Al-Hadid's hostages were freed after a raid by the Indian military in November 1994.  The group, whether a true separatist Kashmiri organization or a ploy by India, has not been active since then.

The al-Haramayn brigades are a Saudi terrorist group. They have targeted members of the Saudi General Intelligence Service for, according to the group, their "crimes against the friends of Allah, the mujahihidin and the righteous" and their "vehement enmity to the religion of Allah." Under U.S. pressure, the Saudi government has been cracking down on Islamic militants within the kingdom. It remains unknown whether the al-Haramayn brigades are linked in any way to other Islamist terrorists operating within Saudi Arabia, or to group with the same name that has been accused of recruiting young men in Kuwait to join the Iraqi insurgent movement.

The al-Haramayn brigades have not claimed an attack since December 2003; however, there have been no reports of arrests of any group members. They are presumed to still be active. Saudi authorities have, however, scored a number of successes against other Islamists within Saudi Arabia, notably the local al-Qaeda branch.

The Ali bin Abu Talib Jihad Organization was a previously unknown group that claimed responsibility for the <a href=http://tkb.org/Incident.jsp?incID=23144> May 2005 kidnapping</a> of Ali Musluoglu, a Turkish businessman in Baghdad, Iraq. <P><br /><br />The group takes its name from Ali bin Abu Talib (commonly known as just "Ali"), a revered Islamic leader, especially amongst Shia Muslims. <P><br /><br />In its claim of responsibility, the group originally demanded the removal of Musloglu's firm and all other Turkish businesses cooperating with US forces in Iraq.  However, when Muslogu's family firm agreed to cease work in Iraq (even though they were not in fact working with Americans) the kidnappers demanded a ransom for $1 million dollars.  Some months later the group freed Muslogu after his family paid $250,000 in ransom. <P><br /><br />Kidnappings of foreigners are extremely common in Iraq.  However, the motives for these abductions vary greatly.  While some kidnappings are done in an effort to force a concrete action (removal of all US troops from Iraq, release of all Iraqi prisoners, etc.) the Musloglu abduction, like many others, was probably perpetrated for monetary reasons.  Although Ali bin Abu Talib Organization's name suggests an Islamist bent, and the group demanded that Turkish businesses leave Iraq, it is apparent that the group was simply interested in ransom money.      <br />