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Hidri (operative),
124

Higgins, W.,
326

hijackings: Air Afrique flight 56,
59
,
251
–53

Iraqi Airways flight 163,
226
–27

Kuwait Airways flight 221,
40
–41

Kuwait Airways flight 422,
42
,
57
,
119

TWA flight 847,
29
,
30
,
49
–57

Hijazi, Abbas,
92

Hip Hop Connections (retail store),
335

Hisham (operative).
See
al-Ful, Abu

Hmaid, Hussein Ali,
82
,
151

Hodroj, Hassan,
11
,
338
,
340
,
341
,
342

Holder, Eric,
362

Holt, Clevin (Isa Abdullah Ali),
146
–49

Holy Fighters for Freedom,
34

Hong Kong Mafia,
84

al-Hoss, Selim,
222

Hosseinpour, Ardeshir,
360

Hostage Location Task Force (CIA),
35

al-Houri, Ali,
189
,
192
,
195
,
196
,
198

Hudspeth, Michael J.,
151

al-Huraibi, Mohamed,
330

Hussein, Abdul Aziz,
36

Hussein, Saddam,
290

Hussein, Zayn al-Abidin Mohammad,
119

Husseini, al Mohammad Hussein,
164
–65,
168
,
169

Husseinia Iman al-Khomeini mosque,
84

Hutchinson, Asa,
324

Hyatt Tower (Azerbaijan),
2

Ibrahim (operative),
133

Ibrahim, Azam Khalil,
37

Ibrahim, Kareem,
107

Ibrahim, Shafi,
267

IDF (Israel Defense Forces),
4

IEDs.
See
improvised explosive devices

IJO.
See
Islamic Jihad Organization

Ilya, Itamar,
214

Imam al-Mahdi Scouts,
154

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
329

Importadora/Exportadora Barakat Limitada,
83

improvised explosive devices (IEDs),
301
,
302
,
304
,
308

India, Qods Force operations in,
365
–66

Indonesia: arms trafficking in,
129

operations in,
133

Pandu in,
131

insurance fraud schemes,
166

Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (ITAC, Canada),
169
,
170

Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip (1995),
210

Internal Security Department (Singapore),
126

International Criminal Court,
271

International Response Team (IRT, US),
75

Internet pornography business,
159

Interpol,
100
,
107
,
216
,
342

“intifada of the Eastern Province” (1979–1980),
183

Iqbal, Javed,
334

Iran: and al-Qaeda,
199
,
270

and AMIA bombing,
87
–88,
89
–90,
93
,
99

and Azerbaijan bombing attempt,
2

Beirut bombings linked to,
32
–33

and Fadlallah,
26

French operations by,
60
,
61

and Hamas,
208

and Hezbollah’s creation,
12

and Hezbollah’s militancy,
356
–59

Hezbollah’s role in,
9
,
359
–65

Iraq interests of,
286
,
290
–91

and Israeli embassy bombing in Buenos Aires,
101

Khobar Towers bombing role of,
188
,
192
–93,
196
,
199
–202

and Kuwait Airways flight 221 hijacking,
41

Malaysian operations by,
133

marine barracks bombing in Lebanon linked to,
31
–32

and Mughniyeh,
30

and Mykonos Restaurant attack,
67
–68

operatives seeking refuge in,
29

recruitment and radicalization in Africa by,
265
–67

and Saudi Hezbollah,
183

South American operations by,
106
–7

Southeast Asia operations network,
122
–24

Sudan operations by,
271

and Tannenbaum’s abduction,
224

targeting of dissidents in Europe,
63
–66

terrorist agenda of,
187
–90,
361
–65

terrorist training camps in,
186
,
189
–90

and TWA flight 847 hijacking,
55

Venezuela operations by,
344

Iran Air flight 655 downing (1988),
184
,
187
,
253
,
288

Iran Air flight 744,
344

Iran-Contra Affair,
35
,
38

Iran Cultural Festival attack (1991),
67

Irani, Houshang Afshar,
366

Iranian Cultural Center (Sudan),
265
–66

Iran-Iraq War,
122
,
186
,
287
,
288

Iraq,
285
–316

Daqduq’s capture in,
306
–10

insurgency training programs in,
301
–4

Iranian interests in,
290
–91

Kuwait invasion by,
186

and Ramazan Corps,
291
–96

targeting of Coalition Forces in,
304
–6

Iraqi Airways flight 163 hijacking,
226
–27

IRGC.
See
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency),
93
,
291

IRT (International Response Team, US),
75

Iskhandar, Ghazi,
86

al-Islam, Hossein Sheikh,
89

Islamic Charitable Association,
80

Islamic Courts Union (Somalia),
269

Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO): and AMIA bombing,
102

and Azerbaijan bombing attempt,
2

and Barakat,
82

and Beirut embassy bombing,
23

capabilities of,
359
–60

creation of,
28

and Hariri’s assassination,
6

and Iranian dissidents targeted for assassination,
64

in Iraq,
304
–6

and Israeli embassy bombing in Buenos Aires,
98
,
100

and Khobar Towers bombing,
194

and kidnappings,
247

and Mikdad,
211

and Northwest Orient Airlines bombing,
58

operations by,
15

and shadow war,
357

in Southeast Asia,
121

structure of,
13
–14

and Unit 1800,
209

Islamic Liberation Organization,
39
,
40

Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA),
93
,
291

Islamic Resistance,
8
,
11
,
13
,
15
,
167

Islamic Revolution (Iran, 1979),
187
,
265
,
286

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC): in Africa,
265

and Azerbaijan bombing attempt,
2

in Dubai,
223

and Fadlallah,
26

Hezbollah’s coordination with,
9

and Hezbollah’s creation,
12

in Iraq,
285
,
296

and Khobar Towers bombing,
188

and Mughniyeh,
30

and Saudi ambassador assassination plot,
107

and Saudi Hezbollah,
183

and TWA flight 847 hijacking,
55

Ismael, Fuad,
95

Israel: AMIA bombing investigation by,
75

Buenos Aires embassy bombing (1992),
98
–99

designation of Hezbollah as terrorist organization in,
10

embassies targeted,
2

Lebanon occupation by,
22
–23

and Operation Cast Lead,
170

and Operation CoPlan Pink Poppy,
118
–22

recruitment of Israeli Arabs,
232
–37

Shi’a prisoners released by,
57

and Tannenbaum abduction,
225

targeting of officials of,
4
,
7

and Unit 1800,
208
–45

withdrawal from Lebanon,
11

Israel Defense Forces (IDF),
4

Israeli Arabs,
232
–37

ITAC (Integrated Threat Assessment Centre, Canada),
169
,
170

Italy: Hezbollah operations in,
218

operations in,
57
–58

Ivory Coast: diamond trade in,
261
,
263

Hezbollah operations in,
254

Lebanese diaspora in,
249
,
250
,
260

remittances from,
256

Iyad, Mansur,
220

Izz al-Din, Hasan,
49
–50,
51
–52,
57

Jacobsen, David,
34
,
35
,
39

Jacoby, Lowell,
290

Jalul, Ribal Khallil,
227

Janati, Ali,
88

al-Jarash, Abdallah,
189
,
192
,
195
,
196
,
198

Javadi, Bahman,
68

Javadi-Nia, Mohammad Reza,
76
,
86

Jawad, Muhammad,
126

Jewish Cultural Center (Baku, Azerbaijan),
2

Jihad al-Binna (Construction Jihad),
258

Jihad Council (Hezbollah),
14
–15,
306

John F. Kennedy International Airport (New York),
107

Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF),
150
,
152
,
317
,
336

Joubert, Christian,
147

Joumma, Ayman,
274
,
275
,
331
,
332

al-Jubeir, Adel,
344
,
362

Jumblatt, Walid,
254

Kabila, Laurent,
262

Kadi, Marwan,
103
,
114
–15
n
213,
152
–53

Kanan, Fawzi,
344

Karaki, Ali Mohammad,
1
–3,
339

Karaki, Hassan Antar,
11
,
338
,
339
–40

Karim, Abdul,
214
.
See also
Smyrek, Stephan Joseph

Karine A
affair (2002),
267
–68

Kashkouli, Hamid,
367
–68

Kashkoush, Khalid,
233

Kassem, Hussein,
319

Kata’ab Hezbollah,
297

Kazan, Ali Muhammad,
85

Kemp, Richard,
231

Kenya: kidnapping plots in,
246

Qods Force operations in,
368

KGB,
40

Khalil, Hussein,
7
,
215

Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali,
14
,
66
,
87
,
187
,
357

Khatami, Mohammed,
200

Khatib, Milad,
369

al-Khatim, Ali Abdullah,
184

al-Khazali, Laith,
296
,
308

al-Khazali, Qais,
286
,
296
,
306
,
308
,
310

Khobar Towers bombing (1996),
181
–207

investigation of,
198
–202

Iran’s role in,
199
–202

operational details,
194
–98

and Saudi Hezbollah,
182
–87

surveillance operations for,
192
–94

Khoi, Abu al-Qasim,
25

Khomeini, Ahmad,
59

Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah,
8
,
34
,
60
,
65
,
122
,
186

Khoury, Andre,
160
,
161
,
162

kidnappings,
33
–37

in Africa,
246
–47

conditions for hostages,
39
–40

in Iraq,
301
,
304
,
305
–6

in Israel,
219
–20

Mughniyeh’s role in,
29

by Obeid,
218
–20

Kimhi, Moshe,
362

Kirchner, Nestor,
77

Koumaiha, Hassan,
336

Koumaiha, Sadek,
336

Kourani, Abdullah,
326

Kourani, Haidar,
326

Kourani, Hussein,
326

Kourani, Mahmoud Youssef,
325
–28,
335
–37

Krayem, Mohammed,
335

Krayem, Nayef,
333

Kriangkrai Techamong,
137

Krisna Triwibawa.
See
Pandu Yudhawinata

Kubsch, Frithjof,
66

Kuwait: attacks in,
35
–37,
40
–43

bombings in,
35
–36

Hezbollah operations in,
288

Iraq’s invasion of,
186

Shi’a extremists in,
287

Kuwait
17
,
35
–37

Kuwait Airways flight 221 hijacking (1984),
40
–41

Kuwait Airways flight 422 hijacking (1988),
42
,
57
,
119

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