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Al Nusrah Front's emir to be added to US terrorism list
Banner of the Al Nusrah Front. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. The US State Department will add Sheikh Abu Muhammad al Julani, the emir of al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, to the list of...
View ArticleHizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin suicide bomber in Kabul kills 6 Americans, 9 Afghans
This morning in Kabul, a suicide bomber in an explosives-packed vehicle blew up a two-car American military convoy, killing at least 15 people. Six Americans died in the attack along with nine Afghan...
View ArticleUzbek national in Idaho arrested, charged with supporting the IMU
The Department of Justice arrested an Uzbek national living in Idaho today and charged him with supporting the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and possessing an "unregistered destructive...
View ArticleISAF targets al Qaeda facilitator in eastern Afghanistan
During a raid on in Nuristan province on May 15, Afghan and Coalition special operations forces targeted a senior Taliban leader who is known to assist members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan, according to...
View ArticleUS drones kill 4 'militants' in first strike in Yemen a month
US drones launched the first strike in Yemen in a month, killing four "militants" in an attack on a vehicle carrying explosives in a southern town plagued by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The...
View ArticleTaliban suicide bomber assassinates senior politician in Afghan north
The Taliban have claimed credit for a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan that killed the head of the provincial council in Baghlan province. The suicide bomber, who was dressed in a police uniform,...
View ArticleUS drones strike again in Yemen, kill 2 AQAP fighters
The US launched its second drone strike in Yemen in four days, killing two members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in an area in the central part of the country. The remotely piloted Predators or...
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Book excerpt: Chemical attack in Iraq
US Marine CWO-5 Jim Roussell (L) and Captain Jason Brezler stand in the crater left by a chlorine truck bomb detonated in the village of Albu Aifan south of Fallujah on March 16, 2007. Photo courtesy...
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Muhajireen Brigade official calls on Hamas to end campaign against Salafi...
On May 20, the Ibn Taymiyyah Media Center (ITMC), a jihadist media unit tied to the Gaza-based Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC), released a video from Abu Talha al Libi, the...
View ArticleAmerican killed in US drone strike, US Attorney General says
US Attorney General Eric Holder said today that four Americans, including Jude Mohammed, who was rumored to have been killed in a drone strike two years ago, have died in US "counterterrorism...
View ArticleMUJAO suicide bombers hit uranium mine, barracks in Niger
View Larger Map A pair of suicide bombers from the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Tawhid [Oneness or Unity] and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) killed 19 people, including 18 soldiers, in attacks that...
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Belmokhtar's unit participated in Niger suicide attacks
Al Qaeda commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar. Image from Sahara Media. Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the leader of the al Qaeda-linked al Mua'qi'oon Biddam, or the Those Who Sign in Blood Brigade, said that its...
View ArticleTurkistan Islamic Party touts suicide bombings in Afghanistan
The Turkistan Islamic Party, an al Qaeda-affiliated terror group, has released two videos over the past several months that glorify suicide attacks in Afghanistan. The group also identified several...
View ArticleISAF targets al Qaeda leader in Kunar
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted a senior al Qaeda leader during a raid yesterday in a district in Kunar province that is known to host al Qaeda's network. The combined special...
View ArticleUS launches first drone strike in Pakistan in 6 weeks
The US killed seven people in the first drone strike in Pakistan in six weeks. The attack took place in an area of Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan, and is rumored to...
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Egyptian jihadists call for attacks in Shiite countries
Al Faroq Media regularly publishes Mohammed al Zawahiri's statements and propaganda. The outfit published a statement from 20 Egyptian jihadists, including al Zawahiri, calling for attacks inside...
View ArticleArgentine prosecutor accuses Iran of establishing terror network in Latin...
On May 29, Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor who investigated the 1994 AMIA bombing, issued a 500-page indictment that accused Iran of establishing terror networks throughout Latin America since...
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Pakistani Taliban confirm death of deputy emir in drone strike
Hakeemullah and Waliur Rehman Mehsud, before the Pakistani Army launched the South Waziristan offensive. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan's top spokesman, Ihsanullah Ihsan, confirmed today that...
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State Department highlights Iran's 'marked resurgence' of state-sponsored...
The State Department released its Country Reports on Terrorism 2012 yesterday. The year 2012 witnessed a "marked resurgence of Iran's state sponsorship of terrorism, through its Islamic Revolutionary...
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IMU, Taliban launched joint suicide assault in Panjshir
Hanzala and Nusratullah, two members of the joint Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and Taliban suicide assault team in Panjshir. Images from SITE Intelligence Group. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan,...
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