Terrorist Matching Activity

This activity shows portrait photos of eight terrorists including:

Participants are asked to match the photos to descriptions of weapons/tactics and events. The activity includes the following information:

  1. Terrorist 1 Name: Osama Bin Laden - In his photo, he is wearing a light colored turban and robe. He has a thin face with large nose and lots of dark hair, a full mustache and long beard. He appears to be between 40 and 55 years in age and looks of middle-eastern descent.
    Weapon: High-jacked Airplanes
    Event: September 11, 2001 attack on U.S. World Trade Center and Pentagon
    Act is using a transportation asset - airplanes

  2. Terrorist 2 Name: John Allen Muhammad - He is an African American male between 18 and 35 years of age. He has short black hair, no facial hair and is of average weight.  He is wearing an open collared shirt with t-shirt underneath.
    Weapon: High-powered Rifle
    Event: Beltway Sniper Attacks
    Act is against a transportation asset – Washington DC beltway

  3. Terrorist 3 Name: Timothy McVeigh - Is a 25-35 year old white male with long narrow face, no facial hair and square jaw. He has small tight lips and his brown hair is cut in a short almost military type haircut. He is wearing an orange shirt.
    Weapon: Truck Bomb
    Event: Oklahoma City Bombing
    Act is using a transportation asset – truck bomb

  4. Terrorist 4 Name: Hasib Mir Hussain – His photograph is B&W. He is a 20-35 year old middle-eastern looking male with a broken nose.  He has short dark hair and a beard that looks like 2 weeks growth.  His eyes are set close together and he has large ears that are close to his head.
    Weapon: Knapsack Bomb
    Event: London Metro and Tube Bombings
    Act is against a transportation asset – London bus and tube (subway) transit system

  5. Terrorist 5 Name: Ted Kaczynski – Is an older (40-65) white male with a dark complexion. He has a grizzled stubbly beard with white on the chin and mustache. He is thin and has a pronounced Adam’s apple, dark patches under his eyes and his right eye is slightly turned out from his left one. He has medium length disheveled dark hair. He is wearing a red t-shirt.
    Weapon: Letter Bombs
    Event: Uni-bomber Scare University & Airline Bombs

  6. Terrorist 6 Name: Shoko Asahara – Is a middle aged eastern Asian male with round face and long black hair parted in the middle of his head.  He has a thin Fu Manchu type mustache and broad yellow nose. His left ear is barely visible between his beard and hair. It is not clear what he is wearing.
    Weapon: Chemical Agent
    Event: Toyko Subway Sarin Gas Attacks
    Acts are against a transportation asset – Tokyo subway transit system

  7. Terrorist 7 Name: Black Widows – Is a photograph of a young person (15-30) with dark eyebrows. We only see eyes between a black veil covering the bridge of the nose and below and a black headdress with what appears to be Arabic script across the forehead.
    Weapon: Body Vest Bombs
    Event: Russian Airline Bombing
    Acts are against a transportation asset – Russian airplanes

  8. Terrorist 8 Name: Jamal Zougam – Is a young 25-40 year old Mediterranean looking man with long (shoulder length) black disheveled hair. He has a full face with shadow of facial hair. He is wearing a sweater or heavy shirt over a buttoned shirt.
    Weapon: Cell Phone Triggered Packages
    Event: Madrid Train Bombing
    Acts are against a transportation asset – Madrid Train Transit System

Most of these acts were perpetrated using or against *transportation assets.