Country Reports on Terrorism 2012

since 2005, and has caused the deaths of hundreds of civilians. IM maintains close ties to other
U.S.-designated terrorist entities including Pakistan-based Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-
Mohammed, and Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI). IM’s stated goal is to carry out terrorist
actions against non-Muslims in furtherance of its ultimate objective, an Islamic Caliphate across
South Asia.
Activities: IM’s primary method of attack is multiple coordinated bombings in crowded areas
against economic and civilian targets to maximize terror and casualties. In 2008, an IM attack in
Delhi killed 30 people; that same year, IM was responsible for 16 synchronized bomb blasts in
crowded urban centers and a local hospital in Ahmedabad that killed 38 and injured more than
100. IM also played a facilitative role in the 2008 Mumbai attack carried out by LeT that killed
approximately 170 people, including six Americans. In 2010, IM carried out the bombing of a
popular German bakery in Pune, India, frequented by tourists, killing 17 and injuring over 60.
In 2012, IM conducted multiple bombings killing dozens of innocent civilians and injuring
hundreds more. In May, IM was suspected of an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in
New Delhi. In July, 25 civilians were killed and 137 wounded in an IM-led IED attack in
Mumbai. In August, 30 roadside bombs were discovered in Pune, Maharashtra. One of the
bombs exploded causing injuries to authorities disarming the remaining bombs, and police
arrested eight suspected members of IM on suspicion of having planted the bombs. In
September, 15 civilians were killed, and 91 others injured in a bombing in New Delhi. Indian
police arrested three militants in October suspected of planning bomb attacks in New Delhi
during the Hindu festival season. In December, four IM operatives were arrested in connection
with four coordinated August bombings in Pune that seriously injured a civilian.
Strength: Estimated to have several thousand supporters and members.
Location/Area of Operation: India
Funding and External Aid: Suspected to obtain funding and support from other terrorist
organizations, such as LeT and HUJI, and from sources in Pakistan and the Middle East.
ISLAMIC JIHAD UNION
aka Islamic Jihad Group; Islomiy Jihod Ittihodi; al-Djihad al-Islami; Dzhamaat Modzhakhedov;
Islamic Jihad Group of Uzbekistan; Jamiat al-Jihad al-Islami; Jamiyat; The Jamaat Mojahedin;
The Kazakh Jama’at; The Libyan Society
Description: Designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on June 17, 2005, the Islamic Jihad
Union (IJU) is a Sunni extremist organization that splintered from the Islamic Movement of
Uzbekistan in the early 2000s and is currently based in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal
Areas. Najmiddin Jalolov founded the organization as the Islamic Jihad Group (IJG) in March
2002, but the group was renamed IJU in May 2005. Though IJU remains committed to
overthrowing the Government of Uzbekistan, it also has a global agenda, seen in its attacks on
Coalition Forces in Afghanistan and the recruitment of German nationals for the purpose of
conducting operations in Europe.
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