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Terrorism
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| Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah |
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Profile:
Under Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's leadership, Hezbollah has waged a guerrilla war against Israeli military forces in South Lebanon and carried out terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians.
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| Adam Gadahn: Al Qaeda’s American Voice |
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Profile:
Adam Yahiye Gadahn, an American Muslim convert who joined Al Qaeda in the late 1990s, has been featured in several videos produced by the terrorist group’s media wing, Al Sahab, since 2004. His video appearances, which are mostly in English and geared toward Western audiences, demonstrate his anti-Semitic and anti-Christian views and are marked by threats against America and its allies.
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| Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi |
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Profile:
Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a radical Muslim Brotherhood ideologue based in Qatar, has garnered worldwide appeal through a wide network of associations and by making use of various media outlets. He has a long record of endorsing Palestinian suicide bombings against Israeli civilians.
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| Al Aqsa TV |
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Profile:
Al Aqsa TV, the Hamas-run television station which began broadcasting in the Gaza Strip in January 2006, promotes terrorist activity and incites hatred of Jews and Israelis. Much of the programming that glorifies violence is geared towards children.
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| Izzedeen al-Qassam Brigades |
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Profile: The Izzedeen al-Qassam Brigades, the well armed military wing of Hamas, has carried out terrorist attacks against Israel, including numerous suicide bombings, rocket attacks, shootings and kidnappings.
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| Hamas |
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Profile: Hamas, founded in 1987 by Palestinian members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza and the West Bank, preaches that violent jihad against Israel is a religious obligation incumbent on every Muslim.
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| Zacarias Moussaoui |
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Profile: A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, has sentenced Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person to be tried in the U.S. in connection to the September 11 terrorist attacks, to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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| Abu Hamza al-Masri |
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Profile: A London court has sentenced Abu Hamza al-Masri, one of the most radical Islamic clerics in Britain, to seven years in prison on charges of inciting followers to murder Jews and other non-Muslims and encouraging racial hatred.
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| Al Qaeda |
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Profile: Led by Osama bin Laden, the face of modern Islamic terrorism, Al Qaeda is responsible for many of the world’s deadliest terrorist attacks. In recent years, Al Qaeda has transformed itself from a well-organized group into a diffuse international terrorist network made up of regional affiliate organizations and clandestine cells around the world.
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| The Army of Ansar al-Sunna |
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Profile: Since 2003, Jaish Ansar al-Sunna (Arabic for "Army of the Followers of the Teachings") has carried out some of the most lethal terrorist attacks in Iraq, including many suicide bombings, in an effort to achieve its ultimate goal of establishing a fundamentalist Islamic government in the county.
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| ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI |
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Profile: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, one of the world's leading Islamic terrorists, was killed on June 7, 2006, in an air strike northwest of Baghdad, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, Zarqawi's influence had increased substantially among radical jihadists, and he was considered by many experts to be a terrorist of equal stature to Osama Bin Laden.
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| MUSA ABU MARZUQ |
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Profile: Marzuq holds the post of Deputy Political Bureau Chief of Hamas. In this capacity, he is responsible for coordinating the international aspects of Hamas’ terrorist activities, specifically the organization’s funding and the training of the group’s operatives.
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| HEZBOLLAH |
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Profile: Hezbollah, armed and trained by Iran and allowed to operate and move openly by Syria, has been implicated in terrorist actions targeting Americans and Israelis around the world.
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| OSAMA BIN LADEN |
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Profile: Osama bin Laden, the face of modern Islamic terrorism, is the leader of Al Qaeda, a complex international Islamist terrorist network made up of regional affiliate organizations and clandestine cells.
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| TERRORIST SYMBOLS |
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Terrorist Groups Use Distinct Symbols To Convey Their Ideology And Goals.
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