Counterterrorism director: Al Qaeda remains No.1 terrorism concern to U.S.
Al Qaeda remains a number one terrorism concern to the U.S. intelligence community despite overwhelming media attention focused on the Islamic State, the director of...
Al Qaida
Umar Mahmud Rahim Al-Qubaysi
As of mid-2016, al-Kubaysi owned Al-Kawthar Money Exchange, which was located in ISIS-controlled territory. Between late 2015 and early 2016, Al-Kawthar Money Exchange reconciled financial...
Al-Kawthar Money Exchange
In 2013, Al-Kawthar was involved in facilitating money transfers for ISIS’s predecessor, Al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI). As of mid-2016, Al-Kawthar Money Exchange, located in ISIS-controlled...
Omar Bakri Mohammed
"For several years Bakri was one of the best-known, high-profile Islamists based in London, and was frequently quoted and interviewed in the UK media. In...
Attallah Salman ‘Abd Kafi Al-Jaburi
As of mid-2016, al-Jaburi was the ISIS chemical weapons and explosives manager located in the Kirkuk Province of Iraq. In mid-January 2016, ISIS sent him...
International Islamic Relief Organization – Philippines Branch (IIRO-PHL)
The IIROSA's Philippines Branch (IIRO-PHL) is a source of funding for the al Qaida-affiliated Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
International Islamic Relief Organization – Indonesia Branch (IIRO-IDN)
As of late 2002, International Islamic Relief Organization-Indonesia Branch (IIRO-IDN) allegedly financed the establishment of training facilities for use by al Qaida associates.
Omar Abdel Rahman
Abdel-Rahman was accused of being the leader of Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya (also known as "The Islamic Group"), a militant Islamist movement in Egypt that is considered...
Fawaz Damra
His successor at the Brooklyn mosque, the militant Egyptian cleric Sheik Omar Abdel-Rachman, was convicted in 1995 of conspiring to blow up New York City...
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman is leader of al-Qaeda and member or senior official of Islamist organizations which have orchestrated and carried out attacks in North America, Asia, Africa,...
Umar Siddique Kathio Azmarai
In 1999, he assisted in making logistical arrangements for al-Qa’ida members and their families in Karachi, Pakistan. Azmarai was also specifically responsible for providing support...
Ganj Madrassa
Under Shaykh Aminullah’s leadership, the Ganj Madrassa has trained and harbored Taliban fighters who have subsequently been dispatched to Afghanistan.