What  terrorist organisation had a member nicknamed The Jackal?
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Robin Jackson Robert John "Robin" Jackson, also known as The Jackal, (27 September 1948  – 30 May 1998), was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary who held the rank of brigadier in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) during the period of violent ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles. He was the commander of the UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade from 1975 to the early 1990s, when Billy Wright took over as leader.
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Ulster Volunteer Force The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It emerged in 1966 and is named after the original UVF of the early 20th century. Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a former British soldier. The group undertook an armed campaign of almost thirty years during the Troubles. It declared a ceasefire in 1994 and officially ended its campaign in 2007, although some of its members have continued to engage in violence and criminal activities. The group is classified as a terrorist organisation by the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and United States.
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Fazlullah (militant leader) Fazal Hayat (born 1974), more commonly known by his pseudonym Fazlullah, is a militant Islamist who has served as the leader of the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, an organisation aiming to enforce their interpretation of Sharia in Pakistan, and was the leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan in Swat Valley. On 7 November 2013 he became the emir of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, and has presided over the descent of the group into factions who are often at war with each other
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Boualem Bensaïd Boualem Bensaïd (Arabic: أبو عالم بن سعيد‎ ‎ ) (born (1967--) 11, 1967 in Algiers) is an Algerian member of GIA, an Islamic terrorist organization. He has been accused of an attempted bombing during the 1995 terror campaign in France.
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Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen ("Assembly of Mujahideen", abbreviated: JMB; Bengali: জামাত-উল-মুজাহিদীন বাংলাদেশ ) is an Islamic terrorist organisation operating in Bangladesh. It was founded in April 1998 in Palampur in Dhaka division by Abdur Rahman and gained public prominence in 2001 when bombs and documents detailing the activities of the organisation were discovered in Parbatipur in Dinajpur district. The organisation was officially banned by the government of Bangladesh in February 2005 after attacks on NGOs, but struck back in mid-August when it detonated 500 bombs at 300 locations throughout Bangladesh. The group re-organised and has committed several public murders in 2016 in northern Bangladesh as part of a wave of attacks on secularists.
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Farid Melouk Farid Melouk (born 14 May 1965) is a French-Algerian former member of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) and convicted terrorist, known for his central role in jihadist networks.
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Jack the Ripper suspects A series of murders that took place in the East End of London from August to November 1888 was blamed on an unidentified assailant who acquired the nickname Jack the Ripper. Since that time, the identity of the killer or killers has been hotly debated, and over one hundred Jack the Ripper suspects have been named. Though many theories have been advanced, experts find none widely persuasive, and some can hardly be taken seriously at all.
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Mushabib al-Hamlan Mushabib al-Hamlan (Arabic: مسحبيب الحملان‎ ‎ ) was an original candidate for the September 11 attacks. He became involved with militancy in December 1999 at secondary school, when he attended gatherings to watch videos about the glory of Jihad and detailing the atrocities of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Yugoslav wars. The group studied under Ban-dar Marui and read the book "Gladiator of Passion".
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Jack Womer Jack Neitz Womer (18 June 1917 – 28 December 2013) was a decorated American World War II veteran and a member of the Filthy Thirteen who was known for his World War II exploits. Womer was a member of the 29th Ranger Battalion, the 101st Airborne Division and the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR).
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Mohamed Boudia Mohamed Boudia (24 February 1932 – 28 June 1973) was an Algerian militant and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). He was assassinated in a bomb attack by an Israeli hit team as part of Operation Wrath of God, due to his participation in armed attacks against Israeli civilians. At the time of his assassination, Boudia was the head of PFLP operations in Europe. Boudia was replaced by Carlos the Jackal.
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Jack Mormon The term Jack Mormon is a slang term originating in nineteenth-century America. It was originally used to describe a person who was not a baptized member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints but who was friendly to Church members and Mormonism, sympathized with them, and/or took an active interest in their belief system. Sometime in the early- to mid-twentieth century, however, the term began to refer to an individual deemed by adherents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to be an inactive or lapsed member of the LDS Church who, despite his personal religious viewpoint, maintained good relations with and positive feelings toward the LDS Church.
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War on Terror The War on Terror (WoT), also known as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a metaphor of war referring to the international military campaign that was launched by the U.S. government after the September 11 attacks in the U.S. in 2001.<ref name="Schmitt/slogan"> </ref> U.S. president George W. Bush first used the term ""war on terrorism"" on 16 September 2001, and then ""war on terror"" a few days later in a formal speech to Congress. In the latter speech, George Bush stated, "Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them." The term was originally used with a particular focus on countries associated with al-Qaeda. The term was immediately criticised by such people as Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and more nuanced ones subsequently came to be used by the Bush administration to publicly define the international campaign led by the U.S.; it was never used as a formal designation of U.S. operations in internal government documentation.
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Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan The Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan (Russian: Конгресс народов Ичкерии и Дагестана ; abbreviated CPID) was an Islamist terrorist organization under the joint control of Chechen rebel leaders, founded in 1998. One of its subordinates was the Islamic International Brigade, a mujahideen movement that was a major combatant in the War of Dagestan. The objective of the CPID was to establish an Islamic caliphate in the North Caucasus.
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HMS Jackal (1844) HMS "Jackal (alternatively spelled Jackall") was a "Jackal"-class second-class iron paddle gunvessel of the Royal Navy.
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Dawood Ibrahim Dawood Ibrahim (born Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar 27 December 1955) also known as Dawood Bhai or simply Bhai (English: "Brother", "Big brother" or "Boss" ) is a crime lord and a designated terrorist originally from Dongri in Mumbai, India.
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Yusuf al-Hindi Mohammed Shafi Armar, known as Yusuf al-Hindi, is an Indian Islamic militant and chief of operations for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in India.
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Jamal Abu Samhadana Jamal Abu Samhadana (Arabic: جمال أبو سمهدانة‎ ‎ , February 8, 1963 – June 8, 2006), from Rafah in the Gaza Strip, was the founder of the Popular Resistance Committees (which have been held responsible for firing missiles into Israel), a former Fatah and Tanzim member, and number two on Israel's list of wanted terrorists.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri (Arabic: أيمن محمد ربيع الظواهري‎ ‎ "ʾAyman Muḥammad Rabīʿ aẓ-Ẓawāhirī ", born June 19, 1951) is the current leader of al-Qaeda and a current or former member and senior official of Islamist organizations which have orchestrated and carried out attacks in North America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. In 2012, he called on Muslims to kidnap Western tourists in Muslim countries.
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Pedro Oliverio Guerrero Pedro Oliviero Guerrero Castillo (a.k.a. Cuchillo/The Knife) – December 24, 2010) was a Colombian drug lord and the former leader of the "Colombian Popular Revolutionary Antiterrorist Army" (Spanish: Ejército Revolucionario Popular Anti-terrorista de Colombia (ERPAC) ), a drug trafficking, right wing paramilitary organization. His nickname came from the favoured weapon he used on his victims.
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Organisation armée secrète The Organisation armée secrète or OAS (meaning Secret Army Organisation) was a short-lived right-wing French dissident paramilitary organization during the Algerian War (1954–62). The OAS carried out terrorist attacks, including bombings and assassinations, in an attempt to prevent Algeria's independence from French colonial rule. Its motto was "L’Algérie est française et le restera " ("Algeria is French and will remain so").
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Scottish National Liberation Army The Scottish National Liberation Army (SNLA), sometimes dubbed the "Tartan Terrorists", was a small militant group which aimed to bring about Scottish independence from the United Kingdom. The SNLA has been proscribed by the UK government. The group has been reported to have been founded by Adam Busby, a former soldier from Paisley after the 1979 devolution referendum, which the organisation claimed was fixed.
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Ned McCreery Edward "Ned" McCreery (c. 1945 – 15 April 1992) was a Northern Irish loyalist. A leading member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), he was notorious for the use of torture in his killings. He was leader of the UDA East Belfast Brigade for several years at a time when the brigade was at its most active. He later fell out of favour with other high-ranking UDA figures and was killed by unidentified members of the organisation.