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drug trafficking in,
274

Denmark: Hezbollah operations in,
218

recruitment in,
235

Department of Special Investigations (DSI, Thailand),
138

Derbah, Mohammed,
263
–64

Derickson, Uli,
49
,
50
,
51
,
52
,
53

Der Spiegel
: on Darabi and Rhayel prisoner exchange,
68

on drug trafficking in Africa,
274

on Hezbollah’s involvement in Hariri’s assassination,
6

Deutsche Bank,
89

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

diamond trade,
260
,
261
–65

Diaz, Jose, Jr.,
318

Dichter, Avi,
226

Dimson, Ismael Balagting,
135

al-Din, Ali Najam,
361

Dirani, Mustafa,
29
,
86
,
101
,
225

Dos Santos, Wilson,
95
,
113
n
162

Downing, Wayne,
190

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA, US),
104
,
264
,
324

drug trafficking,
103
,
104
–6,
120
,
218
–19,
272
–76,
320
,
372

DSI (Department of Special Investigations, Thailand),
138

dual-use technology,
159
,
163
–66,
336

Dubai, kidnappings in,
223

Dubai International Airport,
40

al-Dulaymi, Azhar,
286
,
308
–9

economic jihad,
160

EFPs.
See
explosively formed penetrators

Egypt: arms trafficking in,
4

Hezbollah operations in,
288
,
360

kidnapping plots in,
248

operations in,
7

Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ),
270

Eid, Wissam,
6
–7

Einaki, Mohamed Taghi Tabatabei,
101

Elahwal, Saleh,
334

El Descanso Restaurant bombing (Spain, 1985),
58

Elreda, Ali Khalil,
334
–35

Elreda, Mohammad Khalil,
335

Eritrea, kidnapping plots in,
246

ESO (External Security Organization).
See
Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO)

Ethiopia, kidnapping plots in,
246

Ethiopian Airlines flight 409 crash (2010),
257
–58

Europe,
49
–74

bombings in,
57
–61

clandestine networks in,
209

designation of Hezbollah as terrorist organization resisted in,
10
,
69

Hamadi clan in,
61
–62

Iranian dissidents targeted in,
63
–66

kidnapping plots in,
248

Mykonos Restaurant attack in,
66
–69

TWA flight 847 hijacked in,
49
–57.
See also specific countries

Evans, Jonathan,
363

Executive Council (Hezbollah),
14

explosively formed penetrators (EFPs),
294
–95,
298
,
302

External Security Organization (ESO).
See
Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO)

Ezeiza International Airport (Buenos Aires),
77
,
93

Ezziddeen, Abdallah,
264

Fadlallah, Hassan,
333

Fadlallah, Mohammad Hussein: Abdullah Ali as bodyguard for,
146

biographical info,
24
–28

Hammoud’s links to,
161
–62

on Israeli embassy bombing in Buenos Aires,
101

and kidnappings,
39

and marine barracks bombing,
24

on Musawi’s assassination,
98
–99

as Specially Designated Global Terrorist in US,
9
,
27

as spiritual leader,
12

and tri-border area support network,
82
–83

Faid, Ahmed,
361

Faisal (Saudi Prince),
137

Fallahian, Ali,
66
,
87

Fallon, William J.,
202

Fanish, Muhammad,
231

Farah, Doug,
254
,
259
–60,
262
,
265
,
280
n
112

FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia),
105
,
273
,
328

Farhadi, Mahmoud,
295
,
312
n
62

Farhat, Ali Abdul-Karim,
319
–21

Farhat, Hassan Karim,
319
–21

Faris (operative),
304

Fatah militia,
28
,
29
,
236

Fatima Import Export,
151

Fat Nora,
96
,
113
n
162

Fayyad, Saleh,
85

Fayyad, Sobhi,
83
,
85
,
103

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): AMIA bombing investigation by,
75
,
78

on Beirut embassy bombing,
23
–24,
33

Charlotte cell investigation by,
161

cigarette smuggling investigation by,
156
–58

on Hezbollah in US and Canada,
171
,
317

Hezbollah investigations in US by,
107

on Israeli embassy bombing in Buenos Aires,
100

Khobar Towers bombing investigation by,
182
,
199
,
201

Kourani investigation by,
327

Most Wanted Terrorists list,
30

on narco-terrorism,
105

TWA flight 847 hijacking investigation by,
55
,
57

Fedotov, Yuri,
272

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (US),
259

financial sanctions,
10

financing: of AMIA bombing,
89

from blood diamonds,
261
–65

from Charlotte cell,
159
–60

from “cover companies” in Africa,
257
–59

from Goodwill Charitable Organization,
155

from Iran,
12
,
371
–72

from Martyrs Foundation,
154
–55

from South America,
102
–3

First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance,
58

Fontaine, Marcel,
61

Force
17
,
29

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court,
319
–20

Foreign Services Department (Hezbollah),
15

Foruzandeh, Ahmed,
295

Foundation for Democracy in Iran,
138
–39

France: al-Manar banned in,
333

bombings in,
58
–59

Hezbollah not designated as terrorist organization by,
306

Iranian diplomat arrested in,
252

Kuwait embassy bombing in,
35
–36

Mughniyeh in,
29
–30

Fraser, Douglas,
106

Freeh, Louis,
194
,
199
,
204
n
54

Free Patriotic Movement (Lebanon),
274

Fromme, Robert,
157

al-Ful, Abu: and Bangkok bombing attempt,
128
–29

biographical info,
129
–31

operations by,
133
–36

and Pandu,
130
,
131
,
135

in Southeast Asia,
123
,
126
–27,
141
n
38

Fundación Cultural Oriente,
106

Gaines, Stephanie,
155
–56

Galad, Majid,
127

Galeano, Jose,
77
,
78

Galeria Page shopping center (Argentina),
85
,
151
,
152

Galerie Lafayette bombing (France, 1985),
58

Galerie Printemps bombing (France, 1985),
58

Galvez, Diosdado Castro,
132

Gambia: cover companies in,
258
,
259

money laundering in,
259

Gani, Noel Ahay,
135

Garzon, Baltasar,
264

Georgia, Qods Force operations in,
366

Geraghty, Timothy,
31

Germany: al-Manar banned in,
333

Hezbollah operations in,
215
,
218

Iranian dissidents assassinated in,
64

Mykonos Restaurant attack in,
66
–69

recruitment in,
214

Smyrek in,
214
–18

targets in,
62
–63

al-Ghadur Cultural Association,
256

Ghaeri-Azar, Abdollah,
64

Ghagbo, Laurent,
256

Ghamlush, Abdulmajid,
6

Ghamlush, Imad,
100

Ghassemlou, Abdolrahman,
64

Global Witness (NGO),
261
,
262
,
266
,
280
n
112

Go Chok Tong,
126

Gonzalez, Nora,
96
,
113
n
162

Gonzalez-Neira, Emilio Jacinto,
152
,
153

Goodwill Charitable Organization,
155

Gordji, Wahid,
60
–61

Government Trade Corporation (GTC),
90

“Great Jewelry Caper,”
137
–38

Green Revolution (Iran, 2009),
371

Guardians of the Islamic Revolution,
64

Guerrero, Alfredo R.,
181
–82

Guinea, diamond trade in,
261

Guinea-Bissau, drug trafficking in,
272
,
273

Gulf War (1991),
169

Haider, Farajollah,
67

Hajj Radwan.
See
Mughniyeh, Imad

al-Hakim, Abdul Aziz,
293

Hamadi, Abbas,
61
–62

Hamadi, Abdelhadi,
29
,
59
,
60
,
62

Hamadi-al, Abd,
215

Hamadi, Mohammad Ali,
49
–50,
51
–52,
55
,
56
,
57
,
59
,
61
–62,
82

Hamas,
208
–9,
269

Hamdan, Moussa Ali,
338
,
341
,
342

Hamdar, Fahdi,
215
–16,
217
,
239
n
54

Hamdar, Mohammed,
215
–16,
217

Hamiyeh, Talal,
10
,
15
,
101
,
194
,
357
,
359

Hammadi, Abbas Ali,
251

Hammadi, Muhammad,
251

Hammoud, Ali,
323

Hammoud, Bassam,
155
,
158

Hammoud, Chawki,
155
,
158

Hammoud, Imad,
323

Hammoud, Mohamad Youssef: arms trafficking by,
163
–66

assassination plot directed by,
162
–63

biographical info,
153
–56

and cigarette smuggling,
156
–58

Hezbollah financing from,
159
–60

Hezbollah senior officials linked to,
161
–62

indictment of,
158
–59

Hamoud, Mahmoud Ahmad,
227

Harake, Abbas,
155
,
158
,
161

Harb, Chekry,
105
,
332

Harb, Dib Hani,
338
,
339
,
340
–41,
342

Harb, Said,
158
–59,
164
,
165
,
168

Harb, Salman,
234
,
235

Hareb, Haj Halil,
236

Hariri, Hussein Ali Mohammed,
59
,
62
,
251

Hariri, Rafiq,
6
,
12
,
358
,
370

Hariri Foundation,
62

Haris, Naim,
365

Hashem, Mohamad,
234
,
235

Hashim, Yusef,
300
–301

Hassan, Hisham,
233

Haydar, Muhammad,
215

Hayden, Michael,
300

Hazime, Latif Kamel,
342
–43

HDTV Ltd.,
334

al-Heib, Omar,
234

Hezbollah: in Africa,
246
–84

in Argentina,
75
–116

birth of,
11
–16

in Canada,
163
–66,
168
–71

in Europe,
49
–74

in Iraq,
285
–316

multiple identities of,
8
–11

narco-terrorism by,
104
–6,
272
–76

political campaigning of,
5
–8

in Saudi Arabia,
136
–39,
182
–87,
287
–88

and shadow war,
354
–79

in South America,
78
–80

targeting Westerners in Lebanon,
22
–48

Unit 1800,
208
–45

Unit 3800,
296
–301

in US,
16
,
153
–68,
317
–53

vulnerabilities of,
369
–73.
See also
Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO);
specific locations and events

Hezbollah America Latina,
352
n
177

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