In 1992, Abimael Guzm&#225;n, Sendero Luminoso's founder and architect, was captured in Lima.  Guzm&#225;n has been imprisoned since this time.  Shortly after his arrest, Guzm&#225;n called for a ceasefire from jail.  The combination of the Peruvian government's crack-down, Guzm&#225;n's arrest, and his subsequent calls for ceasefire caused Sendero Luminoso's to shrink drastically.  SL membership has fallen from a one-time high of 10,000 to around 500.<p><p>Following Guzm&#225;n's arrest, one of SL's long-time commanders, Oscar Ram&#237;rez Durand, continued to espouse violence under the banner of Sendero Luminoso.  Ram&#237;rez continued to lead this break-off faction of Sendero Luminoso until his capture in 1999.  Despite Ram&#237;rez's arrest, his faction of Sendero Luminoso is still active, although it has scaled back its activities.  While still pushing for an overall Peruvian government overthrow, Sendero Luminoso's efforts are largely directed towards controlling Peru's coca-producing rural regions.

Honorables of Jordan, Nobles of Jordan, Righteous of Jordan

Shurafa al-Urdun claimed responsibility for slaying USAID official Laurence Foley outside of his home in Amman, the capital city of Jordan in October of 2002.  This was the first time a Western diplomat had been assassinated in Jordan.  In a statement to the London-based Al Quds Al Arabi, the group stated that the murder was in retaliation for the US government's support of Israeli aggression and "shedding blood in Iraq and Afghanistan."  The group also took responsibility for killing an Israeli national in 2001 in Amman.  The Jordanian information minister Mohammad Adwan identified Saad bin Suwied and Yasser Ibrahim as the assassins and described the two as al Qaeda members who were paid $68,000 for the assassination.  Other reports suggest that the two were members of Palestinian groups affiliated with the Jordanian wing of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement.  The two perpetrators were captured by Jordanian security forces in November.