*LeT eyes global status
Nearly a year after 10 Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) militants killed more than 160 people in Mumbai, the arrest in Chicago of two men indicates that the...
06-Nov-2009 *Al-Qaeda dejects recruits
Two contrasting views of Al-Qaeda's ability to threaten Europe have emerged in recent months. One suggests the group is capable of orchestrating plots in several...
09-Oct-2009 Al-Ikhlas online for anniversary
Al-Ikhlas, one of the most prominent jihadist internet forums until it went offline in September 2008, made a brief reappearance for the anniversary of ...
09-Oct-2009 *Victorious Sect Turkish jihadists move to Afghanistan
A Turkish group called Taifetul Mansura (Victorious Sect) has emerged in Afghanistan. It seems to have released its first statement to jihadist websites on ...
03-Jul-2009 AQIM plans to take revenge on France
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) leader Abu Musab Abd-al-Wadud responded to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's comments about burkas not being welcome in France ...
03-Jul-2009 Suspect flight 447 names dismissed
French police have dismissed two suspicious names on the list of passengers killed in the Air France Flight 447 crash off Brazil as a ...
03-Jul-2009 *Attack index
TRENDS IN GLOBAL ATTACKS: May 2009 (See figures 1 and 2) May saw 771 attacks recorded worldwide from open sources by Jane's Terrorism and ...
05-Jun-2009 *Jondollah claims Iran mosque bombing
The Sunni group Jondollah claimed responsibly for bombing a Shia mosque in Zahedan, the capital of Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province, Al-Arabiyya TV reported ...
05-Jun-2009 Pakistan shows Lahore attack
The Pakistani authorities released CCTV footage of the vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) used in the 27 May attack on security forces in ...
05-Jun-2009 Al-Qaeda continues to face attack of the drones
US drone strikes continue to target Al-Qaeda operatives in Pakistan, but many attacks go unreported. The 19th drone strike of 2009 was launched on ...
05-Jun-2009 *'Voice of ISI leader' refutes capture claims
The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) released audio recordings purportedly made by its leader, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, on 12 and 30 May. In the ...
05-Jun-2009 Taliban denies leader's death
The Taliban released a written statement on 3 June denying that Mullah Mukhtar Muhammad Mansur had been killed. The Taliban statement was in response ...
05-Jun-2009 PKK rebels prolong ceasefire in Turkey
The Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan (PKK) extended its ceasefire to 1 September, according to the Firat news agency. The PKK told Firat that it reserved ...
05-Jun-2009 *Turkish jihadis go online
Although Arabic remains the dominant language of jihadist internet activity, there has been a visible growth in the number of Turkish language radical Islamist websites...
26-Mar-2009 *Weaponising the plague
The Algerian branch of Al-Qaeda issued a statement dated 20 January 2009 denying media reports of a plague outbreak within its ranks. Al-Qaeda in the...
06-Feb-2009 *German Islamist fugitive turns up in Afghanistan
Eric Breininger, a German national who converted to Islam and is now wanted in connection with terrorism, claimed to be in Afghanistan in a ...
07-Nov-2008 Adam Gadahn lives
A video featuring Adam Gadahn (alias Azzam al-Amriki), Al-Qaeda's most prominent US member, was released to jihadist internet forums on 4 October. It was ...
10-Oct-2008 Jihadist internet forum disappears
Al-Ikhlas, the popular jihadist internet forum, went offline on 10 September and had not returned at the time JTSM went to press. The Al-Firdaws ...
10-Oct-2008 Ansar al-Islam in angry split
The NEFA Foundation published documents in September indicating the Iraqi group Ansar al-Islam has split into pro- and anti-Al-Qaeda factions. Both claim to follow ...
10-Oct-2008 AQIM commander defects to rival Hattab group
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) continues to suffer defections, according to Algeria's Le Jeune Independant. The newspaper claimed that a letter written by ...
10-Oct-2008 Taliban denies taking part in Mecca peace talks
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia hosted 'historic' talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Mecca between 24 and 27 September, CNN cited ...
10-Oct-2008 *American fugitive 'martyred' in Somalia
Somalia's Shabab insurgent group released a statement announcing the 'martyrdom' of US convert Ruben Shumpert on 4 October, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. ...
10-Oct-2008 *FARC outlines leader's 'new' new strategy
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia: FARC) has been given new orders by its leader, El Espectador reported on ...
10-Oct-2008 *RPG-7: Insurgent equaliser
The Soviet designed RPG-7 is the most iconic insurgent weapon after the Kalashnikov assault rifle. Widely copied and manufactured in vast numbers, this rocket propelled...
07-Oct-2008 Jihadist Qatada photographed with wanted man
Palestinian jihadist ideologue Abu Qatada has been seen meeting an Islamist wanted by Egypt. On 30 August, British newspaper the Daily Mail, published a ...
05-Sep-2008 TTP claims foiled Barcelona bomb plot
Maulvi Omar, the official spokesperson of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has claimed that the group was responsible for the foiled suicide bombing plot in ...
05-Sep-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 *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 Al-Qaeda propaganda shifts focus
Al-Qaeda leaders seem to be refocusing their propaganda. In the latter months of 2007, Iraq was the hot topic in their communications, but recent statements...
03-Apr-2008 Germany's first suicide bomber
The Uzbek group Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) has claimed a German national carried out a 3 March suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The claim suggests the...
25-Mar-2008 Al-Qaeda's oil war falters
The price of oil topped USD100 a barrel on 2 January, highlighting the global economy's vulnerability to oil shocks. A carefully planned and well executed...
18-Feb-2008 Jihadi threat to West undimmed
Al-Qaeda-inspired terrorism is evolving and spreading from its heartlands in Pakistan through the internet and from other centres of unrest, such as Iraq, Somalia and...
03-Jan-2008 Counter-insurgency theories comeback
US commanders and officials are being given more leeway to develop new strategies and doctrines with which to address Islamist insurgencies and the war ...
05-Apr-2007 New wave of retro-terrorism
A spate of radical left-wing activity suggests that growing anti-Americanism has re-invigorated a brand of terrorism dismissed in recent years as anachronistic. Jane’s investigates ...
28-Feb-2007 Anthrax investigation setbacks
While recent investigations into terrorist groups' efforts to develop anthrax founder, newly released information indicates that it is easier for terrorists to produce the ...
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