Hezbollah (90 page)

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Authors: Matthew Levitt

Assi, Fawzi Mustapha,
164

Atat, Hussein Hanih,
57

ATF.
See
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Bureau

Atlas Airlines bombing (1994),
102

Atris, Hussein,
364
–65,
368

Atris, Mohammad,
68

Atris, Muhammad,
365

Atwa, Ali,
56
,
57

Atwan, Abdel Bari,
199

Australia: al-Manar banned in,
333

designation of Hezbollah as terrorist organization in,
10

travel to,
134
–35

Awde, Salim,
321
,
322

Ayad, Ataollah,
67

Ayad, Nasser,
219
–20

Ayub, Fawzi Mohammed Mustafa,
168
,
226
–30,
325

Ayyash, Salim,
6

Azerbaijan: Hezbollah operations in,
360

operations in,
1
–3

Qods Force operations in,
361
,
364

Azzain, Abdul-Munam,
265

Badr Corps,
289
,
290
,
291
,
292
,
296

Badreddine, Mustapha: and Beirut embassy bombing,
24

and Islamic Resistance,
15

and Kuwait bombings,
37

and marine barracks bombing,
31
–32

and shadow war,
357
,
359
,
362

on Specially Designated Global Terrorists list in US,
9

and Special Tribunal for Lebanon,
6

Baer, Bob,
26
,
28

Bah, Ibrahim,
262
–63,
280
n
112

al-Bahar, Saed,
189
,
192
,
193

Bahrain, Hezbollah operations in,
287
–88

Bakhtiar, Chapour,
65

Bakir, Mohammad,
60

Bakri, Imad,
262

Bakri, Yousef,
262

Baku, Azerbaijan, attempted bombing in,
1
–3

Banco Sudameris,
89

Banco Tornquist,
89

Bandei, Ustaz,
124
–27,
133

Bangkok: bombing attempt (1994),
117
–45

final preparations for,
127
–29

Iran’s support network for,
122
–24

recruitment for,
124
–27

Banihashemi, Abdolraham,
66
,
68

Bank Melli,
89

Barak, Ehud,
11
,
355

Barakat, Ali Moussa,
152

Barakat, Assad Ahmad,
81
–82,
85
,
92
,
100
,
103
–4

Barakat, Hamzi,
85

Barakat, Hatim,
85

Barakat, Hussein Ali,
151

Barakat, Khodor,
97

Barakat Import Export Ltd.,
82
,
84

Baruch, Offer,
344

Basha, Norman,
131
,
133

al-Bashir, Omar,
271

Basque Homeland and Liberty,
58

Bassam (operative),
123
,
128

Bassem, Hajj,
267
–68

Battle, Vincent,
9

Bayt al-Mal,
10

Beaulieu, Zavier,
252

Bedewi, Abdel Gahni,
136

Bedlington, Stanley,
155

Beirut: kidnappings in,
35
–37

Saudi diplomat assassinated in,
185

US embassy bombings in,
22
,
23
,
31
–33

US marine barracks bombing in,
22
,
23

Beirut International Airport,
5
,
51
–52,
252

Belfield, David,
146
.
See also
Salahuddin, Dawud

Belgium: kidnapping plots in,
246

Tajideen investigation by,
257

Bell, Kenneth,
161
,
162
–63

Ben-Eliezer, Binyamin,
281
n
146

Ben Gurion International Airport,
211

Benin: drug trafficking in,
274

money laundering in,
331

Berri, Nabih,
12
,
57
,
260

Berro, Abbas,
97

Berro, Assad Hussein,
97

Berro, Hussein,
97

Berro, Ibrahim,
92
–93,
95
,
97
,
98
,
108
n
15,
320

al-Besri, Abdullah,
138

bin Laden, Osama,
190
,
199
,
271

bin Talib, Zainal,
130
–35,
214

Biro, Mohammed,
218
–19,
220

Biro, Qayed,
219

Blair, Tony,
231
,
298

Blanford, Nicholas,
258

Bleichwehl, Scott,
286

blood diamonds,
261
–65

Blue Game Matrix,
293

Borobudur temple bombing (1985),
125
–26

Boschi, Frank,
228
–29

Bosnia: Abdullah Ali in,
149

Hezbollah training of fighters in,
149

Boumelhem, Ali,
164

Bowman, Brandy Jo,
322

Bozorgian, Amir Mansour,
64

Braun, Michael,
273
,
274
,
327
–28

Brazil: Barakat arrested in,
84

counterfeit tax stamps from,
323

drug trafficking in,
272

immigration from Lebanon and Syria to,
78

and tri-border area (TBA),
77

Brennan, John,
201
–2

Brown, Gordon,
306

Buckley, William,
35
,
38
,
39

Buenaventura, Abraham,
128
,
129
.
See also
Pandu Yudhawinata

Buenos Aires: AMIA bombing (1994),
75
–78,
85
–98

bombings in,
75
–116

Israeli embassy bombing (1992),
98
–99

Mughniyeh in,
28
–29

Bulgaria: Burgas bombing (2012),
354
–55,
368

Hezbollah operations in,
356

Burgess, Ronald,
302

Burgos, Marcelo Martinez,
108
n
15

Burkina Faso, diamond trade in,
261

Bush, George W.,
294

Byblous Distribution Investment, Inc.,
320

Campbell, James,
165

Canada: arms trafficking in,
159
,
163
–66

Ayub in,
227
–28

operations in,
168
–71

al-Sayegh arrested in,
200

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Eid’s assassination,
7

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS),
166
,
208

Carlson, Kurt,
53

Carton, Marcel,
61

Casa Apollo store,
82
,
83
,
84

Casey, William,
27
,
38

Cattaraugus Indian Reservation,
322

Central African Republic: and Air Afrique flight 56 hijacking,
252

Lebanese diaspora in,
260

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): on Bangkok bombing attempt,
139

on Beirut International Airport security,
51
–52

on Beirut’s lawlessness,
37

on Fadlallah,
25
,
26

on fatwa against Rushdie,
65

on Hezbollah in Africa,
250
,
253
–54,
265

on Hezbollah in US,
16

on Hezbollah’s creation,
13

on Iranian dissidents targeted for assassination,
63
–64

on Iran’s operations in Iraq,
287

on Iran’s support of Saudi Hezbollah,
184
,
185

on Iran’s surveillance of US interests,
189

on Islamic Revolution in Iran,
187

on Israeli embassy bombing in Buenos Aires,
100

Khobar Towers bombing investigation by,
198

on kidnappings,
33
–34,
35

on Kuwait bombings,
36

on Lebanese diaspora in Africa,
276

on Mughniyeh,
29

on Musawi’s assassination,
99

on Nasrallah,
10
,
101

on radicalization in Africa,
270

on Saudi Hezbollah,
194

on terrorist incidents in Lebanon,
23
,
43

and TWA flight 847 hijacking,
57

C4 plastic explosives,
93
,
118
,
128
,
182
,
199
,
210
,
213
–14

Chahine, Talal,
330

Chalor Kerdthes,
138

Chamas, Muhammad,
85

Charac, Idris,
135
.
See also
al-Ful, Abu

Charafeddine, Mahmud Idris,
123

Charlotte Hezbollah cell,
153
–68

arms trafficking by,
163
–66

cigarette smuggling by,
156
–58

Fadlallah’s ties to,
26

financing from,
159
–60

Hezbollah senior officials linked to,
161
–62

indictments for,
158
–59

Chile: Barakat operations in,
83

Iran’s intelligence footprint in,
106

Chizari, Mohsen,
293
,
294

Christian Phalangists,
25

Chueikhat, Jaafar,
197

CIA.
See
Central Intelligence Agency

cigarette smuggling,
156
–58,
321
,
323
–25

Ciudad del Este (Paraguay),
79
,
80

Clapper, James,
272
,
357
,
363

Clarke, Richard,
189
,
288

Cointrin International Airport,
252

Colombia, drug trafficking in,
272
,
274

Committee of Solidarity with the Arab and Middle East Political Prisoners,
59

conflict diamonds,
261
–65

Congo, diamond trade in,
261

Congressional Research Service,
254

Conrad, Robert,
167
,
168

Construction Jihad (Jihad al-Binna),
258

Corral, Rodolfo Canicoba,
77

Côte d’Ivoire.
See
Ivory Coast

Council of Lebanon,
26

counterfeiting: clothing,
335

currency,
165
,
338
–39

documents,
104

passports,
132

pharmaceuticals,
323
–25

in South America,
84

tax stamps,
322
,
323

Counter Iranian Influence initiative,
293

Counterterrorism Bureau (Israel),
246
,
247
,
367

“cover companies,”
7
,
257
–59

Crane, David,
261

credit card fraud,
317
–18,
321

criminal enterprise: in Africa,
248

arms trafficking,
335
–37

and Kourani,
325
–28

and Major Case
251
,
337
–42

money laundering,
328
–32

and Operation Bathwater,
319
–21

and Operation Bell Bottoms,
334
–35

and television broadcasting,
332
–34

in US,
317
–53

in Venezuela,
342
–44

Crocker, Ryan,
290
–91

CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service),
166
,
208

Curaçao, narcotics trafficking in,
106

currency counterfeiting,
165
,
338
–39

currency transaction reports (CTRs),
329
–30

Cybamar Swiss Family of Companies,
331

Cyprus: Hezbollah operations in,
355
–56,
368

kidnapping plots in,
246

Pandu in,
130

Dagan, Meir,
356

Damush, Ali,
254

Daqduq, Ali Moussa,
286
,
296
,
300
–301,
306
–10

Darabi, Kazem,
66
,
67
,
68

Darnott, Teodoro Fafael,
352
n
177

Darwiche, Ali,
155

Darwiche, Mohamad,
155
,
158

Darwish, Ali,
263

Dastgiri, Hossein,
118

Dawa Party,
12
,
25
–26,
29
,
36
,
58
,
287
,
296
,
299

Dbouk, Mohamad Hassan,
160
,
165
,
166
–68,
333

DEA.
See
Drug Enforcement Administration (US)

Debk, Samir,
162

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA, US),
191
,
303

Defense of the Free People,
34

Defreitas, Russell,
107

Democratic Republic of Congo: cover companies in,
257
,
258
,
259

diamond trade in,
261

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