MILNET Brief Terrorist Cells and Lone Wolves in the U.S., 11/08/2006 |

| State |
Name |
Date |
Affiliation/Detals |
| Lone Wolves |
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| Captured
Inbound |
Zacarias Moussaoui | Indicted
in December of 2001, Convicted in 2006, sentenced to
life without parole. |
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| Captured Inbound | Richard Reid | Second
Superceding Indictment, Convicted |
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| Captured Inbound | John
Walker Lindh |
Convicted |
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| Captured Inbound | Abdurahman
Alamoudi (23 years) Charities and money laundering schemes, tax evasion, fianancial transactions in Libya |
Arrested at Dulles coming into
the United States. In October 2004 sentenced to 23 years |
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| California |
Adam
Yehiye Gadahn Charged with treason, providing material support to a terrorist organization, aiding and abetting. Appeared in news releases for Al-Qaeda, the "voice of American Al-Qaeda". |
Indicted,
remains at large |
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| Florida |
Carlos
Gamarra-Murillo Charged with engaging in the business of brokering and exporting defense articles without a license and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization (FARC). |
Pled guilty
in February of 2005 Convicted and sentenced to 25 years in August 2005 |
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| Florida |
Guillermo
Cardoso-Arias (46
months) Charged with buying 200 AK-47s for the Autodefenseas Unidas de Colombia (AUC), a designated foreign terrorist organization in Colombia. He further stated that the weapons would be used to fight the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), another designated foreign terrorist organization. |
Sentenced to 46 months on April
1, 2005 |
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| Oregon |
Ali
Khaled Steitiye Actually the "unindicted" member of the Portland Six/Seven |
Lebanese - caught trying to purchase
a gun in Beaverton, Oregon Arrested by the Joint Terrorism Task Force in 2002, convicted of felony firearms possession and fraud, and sentenced to 30 months in prison. |
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| New York |
Hemant
Lakhani a.k.a. Hekmat, a.k.a. Hemant Attempted to supply an Igla missile to a Somali Terrorist (actually an FBI undercover operative posing as a go-between) |
2001-2003 |
Conspiracy to receive for
purposes of and the
attempted export of an article of Defense Equipment (shoulder launched
rocket) to be sent overseas to aid and support terrorism. Indicted in 2003. Sentenced to 47 years of federal imprisonment for the April 27, 2005 |
| New York |
Uzair Paracha Charged with providing material support to al Qaeda...agreed with his father and two Al-Qaeda members to provide material support to al Qaeda...trying to help an al Qaeda member re-enter the United States to commit a terrorist act |
Convicted
on November of 2005 Sentenced to 30 years |
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| Virginia |
Ahmed
Omar Abu Ali Charged him with terrorism offenses, including providing material support and resources to al Qaeda, conspiracy to assassinate the President of the United States, conspiracy to commit air piracy and conspiracy to destroy aircraft |
Convicted
and sentenced in November of 2005, sentenced to 30 years |
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| Virginia |
Iyman
Faris Charged with providing material support and resources to al Qaeda and conspiracy for providing the terrorist organization with information about possible U.S. targets for attack |
In October of 2003 he was convicted and sentenced to 20 years | |
| Victor "the
Devil" Infante Charged with the attempted export of assault weapons, including MAC-11 submachine guns, MP-5s, HK-94s, Colt AR-15s, and Uzi Model Bs, to the Philippines. Philippine authorities contend that Infante supplied arms to the Abu Sayyaf terrorist organization |
Charged in November of 2003 On September 20, 2004, pled guilty to drug related charges |
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| Cells |
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| California |
Drugs
for Weapons Sale of drugs to finance purchase weapons (i.e. Stinger missiles) for Taliban and Al-Qaeda |
? - 2002 |
Afridi and Ali were arrested in
Hong Kong and extradited to the U.S. on September 20, 2002 Indicted on October 30, 2002 Convicted Afrdi - April 2006, sentenced 57 months Ali - April 2006, sentenced to 57 months |
| California | Lodi Five Associated with former Afghan Mujadiheen fighters now aligned with Al Qaeda |
06/2005 |
Hamid
Hayat (convicted on 4 of 5 counts) Umer Hayat (convicted: lieing to FBI, hung jury on terr charges) Muhammed Adil Khan, Shabbir Ahmed, Mohammad Hassan Adil all deported on various immigration charges |
| California |
L.A.
Terror Conspiracy (L.A. Ex
Cons) Associated themselves with Militant Islamic Jihadists, no direct contacts to Al Qaeda or overseas terrorist group. |
2005 |
Awaiting Trial |
| California | Bakersfield Spy Ring Associated with Yemeni terrorist cells however no direct contact to Al Qaeda operatives |
2005 |
Awaiting Trial |
| Florida |
Florida
Arms Dealers Charged with illegal export of weapons (80 AK-47 assault rifles, an M-60 machinegun, and an M-16) to the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC) in Colombia, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization |
On June 8, 2005 Correa pled guilty and two additional suspects were subsequently arrested and convicted of arms control regulations. A third suspect, Hector Rodriguez was also arrested. | |
| Florida | Tampa
Cell Sami Al-Arian
(Kuwait born, Egyptian passport)
Ramadan Shallah (born in Gaza, Egyptian passport) Bashir Nafi (Egyptian born, British passport) Sameeh Hammoudeh (born West Bank, UK passport) Muhammed Al-Khatieb (born Gaza, student visa) Abd Awda (Israeli born) Ghassan Ballut (born West Bank, cond. resident alien) Hatim Fariz (U.S. citizen) Associated themselves with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad - Shiqaqi Faction and an unknown Iranian contact. Also disclosed a desire to negotiate a relationship with Hamas. Iran is disclosed as a strategic partner in the PIJ. Also Fathi Shaqaqi of the PIJ disclosed a relationship with Hezbollah. |
1988-2002 |
DOJ
Statement Used the University of Florida as a U.S. headquarters for PIJ with connections in Gaza and Iran. A number of the consprirators travelled freely in and out of the U.S. and communicated with conspirators in the U.S. from places such as the U.K., Gaza, West Bank, Iran, and Syria. In February 1992, four terrorists were caught after they had attacked an Israeli Army camp murdering three soldiers. They proclaimed they were members of the PIJ. They were Ibrahim Hassan Agbarya, Muhamid Saed Agbarya, Yiche Mustafa Agbarya, and Mohammed Taufik Sueliman. Four others executed a suicide attack near Hula near the border between Israel and Lebanon, killing two and injuring five. Their wills were handled by indicted conspirators Al-Arian, Shallah, and Hammoudeh. Six other members are disclosed in the indictment, Abul Abed (possible Iranian contact), Hamed Yousef and Abu Tareq, and Sheik Sayyed, Fathi Shiqaqi, Abu Tarek Ziyad. Also disclosed are the names Ziyad Nakhaleh (a.k.a. Abu Tarek) , Abu Mohamed, Abu Jihad, Muafaq (in the occupied territories), Hikmat Shalluh ( brother of conspirator Ramadan Shallah), Muhammad al-Hindy, Anwar Abdel Aziz, Abu Assaad, Abu Nadal, Khaled Al-Arian, Abu Omar, Abu Muhanid, Ziyad Abu Amr, Fedaa Al-Najjar. Also includes banking transactions in overseas banks (U.A.E., Israel, Lebanon, Sudan, from U.S. banks and discussions of borrowing $250,000 to $500,000 from Hamas. |
| Michigan |
Detroit
Cell Farouk
Ali-Haimoud (born in Algeria) ACQUITTED
Ahmed Hannan (born in Morroco) - Conviction overturned Karim Koubritti (born in Morroco) - Conviction overturned Abdel Ilah Elmardoud - Conviction overturned Abdella Lnu Yousseff Hmimssa |
1998-2001 |
Indicted in
August of 2002 Abdel-Ilah Elmardoudi and Karim Koubriti were convicted of providing material support to terrorists and conspiring in fraud and misuse of visas and other documents, Ahmed Hannan convicted of document fraud NOTE: Serious questions arise in this case, from prosecutorial misconduct to in-fighting between Detroit prosecutors and the Dept. of Justice. Some convictions were thrown out, however, evidence remains and it is not clear if the defendants were actually exonerated at this point. Cover names disclosed in the case were Nassim Halili and Khaled Ali. |
| Michigan |
Detroit
Cell 2 - Cigarette Smuggling Youssef
Aoun Bakri
Karim Hassan Nasser Fadi Mohamad-Musbah Hammoud Majid Mohamad Hammoud Jihad Hammoud Ali Najib Berjaoui Mohammed Fawzi Zeidan Imad Majed Hamadeh Adel Isak Theodore Schenk Hassan Moussa Makki Outside U.S. Lebanon: Canada: Wherabouts unknown: |
Iman Hamomoud and Hassan Makki
Ran a cigarette smuggling ring and sending funds to Hezbollah.
See North Carolina Cigarette Smuggling Ring. Doj Statement on Indictment |
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| New
York |
Bronx
Cell Directly associated themselves with Al Qaeda however it is not clear how much direct contact the cell had |
1998-2005 |
Linked to Al Qaeda and attempts
to attend training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan
in 1998 Awaiting trial |
| New York | Lackawanna
Six (a.k.a. Buffalo Six) Muktar
Al-Bakri (10 years)
Yahya Goba (10 years) Shafal Mosed (8 years) Yaseinn Taher (8 years) Sahim Alwan Albaner Jaber Faysal Galab Jaber A. Elbaneh (captured in Yemen, escaped, at large) Traveled to Afghanistan and undertook Jihadist training in an Al Qaeda camp, then returned to the U.S. |
Six U.S. born citizens travelled
to Afghanistan to undertake Jihadist training in an Al Qaeda camp, then
returned to the U.S. First six were conficted, seventh still at large "Yahya Goba and Mukhtar al-Bakri received ten-year prison sentences. Yaseinn Taher and Shafal Mosed received eight-year prison sentences. Sahim Alwan received a nine and a half year sentence" - Wikipedia |
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| New York | Money
Laundering Rafil Dhafir
Osameh Al-Wahaidy Ayman Jarwan conspiracy to unlawfully send money to Iraq and money laundering |
Feb
2005 |
Dhafir was sentenced to 22 years |
| New
York |
Aid to World Trade Center Bomber Ahmed Abdel
Sattar (24
months)
Lynne Stewart (28 months) Mohammed Yousry (20 months) Yassir Al-Sirri (awaiting extradition before sentencing) Aid to Gama' al-Islamiyya and supporters of blind sheikh and convicted terrorist Omar Ahmed Ali Abdel Rahman |
Indicted
on First three Convicted, but received very light sentences, DoJ appealing the sentencing. |
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| New York |
Al
Qaeda and Hamas Support Mohammad Ali Hasan Al-Moayad (75 years) Mohammed Moshen Yahya Zayed (45 years) Charged with providing and conspiring to provide material support and resources to al Qaeda and Hamas |
Convicted
in March of 2005 |
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| North Carolina |
Using
Cigarette Smuggling to Fund Hezbollah Bassom Hammoud (46 months)
Said Harb (46 months)
Hammoud Darwiche (37 months) Ali Darwhiche (37 months) Sheik Abbas Harake (not in custody) Mehdi Massoui (12 months) Samir Debk (24 months) Haissam Harb (24 months) Aiding Hezbollah by use of illegal cigarette sales and sending funds to Hezbollah contact. |
Mohammed and Chawki Hammoud convicted
June 21, 2002 Cigarettes supplied to a Detroit cell (see Detroit Cell 2) Mohammed Hammoud received a sentence of 155 years and Chawki was sentenced to just over 4 years. |
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| Oregon
|
Portland Seven Habis
Abdulla al Saoub, the
ring leader, killed in Oct. 2004 during a Pakistani raid of an
Al Qaeda camp
Patrice Lumumba Ford, (woman) Jeffrey Leon Battle Maher "Mike" Hawash, Palestinian-born (7 years) Ahmed Bilal, (10 years) Muhammad Bilal, (8 years) October Martinique Lewis (woman), (3 years wiring $) |
2/10/2004 |
Cell in Portland, Oregon
indicted on charges of conspiracy against the U.S. the Masjid As-Sabr in southwestern Portland and the Bilal mosque in nearby Beaverton, Ore. Called themselves, Katibat Al-Mawt (Squad of Death) Note all seven made attempts to travel into Pakistan to join Afhgans fighting against U.S. during the initial invasion to oust the Taliban. Hawash — a former software engineer — was the first of the group to plead guilty to a lesser charge of conspiring to help Al Qaeda and the Taliban during the war in Afghanistan. In exchange for a lighter sentence, he became the government's crucial material witness and testified against the others. Hawash, 38, is a native of Palestine and has worked at Intel since 1992, both as an employee and, most recently, a contractor. Ahmed and Muhammad Bilal pled guilty to conspiring to help Al Qaeda and the Taliban and to firearms charges in exchange for dismissing the main charge of conspiracy to wage war against the United States Lewis, In her plea agreement, "admits that on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, defendant Jeffrey Battle picked her up from work and told her about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Battle then drove them to a park where defendants Battle, Patrice Lumumba Ford, Ahmed Bilal and others were practicing martial arts in order to prepare for jihad" |
| Oregon |
Bly, Oregon Training Camp Haroon Rashid Aswat, british
citizen
James Ujaama (2 years) Abu Hamza al-Masri, a militant London cleric Oussama Kassir |
2005 |
Training
camp conspiracy broken up by authorities. Camp goals: seek
fighters from the United States and London to wage jihad
Afghanistan. Aswat charged with material support to terrorists, knowing his efforts would be used to "kill, kidnap and maim persons and damage property in a foreign country." Aswat was taken into custody in Zambia in July in connection with the London transit bombings and extradited to the U.K. James Ujaama, initially promoted the camp, (sentenced 2 years) al-Masri, a militant London cleric charged in U.K. with attempted murder and fomenting terrorism and faces a U.S. indictment for Bly Training Camp operation. Kassir accompanied Ujaama on initical scouting of Bly location |
| Texas |
Drugs
for Weapons Ring Carlos Ali Romero Valera,
Uwe Jensen Edgar Fernando Blanco Puerta Elkin Alberto Arroyave Ruiz Carlos Adolfo Romero-Panchano Fanny Cecilia Barrera De-Amaris (5 years) Adriana Gladys Mora Supplying material support to United Self-Defense Forces (AUC) of Colombia |
Operation White Terror December of 2005, Carlos Ali Romero Valera, Uwe Jensen, Edgar Fernando Blanco Puerta, and Elkin Alberto Arroyave Ruiz were convicted on charges of supplying material support to a terrorist organization (the United Self-Defense Forces (AUC) of Colombia) through a weapons-for-drugs deal. Fanny Cecilia Barrera de Amaris and Carlos Adolfo Romero-Panchano |
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| Texas |
Dealing in Terrorist Property Basman Elashi
Bayan Elashi Ghassan Elashi Hazim Elashi (66 months) Ihsan Elashi (6 years) Conspiracy to deal in the property of a specially designated terrorist and money laundering. Activities were related to Infocom, an Internet Service provider believed to be a front for Hamas |
Convicted
in April of 2005 |
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| Virginia |
Paintballer
Terrorists (Virginia Jihad) Masoud
Khan ( life
in prison)
Ali Al-Timimi (life plus 70 years) Seifullah Chapman (85 years) Hammad Abdur-Raheem (8 years) Mohammad Aatique (10 1/2 years) Donald Thomas Surratt (46 months) Yong Ki Kwon (11 years) Randall Todd Royer (10 years) Ibrahim Ahmed al-Hamdi (15 years) Khwaja Mahmood Hasen (11 years) Caliph Basha Ibn Abdur-Raheem (Acquitted) Sabri BenkHala (Acquitted) Mohammed Ajmal Khan (serving 9 yr. sentence in U.K) Ali Asad Chandia (15 years) Linked to Lashkar e-Taiba in Pakistan and other Kashmiri Jihadists, as well as Al Qaeda. Ali Asad Chandia and Mohammed Ajmal Khan were charged with conspiring to provide, and did provide, material support to Lashkar e Taiba -- LET both before and after it was designated as a foreign terrorist organization |
2000-2003 |
Khan
was indicted in March of 2004, and Timimi in February
of 2005. Indictment (June
2003) Chapman and Raheem - Conspiracy to levy war against the U.S. Indictment (June 2003), All four convicted in March of 2004 Others fates are not known at this time. Note: Caliph Basha Ibn Abdur-Raheem and Sabri Benkhala were acquitted on all charges Mohammed Ajmal Khan will face sentencing at the conclusion of his 9 year sentence in the U.K. |