Qi.S.123.03. Yassin Sywal
QI.S.123.03. YASSIN SYWAL
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 23 February 2010
Yassin Sywal was listed on 9 September 2003 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1390 (2002) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of”, “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to” or “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and Jemaah Islamiyah (QE.J.92.02).
Additional information:
Yassin Sywal is an operative who provided support to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) (QE.J.92.02) and Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) in Southeast Asia. Sywal received training in the Al-Qaida operated Chaldun Camp in Afghanistan in the l980s or l990s. When he returned to Southeast Asia, he became involved in sectarian conflicts in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Sywal, who is the son-in-law of JI co-founder Abdullah Sungkar, collaborated with individuals associated with JI and Al-Qaida in Southeast Asia to recruit and train individuals for combat in Sulawesi. Sywal also assisted in importing weapons from the Philippines for use in conflicts in Indonesia. In addition, Sywal participated in planning and facilitating Al-Qaida terrorist plots in Southeast Asia. In 1999, Sywal attended a planning session to select assassination targets. The targets selected included Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri and other Indonesian figures. Sywal’s role in the plot was to procure weapons for use in the assassinations.
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Jemaah Islamiyah (QE.J.92.02), listed on 25 October 2002
Nurjaman Riduan Isamuddin (QI.I.87.03), listed on 28 January 2003
Abu Rusdan (QI.R.186.05), listed on 16 May 2005
Zulkarnaen (QI.Z.187.05), listed on 16 May 2005
Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (QI.B.217.06), listed on 21 April 2006
QI.Y.126.03. YUNOS UMPARA MOKLIS
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 23 February 2010
Yunos Umpara Moklis was listed on 9 September 2003 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1390 (2002) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of”, “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to” or “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and Jemaah Islamiyah (QE.J.92.02).
Additional information:
An explosives expert, Yunos Umpara Moklis has acted on behalf of and materially assisted Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) (QE.J.92.02) on several occasions. Moklis assisted JI member Fathur Rohman al-Ghozhi (deceased) in procuring explosives and weapons for shipment to Indonesia and elsewhere. Yunos also carried out the 30 December 2000 bombings in Manila, known as the “Rizal Day Bombings,” on behalf of JI. Moklis received financial assistance from JI members Faiz bin Abu Bakar Bafana (not listed) and A1-Ghozhi to conduct the Rizal Day bombings, which killed 22 people and injured more than 100. Moklis also assisted JI operations chief Nurjaman Riduan Isamuddin (QI.I.87.03), a.k.a. Hambali, and JI Singapore cell leader Bafana in conducting surveillance of the United States and Israeli Embassies in the Philippines. Moklis studied in Pakistan and received military training in Afghanistan.
On 23 January 2009, Yunos Umpara Moklis was sentenced, by the Manila Regional Trial Court, to life imprisonment without parole for his involvement with Fathur Rohman al-Ghozhi in the bombings of 30 December 2000 in Manila.
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Jemaah Islamiyah (QE.J.92.02), listed on 25 October 2002
Nurjaman Riduan Isamuddin (QI.I.87.03), listed on 28 January 2003
Abu Rusdan (QI.R.186.05), listed on 16 May 2005
Zulkarnaen (QI.Z.187.05), listed on 16 May 2005
Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (QI.B.217.06), listed on 21 April 2006
QI.A.130.03. MOHAMED GHASSAN ALI ABU DHESS
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 25 January 2010
Mohamed Ghassan Ali Abu Dhess was listed on 23 September 2003 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1390 (2002) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf, or in support of”, “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to” or “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Al-Qaida in Iraq (QE.J.115.04).
Additional information:
Mohamed Ghassan Ali Abu Dhess is a leader of the German branch of Al-Qaida in Iraq (QE.J.115.04), a.k.a. Jam’at al-Tawhid Wa’al-Jihad (JTJ), which was originally led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, listed as Ahmad Fadil Nazal al-Khalayleh (deceased). Until 2003, the cell’s activities in Germany consisted mainly of forging passports, collecting donations and facilitating the illegal travel of fighters to Iraq. Although the group operates independently, it does so within guidelines and directives set by operational leaders abroad. Abu Dhess has cultivated a wide variety of contacts throughout Germany who have decision-making roles within the group as regards its criminal activities. Abu Dhess knew of and approved an attack in Germany planned among others, by Aschraf al-Dagma (QI.A.132.03) and Ismail Abdallah Sbaitan Shalabi (QI.S.128.03).
Abu Dhess was convicted in Germany in October 2005 of belonging to a terrorist organization (the German cell of Al-Qaida in Iraq) and of acts preparatory to counterfeiting official identity papers. He was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment.
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Al-Qaida in Iraq (QE.J.115.04), listed on 18 October 2004
Usama Muhammed Awad bin Laden (QI.B.8.01), listed on 25 January 2001
Ismail Abdallah Sbaitan Shalabi (QI.S.128.03), listed on 23 September 2003
Djamel Moustfa (QI.M.129.03), listed on 23 September 2003
Aschraf al-Dagma (QI.A.132.03), listed on 23 September 2003
QI.A.132.03. ASCHRAF AL-DAGMA
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 25 January 2010
Aschraf al-Dagma was listed on 23 September 2003 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1390 (2002) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of”, “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to” or “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Al-Qaida in Iraq (QE.J.115.04).
Additional information:
Aschraf al-Dagma is a leader of a German off-shoot of Al-Qaida in Iraq (QE.J.115.04), a.k.a. Jam’at al-Tawhid Wa’al-Jihad (JTJ), which was originally led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, listed as Ahmad Fadil Nazal al-Khalayleh (deceased). Al-Dagma was earlier associated with Al-Khalayleh when both men were in Afghanistan at the end of 2001. The group’s main activities consisted of forging passports, collecting donations and facilitating the illegal travel of fighters to Iraq, but it also planned attacks in Germany. Although it operated independently, it followed directives from operational leaders abroad. Al-Dagma formed part of the leadership circle of the group, together with Mohamed Ghassan Ali Abu Dhess (QI.A.130.03) and others, at least since he returned from Afghanistan in January/February 2002. It is believed that Al-Dagma and Ismail Abdallah Sbaitan Shalabi (QI.S.128.03) were involved in planning an attack against a target in Germany with the knowledge and approval of Abu Dhess.
Al-Dagma was convicted in Germany in October 2005 of belonging to a terrorist organization (the German cell of Al-Qaida in Iraq) and of procuring counterfeit official identity papers. He was sentenced to seven years and six months of imprisonment and released having served his sentence in December 2009.
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
QI.K.135.03. DAWOOD IBRAHIM KASKAR
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 7 October 2011
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar was listed on 3 November 2003 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1390 (2002) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of”, “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to” or “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Usama bin Laden (QI.B.8.01), Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and the Taliban.
Additional information:
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar has used his position as one of the most prominent criminals of the Indian underworld for most of the past two decades to support Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and related groups. In particular, his criminal syndicate has been involved in large-scale shipments of narcotics, and has shared its smuggling routes from South Asia, the Middle East and Africa with Usama bin Laden (QI.B.8.01) and his terrorist network. A financial arrangement was brokered to facilitate their usage of these routes. In the late 1990s, Kaskar traveled to Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban.
Information from 2002 indicates that Kaskar had financially supported Al-Qaida-related groups such as Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) (QE.L.118.05). For example, this information indicates that he had been helping finance attacks in Gujarat, India, by LeT.
Kaskar is also wanted in India in connection with the 12 March 1993 Bombay Exchange bombings, which killed over 250 people and injured over one thousand more.
Kaskar, his criminal band known as “D” company and other associates continue to engage in criminal activity in India. This includes conspiracy to kill political leaders.
Related listed individuals and entities:
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (QE.L.118.05), listed on 2 May 2005
Usama Muhammed Awad bin Laden (QI.B.8.01), listed on 25 January 2001
QI.A.138.03. SAID BEN ABDELHAKIM BEN OMAR AL-CHERIF
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 28 March 2011
Said ben Abdelhakim ben Omar al-Cherif was listed on 12 November 2003 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1390 (2002) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of”, “recruiting for” or “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and Ansar al-Islam (QE.A.98.03).
Additional information
Said ben Abdelhakim ben Omar al-Cherif has belonged to a terrorist cell set up in Milan, Italy, with several branches, probably in other European countries. The cell was linked to Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and was focused on obtaining forged documents to send to terrorists in European and Middle Eastern countries and on recruiting individuals for terrorist training, mainly in Iraq, organized by Ansar al-Islam (QE.A.98.03).
Al-Cherif provided the terrorist cell with use of his property and all his activities were directed towards supporting it. He was able to support the cell’s activities financially probably through the proceeds of crime.
Al-Cherif cooperated with other individuals linked with terrorism, maintaining direct communications with other leaders, recruiting individuals to undertake military operations and ensuring the network’s security. He also provided Al-Qaida members in Malaysia with forged documents.
On 7 February 2008, Al-Cherif was sentenced to eight years and ten months imprisonment for membership in a terrorist association and other related crimes by a court in Italy.
On 9 January 2009, Al-Cherif was sentenced in Italy to eight years imprisonment followed by expulsion to Tunisia for sending individuals to Iraq and Afghanistan to carry out terrorist acts, including suicide attacks, aiding would-be terrorists to enter Iraq, helping illegal immigrants to enter European countries, and aiding suspected terrorists to leave Italy.
Related listed individuals and entities
Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001
Ansar al-Islam (QE.A.98.03), listed on 24 February 2003
Imad ben Mekki Zarkaoui (QI.A.139.03), listed on 12 November 2003
Kamal ben Maoeldi ben Hassan al-Hamraoui (QI.A.140.03), listed on 12 November 2003
Maxamed Cabdullaah Ciise (QI.C.141.03), listed on 12 November 2003
Radi Abd el Samie Abou el Yazid el Ayashi (QI.E.142.03), listed on 12 November 2003
Hamadi ben Abdul Aziz ben Ali Bouyehia (QI.B.143.03), listed on 12 November 2003
Mohammad Tahir Hammid (QI.H.144.03), listed on 12 November 2003
Lofti ben Abdul Hamid ben Ali al-Rihani (QI.A.145.03), listed on 12 November 2003
Mohammed Daki (QI.M.146.03), listed on 12 November 2003
Mohamed Amin Mostafa (QI.M.147.03), listed on 12 November 2003
Nessim ben Mohamed al-Cherif ben Mohamed Saleh al-Saadi (QI.S.148.03), listed on 12November 2003
Noureddine ben Ali ben Belkassem al-Drissi (QI.A.149.03), listed on 12 November 2003
Al-Azhar ben Khalifa ben Ahmed Rouine (QI.R.150.03), listed on 12 November 2003
Mourad ben Ali ben al-Basheer al-Trabelsi (QI.A.151.03), listed on 12 November 2003
Jamal Housni (QI.H.221.06), listed on 2 August 2006
Nessim ben Romdhane Sahraoui (QI.S.222.06), listed on 2 August 2006
Merai Zoghbai (QI.Z.223.06), listed on 2 August 2006
QI.A.139.03. IMAD BEN MEKKI ZARKAOUI
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 28 March 2011
Imad ben Mekki Zarkaoui was listed on 12 November 2003 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1390 (2002) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of”, “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to”, “recruiting for” or “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and Ansar al-Islam (QE.A.98.03).
Additional information
Imad ben Mekki Zarkaoui has belonged to a terrorist cell set up in Milan, Italy, with several branches, probably in other European countries. The cell was linked to Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and was focused on obtaining forged documents to send to terrorists in European and Middle Eastern countries and on recruiting individuals for terrorist training, mainly in Iraq, organized by Ansar al-Islam (QE.A.98.03).
Zarkaoui provided the terrorist cell with use of his property and all his activities were directed towards supporting it. He was able to support the cell’s activities financially, probably through proceeds of crime.
Zarkaoui also provided the cell with weapons and explosives.
On 8 November 2007, Zarkaoui was sentenced in Italy to four years and six months imprisonment for his membership in a terrorist association.