Hezbollah (95 page)

explosives,
185
,
205
n
101

Smyrek, Stephan Joseph,
214
–18,
238
n
45,
239
n
53,
239
n
60

Soafrimex,
257

Solana, Javier,
268

Soleimani, Qassem,
289
,
291
–92,
300
,
310
,
361
,
363

Soleimanpour, Hadi,
92
,
93
,
101

Somalia: Hezbollah in,
270

kidnapping plots in,
246

Lebanese diaspora in,
250

radicalization in,
269
–70

South Africa: diamond trade in,
261

Hezbollah operations in,
367

South America: Hezbollah in,
78
–80

Iran’s operations in,
106
–7.
See also specific countries

South Beef,
91

Southeast Asia: Iran’s support network for Hezbollah in,
122
–24

operations in,
133
–36

as recruitment and logistics hub,
131
–32

Saudi Hezbollah in,
136
–39.
See also specific countries

South Lebanon Army (SLA),
156
,
229

Soviet diplomat kidnappings,
39
–40.
See also
Russia

Spain: al-Manar banned in,
333

El Descanso Restaurant bombing,
58

kidnapping plots in,
246

Special Air Service (SAS, UK),
307

Specially Designated Global Terrorists list (US),
7
,
9
,
27
,
84
,
168
,
370

Special Security Apparatus (SSA).
See
Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO)

Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),
6
,
358
,
362

State Department (US): on al-Manar television station,
333

AMIA bombing investigation by,
75

on diamond trade,
261
,
262

Foreign Terrorist Organization list,
9

on Israeli embassy bombing in Buenos Aires,
100

on Middle East terror attacks,
54

on Soleimani,
292

on Sudan’s radicalization,
270

on tri-border area in South America,
79

Stavridis, James G.,
105
,
274

Stedman, John,
335

Steinitz, Mark,
343

Stethem, Robert,
50
,
52
,
53
,
54
–55,
82

sticky bombs,
366

stolen goods trafficking,
324
,
339
–40

Stuxnet virus,
366

Sudan: arms trafficking in,
268
–69

Lebanese diaspora in,
250

Suggs, Clinton,
50
,
52
,
54
–55

Suicide Brigade of Imam al-Sadr,
51

suicide vehicle bombs,
23

Sullivan, Dan,
318
–19

Sultani, Rawi,
234

Sunni Muslims: in Africa,
269
–72

recruitment of,
131

in Saudi Arabia,
183
,
190

in Southeast Asia,
125
,
139

in Syria,
371

Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),
186
,
289
–91,
296
,
299

Switzerland: and Air Afrique flight 56 hijacking,
252

Hezbollah operations in,
218

Iranian dissidents assassinated in,
64
,
65

Mikdad in,
212

Syria: al-Qassab arrested in,
200

Hezbollah entering Iraq via,
298

Hezbollah support for Assad in,
10
,
370
–71

immigration to South America from,
78

Makki deported to,
149

Pandu in,
131

recruitment in,
185
,
189

Tabatabai, Ali Akbar,
146
–47

Tablebi, Ahmad Moradi,
64

Taif Accord (1989),
8
,
43

Tajamu Ulama al-Hijaz,
183

Tajco Company LLC,
258

Tajideen, Ali,
258
,
259

Tajideen, Hassan,
258

Tajideen, Husayn,
259

Tajideen, Kassim,
257
,
258

Talabani, Jalal,
294
,
304

Talavera, Ulises,
152
,
153

Tan, Zainal Abedin,
132

Tanjil, Talib,
132
,
135

Tannenbaum, Elhanan,
220
–26,
241
n
117

Tanzania: diamond trade in,
261

kidnapping plots in,
246

Tarraf, Dani,
336
–37,
338
,
341

Tati clothing store bombing (France, 1986),
59

Tavakoli, Ali,
64

Tavakoli, Nader,
64

Tawee Sodsong,
138

tax stamp counterfeiting,
322
,
323

Taylor, Charles,
261
,
262
,
263

Tefft, Bruce,
188
,
196
,
197

television broadcasting,
332
–34.
See also
al-Manar

Telleldin, Carlos,
96

Tenet, George,
201
–2,
270

terrorist training camps,
186
,
189
–90

Testrake, John,
49
,
70
n
31

Thailand: al-Ful in,
123

arms trafficking in,
130

assassination campaign against Saudi officials in,
184

and “Great Jewelry Caper,”
137
–38

Hezbollah operations in,
365
,
368

Saudi Hezbollah in,
136
–39

Togo, drug trafficking in,
275

Tormos, Abdallah Ismael,
95

Trans America Ventures Associates,
104

Treasury Department (US): on Hezbollah operations in 2012,
16

on Martyrs Foundation,
154
–55,
233

on money laundering,
331
–32

on Qods Force,
306

Specially Designated Global Terrorists list,
7
,
9
,
84
,
168
,
370

on Tajideen,
257

tri-border area (TBA) support network (Argentina),
77
,
80
–85

Tsioumas, Angela,
156
,
159

al-Tufayli, Subhi: on Dawa Party,
36

and marine barracks bombing,
24

on Specially Designated Global Terrorists list in US,
9

Tunisia, Hezbollah operations in,
288

Turabi, Hassan,
270

Turkey: assassination campaign against Saudi officials in,
184

Hezbollah operations in,
360
,
362

Iranian dissidents assassinated in,
64

operations in,
4
,
170

Qods Force operations in,
361
,
362
,
367

Smyrek in,
217

TWA flight 847 hijacking (1985),
29
,
30
,
49
–57

Uganda: Lebanese diaspora in,
250

recruitment in,
265

Unión de Bancos Suizos,
89

Union of Arab Community-Based Associations,
235

Unit
400
,
361
,
363
,
366

Unit 1800,
208
–45

and Ayub,
226
–30

luring Israeli target to Beirut,
220
–26

and Mikdad,
210
–14

and Obeid,
218
–20

and Shuman,
230
–32

and Smyrek,
214
–18

Unit 3800,
291
–301

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

United Iraqi Alliance (UIA),
299

United Kingdom: designation of Hezbollah as terrorist Organization in,
10

Hezbollah operations in,
16
,
218
,
230
–31

Iranian dissidents assassinated in,
64

on Islamic Jihad Organization,
306

United Nations: on conflict diamonds,
262

on Hezbollah in Africa,
264
–65

and Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon,
11

Office on Drugs and Crime,
248
,
272

on radicalization in Somalia,
269

Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),
6
,
358
,
362
.
See also
Security Council Resolutions

United States: Abdullah Ali in,
148
–49

arms trafficking in,
163
–66

Charlotte cell,
153
–68

Hezbollah designated as terrorist organization by,
7

Hezbollah’s criminal enterprise in,
317
–53

Kuwait embassy bombing (1983),
35
–36

and narco-terrorism,
104

operations in,
16
,
146
–80

Operation Smokescreen,
156
–58

Uruguay: arms trafficking in,
102

Iran’s intelligence footprint in,
106

US Agency for International Development (USAID),
41

USS
Cole
attack (2000),
270

UTA flight 141 crash (2003),
254
–57,
278
n
53

Vahidi, Ahmad,
87
,
292

vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED),
118
,
328

velayat-e faqih
(guardianship of the jurist),
8
–9,
24
,
357

Velayati, Ali Akbar,
66
,
68
,
87
,
94

Venezuela: criminal enterprise in,
342
–44

drug trafficking in,
272

fake passports and ID cards from,
343

Hezbollah operations in,
352
n
177

Vernaschi, Marco,
273

Viagra counterfeiting,
323
–25

Wadoulo, Sharif,
267

Walcott, Andy,
162
–63

Watson, Dale,
188
,
199

Wehbi, Bilal Mohsen,
89

wire fraud,
157

Woodward, Bob,
27

Woolsey, R. James, Jr.,
294

World Trade Center bombing (1993),
115
n
213

Wright, Jonathan,
148

Yaakoub, Hossam Taleb,
355
–56

al-Yacoub, Ibrahim,
189
,
192
,
196

Yasser, Abu,
100

Yazbek, Mohammad,
370

Yemen, Hezbollah operations in,
288

Youssef, Jamal,
328

Youssefi, Seyed Jamal,
90

Yousser Company for Finance and Investment,
10

Yunis, Fawaz,
55

Yutipum Sakatisha,
123

Yutti, Martin,
135
.
See also
Pandu Yudhawinata

Zahir, Amad Ali Zayb,
194

Zakr, Abbas Hossein,
4

al-Zakur, Majd,
361

Zambia, diamond trade in,
261

Zbib, Imad,
275

Zein, Haj,
133

Zimbabwe, diamond trade in,
261

Zimmermann, Christian,
49

Zoabi, Abed,
369

Zubaida, Abu,
119