Hezbollah (93 page)

Lahad, Antoine,
82

Lake, Tony,
150

Laqis, Haj Hassan Hilu,
165
,
167

Lawrence Hotel affair (1996),
210
,
213
–14

League of the Righteous,
296

Lebanese American University,
211

Lebanese Canadian Bank,
259
,
264
,
331

Lebanese diaspora: in Africa,
248
,
249
–51

and narco-terrorism,
104

remittances from,
254
–57

in South America,
78
–80

as support network,
13

Lebanese Media Group,
10
,
333

Lebanon: Abdullah Ali in,
147
–48

civil war in,
22
–23,
154

cover companies in,
258

drug trafficking in,
274

Hezbollah’s goals in,
13

Israel’s withdrawal from,
11

kidnapping campaign in,
33
–35

Pandu in,
131

political campaigns in,
4
–8

targeting of Westerners in,
22
–48

US embassy attacks,
31
–33

Leigh, John,
261

Liberia: diamond trade in,
261
,
263

Lebanese diaspora in,
250
,
260

Lipada, Benjamin Mintan,
135

Lofti (cover name),
60

logistics support: in Africa,
246
–84

for AMIA bombing,
88
–93

in South America,
102
–3

in Southeast Asia,
131
–32

London bombings (1994),
231

Lyons, James,
31

Ma’aniya, Ahmad,
224

Mahdi Army,
286
,
294
,
296
,
297
,
298
–99

Majlis al-Shura (Consultative Council, Hezbollah),
14
,
29
,
30

Makhoul, Ameer,
235

Makki, Bassam Gharib: in Germany,
62
–63

and US operations,
149
–53

Makki, Hassan Gharib,
150
,
215
,
321
,
322
,
324

Makki, Mohammad Gharib,
150

Makki, Tarek,
323

Malaysia: al-Ful in,
123

Iran’s support network in,
122

operations in,
133

recruitment in,
214

Mali, drug trafficking in,
273

al-Maliki, Saleh Abdullah,
136

Mapai Party (Israel),
218

al-Marhoun, Ali,
189
,
192
,
193
,
194
,
195

Marine Battalion Headquarters Building (Beirut),
22
,
23

Maronite Christians,
249

Marques, Andre (cover name),
93
–94

marriage fraud,
156
,
157

Martinez, Carlos,
96

Martinez, Ramon,
96

Martyrs Foundation,
10
,
83
,
154
,
233

Martyrs of the Lebanese Resistance,
51

Mashmoushi, Adel,
275

Mashoun, Khalil,
90

Mauritania, drug trafficking in,
273

Maza, Mustafa,
231

Mazbou, Hussein,
59

Mazeh, Mustafa Mahmoud,
65

McFarlane, Robert,
55

Mehdi, Samer,
152
,
153

MEK (Mujahedin-e Khalq, Iran),
61
,
297

Melrose, Joseph, Jr.,
261

Menem, Carlos Saúl,
77

Merafuentes, Rumar Catalon,
135

Mesbahi, Abolghasem,
66
,
87
,
90
,
91
,
100

Mesilam, Salim,
131
,
132
,
133

methamphetamine,
120
,
324

methyl nitrate,
59
,
60

Mikdad, Hussein,
210
–14

Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS, Iran): and AMIA bombing,
76

and Azerbaijan bombing attempt,
2

Hamas supported by,
208

in Iraq,
287
–88

and Khobar Towers bombing,
188

in Malaysia,
133

and marine barracks bombing,
31

and Mughniyeh,
30

and Southeast Asia support network,
122

surveillance activities of,
201
–2

Mizell, Louis,
147

Mofaz, Shaul,
267
,
298

Moghadam, Reza Afshar,
124

Mohamed, Jamil,
260

Mohammad, Abu,
129
.
See also
Pandu Yudhawinata

Mohammadi, Akbar,
68

Mohammadi, Masoud Ali,
360

Mohtashemi, Ali Akbar,
31

MOIS.
See
Ministry of Intelligence and Security

Mokhtari, Narim,
95

money laundering: in Africa,
259
,
264
,
274

in Charlotte,
157

and narco-terrorism,
104
,
105

in US,
321
,
328
–32

Montazeri, Hossein Ali,
58

Moore, Peter,
305
–6

Moro Islamic Liberation Front,
119

Mossad (Israel),
4

Mothar, Herman,
129

Mouchbil, Raad,
36

Mouhajer, Mohammad,
60

Mourtada, Abu,
123

Moussawi, Hassan Ali,
323
,
325

Movement for the Vanguards Missionaries,
183

Mrad, Mufid Kamal “Mark,”
331

al-Mu’alem, Mustafa,
189
,
192
,
195

Mubarak, Husayn bin,
197

Mucharrafille, Salim Boughader,
325
,
327

al-Mughassil, Ahmed,
182
–83,
189
,
192
–96,
198
,
201

al-Mughis, Hussein,
195
,
196
,
198

Mughniyeh, Fuad,
27
,
29

Mughniyeh, Imad: and al-Qaeda,
271

and AMIA bombing,
78
,
87
,
91
,
92

avenging death of,
2
,
3
–5

and Beirut embassy bombing,
24

biographical info,
28
–31

death of,
170
,
359

in France,
58

funeral of,
6

and Hamas,
209

in Iraq,
299
–300

and Israeli embassy bombing in Buenos Aires,
100

and Jihad Council,
15

and kidnappings,
35

and Kuwait
17
,
37

and marine barracks bombing,
31

on Most Wanted Terrorists list,
30

and Palestinian Islamic Jihad,
209

and Saudi Hezbollah,
194

on Specially Designated Global Terrorists list in US,
9

and TWA flight 847 hijacking,
29
,
30
,
49
,
55
,
57

Mughniyeh, Jihad,
27

Muhammad, Abu,
211
,
212
,
213

Muhammad, Ali,
270

al-Muhandis, Abu Mahdi,
289
,
296
,
297

Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, Iran),
61
,
297

Multinational Force building bombing (Beirut),
22
,
24

al-Musawi, Abbas,
98
–99,
101

al-Musawi, Husayn,
31

al-Musawi, Hussein al-Sayed Yousef,
37
,
46
n
119

Musawi, Nawaf,
357

Mushaima, Hasan,
363

Muslims.
See
Shi’a Muslims; Sunni Muslims

Muslim Student Union,
12
,
25
,
29

Mykonos Restaurant attack (1992),
66
–69

Myrick, Sue,
327

Naccache, Anis,
59
,
65
–66

Nadia Fashions,
150

al-Nami, Ahmed,
272

Namibia, diamond trade in,
261
,
264

Napolitano, Janet,
327

al-Naquib, Falah,
298

narco-terrorism,
104
–6,
272
–76.
See also
drug trafficking

Nasr, Jameel,
328

Nasr, Vali,
291

Nasr al-Din, Ghazi,
343
–44

Nasrallah, Ali,
318

Nasrallah, Hassan: and al-Manar television broadcasts,
332
,
333

and AMIA bombing,
92

on arms procurement,
166

and Barakat,
83

Berro funeral attended by,
97

on Hezbollah in Bosnia,
149

and Jihad Council,
15

on July 2006 war with Israel,
358
–59

and kidnappings,
38
,
246

on law enforcement actions against Hezbollah,
6
,
8

and marine barracks bombing,
31

and Mughniyeh,
29

on Mughniyeh’s death,
3
,
5
,
170

and radicalization of Hezbollah,
24

and Saudi Hezbollah,
186

and shadow war,
362

and Shura Council,
14

as Specially Designated Global Terrorists in US,
9

on Special Tribunal for Lebanon,
6

in Sudan,
271

on Syrian regime,
370

on Tannenbaum’s abduction,
222

terrorist operations involvement of,
10
,
101

and Unit 3800,
297

on US occupation of Iraq,
300

on
velayat-e faqih
,
357

Nassar, Hassan,
323

Nassar, Karim,
323

al-Nasser, Abdel Karim,
192
,
196
,
201

Nasser, Kharib,
215

Nasser, Michael Youssef,
82

Nassour, Aziz,
263
,
264

National Council of Iranian Resistance,
61

National Counterterrorism Center (US),
3

National Patriotic Front of Liberia,
263

National Security Council Counterterrorism Bureau (Israel),
246
,
247
,
367

National Security Decision Directive No.
221
(US),
104

National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA),
262

Netherlands: al-Manar banned in,
333

designation of Hezbollah as terrorist organization in,
10

Hezbollah designated terrorist group by,
6

kidnapping plots in,
246

Newman, Andrew Jonathan Charles,
210
,
212

New York City, Hezbollah operations in,
150

New York Times
on TWA flight 847 hijacking,
55

New Zealand, Islamic Resistance banned by,
8

Nezhad, Feirud Mehdi,
55

Nigeria: Iranian operations in,
265
,
266

Lebanese diaspora in,
250

Shi’a population in,
265

Nimer, George,
369

9/11 Commission report,
199
,
270
,
272

Nisman, Alberto,
77
,
78
,
99
,
108
n
15

Noble, Ronald,
272
–73

North America,
146
–80.
See also
Canada; United States

North Carolina sleeper cell.
See
Charlotte Hezbollah cell

Northern Valley Cartel,
105

Northwest Orient Airlines bombing (1985),
58

Norton, Augustus Richard,
19
–20
n
78

Obeid, Abdel Karim,
225
,
235

Obeid, Aqram,
220

Obeid, Diab,
218

Obeid, Hassan,
218

Obeid, Qais,
209
,
218
–26,
232

Office of Liberation Movements (Iran),
183

La Oficina de Envigado cartel,
105

Olsen, Matthew,
358
,
369

Omairi, Farouk Abdul,
80
,
91
,
92
,
94
,
104

Operation Bathwater,
317
,
319
–21

Operation Camel,
80

Operation Cast Lead,
170

Operation Charge of the Knights,
291
–92

Operation CoPlan Pink Poppy,
119
–22

Operation Double Top,
102
–3

Operation Green Ice,
104

Operation Iraqi Freedom,
290

Operation Kamikaze,
119

Operation Mountain Express,
324

Operation Radwan,
359
,
362

Operation Sapphire,
201

Operation Smokescreen,
156
–58,
166

Operation Titan,
105

OPM-SANG (Saudi Arabian National Guard training support mission),
190
–91,
199