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QE.S.101.03. SPECIAL PURPOSE ISLAMIC REGIMENT (SPIR)
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 7
September 2010
The Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (SPIR) was listed on 4 March 2003 pursuant to
paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1390 (2002) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin
Laden or the Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or
perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in
support of” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01).
Additional information:
The Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (SPIR) is linked to the Islamic International Brigade
(IIB) (QE.I.99.03) and the Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of
Chechen Martyrs (RSRSBCM) (QE.R.100.03).
On the evening of 23 October 2002, members of SPIR, RSRSBCM and IIB operated jointly
to seize over 800 hostages at Moscow’s Podshipnikov Zavod (Dubrovka) Theater. The
attackers threatened that unless the Russian Government met their demands they would kill
the hostages. They said that they were prepared to kill themselves and the hostages by
blowing up the theater. One hundred and twenty-nine hostages died during the rescue
mounted by the Government of the Russian Federation.
A website affiliated with Chechen separatist groups, the Kavkaz Center, also identified one of
the leaders of the hostage-takers in the Dubrovka Theater to be Movsar Barayev, the thencommander of SPIR and also a commander of RSRSBCM (Barayev died in the Dubrovka
Theater incident). SPIR, which had been headed by Barayev and his uncle, the late Arbi
Barayev, provided leadership and personnel to RSRSBCM, headed by Shamil Salmanovich
Basayev (deceased), for its takeover of the Dubrovka Theater. In fact, the Dubrovka Theater
incident was originally attributed solely to SPIR since Barayev was the first publicly
identified leader of the operation.
SPIR and IIB and their leaders are closely linked and have cooperated from the period
between the two Chechen wars (1997-1999) until the present. While its existence was
unknown prior to the Dubrovka Theater incident, RSRSBCM has drawn its members and
leaders from IIB and SPIR. In addition to their participation in the 23 October terrorist attack
on the Dubrovka Theater, IIB, SPIR and RSRSBCM have been linked to other terrorist
attacks, or have threatened terrorist attacks, against both civilian and government targets.
On 16 June 2001, Barayev, the then commander of SPIR, claimed that his fighters had
executed the head of the “occupation federation” (i.e. an appointed local mayor loyal to the
Government of the Russian Federation) at his home in the village of Gekhi. The mayor’s wife
and a Russian officer were also killed. In July 2001, Barayev claimed that a “special purpose
group” of SPIR had executed Alkhan-Kala resident Dzhapar Khazuyev as a “proven” traitor.
After the Dubrovka Theater hostage-taking, SPIR reportedly took part in several actions in
December 2002 under its new leader Khamzat, who had been Barayev’s deputy.
Numerous ties link the leadership of these entities with Al-Qaida (QI.A.4.01), Usama bin
Laden (QI.B.8.01) and the Taliban. Then SPIR commander Arbi Barayev sent at least one
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group of his fighters to train in Taliban-controlled areas of Afghanistan in the spring of 2001.
In late 1999, Bin Laden sent substantial amounts of money to Basayev, Barayev and AlKhattab, who was also a leader of IIB, to be used exclusively for training gunmen, recruiting
mercenaries, and buying ammunition. Before his death in December 2002, a deputy leader of
IIB, Abu Tariq, who was also involved in channeling funds from foreign sources to Chechen
extremists, had received several million dollars from international terrorist organizations,
including Al-Qaida.
Al-Khattab (while leader of IIB) publicly admitted that he spent the period between 1989 and
1994 in Afghanistan and that he had met Bin Laden. In March 1994, Basayev arrived in
Afghanistan and toured fighter training camps in Khost province. He returned to Afghanistan
with the first group of Chechen militants in May 1994. Basayev underwent training in
Afghanistan and had close connections with Al-Qaida. Several hundred Chechens eventually
trained in Al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan. With Al-Qaida’s financial support, Al-Khattab
also mobilized fighters from Ingushetia, Ossetia, Georgia and Azerbaijan to fight in
Chechnya and Dagestan. By August 1995, substantial numbers of those fighting against
Russian troops were “Afghan Arabs” (Arabs who had combat experience in Afghanistan
against Soviet troops). The support was often reciprocated. Al-Qaida’s select “055 Brigade,”
which fought against the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan, included a number of Chechens,
many of whom were believed to be followers of Basayev, Barayev and Al-Khattab. In
October 2001, Al-Khattab sent additional fighters to Afghanistan and promised to pay the
volunteers’ families a substantial monthly stipend or a large lump-sum payment in the event
of their death. In 2002, Al-Qaida was attempting to raise USD 2 million to support Abu alWalid, who had succeeded Ibn al-Khattab in the leadership of IIB as the new Arab Chechen
leader.
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Islamic International Brigade (IIB) (QE.I.99.03), listed on 4 March 2003
Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of Chechen Martyrs (RSRSBCM)
(QE.R.100.03), listed on 4 March 2003
Usama Muhammed Awad bin Laden (QI.B.8.01), listed on 25 January 2001
QE.A.107.04. AL FURQAN
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 19
November 2010
Al Furqan was listed on 11 May 2004 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 16 of resolution 1526
(2004) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban for “participating
in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in
conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of” or “otherwise supporting
acts or activities of” the Armed Islamic Group (QE.A.6.01) and the Global Relief Foundation
(GRF) (QE.G.91.02).
Additional information:
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Al Furqan, a Bosnia-based non-governmental organization founded in 1997, has had close
ties to the Bosnia branch of Al-Haramain Foundation (AHF), listed as Al-Haramain & al
Masjed al-Aqsa Charity Foundation (QE.A.109.04), and the Global Relief Foundation (GRF)
(QE.G.91.02).
Between 1999 and 2001, Al Furqan was under the financial control and acted on behalf of the
Bosnia branch of AHF. During this time, Al Furqan received over 90 per cent of its total
funding from the Bosnian branch of AHF. Al Furqan also conducted joint activities with
AHF in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Al Furqan has also provided support to the Bosnian branch of GRF, and shared an office in
Sarajevo with GRF when GRF was active in Bosnia and Herzegovina. GRF, which initially
operated in Bosnia and Herzegovina from the offices of another non-governmental
organization, Taibah International-Bosnia Offices (QE.T.108.04), moved into the offices of
Al Furqan in early 2000.
Employees of Al Furqan have been involved in terrorist-related activities. One former Al
Furqan employee had ties to the Armed Islamic Group (QE.A.6.01). In addition, in 2000,
three employees of Al Furqan conducted surveillance of the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, and
two individuals affiliated with Al Furqan were detained in May 2001 after they had
videotaped the building and security personnel of the United Nations Representative Office in
Sarajevo.
Although Al Furqan de-registered with the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina in
November 2002, two NGOs continued to act on Al Furqan’s behalf. Sirat, also known as “the
Association for Education Culture and Building Society,” registered with the Government
Bosnia and Herzegovina in December 2002 at Al Furqan’s former office address. Al Furqan
transferred its assets to Sirat, which was founded to act as a successor organization to Al
Furqan. The former director of Al Furqan’s operations in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
founded Istikamet in April 2003. As of late 2003, Istikamet maintained Al Furqan’s
programs, leadership and at least some of its assets in the Zenica area. Both Sirat and
Istikamet are listed as a.k.a.s of Al Furqan.
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Armed Islamic Group (QE.A.6.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Global Relief Foundation (GRF) (QE.G.91.02), listed on 22 October 2002
Taibah International-Bosnia Offices (QE.T.108.04), listed on 11 May 2004
Al-Haramain & al Masjed al-Aqsa Charity Foundation (QE.A.109.04), listed on 28 June 2004
QE.T.108.04. TAIBAH INTERNATIONAL-BOSNIA OFFICES
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 7 April
2011
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Taibah International-Bosnia Offices was listed on 11 May 2004 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and
16 of resolution 1526 (2004) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the
Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of
acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of” or
“otherwise supporting acts or activities of” the Global Relief Foundation (GRF)
(QE.G.91.02).
Additional information
Taibah International-Bosnia Offices is a non-governmental organization based in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, with significant ties to the Global Relief Foundation (GRF) (QE.G.91.02), an
Al-Qaida-affiliated (QE.A.4.01) organization.
GRF initially operated in Bosnia and Herzegovina under the auspices of Taibah. In 1996,
Taibah broke with GRF, but continued to share the same office in Sarajevo, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, until 2000. Until 1996, Muhamed el Nagmy, the registered leader of GRF, also
worked as one of the joint leaders of Taibah International. By December 2001, El Nagmy
was working in the Taibah office in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Additionally, the
acting Director of Taibah in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ali Hamid el Tayeb, again in
December 2001, confirmed that El Nagmy was responsible for bringing financial support to
Taibah International while holding the position as the Bosnia Representative of GRF.
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Global Relief Foundation (GRF) (QE.G.91.02), listed on 22 October 2002
Al Furqan (QE.A.107.04), listed on 11 May 2004
Usama Muhammed Awad bin Laden (QI.B.8.01), listed on 25 January 2001
QE.J.115.04. AL-QAIDA IN IRAQ
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 28
March 2011
Al-Qaida in Iraq was listed on 18 October 2004 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 16 of
resolution 1526 (2004) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban
for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or
activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of”, “supplying,
selling or transferring arms and related materiel to” or “otherwise supporting acts or activities
of” Usama bin Laden (QI.B.8.01) and Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01).
Additional information:
Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) is an extremist group operating in Iraq. It was led by extremist Abu
Musab al-Zarqawi, also known as Ahmad Fadil Nazal al-Khalayleh (deceased), who was
killed in June 2006. Al-Zarqawi had been operating independently in Iraq since mid-2003
using the name Jama’at al-Tawhid Wa’al-Jihad (JTJ). Al-Zarqawi’s group was responsible
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for the August 2003 bombing of the United Nations Headquarters in Baghdad that killed at
least 23 people, including United Nations Special Envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.
JTJ, under Al-Zarqawi, established links to Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01). Al-Zarqawi had a longstanding connection with the senior Al-Qaida leadership, appeared to be well regarded by
them and was a close associate of Usama bin Laden (QI.B.8.01). He arranged for his
followers to be trained in Al-Qaida camps.
Since his designation by the 1267 Committee, Al-Zarqawi moved the center of his operations
to Iraq and consolidated his group of operatives under JTJ. As the leader of JTJ, his ties to
Al-Qaida, however, remained, as evidenced by a letter intercepted in February 2004 that AlZarqawi wrote to Al-Qaida/Usama bin Laden in Afghanistan, taking credit for various
terrorist attacks.
In October 2004 JTJ issued a statement pledging allegiance to Usama bin Laden, and
undertook to follow Bin Laden’s orders. At this time the group also changed its name to
Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn (the Al-Qaida Group in the Land of the Two
Rivers, AQI). The group’s stated aim is the creation of a state in Iraq based on extremist
ideology.
Following Al-Zarqawi’s death in 2006, Abu Ayyub al-Masri assumed leadership of AQI until
his own death in April 2010. The group continues to attack Iraqi civilians, the Iraqi Security
Forces, and Iraqi governmental institutions. It has claimed many terrorist attacks inside Iraq
including the high-profile attacks in Baghdad in August, October and December 2009, which,
combined, killed over 480 people. The group also claimed responsibility for the 2005 attack
on three hotels in Amman, Jordan, which killed at least 60 people.
Members of JTJ’s precursor cell operating in Germany include Aschraf al-Dagma
(QI.A.132.03), Ismail Abdallah Sbaitan Shalabi (QI.S.128.03), Djamel Moustfa
(QI.M.129.03) and Mohamed Ghassan Ali Abu Dhess (QI.A.130.03).
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Usama Muhammed Awad bin Laden (QI.B.8.01), listed on 25 January 2001
Omar Mahmoud Uthman (QI.M.31.01), listed on 17 October 2001
Ismail Abdallah Sbaitan Shalabi (QI.S.128.03), listed on 23 September 2003
Djamel Moustfa (QI.M.129.03), listed on 23 September 2003
Mohamed Ghassan Ali Abu Dhess (QI.A.130.03), listed on 23 September 2003
Aschraf al-Dagma (QI.A.132.03), listed on 23 September 2003
Sulayman Khalid Darwish (QI.D.183.05), listed on 28 January 2005
Hamid Abdallah Ahmed al-Ali (QI.A.236.08), listed on 16 January 2008
Jaber Abdallah Jaber Ahmad al-Jalahmah (QI.A.237.08), listed on 16 January 2008
Mubarak Mushakhas Sanad Mubarak al-Bathali (QI.A.238.08), listed on 16 January 2008
Redouane el Habhab (QI.E.262.08), listed on 12 November 2008
Akram Turki Hishan al-Mazidih (QI.A.276.10), listed on 11 March 2010
Ghazy Fezza Hishan al-Mazidih (QI.A.277.10), listed on 11 March 2010
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Muthanna Harith al-Dari (QI.A.278.10), listed on 25 March 2010
Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai (QI.A.299.11), listed on 5 October 2011
QE.L.118.05. LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 23
August 2010
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba was listed on 2 May 2005 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution
1526 (2004) being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban for
“participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or
activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of”, “supplying,
selling or transferring arms and related materiel to” or “otherwise supporting acts or activities
of” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), Usama bin Laden (QI.B.8.01) and the Taliban.
Additional information:
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) is a Pakistan-based organization which has engaged in terrorist
activity and supported listed individuals and entities, including Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and
Usama bin Laden (QI.B.8.01). Hafiz Muhammad Saeed(QI.S.263.08) is the chief of LeT as
well as the emir or the leader of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD).
LeT has conducted numerous terrorist operations against military and civilian targets since
1993, including the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, which killed approximately
164 persons and injured hundreds more. LeT has also been implicated in the July 2006 attack
on multiple Mumbai commuter trains, the December 2001 attack against the Indian
Parliament, in which Jaish-I-Mohammed (QE.J.19.01) was also implicated, and attacks in
New Delhi in October 2005 and in Bangalore in December 2005, among others. LeT is also
active in Afghanistan and other Asian countries; it has had links with Jemaah Islamiya
(QE.J.92.02).
LeT has financed terrorist activity and provided training, logistical and infrastructural support
to further such activity through its front organization, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD).
LeT has supported Al-Qaida in numerous ways, including by providing the use of its
infrastructure to Al-Qaida operatives. Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Hussein (QI.H.10.01),
a.k.a. Abu Zubaydah, was captured in March 2002 in a LeT safe house in Faisalabad,
Pakistan.
LeT’s leaders include Arif Qasmani (QI.Q.271.09), chief coordinator for LeT’s dealings with
outside organizations; Zaki-Ur-Rehman Lakhvi (QI.L.264.08), LeT’s chief of operations;
Mohammed Yahya Mujahid (QI.M.272.09), head of the media department and a spokesman
for LeT, and Haji Muhammad Ashraf(QI.A.265.08), chief of finance for LeT.
LeT has been financially supported by, among others, Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar (QI.K.135.03)
and the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (QE.R.70.02).
Related listed individuals and entities:
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Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Harakat Ul-Mujahidin / HUM (QE.H.8.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Jaish-I-Mohammed (QE.J.19.01), listed on 17 October 2001
Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (QE.R.70.02), listed on 11 January 2002
Jemaah Islamiyah (QE.J.92.02), listed on 25 October 2002
Al-Haramain Foundation (Pakistan) (QE.A.104.04), listed on 26 January 2004
Al-Akhtar Trust International (QE.A.121.05), listed on 17 August 2005
Harakat-ul Jihad Islami (QE.H.130.10), listed on 6 August 2010
Usama Muhammed Awad bin Laden (QI.B.8.01), listed on 25 January 2001
Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Hussein (QI.H.10.01), listed on 25 January 2001
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar (QI.K.135.03), listed on 3 November 2003.
Mubarak Mushakhas Sanad Mubarak al-Bathali (QI.A.238.08), listed on 16 January 2008
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed(QI.S.263.08), listed on 10 December 2008
Zaki-Ur-Rehman Lakhvi (QI.L.264.08), listed on 10 December 2008
Haji Muhammad Ashraf(QI.A.265.08), listed on 10 December 2008
Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq (QI.B.266.08), listed on 10 December 2008
Arif Qasmani (QI.Q.271.09), listed on 29 June 2009
Mohammed Yahya Mujahid (QI.M.272.09), listed on 29 June 2009
Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri (QI.K.284.10), listed on 6 August 2010
Abdul Rahim Ba’asyir (QI.B.293.11), listed on 19 July 2011
Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi (QI.B.307.12), listed on 14 March 2012
Zafar Iqbal (QI.I.308.12), listed on 14 March 2012
QE.I.119.05. ISLAMIC JIHAD GROUP
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 7
September 2010
The Islamic Jihad Group was listed on 1 June 2005 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 16 of
resolution 1526 (2004) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban
for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or
activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of” or
“otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and the Taliban.
Additional information:
The Islamic Jihad Group (IJU) is a terrorist organization that has been active in Central Asia.
IJU was formed when it broke away from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
(QE.I.10.01). IJU was founded and led by Najmiddin Kamolitdinovich Jalolov (QI.J.240.08)
and Suhayl Fatilloevich Buranov (QI.B.239.08).
IJU conducted a number of suicide bombings (and other attacks) at a local bazaar and against
Uzbek police targets in Tashkent, and detonated explosives at a house in Bukhara,
Uzbekistan, between 28 March and 1 April 2004. On 11 April 2004, IJU issued a statement,
claiming responsibility for all terrorist operations in Uzbekistan. The statement said such
operations would continue.
On 30 July 2004, IJU conducted coordinated bombing attacks in Tashkent against the
Embassies of the United States of America and Israel and the office of the Prosecutor
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General, killing at least two people and wounding nine. On the same day, IJU issued a
statement, claiming responsibility for these attacks. The statement indicated that further
attacks were planned.
In September 2007, the authorities in Germany detained three IJU operatives, disrupting an
IJU plot against unidentified United States or other facilities in Germany. The operatives had
acquired about 700 kg of hydrogen peroxide and an explosives precursor, which they secretly
stockpiled in a garage in southern Germany. This was enough raw material to make the
equivalent of approximately 1,200 lbs of TNT. IJU subsequently claimed responsibility for
the foiled plot.
IJU also claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in Afghanistan in the spring and summer
of 2008 against the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces, including a March
suicide attack against a US guard post that killed four people.
IJU operatives conducted a bombing attack in the Andizhan region of Uzbekistan on 26 May
2009, which killed one person and wounded 16 people. IJU claimed responsibility for this
attack.
According to one IJU operative arrested in connection with the March-April 2004 attacks in
Bukhara, IJU leader Jalolov considered his Leader to be Mullah Omar, listed as Mohammed
Omar (TI.O.4.01 on the 1988 Sanctions List); Jalolov also had direct ties with Usama bin
Laden (QI.B.8.01).
Jalolov received special training on mines and explosives at the Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) camp
in Khost province, Afghanistan. Jalolov and Buranov also participated in military operations
in Afghanistan and Pakistan in support of the Taliban.
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (QE.I.10.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Emarat Kavkaz (QE.E.131.11) listed on 29 July 2011
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) (QE.T.132.11), listed on 29 July 2011
Usama Muhammed Awad bin Laden (QI.B.8.01), listed on 25 January 2001
Suhayl Fatilloevich Buranov (QI.B.239.08), listed on 21 April 2008
Najmiddin Kamolitdinovich Jalolov (QI.J.240.08), listed on 21 April 2008
Fritz Martin Gelowicz (QI.G.259.08), listed on 27 October 2008
Daniel Martin Schneider (QI.S.260.08), listed on 27 October 2008
Adem Yilmaz (QI.Y.261.08), listed on 27 October 2008
Atilla Selek (QI.S.270.09), listed on 18 June 2009
Doku Khamatovich Umarov (QI.U.290.11), listed on 10 March 2011
Mevlüt Kar (QI.K.302.12), listed on 25 January 2012
Related individuals and entities on the 1988 Sanctions List:
Mohammed Omar (TI.O.4.01), listed on 31 January 2001
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QE.A.129.10 AL-QAIDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA (AQAP)
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 19
January 2010
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) was listed on 19 January 2010 pursuant to
paragraph 2 of resolution 1904 (2009) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden
or the Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or
perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or
in support of ”, “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to”, “ recruiting
for” and “otherwise supporting acts or activities of ” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) Usama bin Laden
(QI.B.8.01) and the Taliban .
Additional information:
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is an affiliate of the Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01)
network based in Yemen. In January 2009, Nasir ‘abd-al-Karim ‘Abdullah al-Wahishi
(QI.A.274.10), publicly announced that Al-Qaida operatives from Yemen and Saudi Arabia
had joined forces under the banner of AQAP, effectively incorporating Al-Qaida in Yemen
(AQY) into AQAP. AQAP members have been responsible for planning and carrying out
attacks against the US Embassy in Yemen, tourists, aid workers, counterterrorism officials
and oil facilities in Yemen, as well as targets elsewhere. An organization under the same
name had previously carried out attacks in Saudi Arabia between 2004 and 2006.
Since its formation in 2009, AQAP has carried out two suicide bombings against South
Korean tourists and government officials in Yemen, killing four; and, in June 2009, AQAP
kidnapped nine foreign nationals in Yemen, killing three. AQAP is also linked to the August
2009 assassination attempt against Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Nayif, Assistant Minister of
Interior for Security Affairs.
In December 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (not listed), attempted to detonate a highpowered explosive on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to
Detroit, the United States; the bombing attempt was unsuccessful. AQAP claimed
responsibility for the attack and said that Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian citizen, had trained and
coordinated the plot with members of AQAP. This failed attack is evidence of AQAP seeking
a global strategic role.
In a video statement in 2009, AQAP deputy leader Said Ali al-Shihri (QI.A.275.10) described
a global strategic role for AQAP that would entail “extending support from the [Arabian]
Peninsula to jihad in Palestine, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and all Muslim countries, with the
aim of defending our lands and our sacred things.”
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Aiman Muhammed Rabi al-Zawahiri (QI.A.6.01), listed on 25 January 2001
Usama Muhammed Awad bin Laden (QI.B.8.01), listed on 25 January 2001
Nasir ‘abd-al-Karim ‘Abdullah al-Wahishi (QI.A.274.10), listed on 19 January 2010
Said Ali al-Shihri (QI.A.275.10), listed on 19 January 2010
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Nayif bin-Muhammad al-Qahtani (QI.A.281.10), listed on 11 May 2010
Qasim Yahya Mahdi al-Rimi (QI.A.282.10), listed on 11 May 2010
Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Aulaqi (QI.A.283.10), listed on 20 July 2010
Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso (QI.A.288.10), listed on 7 December 2010
Ibrahim Hassan Tali al-Asiri (QI.A.291.11), listed on 24 March 2011
O QE.H.130.10. HARAKAT-UL JIHAD ISLAMI
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 6
August 2010
Harakat-ul Jihad Islami was listed on 6 August 2010 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of
resolution 1904 (2009) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban
for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or
activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of” or
“supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01).
Additional information:
Harakat-ul Jihad Islami (HUJI) is a violent extremist group operating throughout South Asia,
which has carried out numerous terrorist attacks in India and Pakistan.
HUJI’s relationship with Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) developed after the Taliban’s rise in
Afghanistan, and included its members training in Al-Qaida camps. By 2005, Mohammad
Ilyas Kashmiri (QI.K.284.10), a HUJI leader, coordinated activities with the Taliban and AlQaida from Waziristan. Kashmiri issued a statement in October 2009 (after he had been
reported as deceased) that he was alive and working with Al-Qaida. By 2010, a significant
number of HUJI operatives were involved in terrorist operations in the Federally
Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.
HUJI has planned and carried out a number of terrorist attacks in recent years. A HUJI leader
planned the suicide bombing of the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, which killed four
people and injured 48 on 2 March 2006. On 18 May 2007, HUJI and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba
(QE.L.118.05) conducted a joint bombing operation against the historic mosque in
Hyderabad, India, which killed 16 people and injured 40. HUJI also killed 42 people and
injured 50 with twin explosions on 25 August 2007 in Hyderabad, India. Moreover, on 23
November 2007, near simultaneous blasts outside courts in Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow,
India, killed at least 13 people and injured 59. HUJI is believed to be responsible for these
attacks. Ilyas Kashmiri has been indicted in the United States for providing material support
to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba operative David Coleman Headley who planned a terrorist attack
against the Jyllands-Posten newspaper offices in Denmark.
Detained HUJI leader Jalaluddin (a.k.a. Babu Bhai) has admitted HUJI’s involvement in
funding the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States. Part of the ransom paid in a July
2001 HUJI-executed kidnapping was funneled to 11 September hijacker Mohammad Atta via
HUJI leader Mohammad Asif Raza and another individual.
Composed primarily of Pakistani nationals and veterans of the Soviet-Afghan war, HUJI was
originally founded in 1980 in Afghanistan to fight against the Soviet Union. HUJI later refocused its efforts in South Asia following the Soviet withdrawal. In 1991, a faction broke
away from the group to form Harakat ul-Mujahidin / HUM (QE.H.8.01). In 1993, HUJI re-
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joined with HUM to form Harakat ul-Ansar (HUA). In 1997, HUJI split from the HUA
organization and resumed using its former name.
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Harakat ul-Mujahidin / HUM (QE.H.8.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Jaish-i-Mohammed (QE.J.19.01), listed on 17 October 2001
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (QE.L.118.05), listed on 2 May 2005
Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri (QI.K.284.10), listed on 6 August 2010
Mati ur-Rehman Ali Muhammad (QI.M.296.11), listed on 22 August 2011
Abdur Rehman (QI.A.309.12), listed on 14 March 2012
Othman Ahmed Othman al-Ghamdi (QI.A.292.11), listed on 16 June 2011
QE.E.131.11. EMARAT KAVKAZ
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website:
29 July 2011
Emarat Kavkaz was listed on 29 July 2011 pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5 of
resolution 1989 (2011) as being associated with Al-Qaida for “participating in the
financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in
conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of”, “recruiting for”,
“supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to” and “otherwise
supporting acts or activities of” Doku Umarov (QI.U.290.11), the Islamic Jihad Group
(QE.I.119.05), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (QE.I.10.01) and RiyadusSalikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of Chechen Martyrs (RSRSBCM)
(QE.R.100.03).
Additional information:
Emarat Kavkaz, or the “Caucasus Emirate”, is a terrorist organization operating in
the North Caucasus. By a decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
of 8 February 2010, it was recognized as a terrorist organization and its activities
were prohibited on Russian territory on the grounds that its members plan and
perpetrate terrorist acts with the intent of violating the territorial integrity of the
Russian Federation and fomenting ethnic and religious conflict.
The ideological basis of this terrorist organization is the notion of establishing a State
based upon extremist ideology in the North Caucasus and further extending it to the
Volga region and European countries through armed combat and terror.
The active formation of the Caucasus Emirate began in 2004 and was proclaimed in
October 2007 by its leader and spiritual inspiration Doku Khamatovich Umarov
(QI.U.290.11). In a videotaped statement on the establishment of the Caucasus
Emirate, Doku Umarov stated, inter alia, “I do not think there is any need to draw the
borders of the Caucasus Emirate. That is firstly because the Caucasus is a war zone
occupied by infidels and apostates and our next task is to make the Caucasus a
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purely Islamic area by instituting sharia in the land and driving out the infidels.
Secondly, once the infidels have been driven out, we must take back all lands that
were historically Muslim, and those borders lie beyond the borders of the Caucasus”.
At the same time, Doku Umarov called on his supporters to engage in war not only
against the Russian State but also against all states.
In May 2009, Doku Umarov established a consultative body (the Majlis ul-Shura)
comprising nine emirs who are leaders of large groups (or jamaats). The shura is
empowered, in particular, to select a new emir of the Caucasus Emirate upon the
death of the previous leader.
The organization also has an official representative office abroad (headed by
Shamsuddin Batukayev). According to the latest information, the emirate has cells in
countries in Europe and the Near East.
The Caucasus Emirate has past connections to several listed entities, including the
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (QE.I.10.01) and the Islamic Jihad Group
(QE.I.119.05). In a statement released in May 2009, Doku Umarov took credit for
restoring the Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of Chechen
Martyrs (RSRSBCM) (QE.R.100.03), a group previously led by Shamil Basayev
(deceased) and responsible for a number of high profile attacks in Russia. Since
2009, the RSRSBCM has publicly taken credit for several terrorist attacks in Russia
and claimed that they act on the direct order of Umarov.
Since July 2010, Aslambek Vadalov has been the deputy (or naib) of the leader of
the Caucasus Emirate. For a long time, the “Commander of the Armed Forces” was
Ali Taziyev (aka “Magas”, currently in detention), who participated in the hostagetaking of schoolchildren in Beslan in September 2004 and in an attack on the
Republic of Ingushetia, the Russian Federation. The “Chief of the Security Service”
is Tarkhan Gaziyev.
The judicial branch is represented by the “Supreme Sharia Court” presided over by
an Islamic judge. This position was held by Anzor Astemirov (one of the organizers
of the attack on Nalchik by militants in 2005; in March 2010 he put up armed
resistance to his apprehension and was killed) and subsequently by Magomedali
Vagabov (the main organizer of the March 2010 terrorist attacks at the Lubyanka
and Park Kulturi metro stations in Moscow; he was killed during his apprehension on
21 August 2010).
The Kavkazcenter has been proclaimed the official information organ of the Emarat
Kavkaz by Doku Umarov. Publications on the website are in Russian, English,
Arabic, Turkish and Ukrainian. The main address is Kavkazcenter.com. The
additional web portals are Kavkazcenter.info, Kavkazcenter.net, Kavkaz.org.uk and
Kavkaz.tv. The principal internet provider of the website is located in Stockholm,
Sweden. In March 2008 it published “Concept of the Islamic State”. Since 2007 the
website has regularly published videos in which Doku Umarov and the heads of the
Emarat Kavkaz have taken personal responsibility for terrorist acts carried out on the
territory of Russia including the one at the Domodedovo airport (Moscow) on 24
January 2011.
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Related listed individuals and entities:
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (QE.I.10.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of Chechen Martyrs
(RSRSBCM) (QE.R.100.03), listed on 4 March 2003
Islamic Jihad Union (QE.I.119.05), listed on 1 June 2005
Doku Khamatovich Umarov (QI.U.290.11), listed on 10 March 2011
QE.J.133.12. JEMMAH ANSHORUT TAUHID
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website:
12.03.2012
Jemmah Anshorut Tauhid was listed on 12 March 2012 pursuant to paragraphs 4 of
resolution 1989 (2011) as being associated with Al-Qaida for “participating in the
financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in
conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” or “otherwise
supporting acts or activities of” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and/or Jamaah Islamiyah
(QE.J.92.02).
Additional information:
Jemmah Anshorut Tauhid (“JAT”) is an Indonesia-based militant group responsible
for numerous attacks that have resulted in the deaths of Indonesian civilians, military
and police personnel. JAT claims to seek to establish an Islamic caliphate in
Indonesia. JAT’s aims and methods in promoting terrorism in Indonesia show its
support for Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01).
JAT was formed on July 27, 2008 in Solo, Indonesia. The founder and leader of JAT,
Abu Bakar Ba’asyir (QI.B.217.06), was convicted and sentenced in 2011 to 15 years
in prison for his role in organizing a militant training camp in Aceh, Indonesia.
Ba’asyir is also the co-founder and former leader of Jemah Islamiyah (QE.J.92.02),
the organization responsible for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed more
than 200 people.
On September 25, 2011, a member of JAT detonated explosives attached to his
body inside a Christian church in Central Java, wounding dozens. Indonesian police
arrested other JAT members in connection with this bombing and uncovered a plot
for additional suicide attacks. In April 2011, a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in
a police compound in West Java, injuring dozens of police officers. Police arrested
several JAT members in connection with this bombing. JAT has conducted bank
robberies and other criminal activities to fund the purchase of weapons and bombmaking materials.
Related listed individuals and entities:
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Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Jemaah Islamiyah (QE.J.92.02), listed on 22 October 2002.
Abu Bakar Ba’asyir (QI.B.217.06), listed on 21 April 2006.
Abdul Rosyid Ridho Ba’asyir (QI.B.305.12), listed on 12 March 2012.
Mochammad Achwan (QI.A.304.12.), listed on 12 March 2012.
QE.T.132.11. TEHRIK-E TALIBAN PAKISTAN (TTP)
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website:
29 July 2011
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was listed on 29 July 2011 pursuant to paragraphs
4 and 5 of resolution 1989 (2011) as being associated with Al-Qaida for “participating
in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities
by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of”, “supplying,
selling or transferring arms and related materiel to”, “recruiting for” or “otherwise
supporting acts or activities of” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01).
Additional information:
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as the Pakistan Taliban, is an alliance
of formerly disparate militant groups that came together in 2007 following Pakistan
military operations against Al-Qaida-related (QE.A.4.01) militants in the Federally
Administered Tribal Areas. Formed under the leadership of Baitullah Mehsud, who
has since died, TTP is rooted along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Hakimullah
Mehsud (QI.M.286.10) became the group’s leader on Baitullah Mehsud’s death in
August 2009, and Wali Ur Rehman (QI.U.287.10) is TTP’s emir for the South
Waziristan Agency. Some estimates suggest that TTP has between 30,000 and
35,000 members.
TTP’s stated objective is the overthrow of the elected government of Pakistan in
order to establish an emirate based on its interpretation of Islamic law. To that end,
TTP has worked to destabilize Pakistan by directly attacking the Pakistani army and
assassinating politicians.
TTP attacks, which have included multiple suicide bombings, have killed hundreds of
members of the Pakistan defense forces, law enforcement personnel and civilians.
Baitullah Mehsud, TTP’s leader at the time, publicly claimed credit for the 30 March
2009 attack on a police academy in Lahore, Pakistan, in which the attackers fired
automatic machine guns into an unarmed crowd of police recruits, killing eight
people and wounding 100 others. Following Pakistan’s military operations against AlQaida-affiliated groups (in particular the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
(QE.I.10.01) and the Islamic Jihad Group (QE.I.119.05)) in South Waziristan in
September 2009, TTP claimed a number of high profile suicide attacks which aimed
to “punish” the government and bring about a change of policy. TTP also claimed
responsibility for the suicide attack on the World Food Programme headquarters in
Islamabad in October 2009, and for an attack in July 2010 which killed over 50
people waiting to receive relief supplies outside the office of a senior government
official in Mohmand Tribal Agency, Pakistan. Other attacks include the double
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suicide bombing of an administrative building in Mohmand Agency in December
2010, which killed over 40 people, and an attack on a Pakistan army compound in
Mardan in February 2011, which killed 31. In May 2011, TTP operatives stormed the
Mehran naval base in Karachi and killed at least 10 Pakistani security officers.
TTP also claimed responsibility for an attempted bombing in Times Square, New
York, USA, on 1 May 2010, and in April 2010 it launched a multi-pronged assault
against the United States Consulate in Peshawar, killing at least six Pakistanis and
wounding 20 others.
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (QE.I.10.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Islamic Jihad Group (QE.I.119.05), listed on 1 June 2005
Hakimullah Mehsud (QI.M.286.10), listed on 21 October 2010
Wali Ur Rehman (QI.U.287.10), listed on 21 October 2010
QE.J.133.12. JEMMAH ANSHORUT TAUHID
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website:
12.03.2012
Jemmah Anshorut Tauhid was listed on 12 March 2012 pursuant to paragraphs 4 of
resolution 1989 (2011) as being associated with Al-Qaida for “participating in the
financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in
conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” or “otherwise
supporting acts or activities of” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and/or Jamaah Islamiyah
(QE.J.92.02).
Additional information:
Jemmah Anshorut Tauhid (“JAT”) is an Indonesia-based militant group responsible
for numerous attacks that have resulted in the deaths of Indonesian civilians, military
and police personnel. JAT claims to seek to establish an Islamic caliphate in
Indonesia. JAT’s aims and methods in promoting terrorism in Indonesia show its
support for Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01).
JAT was formed on July 27, 2008 in Solo, Indonesia. The founder and leader of JAT,
Abu Bakar Ba’asyir (QI.B.217.06), was convicted and sentenced in 2011 to 15 years
in prison for his role in organizing a militant training camp in Aceh, Indonesia.
Ba’asyir is also the co-founder and former leader of Jemah Islamiyah (QE.J.92.02),
the organization responsible for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed more
than 200 people.
On September 25, 2011, a member of JAT detonated explosives attached to his
body inside a Christian church in Central Java, wounding dozens. Indonesian police
arrested other JAT members in connection with this bombing and uncovered a plot
for additional suicide attacks. In April 2011, a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in
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a police compound in West Java, injuring dozens of police officers. Police arrested
several JAT members in connection with this bombing. JAT has conducted bank
robberies and other criminal activities to fund the purchase of weapons and bombmaking materials.
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Jemaah Islamiyah (QE.J.92.02), listed on 22 October 2002.
Abu Bakar Ba’asyir (QI.B.217.06), listed on 21 April 2006.
Abdul Rosyid Ridho Ba’asyir (QI.B.305.12), listed on 12 March 2012.
Mochammad Achwan (QI.A.304.12.), listed on 12 March 2012.