Russia releases insurgent figures
Since 2003, Russian security forces have killed 2,186 militants in the North Caucasus, Interfax cited a Ministry of the Interior representative as saying on ...
09-Oct-2009 *Videos raise concerns of terrorist attack in Germany
A series of jihadist videos focusing on Germany have been released in recent weeks, prompting fears of a possible attack in the country following ...
09-Oct-2009 Russia hands out its own medicine
An Algerian national known as Doctor Muhammad was killed in a counter-terrorism raid in the Russian republic of Dagestan on 30 August, Interfax reported. ...
07-Sep-2009 *Court acquits associates of the 7/7 London bombers
Three British men were acquitted of helping the 7 July 2005 London suicide bombers on 28 April. The prosecution argued that Mohammed Shakil, 32, ...
08-May-2009 *German jihadists on film
Germany has become the focus of a determined jihadist propaganda campaign, probably because the Taliban and its foreign allies see it as a potential weak...
27-Feb-2009 Abu Qatada releases statement
Prominent jihadist ideologue Abu Qatada al-Filistini has apparently released a statement from a British prison. Dated 23 January, the statement was purportedly written by ...
06-Feb-2009 *Previously unknown Greek group threatens attacks
The Sect of Revolutionaries (Secta Epanastaton), a previously unknown group, has claimed responsibility for an attack on an Athens police station and promised more ...
06-Feb-2009 Rebel leader dies in Dagestan operation
Omar Sheikhulayev, leader of the Jamaat Shariat militant group in Dagestan, was killed on 5 February, according to Russian officials. The security operation was ...
06-Feb-2009 *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 *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 Spain detains alleged suicide bombing cell
The Spanish authorities claim they thwarted imminent suicide bombing attacks against public transport in Barcelona on 19 January. The case re-emphasised the role Pakistan-based jihadists...
04-Feb-2008 Unanswered questions in Madrid verdict
The Spanish court trying 28 defendants charged in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings delivered an unexpectedly mixed verdict on 31 October. It convicted...
16-Nov-2007 *UK terrorism convictions
The conviction of 16 individuals on terrorism charges has provided a snapshot of jihadist militancy in the UK. Jane's reviews the cases and the...
10-Sep-2007 The Crevice conspiracy
A landmark British terrorism case came to an end on 30 April with the conviction of five men linked to Al-Qaeda for conspiring to ...
05-Jun-2007 ETA bomb ends peace process
The separatist group Basque Homeland and Freedom detonated a massive car bomb at Madrid's airport on 30 December 2006, bringing an end to the ...
07-Feb-2007 Britain's growing jihadist movement
Extremist networks in the UK are expanding, their recruitment fuelled by the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the country's military deployments in Iraq ...
12-Jan-2007 ETA threat dismissed as propaganda
Separatist movement ETA has threatened to end its ceasefire and resume fighting for Basque independence. However, the Spanish prime minister is confident that the ...
13-Nov-2006 The decline of the Chechen resistance
Chechen rebel commander Shamil Basayev was killed on 9 July when a truck carrying explosives he was escorting exploded in a village in the ...
10-Aug-2006 The 7 July bombings: the unanswered questions
The British government released two reports in May intended to shed some light on the 7 July 2005 bombings and to assess whether there ...
06-Jun-2006 Chechen jihadists leave dangerous legacy
The killing of Chechen rebel president Aslan Maskhadov in March 2005 came at a time when the rebel coalition was already in crisis, not least...
07-Apr-2006 Islamist radicalism in the uk - a case study from 2001
Islamist radicalism in the UK - the case of Richard Reid BARELY three months after the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US, a ...
06-Sep-2005 Post-millennium patterns of jihadist terrorism in Western Europe - PART I
ISLAMIST militant networks operating in Western Europe vary in the strength of their affiliations with the inner circle of the Al-Qaeda organisation. Collectively, however, they...
09-Jun-2005 Spain questions ETA's commitment to peace
Although the Basque militant group ETA claims to be ready to work seriously for a peaceful solution to its struggle for an independent state the...
09-Jun-2005 Lingering threat of Albanian insurgents
THE National Liberation Army (Ushtria Clirimitore Kombetare - NLA) was formed at the beginning of 2001 in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and...
16-May-2005 Europe's G5 to share counterterrorism databank
The five biggest members of the European Union (EU) have overcome the traditional mistrust between the security services of even closely allied countries by resolving...
08-Apr-2005 Europe?s coming threat
FRENCH anti-terrorist authorities have identified three of its citizens who were killed fighting with insurgents against the US-led occupation in Iraq. This is becoming the...
17-Jan-2005 EUROPE - Is the end in sight for ETA?
THE Basque separatist movement, Basque Homeland and Freedom (Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna - ETA), is reeling from so many recent setbacks that it may finally be...
17-Nov-2004 Broader conflict in the Caucasus?
As TSM reported recently, a new pattern is emerging in the operational behaviour of Chechen separatists and the more violent terrorists associated with the breakaway...
25-Oct-2004 Broader conflict in the Caucasus?
As TSM reported recently, a new pattern is emerging in the operational behaviour of Chechen separatists and the more violent terrorists associated with the breakaway...
25-Oct-2004 Joint efforts to safeguard Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline has faced numerous threats of sabotage from various regional factions since construction began earlier this year. Ensuring its security while...
05-Oct-2004 Russia joins maritime security drive
The PSI brings together the world's major maritime powers; including Panama and Liberia whose 'flags of convenience' protect the bulk of commercial traffic. The basic...
21-Jul-2004 Chechnya conflict far from resolved
On 9 May, just as local officials were commemorating Victory Day in Grozny, the former capital of the breakaway Chechen Republic, a bomb was detonated...
07-Jun-2004 Combating Afghani heroin trafficking
Free of the Taliban, Afghani farmers are producing huge crops of opium poppies, causing the USA and Russia to deploy special agents to suppress the...
18-May-2004 EUROPE - The perennial sick man of Europe
WHILE most of the Western world's attention is turned towards the Middle East and Central Asia, it is still far too early to say that...
13-Apr-2004 EUROPE - EU appoints 'anti-terrorism Tsar'
A RELATIVELY junior Dutch politician, Gijs De Vries, has been appointed to confront international terrorism by co-ordinating the fragmented, jealous and frequently unco-operative security services...
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