Hezbollah (94 page)

Oppressed on Earth,
34

organized crime,
248
,
249

Orphaned Children Project Lebanon,
233

Ortega, Rodney Salazar,
135

Osama (operative),
133
,
141
n
38

Oslo Accords,
210

Ossailly, Sammy,
263
,
264

Ovayad, Malik,
361

Oveissi, Gholam Ali,
64

Pakistan: assassination campaign against Saudi officials in,
184

Hezbollah operations in,
288

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO),
11
,
23
,
51
,
154

Palestinian Authority (PA),
210
,
268
,
333

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ),
208
–9,
334

Panama: airline bombing in,
102
–3

drug trafficking in,
274

Pandu Yudhawinata: and Bangkok bombing attempt,
128
–29

and Iran’s support network in Southeast Asia,
122
–24

in Lebanon,
133

and Operation CoPlan Pink Poppy,
119
–22

operations by,
129
–31

recruitment of,
127

Paolo, James Sammy,
365

Paraguay: Barakat arrested in,
257

counterfeit tax stamps from,
323

Makki in,
150
–51

sleeper cells in,
102

and tri-border area (TBA),
77

Parsa, Hossein,
90

Partisans of God (Ansar Allah),
102

Parvis, Amir,
64

passports,
4
,
89
,
121
,
127
,
129
,
132
,
168
,
211
,
341

Paulino, Nancy,
318

pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN),
33

Peres, Shimon,
369

Perry, William,
146
,
149

Perry, Yaacov,
98

Petraeus, David,
290
–91,
292
,
303
,
304

pharmaceuticals counterfeiting,
323
–25

Philippines: arms trafficking in,
130

Hezbollah operations in,
123

and Operation CoPlan Pink Poppy,
118
–22

Pickering, Thomas,
294

PIJ (Palestinian Islamic Jihad),
208
–9,
334

Piloto Turismo travel agency,
80
,
91

pirated goods,
84

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

PLO.
See
Palestine Liberation Organization

political asylum,
156

political campaigning,
5
–8

Political Council (Hezbollah),
14

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,
268

Power Express,
337

Prime Bank Limited,
259

prisoner exchanges,
5

Profeta Mahoma mosque (Paraguay),
79

propaganda,
14
,
160
,
168
,
231
,
269

Qabala radar station (Azerbaijan),
2

Qadhafi, Muammar,
263

Qaouq, Nabil,
166

al-Qassab, Mustafa,
189
,
192
,
196
,
198
,
200
–201

Qassem, Naim,
8
,
11
–12,
14
–15,
34
,
372
–73

Qods Force (Iran),
286
–89

in Africa,
265

and AMIA bombing,
76
,
89

Hezbollah’s coordination with,
9

and Hezbollah’s creation,
12

in Iraq,
285
,
286
,
296

and Mughniyeh,
30

proxy groups used by,
287

and Ramazan Corps,
291
–96

and Saudi ambassador assassination plot,
107

Special External Operations Unit,
361
,
363

Qomi, Hassan Kazemi,
289

Qubaysi, Abd al-Menhem,
256

Rabbani, Mohsen: and AMIA bombing,
76
,
86
–87,
89
,
90
,
96
,
99

in Argentina,
79

diplomatic cover for,
80

and el-Reda,
86

and Israeli embassy bombing in Buenos Aires,
101

terror attacks planned by,
107

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 (RICO),
319
,
321

Radio al-Nour,
10

Radjavi, Kazem,
65

Radjavi, Masoud,
61

Radwan Operation,
5
,
7

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems,
235

Rafiqdust, Mohsen,
59

Rafsanjani, Akbar Hashemi: and AMIA bombing,
87

and Khobar Towers bombing,
200

and kidnappings,
34
,
35

and Mykonos Restaurant attack,
66
,
68

and Saudi Hezbollah,
185

and Southeast Asia support network,
122

Rahal, Walid,
135
.
See also
al-Ful, Abu

Ram, Moshe,
254

Ramadan, Saleh,
189
,
192
,
195

Ramazan Corps,
291
–96,
312
n
62

Randjbaran, Mohsen,
87

Ranstorp, Magnus,
33
,
38
,
60
,
114
n
209,
215

Rassoul, Fazil,
64

Reagan, Ronald,
27
,
104

recruitment: in Africa,
265
–67

in Azerbaijan,
1
,
2

coordination of,
14

in Denmark,
235

in Germany,
214

of Israeli Arabs,
232
–37

in Malaysia,
214

in Saudi Arabia,
189

in Southeast Asia,
124
–27,
131
–32

of Sunnis,
131

in Syria,
185
,
189

al-Reda, Samuel Salman,
7
,
80
,
85
–86,
91
–97,
99
,
104

Regier, Frank,
147

remittances,
254
–57

resistance-to-interrogation (R2I) training,
307

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

Revolutionary Justice Organization,
34

Revolutionary Organization for Liberation and Reform,
64

Revolutionary United Front (Sierra Leone),
262

Rhayel, Abbas,
67
,
68

RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970),
319
,
321

Riedel, Bruce,
201

Robberson, Tod,
147
–49

Rodriguez, Hector,
151

Roed-Larsen, Terje,
7

Romania, Hezbollah operations in,
226
–27

Roshan, Mostafa Ahmadi,
366

Roussos, Demis,
56

Rushdie, Salman,
65

Russia: diplomats kidnapped,
39
–40

and Qabala radar station (Azerbaijan),
2

al-Ruwaili, Mohammad,
138
,
139

Saab, Fuad (cover name),
37
.
See also
Badreddine, Mustapha

Saade, Maroun,
274

al-Sabah, Jaber Ahmad,
41
–42

Sabra, Ali Dakhil,
67

Sabra, Asad,
6

Saddam Hussein,
290

Sadr, Musa,
25

al-Sadr, Mohammad Baqr,
289

al-Sadr, Moqtada,
286
,
294
,
296
,
297
,
300

al-Sadr, Musa,
11
–12

Saeed, Saleh Mohamed Taher,
329
–30

Saendi, Boonserm,
117

Safa, Wafiq,
7

Safadi, Khaled T.,
152

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

Saffaf, Muhammad Habib Mansur,
288

Sahraroudi, Mohammad Jafari,
64

Sain, Silvina Gabriela,
86

Salah, Fouad Ali,
59
,
60

Salahuddin, Dawud,
146
,
147

Saleh Trading Limitada,
83

Salhab, Oussam,
274
,
275

Sanchez, Gladys,
105

sanctions,
10
,
152
,
371
–72

Santi Srithanakhan,
137

Sarmadi-Rad, Mohammad Ali,
88

Saudi Airlines Airbus hijacking (1994),
190

Saudi Arabia: attacks in,
190
–92

and “Great Jewelry Caper,”
137
–38

Hezbollah operations in,
288

surveillance operations in,
192
–94

Thai foreign workers in,
137
.
See also
Khobar Towers bombing (1996) Saudi Hezbollah

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

Saudi Hezbollah,
136
–39,
182
–87,
287
–88

al-Sayegh, Hani,
189
,
192
,
193
,
196
,
197
,
198
,
200
,
201

Sayyeda Zeinab shrine,
185
,
186
,
189
,
196

Schaeuble, Wolfgang,
215

Schneitman, Ofer,
219

Schwalier, Terryl J.,
181
,
191
,
192
,
195

Schwein, Rick,
157
,
159

SCIRI.
See
Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq

Secret Service (US),
318
–19,
339

Security Council Resolutions: 1559,
11
; 1701,
5

Segev, Gonen,
224

Senegal: Lebanese diaspora in,
249

remittances from,
256

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,
358

shadow war,
354
–79

and Hezbollah’s militant trajectory,
356
–59

and Hezbollah’s vulnerabilities,
369
–73

and Iran,
359
–65

targets for,
365
–69

al-Shahid Social Relief Institution,
233

Shahlai, Abdul Reza,
309
,
310

Shahriari, Majid,
366

Shahriarifar, Hossein,
118

Shakuri, Gholam,
363

Shalom, Silvan,
223

Shamkhani, Ali,
12

Sharaa, Farouk,
197

Sharafkandi, Sadegh,
66
,
67

Sharif, Abu,
66

Sharifi, Ahmed,
196
,
199

Sharon, Ariel,
247

Shehimi, Musa Ali,
371

al-Shehri, Wail,
272

al-Shehri, Waleed,
272

al-Sheibani, Mustafa,
289
,
296
,
298

Shia Islamic Center (Venezuela),
344

Shi’a Muslims: in Africa,
249

in Argentina,
79

as Beirut International Airport employees,
52

in Charlotte,
157

and Fadlallah,
24
,
26

Hezollah’s identification with,
8

in Iraq,
289
,
290
,
293
–94

and kidnappings in Lebanon,
34

in Kuwait,
185
,
287

in Lebanon,
11
–12

in Saudi Arabia,
182
–87

and
velayat-e faqih
,
9

Shihab, Sami,
7

Shihadeh, Ayman Kamel,
234
,
235

Shohan, Faiz,
219
,
220

Shuman, Jihad Aya Latif,
228
,
230
–32

Shura Council.
See
Majlis al-Shura (Consultative Council)

Sierra Leone: cover companies in,
258

diamond trade in,
261
,
262

Hezbollah financing from,
261

Iranian operations in,
266

Lebanese diaspora in,
249
,
260

Sigma Distribution, Inc.,
320

Singapore, Hezbollah operations in,
126
–27,
133
–34

Siniora, Fouad,
27
–28

Six Day War (1967),
218

Skaff, Riad,
329

sleeper cells: in Argentina,
85
–86

coordination of,
85
–86

smuggling: arms trafficking,
102
,
121
,
129
,
130
,
159
,
163
–66,
219
,
267
–69

cigarettes,
156
–58,
321
,
323
–25

currency,
256
–57

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