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Israel kills leader of al Qaeda-linked Army of Islam in Gaza airstrike
Muaman Abu Daf, the leader of the Army of Islam, was killed in an Israeli air strike. Reuters photo. The Israeli Air Force killed an emir of the al Qaeda-linked Jaish al Islam, or Army of Islam, in an...
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Son of infamous al Qaeda family killed by Ethiopian forces
Abu al Bara'a Abdul Aziz bin Attash, a son of a notorious al Qaeda family, has been killed by Ethiopian forces in Somalia near the Kenyan border, according to a biography posted on the al Fida' forum....
View ArticleShabaab leader recounts al Qaeda's role in Somalia in the 1990s
In a recent interview with Radio Andalus, Shabaab's leader said that three influential al Qaeda leaders played an important role in fighting the Americans in Mogadishu in the early 1990s. Ahmed Abdi Aw...
View ArticlePakistani troops kill dangerous Taliban commander
The Pakistani military killed a dangerous Taliban commander who was responsible for the murders of scores of Pakistani soldiers, policemen, and civilians. Qari Kamran, a senior Movement of the Taliban...
View ArticleAl Qaeda brokers new anti-US Taliban alliance in Pakistan and Afghanistan
One of al Qaeda's top leaders has reached out to the most powerful Taliban commanders along the Afghan-Pakistani border to create a new alliance to battle the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. The new...
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Afghan Taliban announces new 'political office' in Qatar
Mohammad Nabi, Internment Serial Number 832 The Taliban announced today that it is opening a "political office" in Qatar. According to a translation of the Taliban's message by the SITE Intelligence...
View ArticleAfghanistan: US strategy changes to match drawdown of forces
Back in December 2009, President Obama announced that the US would follow a counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy in Afghanistan. Since COIN is a manpower-intensive strategy, a surge of US troops would...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban execute 15 Frontier Corps troops
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for executing 15 paramilitary Frontier Corps who were captured two weeks ago. The naked bodies of the 15 Frontier Corps soldiers were dumped in...
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Ansar al Islam names new leader
Ansar al Islam's new flag. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. The al Qaeda-linked Ansar al Islam released a statement announcing the name of its new leader. The Iraqi terror group also announced...
View ArticleUS adds Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions to list of terror groups
Today under Executive Order 13224, the US State Department added al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions (AQKB) to the list of specially designated global terrorist entities. The designation allows the US to...
View Article'Suicide terrorist' kills 25 in Damascus: Syrian state TV
The Syrian government claimed that a "suicide terrorist" killed 25 people and wounded scores more in an attack in the capital of Damascus today. The blast took place near a school in the Maidan...
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American Shabaab fighter and commander pictured together
Left and right images: Abdullah al Amriki [left] and Omar Hammami [right], from the Dec. 7, 2011 post. Images from the SITE Intelligence Group. A Shabaab fighter recently pictured with an American...
View ArticleTaliban appoint al Qaeda-linked commander to lead Peshawar shura
The Taliban have appointed a Taliban leader with close ties to al Qaeda to lead one of their four regional military councils in Afghanistan. Sheikh Mohammed Aminullah, who in 2009 was placed on the...
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Omani jihadist killed during fighting along Afghan-Pakistani border
Left and right images: Yusuf Ahmed Ali, whose nom de guerre was Abu Obedia al Omani, during al Qaeda operations [left] and training [right]. Images from the SITE Intelligence Group. A jihadist fighter...
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Suicide assault team kills 7 Afghans in the east
A suicide assault team killed seven Afghans during an attack on a government compound in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika today. The Taliban claimed credit for the attack. The three-man suicide...
View Article35 Pakistanis killed in blast in Khyber market
Terrorists killed 35 people and wounded scores more in a car bombing today at a market in the Jamrud area of Pakistan's contested tribal agency of Khyber. "The total number of deaths in the blast is 35...
View ArticleUS drones strike in North Waziristan, end 2-month pause
Unmanned US attack aircraft struck in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, ending a nearly two-month-long pause in strikes that have targeted al Qaeda and Taliban...
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American fighter pictured with Shabaab commander identified
Left: Cabdulaahi Ahmed Faarax (Abdullah al Amriki), from the FBI's website. Right: Faarax [right] with Omar Hammami [left], from a posting at a jihadist website on Dec. 7, 2011. Image from the SITE...
View ArticleUS Predators kill 6, including 'foreigners,' in North Waziristan strike
The US killed six "militants," including foreigners, in the second drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal area of North Waziristan in two days, after a two-month lull in strikes. Today's...
View ArticleAfghan Taliban vow to continue 'jihad,' reject Afghan constitution
The Afghan Taliban have vowed to continue their "jihad" to "establish an Islamic government" and have refused to accept "the constitution of the stooge Kabul administration," even as the US and NATO...
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