To become a full fledged jihadi, volunteers must go through gradual ideological reform and build a sense of security and vigilance needed for clandestine activities. To further their preparation, one al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadi internet forum uploaded a new manual entitled "The Art of Recruitment," offering tutorials... MORE

AL-QAEDA PLANNING STRIKE ON UGANDA IN RETALIATION FOR SOMALIA PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS? Kenyan intelligence reports that fugitive terrorist Fazul Abdullah Muhammad may be planning an attack on Kampala in retaliation for the Ugandan military’s ongoing participation in African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeeping efforts in... MORE

Once in a while jihadi internet forums draw their members’ attention to Western tracking of such websites by posting messages analyzing terrorism monitoring agencies, often with comments on some of the better-known terrorism analysts. A recent posting entitled “Know your enemy from monitoring and analysis... MORE

Australian Convicted of Compiling Terrorism Manual Under Anti-Terrorism Legislation On September 10 Sydney resident and former Qantas Air baggage handler Belal Sadallah Khazaal became the second individual to be convicted under Australia’s Terrorism Act, introduced in 2003. The conviction by the New South Wales Supreme... MORE

A major jihadi internet forum has posted a terrorist plot to use chemical and biological agents to contaminate water resources in Europe in general and Great Britain and Denmark in particular, the latter in retaliation for insulting the Prophet Muhammad through publication of the infamous... MORE

SOMALI MUJAHIDEEN CONFIRM AL-QAEDA SUSPECT ABU TALHA AL-SUDANI KILLED LAST YEAR In a 24-minute audio statement, Salih al-Nabhan (a.k.a. Abu Yusuf), the leader of Somalia’s Shabaab al-Mujahideen movement, has confirmed the death of alleged leading al-Qaeda member Abu Talha al-Sudani (al-Sahab Media, August 31). Al-Nabhan... MORE

Lately, jihadi forum participants have been inquiring about the women’s suicide battalion in Iraq and the religious jurisprudence regarding female jihad. A response to the inquiries was posted by Dr. Hani al-Sibai, an Islamist Egyptian Sunni scholar and lawyer. Sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment in... MORE

THE AMIR OF THE ABU BAKR AL-SIDDIQ AL-SALAFI ARMY DESCRIBES THE STATE OF THE IRAQI RESISTANCE A jihadi website recently hosted an opportunity for its readers to pose questions to Abu Muhammad al-Iraqi, the Amir of Iraq’s Abu Bakr al-Siddiq al-Salafi Army, a Salafist group... MORE

PKK’S CEMIL BAYIK EVALUATES STATE OF THE KURDISH INSURGENCY Cemil Bayik, a leading member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan – PKK), gave a lengthy interview to a Kurdish news agency on the current state of the PKK’s insurgency against the Turkish government... MORE

Reacting to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) indictment of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, several jihadi internet forums discussed Sudan’s situation in response to a posting entitled “Goodbye Omar al-Bashir and Wake Up Sleeping Cells” (al-ekhlaas.net July, 20). Other assessments of Omar al-Bashir’s reign in Sudan... MORE