 |
 |
|
|
*Yemen's two Al-Qaedas The use of two Al-Qaeda names by Yemeni jihadists has confused observers and led some analysts to conclude that the new branch of the international ... 21-Aug-2008 Haqqani slams 'illiterate' Omar Afghan newspapers published a letter in June purportedly from veteran jihadist Jalaluddin Haqqani to Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban. The letter describes ... 04-Jul-2008 Hizbullah 'planning attack on Jewish targets' United States and Canadian intelligence agencies warned on 19 June that Hizbullah is ready to mount an attack against 'Jewish targets' somewhere outside the ... 04-Jul-2008 Somali gunmen free Al-Qaeda suspect in Kenya A suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist was arrested in Kenya on 31 May, but freed within hours when gunmen raided a police post where he was ... 04-Jul-2008 Women and teen suicide attacks increase The US Department of Homeland Security and the FBI has issued a joint security bulletin warning that jihadists are increasingly using women and teenagers ... 04-Jul-2008 Fatah al-Islam fires at Israel Fatah al-Islam claimed to have fired two 'Zarqawi' rockets into Israel, the Palestinian news agency Maan reported on 8 June. The group released a ... 04-Jul-2008 Indonesia arrests terrorist suspects Nine terrorist suspects were arrested and bombs seized in western Indonesia between 28 June and 2 July. Indonesian television and newspapers reported that the ... 04-Jul-2008 Banned Pakistani groups still operate Some of Pakistan's banned militant groups are again operating in the port city of Karachi, according to the Daily Times. The Sunni extremist group ... 04-Jul-2008 *Taliban prison break The Taliban proved it was far from defeated when it launched an audacious assault on Kandahar's main prison. This raid's success will spur Afghanistan's insurgents... 04-Jul-2008 *Wide of the mark Indirect fire attacks allow insurgents to strike at a target without exposing themselves by closing with their enemy. This is particularly true when indirect fire... 04-Jul-2008 *Al-Qaeda contained "On balance, we are doing pretty well," was the surprise assessment of the United States' struggle against Al-Qaeda by Michael V Hayden, director of the... 04-Jul-2008 *Finding Nemo There is growing concern that the internet has replaced the Afghan training camps as the principal training ground for aspirant jihadists. A vast library of... 04-Jul-2008 *Taliban commanders exchanged for ambassador KIDNAPPED Pakistani ambassador Tariq Azizuddin was freed in exchange for detained Taliban commanders, according to independent Pakistani newspapers. The Afghanistan ambassador, his driver and... 10-Jun-2008 *Indian Mujahideen returns Multiple, near-simultaneous bombings have become relatively regular occurrences in India in recent years. More than 500 people have been killed in nine such attacks since... 09-Jun-2008 Al-Qaeda death suggests Iraq exodus AL-QAEDA announced the 'martyrdom' of one of its operatives on 11 May. According to a statement released by Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, Abu Sulaiman al-Utaibi, ... 09-Jun-2008 Threatened MEND attack fails to materialise NIGERIA'S Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) threatened a series of bombings to mark President Umaru Yar'Adua's first year in power. ... 09-Jun-2008 Tupac Amaru group still active in Peru THE Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru: MRTA) is still active in a remote part of Peru, El Peruano reported on 20 ... 09-Jun-2008 *Kabul networks Afghanistan's most high-profile attacks take place in the capital, Kabul. The attack during the Mujahideen Day military parade on 27 April, which claimed the life... 09-Jun-2008 Yemen arrests Al-Qaeda suspects THE Yemeni authorities arrested 11 Al-Qaeda suspects in the capital Sanaa, Al-Arabiya TV reported on 29 May. The Arabic TV channel cited Yemeni security ... 09-Jun-2008 *Jundullah: jihad gangsters The name Jundullah first emerged after an attempt to assassinate a top Pakistani general on 10 June 2004. The investigation quickly produced arrests. On 13... 05-Jun-2008 *Insurgent submersibles A terrorist submarine attack might seem like a James Bond scenario, but drug smugglers linked to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias... 05-Jun-2008 *ETA down, but not out The arrest in France of Francisco Javier López Peña, the hardline leader of the Basque separatist group Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), is being heralded as... 04-Jun-2008 *Hizbullah plans for war The Lebanese Shia group Hizbullah is preparing for another war with the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Iran and Syria are presumed to have supplied its... 09-May-2008 OSINT update: Al-Qaeda's external operations chief dies in Pakistan A SENIOR Al-Qaeda planner died in a remote part of Pakistan probably in December 2007, according to unnamed United States officials cited by most ... 09-May-2008 *OSINT update: Pakistani terrorists deploy tracked car bomb Terrorists in Pakistan have developed the ability to remotely track and detonate vehicle bombs, according to The News. The Pakistani newspaper reported on 1 ... 09-May-2008 OSINT update: Police chief identifies Islamic State of Iraq emir Abu Omar al-Baghdadi is an Iraqi called Hamid Dawud al-Zawi, who served in Iraq's security apparatus in the 1980s but was fired for being ... 09-May-2008 *OSINT update: Iran's Kurdish rebels change policy to 'stand against' US in Iraq A spokeswoman for the Kurdistan Free Life Party (Partiya Jiyana Azada Kurdistan: PJAK) has warned of potential suicide attacks against US interests in Iraq ... 09-May-2008 OSINT update: China rounds up 'Olympics terrorism conspirators' Two alleged terrorist groups have been rolled up this year in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, according to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua ... 09-May-2008 *London's 'fuel-air' bombs New details about the attempted attacks on London and Glasgow in June 2007 were revealed in the trial of Sabeel Ahmed, 26, an Indian-born doctor... 02-May-2008 *Zawahiri answers back Al-Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri has finally responded to questions posted on jihadist websites in December 2007 and January 2008. Reading between the lines, Zawahiri's answers provide... 01-May-2008 *Rebel rousing in Chad Sudan and Chad have accused each other of backing rebel proxies for years. While both regimes have always denied the allegations, experts believe they are... 28-Apr-2008 *Testing times in Basra Intense fighting and hundreds of deserting soldiers gave the impression that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had badly misjudged the strength of the Mahdi Army... 21-Apr-2008 The rise of Al-Ekhlaas Online forums are the hubs of internet jihad. Bringing thousands of like-minded individuals together, they facilitate the dissemination of propaganda and discussions of all manner... 15-Apr-2008 AQIM bolsters regional renown The kidnapping of two Austrian tourists in Tunisia has raised fears that Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is successfully transcending its origins as an ... 04-Apr-2008 FARC exposed In a dramatic 1 March raid against a camp in northern Ecuador, Colombia's security forces killed the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia... 04-Apr-2008 |
|
|
|
Jane's Terrorism Terrorism & Security Monitor sponsor
|
||||||||||||