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Virgina Jihad Network

The Virginia Jihad Network was composed of nine men from northern Virginia in the early-to-mid 2000s who were convicted of attempting to provide material support to terrorist groups, including the Taliban and Lakshar-e-Taiba. Some of the men also traveled to Pakistan to attend an LeT training camp.

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British national Malik Faisal Akram

Colleyville Synagogu…

On January 15, 2022, a gunman entered Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, during services, taking three congregants and a rabbi as hostages. The standoff ended more than ten hours later with all hostages released, unharmed, and... Read more

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Aafia Siddiqui

Aafia Siddiqui

Siddiqui is a Pakistani woman who studied neuroscience at Brandeis and MIT in the 1990s and returned to Pakistan in 2003. She allegedly worked as a courier and financier for Al Qaeda. She was taken into custody... Read more

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Al Qaeda in the Arab…

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is an Al Qaeda affiliate group based in the Arabian Peninsula and was formed in January 2009. It operates primarily in Yemen and occasionally recruits from Saudi Arabia. Of all... Read more

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Ramzi Yousef

Ramzi Yousef is a Pakistani Al Qaeda operative who participated in several high profile attacks on behalf of the terrorist group. Yousef was the lead in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York... Read more

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