Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent incorporates regional jihadist groups
Usama Mahmoud, AQIS’s spokesman, openly stated that the group “was formed by the gathering of several jihadi groups that have a long history in jihad and fighting.”
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‘Militants’ attack Pakistani ISID headquarters in Sindh
A suicide assault team hit an Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate headquarters in Sukkur, while a suicide bomber detonated outside a police station in the town.
Jihadists seek to open new front in Burma
“A brigade of Mujahedeen from Burma, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan” purportedly have launched operations in Burma. Photographs of scores of armed jihadists in military uniforms have appeared on a jihadist website.
6 Harrier jets destroyed, 2 damaged in Taliban assault on Camp Bastion
The loss of the strike aircraft will impact military operations in the south. The members of the suicide assault team wore US Army uniforms and “appeared to be well equipped, trained and rehearsed,” ISAF said.
Jihadists launch complex assault on Camp Bastion in Helmand
Two Coalition troops, said to be US Marines, were killed after a suicide assault team breached the wire at Bastion and attacked the airfield. During the attack, several military jets, a hangar, and buildings were damaged.
Bin Laden docs hint at large al Qaeda presence in Pakistan
Badr Mansoor led just one Pakistani “company,” and has been reported to have more than 2,000 fighters under his command. For the last three years, the US government has maintained that al Qaeda has only 300 to 400 operatives in Pakistan and that the network is on the verge of defeat.
Pakistani Taliban assault prison, free nearly 400 inmates
Among those freed is a former Pakistani Air Force member who was associated with Amjad Farooqi, the Pakistani jihadi who attempted to assassinate Pervez Musharraf at the behest of al Qaeda.
Al Qaeda eulogizes senior commander killed in recent drone strike
Ustad Ahmad Farooq, al Qaeda’s spokesman for Pakistan, confirmed that Badr Mansoor was killed in a drone strike on Feb. 2012. Farooq accused the Pakistani military and government of supporting the US’s drone campaign.
Al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri spotted at Taliban meeting
Kashmiri is reported to have met with Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, in North Waziristan.
Al Qaeda releases lecture by leader thought killed with Kashmiri
Ustadh Ahmad Farooq, the chief of al Qaeda’s propaganda efforts in Pakistan, was thought to have been killed in a Predator strike with Ilyas Kashmiri.
US adds 5 al Qaeda, Taliban, Haqqani Network, and IMU facilitators to terrorist list
The five leaders are based in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The designations highlight the interconnectedness of the various terror groups based in the region.
US State Department adds Indian Mujahideen to list of terror groups
The terror group has been implicated as being behind numerous attacks inside India. The US said the Indian Mujahideen “maintains close ties” to Lashkar e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami.
HUJI claims bombing at Delhi High Court
The Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami claimed it carried out the attack to force India to repeal the death sentence of a terrorist involved in the 2001 assault on the parliament in Delhi.
Senior al Qaeda leader attacks Pakistani state in bin Laden eulogy
The tape casts further doubt that Ilyas Kashmiri, a top al Qaeda leader, and Ustadh Ahmad Farooq, al Qaeda’s media emir and top ideologue in Pakistan, were killed in a Predator airstrike in early June.
Kashmiri faked death: Indian intelligence
“The indications are that Kashmiri intentionally floated the news of his death in a drone attack to avoid the heat following the killing of Bin Laden in Pakistan,” according to a report.
Is Ilyas Kashmiri really dead?
Unidentified “sources” say that reports of the top al Qaeda leader’s death are premature.
21 killed in Mumbai bombings
The so-called Indian Mujahideen is suspected of carrying out the three bombings in India’s financial capital today.
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami
The Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami threatened to attack the foreign office, the foreign secretary, Pakistan’s High Commission in New Delhi, and high commissioner Shahid Malik if Pakistan continues to share information with India about the terror group.
US intel believes Kashmiri killed in June Predator strike
Ilyas Kashmiri, a top military commander and strategist, was targeted in a June 3 Predator strike in South Waziristan.
‘Good’ Pakistani Taliban group vows to step up attacks in Afghanistan
Two of Mullah Nazir’s senior commanders said they would send even more fighters into Afghanistan to avenge US predator airstrikes in South Waziristan
US Predators hit training camp, vehicle in North and South Waziristan
A strike on a “major training center” in North Waziristan killed 18 terrorists, including “Punjabis,” while an attack on a vehicle in South Waziristan killed four “militants.”
Kashmiri planned to create ‘Lashkar-e-Osama’
The Army of Osama has been tasked with hitting multiple domestic and foreign targets throughout Pakistan.
US Predators strike 3 targets in South Waziristan
The strikes took place in areas controlled by Mullah Nazir. “Punjabi Taliban,” Arabs, and Uzbeks are said to be among those killed. Al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri is also reported to have been killed in the same area just four days ago.
Questions emerge over HUJI’s statement on al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri’s death
A purported photo of Kashmiri’s corpse has turned out to be that of a Mumbai suicide bomber, and HUJI misspelled the group’s name twice in the press release announcing his death.
Top al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri reported killed in US Predator strike
A Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami spokesman said that Kashmiri, one of al Qaeda’s top military commanders, was killed in yesterday’s attack in Wana. His death is a major blow to the terror group.
US Predators kill 5 ‘militants’ in South Waziristan strike
The attack took place in Wana, an area controlled by Taliban and al Qaeda commander Mullah Nazir. Ilyas Kashmiri was among those killed.
Pakistan releases top al Qaeda-linked terrorist leader
Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the leader of the Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, was recently freed after being placed into “protective custody” in August.
US designates Lashkar-e-Taiba’s charitable front as terror group
Falah-i Insaniat Foundation, its chief Hafiz Abdur Rauf, and two longtime members of Lashkar-e-Taiba were put on the US list of terror entities today.
Al Qaeda’s #3 misidentified again
An al Qaeda leader named Sheikh Younis al Mauritani has been identified as al Qaeda’s external operations chief and number three in the organization. According to US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal, he is neither.
Report: Osama bin Laden ordered Mumbai-style attacks in Europe
Osama bin Laden ordered the recent Mumbai-style plot against cities in Europe. Multiple like-minded jihadist organizations assisted al Qaeda in the operation.