Terrorism & Security Monitor*OSINT Summary: HIG confirms talks with US and Afghan officialsIn several statements issued on 22 and 23 January, Hizb-i-Islami-Gulbuddin (HIG) confirmed it was engaged in exploratory peace talks with United States and Afghan ... 26-Jan-2012 *Shabab's spying game Over the past year, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has announced a series of defections of fighters from Islamist militant group the Shabab. Such defections... 26-Jan-2012 *OSINT Summary: Sinai jihadists vow allegiance to Al-Qaeda On 23 January, an organisation identifying itself as Ansar al-Jihad fi Jazirat Sina, or Partisans of Jihad in the Sinai Peninsula, released a statement ... 26-Jan-2012 *OSINT Summary: Nine militant groups surrender in India's Assam In a ceremony held in Guwahati in India's Assam state on 24 January, nine militant groups, comprising as many as 1,855 militants and representing ... 25-Jan-2012 *OSINT Summary: Egyptian Sheikh calls for sharia In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, Islamist parties have become openly involved in the political process in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. However, the ... 24-Jan-2012 *OSINT Summary: Syria releases Al-Qaeda strategist On 23 December 2011, Syrian media outlet Sooryoon.net reported that jihadist ideologue Mustafa Setmariam Nasar alias Abu Musab al-Suri had been released from detention ... 20-Jan-2012 *OSINT Summary: Suspect denies involvement in alleged Bangkok bomb plot On the night of 12-13 January, Thai police arrested Swedish-Lebanese national Hussein Atris in Bangkok, and charged him with possession of ammonium nitrate in ... 19-Jan-2012 OSINT Summary: Tuareg militant offensive in Mali Ethnic Tuareg militant group, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (Mouvement National pour la Libération de l'Azawad: MNLA), formed in October 2011, ... 19-Jan-2012 *OSINT Summary: Asaib Ahl al-Haq and post-US Iraq In an interview aired on Nasr TV on 15 December 2011, Asaib Ahl al-Haq leader Qais al-Khazali discussed the Iraqi security situation in the ... 16-Jan-2012 *OSINT Summary: Colombian president rejects FARC talks offer The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) published a statement on its website on 9 January in which the group's leader, Rodrigo Londońo-Echeverry (alias ... 12-Jan-2012 *OSINT Summary: Shabab commander declares jihad against Kenya The Shabab's media wing Al-Kataib posted a video on militant Islamist forums on 7 January, entitled If they seek help in the name of... 11-Jan-2012 *OSINT Summary: Ansar al-Islam reacts to US withdrawal from Iraq On 1 January, Ansar al-Islam issued a statement reacting to the final withdrawal of US troops from Iraq on 18 December 2011. The statement,... 05-Jan-2012 OSINT Summary: Leader of JEM rebel group is killed in Sudan Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim died on 21 December 2011 from injuries sustained during an armed clash with Sudanese security forces, ... 04-Jan-2012 *Mali's abduction angst A recent upsurge in kidnappings in the Sahel-Sahara region could destabilise Mali if it results in a major crackdown at a time when the Tuareg... 23-Dec-2011 *Boko Haram names political 'sponsors' Recent allegations that Nigerian politicians have sponsored the militant group known as Boko Haram ostensibly suggest the violence in northeast Nigeria is a by-product of... 20-Dec-2011 *JTIC Special Report: Foreign fighters and foreign policy in the Somali jihad Since the fall of the regime of President Siad Barre in 1991, the role played by militant Islamists within the Somali civil war has increased... 14-Dec-2011 *AQAP's Yemeni takeover Fighting for its credibility at a critical juncture, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is promoting itself as an integral part of a popular uprising... 14-Dec-2011 *JTIC Briefing: The threat of civil war in Yemen Early on 21 November, anti-government tribesmen attacked and captured the base of the 63rd Republican Guard Brigade in the Arhab area, north of the ... 24-Nov-2011 US confirms AQI leader's identity The US government identified Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri (alias Abu Dua and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) as the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) on ... 04-Nov-2011 *Iraqi militant group demonstrates mobile killer robots Ansar al-Islam, an Iraqi militant Sunni Islamist group, released an electronic pamphlet to jihadist forums in October that announced it was building vehicle-borne improvised ... 04-Nov-2011 Hizbullah supports Syrian government Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Shia group Hizbullah, may have undermined his popularity in the Arab world when he backed Syrian President ... 04-Nov-2011 Al-Qaeda urges regime change across the Maghreb Al-Qaeda's leaders addressed the political situation throughout North Africa in two videos released in quick succession during October. Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri congratulated Libyans... 04-Nov-2011 *Kazakh jihadists back up threat A group calling itself Jund al-Khilafa (soldiers of the caliphate) released a video dated 22 October threatening the government of Kazakhstan and then issued ... 04-Nov-2011 *Palestinian Islamists display MRLS The military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) - Saraya al-Quds (The Jerusalem Brigades) - released a video in late October or early ... 04-Nov-2011 *AQAP media chief's fate still uncertain The Yemeni Ministry of Defence released a statement on 15 October saying Ibrahim al-Banna (Abu Ayman al-Masri), the Egyptian media chief of Al-Qaeda in ... 04-Nov-2011 *Pakistan: October 2010 to September 2011 Operational tempo (IHS Jane's) Between 1 October 2010 and 30 September 2011, Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre (JTIC) recorded 2,043 damaging... 03-Nov-2011 *Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre global attack index - October 2011 Trends in global attacks: October 2011 (IHS Jane's) In October, a total of 1,020 attacks were recorded worldwide from open sources... 03-Nov-2011 *Kenya tackles the Shabab The Somali militant Islamist group Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen has threatened "severe repercussions" for Kenya after the country launched a major military operation into southern Somalia... 02-Nov-2011 *US jihadist's recruit call Abu Mansur al-Amriki, the most high-profile foreigner fighting with the Somali jihadist group Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen, released an audio recording in which he tried to... 26-Oct-2011 *IMU claims Afghan attack The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) has issued what appears to be its first direct claim of responsibility for a suicide attack in Afghanistan. The... 24-Oct-2011 *The execution of Ebu Zer The death of Ebu Zer, Turkey's most high-profile jihadist, at the hands of fellow Islamist militants in Pakistan's tribal areas could undermine Turkish support for... 18-Oct-2011 *TTP declares Al-Qaeda vengeance in suicide bombing Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for a double suicide bombing that wounded Brigadier Farrukh Shahzad, the deputy commander of the Frontier Corps in Balochistan ... 10-Oct-2011 Alleged drone attacker faces charges Rezwan Ferdaus, a 26-year old physics graduate from Massachusetts, pleaded not guilty to charges of plotting to attack United States government buildings using GPS-guided ... 10-Oct-2011 New group claims Israel strike A series of attacks in southern Israel on 18 August was claimed by Jamaat Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in a brief statement dated 6 September ... 10-Oct-2011 *Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan denies divisions in insurgency Taliban attempts to refute claims that veteran commander Jalaluddin Haqqani and his sons are operating independently with Pakistani assistance suggests the Afghan insurgents may ... 10-Oct-2011 |
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