusalem on April
1. [17]
The Fatah-Tanzim and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades have claimed
responsibility for more than 300 attacks in which Israeli
civilians were killed. [7]
CONNECTIONS
Fatah became the subject of much controversy recently
when the Al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades, the armed faction of Fatah, claimed responsibility for
several suicide attacks against Israeli civilians in 2002, most notably
the Passover Massacre that killed 22 people on March 28 in the northern
Israeli resort town of Netanya. [18]
IDF Spokesperson 26 November 2002 Sahar Habash,
founder and official ideologue of the Fatah movement admitted in an
interview to the Jordanian newspaper Alhadat (November 19, 2002), that
the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the
military wing of the Fatah movement, are committed to the
decisions of the political leadership of the Fatah. [19]
CONNECTION TYPE
Fatah became the subject of much controversy recently
when the Al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades, the armed faction of Fatah, claimed responsibility for
several suicide attacks against Israeli civilians in 2002, most notably
the Passover Massacre that killed 22 people on March 28 in the northern
Israeli resort town of Netanya. [18]
IDF Spokesperson 26 November 2002 Sahar Habash,
founder and official ideologue of the Fatah movement admitted in an
interview to the Jordanian newspaper Alhadat (November 19, 2002), that
the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the
military wing of the Fatah movement, are committed to the
decisions of the political leadership of the Fatah. [19]
Profile Of: HOLY LAND
FOUNDATION
TYPE
The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development
(HLF) is a non-profit 501(c)
tax-exempt charity organization. [20]
FOUNDING DATE
HLF was founded
in 1987 in Los Angeles, California
as the Occupied Land Fund to raise funds for what it viewed as Muslim
victims of the Palestinian uprising, by its President and CEO, Shukri
A. Baker. [20]
LOCATION
In 1997, Israel banned the Jerusalem-based Holy Land
Foundation as a Hamas front-group. [20]
The main target is the Richardson, Texas-based Holy
Land Foundation, a major fund-raiser for projects in the Palestinian
territories, which raised $13 million last year. [21]
HEADED BY
Efforts were actually stepped up just before
September 11th terror attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. when the
FBI raided InfoCom Corporation, an Internet service provider run by
Holy Land's chairman, Ghassan
Elashi, and owned by his brother Bayan
Elashi, a founder and board member of the Holy Land Foundation. [20]
Israel security arrested the Jerusalem Holy Land
Foundation's director, Mohammed
Othman (a.k.a. Rahman Anati), for
purportedly distributing monthly stipends to families of Hamas suicide
bombers. [20]
CONNECTIONS
In 1997, Israel banned
the Jerusalem-based Holy Land
Foundation as a
Hamas front-group.
[20]
The HLF has been accused by Israel of funneling funds
to Hamas. [20]
CONNECTION TYPE
In 1997, Israel banned
the Jerusalem-based Holy Land
Foundation as a
Hamas front-group.
[20]
The HLF has been accused by Israel of
funneling funds
to Hamas.
[20]
Profile Of: HUA
TYPE
HUA, an
Islamic militant group that
seeks Kashmir's
accession to Pakistan, was formed in October 1993 when two Pakistani
political activist groups, Harakat ul-Jihad al-Islami and Harakat
ul-Mujahedin, merged.
[22]
The HUA is
based in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, but HUA
members have participated in insurgent and terrorist operations in
Kashmir, Burma, Tajikistan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[22]
The HUA is based in
Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, but HUA
members have participated in
insurgent
and terrorist operations in
Kashmir, Burma, Tajikistan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[22]
The HUA is
actively
involved in supporting Muslims
in Indian-controlled Kashmir with humanitarian and military assistance.
[22]
CONNECTIONS
The HUA
collects
donations from Saudi Arabia and
other Gulf and Islamic states to purchase relief supplies, which it
distributes to Muslims in Tajikistan, Kashmir, and Burma.
[22]
CONNECTION TYPE
The HUA
collects
donations from Saudi Arabia and
other Gulf and Islamic states to purchase relief supplies, which it
distributes to Muslims in Tajikistan, Kashmir, and Burma.
[22]
REFERENCES
1. upi-4-14-00
2. TCM
Breaking News - 2001/12/05: US claims to have killed al-Zawahiri's
family
3. Asia
Times
4. Terrorism
- In the Spotlight: Al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad)
5. Terrorism:
Q & A | Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades 2
6. Fatah
Tanzim
7. Terrorism
- In the Spotlight: al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
8. Terrorism
- In the Spotlight: al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
9. CBS
News | Drug Money For Hezbollah? | September 2, 2002 00:00:45
10. Searching
for Answers Behind the Terror - Freedom Magazine
11. RonaldReagan.Com
Message Board: A Midwest Methamphetamine Operation Was Diverting Drug
Money To Middle East Terrorist
12. PolicyWatch
296
13. U.S.
Says No Evidence of Al Qaida Presence in Tri-border Region of South
America
14. WORLD
October 18, 2003: 'They will be held accountable'
15. U.S.
Middle East Peace Initiative - March 24, 2003 - IPA Public Policy
Library
16. Terrorism:
Q & A | Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
17. CBC.ca
Feature - The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
18. nbc6.net
- News - 'Who And What' In The Middle East
19. Israel
- The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades are committed to the Decisions of the
Fatah Leadership
20. The
Holy Land
Foundation - Connections to the Terrorist Organization Hamas
21. ABCNEWS.com
:
New Target in War on Terror: Hamas
22. Militant
Palestinian & Islamic
Organizations