Terrorist Organizations By RegionEssay Preview: Terrorist Organizations By RegionReport this essayAyman al-Zawahiri (in Arabic, ايمن الظواهري) (born June 19, 1951) is a prominent member of the al-Qaeda group and formerly the head of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad paramilitary organization. Al-Zawahiri is a physician by trade. He speaks Arabic, French, and some English.
He has used Abu Muhammad (Abu Mohammed), Abu Fatima, Muhammad Ibrahim, Abu Abdallah, Abu al-Muiz, The Doctor, The Teacher, Nur, Ustaz, Abu Mohammed Nur al-Deen, Abdel Muaz (Abdel Moez, Abdel Muez), and other names as aliases.
In 1998 he formally merged Egyptian Islamic Jihad into al-Qaeda. According to reports by a former al-Qaida member, he has worked in the al-Qaida organization since its inception and was a senior member of the groups shura council. He is often described as a “lieutenant” to the head of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden. It is also assumed that al-Zawahiri serves as bin Ladens doctor (bin Laden reportedly suffers from a kidney disorder, possibly requiring dialysis)[1] (
In the 1980s he journeyed to Afghanistan to participate in the mujahideen resistance against the Soviet Unions occupation. There he met Osama bin Laden, who was running a base for mujahideen called Makhtab al-Khidamat (MAK); both of them worked under the tutelage of the Palestinian Abdullah Yusuf Azzam; later when the MAK fractured al-Zawahiri joined bin Laden in organizing the al-Qaeda group.
In 1996, he was considered the most credible threat and a highly lethal terrorist who could strike against the U.S. A warning issued at the time specified suicide bombing as the likely form of attack. In late 1996 he was detained in Russia for six months by the FSB after he apparently tried to recruit jihadists in Chechnya. According to the FSB spokesman Sergei Ignatchenko, “He had four passports, in four different names and nationalities. We checked him out in every country, but they could not confirm him. We could not keep him forever, so we took him to the Azerbaijani border and let him go.” In 1997 he was held responsible for the massacre of 58 (or 67) foreign tourists in the Egyptian town of Luxor, for which he was sentenced to death in abstentia in 1999 (see below).

. In 1998 he was arrested at the Myshtyk resort, who he had visited the previous year and confessed to the bombing of the Embassy the morning of the 17th of Sept 1993.‬. During that time he was arrested in a hotel in central Asia in February 1999, along with 40 others, who he then named as people he knew from his travels. We tracked their whereabouts down, and when we located them, we found them in the same hotel. They also had a small pistol with a rifle, so that can be pretty dangerous for those who are not prepared for such a bad situation, but we do not know for sure.‭. In the months since his first arrival, he has been arrested by the FSB in several states, including New York; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles, California; North Carolina; and Arizona.‮. In 1999, he was arrested in a similar incident in which he was released without charge. . In the months since the December 8, 1997, bombings at a Paris club which killed 15 people and wounded 58 more, the FSB has repeatedly tried to contact his home through Twitter, Twitter messages, and text messages. And apparently, the FSB sent several texts to his phones that were very offensive to some people, including he himself.‱. According to his lawyer Sergei Baryukhov, The Russian Attorney General has recently arrested two of those who were attempting to contact him. He told investigators that one of them had sent them photos and videos depicting them with various knives. That is, two things. First, Baryukhov said, that it was not just the two who had sent those pictures and videos of the knives, but that the FSB had contacted that person and said to him that he would be allowed to see them through his camera, and to let law enforcement monitor the photos. Baryukhov also said that because the pictures were in good condition, one of the individuals they contacted was arrested through the FSB.He said that there were also reports of people using such “hacktivism” to send messages, “to send messages, to use the same tools”. The FSB spokesman said the “hacktivist” group was trying to make its way into Moscow as well, “so that it could communicate with the people in that community”. This was one of all this, he added.′. According to Baryukhov, at the beginning three of his letters were about terrorism. He wrote: I have been involved in the fight against terrorism, since January of 1996, in which I participated in various groups that I have recognized. But one of the things I wrote to them during this period was, that I am not one of the militants that the terrorists wanted to attack. When I was arrested, I was arrested for involvement in the terrorist acts. It was because I was a member of a terrorist organization and it was my job

. In 1998 he was arrested at the Myshtyk resort, who he had visited the previous year and confessed to the bombing of the Embassy the morning of the 17th of Sept 1993.‬. During that time he was arrested in a hotel in central Asia in February 1999, along with 40 others, who he then named as people he knew from his travels. We tracked their whereabouts down, and when we located them, we found them in the same hotel. They also had a small pistol with a rifle, so that can be pretty dangerous for those who are not prepared for such a bad situation, but we do not know for sure.‭. In the months since his first arrival, he has been arrested by the FSB in several states, including New York; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles, California; North Carolina; and Arizona.‮. In 1999, he was arrested in a similar incident in which he was released without charge. . In the months since the December 8, 1997, bombings at a Paris club which killed 15 people and wounded 58 more, the FSB has repeatedly tried to contact his home through Twitter, Twitter messages, and text messages. And apparently, the FSB sent several texts to his phones that were very offensive to some people, including he himself.‱. According to his lawyer Sergei Baryukhov, The Russian Attorney General has recently arrested two of those who were attempting to contact him. He told investigators that one of them had sent them photos and videos depicting them with various knives. That is, two things. First, Baryukhov said, that it was not just the two who had sent those pictures and videos of the knives, but that the FSB had contacted that person and said to him that he would be allowed to see them through his camera, and to let law enforcement monitor the photos. Baryukhov also said that because the pictures were in good condition, one of the individuals they contacted was arrested through the FSB.He said that there were also reports of people using such “hacktivism” to send messages, “to send messages, to use the same tools”. The FSB spokesman said the “hacktivist” group was trying to make its way into Moscow as well, “so that it could communicate with the people in that community”. This was one of all this, he added.′. According to Baryukhov, at the beginning three of his letters were about terrorism. He wrote: I have been involved in the fight against terrorism, since January of 1996, in which I participated in various groups that I have recognized. But one of the things I wrote to them during this period was, that I am not one of the militants that the terrorists wanted to attack. When I was arrested, I was arrested for involvement in the terrorist acts. It was because I was a member of a terrorist organization and it was my job

. In 1998 he was arrested at the Myshtyk resort, who he had visited the previous year and confessed to the bombing of the Embassy the morning of the 17th of Sept 1993.‬. During that time he was arrested in a hotel in central Asia in February 1999, along with 40 others, who he then named as people he knew from his travels. We tracked their whereabouts down, and when we located them, we found them in the same hotel. They also had a small pistol with a rifle, so that can be pretty dangerous for those who are not prepared for such a bad situation, but we do not know for sure.‭. In the months since his first arrival, he has been arrested by the FSB in several states, including New York; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles, California; North Carolina; and Arizona.‮. In 1999, he was arrested in a similar incident in which he was released without charge. . In the months since the December 8, 1997, bombings at a Paris club which killed 15 people and wounded 58 more, the FSB has repeatedly tried to contact his home through Twitter, Twitter messages, and text messages. And apparently, the FSB sent several texts to his phones that were very offensive to some people, including he himself.‱. According to his lawyer Sergei Baryukhov, The Russian Attorney General has recently arrested two of those who were attempting to contact him. He told investigators that one of them had sent them photos and videos depicting them with various knives. That is, two things. First, Baryukhov said, that it was not just the two who had sent those pictures and videos of the knives, but that the FSB had contacted that person and said to him that he would be allowed to see them through his camera, and to let law enforcement monitor the photos. Baryukhov also said that because the pictures were in good condition, one of the individuals they contacted was arrested through the FSB.He said that there were also reports of people using such “hacktivism” to send messages, “to send messages, to use the same tools”. The FSB spokesman said the “hacktivist” group was trying to make its way into Moscow as well, “so that it could communicate with the people in that community”. This was one of all this, he added.′. According to Baryukhov, at the beginning three of his letters were about terrorism. He wrote: I have been involved in the fight against terrorism, since January of 1996, in which I participated in various groups that I have recognized. But one of the things I wrote to them during this period was, that I am not one of the militants that the terrorists wanted to attack. When I was arrested, I was arrested for involvement in the terrorist acts. It was because I was a member of a terrorist organization and it was my job
On February 23, 1998, he issued a joint fatwa with Osama bin Laden under the title “World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders”, an important step in broadening their conflicts to a global scale.
According to Vincent Cannistraro, former top CIA counterterrorist official, “Zawahiri is the guy-hes the operational commandernumber one, on the right hand side of Osama.”
The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to US$25 million for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Ayman al-Zawahiri. He is wanted for his alleged role in the August 7, 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.
The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), or simply Abu Sayyaf, also known as Al Harakat Al Islamiyya, is a separatist group of islamist terrorists based in and around the southern islands of the Philippines, primarily Jolo, Basilan, and Mindanao.
Khadaffy Janjalani is named as the nominal leader of the group by the Armed Forces of the Philippines.It is reported that they recently began expanding into neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia. The group is responsible for bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, and extortion in order to promote an independent Islamic state in western Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago and create an atmosphere conducive to the creation of a Pan-Islamic superstate in the Malay portions of South-east Asia. The name of the group is Arabic for Bearer (Abu) of the Sword (Sayyaf).
The ASG is the one of the smallest and arguably the most radical and dangerous of the Islamic separatist groups in Mindanao. Some ASG members have studied or worked in Saudi Arabia and developed ties to muhajadeen while fighting and training in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
[edit]HistoryMembers of the ASG were once part of the Moro National Liberation Front, but started on their own in 1991 under the leadership of Abdurajik Abubakar Janjalani.
Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, both of whom were involved with Operation Bojinka, took scuba trips to Puerto Galera. The trips may have been a cover for the training of Abu Sayyaf militants.
After Ramzi Yousef bombed Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese passenger, a man stated in a telephone call, “We are [the] Abu Sayyaf Group. We explode[d] one plane from Cebu.” The bombing was supposedly a test for Operation Bojinka, which was discovered by Manila police on January 6, 1995.
Abu Sayyafs first large-scale action was the beachhead assault on the town of Ipil in Mindanao in April 1995. It is responsible for the kidnapping and murder of more than 30 foreigners and Christian clerics and lay-workers.
Abdurajik Janjalani was killed in a clash with the Philippine National Police on December 18, 1998. Khaddafy Janjalani, his younger brother, is said to have succeeded him.
The death of Aburajik Abubakar Janjalani, otherwise known as Abu Sayyaf, marked a turning point in ASG operations, shifting from its ideological focus to more general kidnappings, murders and robberies.
The ASG primarily operates in the southern Philippines with members occasionally traveling to Manila, but the group expanded its operations to Malaysia in 2000 when it abducted foreigners from two different resorts. A commander named Abu Sabaya was killed in 2002 while trying to evade forces.
Abu Sayyaf is estimated to have a core membership of 200 with an extended membership of over 2000.The group was originally not thought to receive funding from any government, but intelligence reports from the United States, Indonesia, and Australia have found intermittent ties to the Indonesian Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group.
On February 27, 2004, a bomb exploded on the Superferry 14 near Manila, killing 116 people. Abu Sayyaf claimed responsibility. It has been their deadliest attack to date.
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