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A A videotape is acquired British citizen Richard Reid A The U.S. military A As the war on terrorism continues,
by the Pentagon, showing boards trans-Atlantic American sends al Qaeda the U.S. rallies the support of the
Osama bin Laden boasting Airlines Flight 63, and attempts prisoners to a prison international community. Taking the
of his involvement in the to light explosives hidden in his in Guantanamo Bay, intelligence gained from prisoners as
Sept. 11 attacks, and rejoic­ shoes. He is subdued immedi­ Cuba. The detainees well as investigations at home, Amer­
ing in the level of devastation ately by passengers and crew are questioned for ica turns attention to other terrorist
"achieved" by the terrorists members, and sedated. The information pertaining havens around the world, such as
aboard the planes, some of plane diverts to Boston, where to the Sept. 11 attacks, Abu Sayyaf, a terrorist group in the
whom did not even know Reid is arrested. He is later the whereabouts of Philippines allegedly connected with
what kind of mission they charged on nine counts, and it bin Laden and other the al Qaeda network. ■
were on until they boarded is discovered he received train­ attacks that may have
the planes. ing in al Qaeda terrorist camps. been planned.

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— Groups------------- Abu Sayyaf

A bu Sayyaf is a sm alle r Islam ist gro u p fig h tin g to establish
an Ira n ia n -s ty le Is lam ic state in M in d a n a o , an island in the
International Front for Fighting Jews and Crusades
southern P h ilip p in es . T h e g ro u p , w hose n a m e m ean s, "B e are r
This is a large c o a litio n o f groups d e d ic a te d to k illin g A m e ri­
o f th e S w o rd ," has ties to a n u m b e r o f Islam ic fu n d a m e n ta lis t
cans and d e stro y in g U .S. interests w o rld w id e . It w as fo rm e d
o rg a n izatio n s a ro u n d the w o rld , in c lu d in g O s a m a bin Laden's
by O s a m a bin Laden in 1 9 9 8 , an d inclu des al Q a e d a (also
al Q a e d a and R am zi Yousef, an in d iv id u a l convicted o f o rg a ­
fo u n d ed by bin Laden), a n e tw o rk o f sm all te rro ris t cells
n izin g th e 1 9 9 3 b o m b in g o f the W o rld T ra d e C e n te r in N e w
o p e ra tin g in d e p e n d e n tly a ro u n d th e w o rld , d e d ic a te d to
Y o rk C ity. A bu Sayyaf has a m e m b e rs h ip o f a p p ro x im a te ly
o v e rth ro w in g M id d le Eastern ru lers and re m o v in g w e s te rn ­
several h u n d re d youn g Islam ic rad icals, m an y o f w h o m w ere
ers fro m M u s lim co u n tries.
re c ru ite d fro m universities and high schools.
The In te rn a tio n a l Front is p a rtn e re d w ith th e Egyptian
Islam ic Jihad, o r "A l Jihad ." This g ro u p w as estab lish ed in
I.S.A.F. (Internal Security Assistance Force)
the 1970s w ith the aim o f o v e rth ro w in g th e Egyptian g o v e rn ­
A lso called th e "p e a c e k e e p e rs ," the I.S.A.F. w as d evelo p ed
m ent and settin g up an Is lam ic state. T h e g ro u p 's le a d e rsh ip
afte r the collap se o f the
is d iv id e d b etw e en those w h o favo r v io le n t m ean s and those
T a lib a n to h elp keep
w ho favo r m o re p eacefu l m ean s, p a rtic u la rly again st U .S.
peace in A fghanistan
targets.
d u rin g th e in te rim
( Northern Alliance g o ve rn m e n t's e stab lish ­
The N o rth e rn A llia n ce is an A fg h an istan reb el factio n th at m e n t. T h e peacekeepers
has active ly o p p o s ed th e T a lib a n for five years. P rio r to consist o f B ritish Royal
the fall o f th e T a lib a n , the N o rth e rn A llian c e c la im e d five M a rin e s as w e ll as
percen t o f A fg h a n is tan , w h ile th e T a lib a n c o n tro lle d the tro o p s sent in by
o th e r 9 5 p e rc e n t. France.