Azam Cheema (born 1953, Faisalabad, Pakistan) (died 28 Feb 2024) was a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative who masterminded 2008 Mumbai attacks and 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings. In 2010, the United States Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against him just prior to Barack Obama's visit to India.[1][2] A citizen of Pakistan he was described as intelligence chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba and has been specifically involved in teaching operatives bomb making skills and skills necessary to infiltrate India.[3]
He was sanctioned as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control; where his addresses are listed in Islamabad, Muzaffarabad and Bahawalpur.[4]
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References
- ^ "U.S. Treasury targets Pakistani militants". CNN. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ^ "Terror trainer Cheema is LeT intel chief". The Times of India. 5 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ^ "Treasury Targets Pakistan-Based Terrorist Organizations Lashkar-E Tayyiba and Jaish-E Mohammed". United States Department of the Treasury. 7 November 2010. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ^ "CHEEMA, Azam". sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
People listed in italics have died. | |
| Al-Qaeda members | |
| Held in Guantanamo Bay | |
| 2008 Mumbai attacks | |
| Others | |
| Wrongly accused | |
1 Currently imprisoned. 2 Released after serving sentence. | |
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