Jemaah Islamiyah founder arrested for leading Indonesian al Qaeda cell
Abu Bakar Bashir is the overall leader of al Qaeda in Aceh and was in regular communication with the terror group, which has plotted to conduct multiple attacks in the country.
Abu Bakar Bashir is the overall leader of al Qaeda in Aceh and was in regular communication with the terror group, which has plotted to conduct multiple attacks in the country.
Eight Westerners and two Afghans were murdered. HIG claimed the medical team was killed for spying; the Taliban claimed they were proselytizing Christianity.
According to a new report by the US State Department, Usama Abu Kabir, a former Gitmo detainee, was arrested in Jordan in April 2009 while plotting a terrorist attack against Israel. Kabir was allegedly the leader of a terrorist cell.
The commander of al Qaeda’s Brigade 313 and the Lashkar al Zil has been added to the list of global terrorists. HUJI has also been named a terrorist organization.
The State Department’s Country Reports on Terrorism for 2009 highlights, once again, Iran’s ongoing sponsorship of the Taliban and Iraqi militants.
Two indictments issued in Minnesota provide information on Shabaab’s recruiting and fundraising practices in the United States.
General Hossein Musavi , who is the commander of Qods Force’s Ansar Corps, and Colonel Hasan Mortezavi have “provided financial and material support to the Taliban” in Afghanistan.
More than 15 Taliban fighters, including two commanders, and upwards of 12 civilians, are reported to have been killed during a special operations raid in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar.
The Taliban claimed the attack that killed seven policemen in the contested northern province.
Abdul Rauf Khadim, a former Gitmo detainee, sent a handwritten note threatening Afghan tribal elders who cooperate with Coalition forces and the Afghan government. Khadim is one of two former Gitmo detainees who are part of Mullah Omar’s inner circle.
Commandant Siffwat Ghayur and four members of his security detail were killed after a suicide bomber rammed into his car in Peshawar.
Umarov announced he would remain the emir of the Caucasus Emirate “as long as Allah gives me life on this earth” and said his previous statement was “completely fabricated.”
The Taliban’s latest attempt to get suicide bombers through the wire at Kandahar Airfield fails again.
The website is linked to the Pakistan-based al Qaeda military formation that is commanded by Ilyas Kashmiri.
Qari Zia Rahman was again the target of a raid in Kunar, while more than 30 Taliban fighters were killed in neighboring Nuristan.
The leader of the al Qaeda-linked terror group in southern Russia turned command over to Aslambek Vadalov, who was named his successor just one week ago.
The destruction of a bazaar in the Now Zad district in Helmand province raises difficult questions about the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda leaders from Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Sudan, and the United States hold top leadership positions in the Somali terror group.
Mohammed Said al Umdah Gharib al T’aizzi, a senior military commander in southern Yemen, said the government is colluding with the US and will suffer for doing so.
Al Qaeda has had at least 45 cells in 15 of Afghanistan’s provinces, and its operatives continue to launch suicide and other attacks.
Mullah Omar has ordered his Taliban forces to capture or kill Afghan civilians, including women, who cooperate with Coalition forces. Omar’s order directly contradicts the Taliban’s 2009 Code of Conduct, which called for limiting civilian casualties.
The body of one of two missing sailors was turned over to ISAF yesterday. The sailor was found in Logar province, just south of Kabul.
Barg-e-Matal again changes hands as Afghan commandos, backed by ISAF troops, eject the Taliban from the district which borders Pakistan.
Thirteen Shabaab fighters and five Puntland security personnel were killed in fighting near a region known as the Tora Bora of East Africa.
The suicide bomber attempted to kill the information minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as he grieved over his son’s death. The Taliban assassinated his son two days ago.
After a two-week siege, the Taliban have taken control of Barg-e-Matal, a district right on the border with Pakistan.
Predators fired missiles at a compound near Miramshah. The strike is the second today, and the third in three days.
Today’s strike is the second in the tribal agency in 24 hours. Three of the past four strikes have taken place in South Waziristan, suggesting a shift in US targeting.
ISAF did not disclose the nationality of the missing soldiers; the Taliban claimed they captured the troops. The Kabul Attack Network, which has been behind recent attacks in the capital, is backed by the Taliban, the Haqqani Network, and linked to the Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin.
The attack is only the second Predator strike in Pakistan this month, and took place in Mullah Nazir’s territory.