Osama bin Laden is a member of the prominent Saudi bin Laden family and the founder of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, best known for the September 11 attacks on the United States.

Salam Fayyad former Palestinian prime minister resigned in a move intended to pave the way for a power-sharing deal between the two rival Palestinian political forces

Hamid Karzai is the current President of Afghanistan, since December 7, 2004. He became a prominent political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001.

Richard Nelson Williamson, is a traditionalist Catholic and a bishop of the Society of St. Pius X. Williamson was declared to have incurred excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church

Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is the new Prime Minister-Designate of Israel.

Hassan Nasrallah, is the current and third Secretary General of the Lebanese Islamist party and paramilitary organization Hezbollah.

Rav Aluf Gabi (Gabriel) Ashkenazi, is the 19th Chief of the General Staff in Israel Defence Forces .

Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, sometimes referred to as Abdullah Azam or Zaki ur Rehman Lakhwi, is a founding member of Lashkar-e-Taiba

Asif Ali Zardari is the 12th and current President of Pakistan

Shimon Peres is the ninth President of the State of Israel.