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'''Azam [[Cheema (surname)|Cheema]]''' (born 1953, [[Faisalabad, Pakistan]]) is 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]].<ref name="cnn20101004">{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/04/us.pakistan.terror/|title=U.S. Treasury targets Pakistani militants|date=4 November 2010|work=[[CNN]]|accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="toi20061005">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-10-05/india/27800342_1_training-camps-arms-training-train-blasts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103201112/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-10-05/india/27800342_1_training-camps-arms-training-train-blasts|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2012|title=Terror trainer Cheema is LeT intel chief|date=5 October 2006|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref name="dot20101004">{{cite web|url=http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg944.htm|title=Treasury Targets Pakistan-Based Terrorist Organizations Lashkar-E Tayyiba and Jaish-E Mohammed|date=7 November 2010|work=[[United States Department of the Treasury]]|accessdate=6 November 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109190623/http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg944.htm|archivedate=9 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHEEMA, Azam |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=11460 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}</ref>

==References==
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{{2008 Mumbai attacks}}
{{PakistaniTerrorism}}

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[[Category:People from Faisalabad]]
[[Category:People from Bahawalpur District]]
[[Category:Participants in the 2008 Mumbai attacks]]
[[Category:Fugitives wanted by India]]
[[Category:Fugitives wanted on terrorism charges]]
[[Category:People charged with terrorism]]
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[[Category:Pakistani Islamists]]

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