LEADER OF UZBEK MILITANTS CALLS FOR JIHAD IN PAKISTAN Tahir Yuldash, leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), has called for jihad against the government of Pakistan from his refuge in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). In a video recording believed to have... MORE

Since the beginning of the year, jihadi internet forums have carried many postings concerning the future of U.S. forces in Iraq and American plans to change the current military/political status quo in Iraq. These postings come despite a declaration from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki... MORE

UK PRIME MINISTERS THREATENED BY “AL-QAEDA IN BRITAIN” British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and former PM Tony Blair were among the targets mentioned in a January 24 internet threat attributed to “al-Qaeda in Britain.” The English-language posting to the forum of jihadi website al-ekhlaas.net demanded... MORE

The latest cyber-terror “chatter” has prompted fears that France is once again in al-Qaeda’s sights. Spared from terror atrocities since the 1995-1996 wave of bombings that shocked the country, France seems braced for the worst, stepping up its national security alert system while investigating multiple... MORE

In the last few years radical Islamist jihadis have exerted substantial efforts to boost their propaganda capabilities by encouraging their followers to exploit all means at their disposal, such as the internet, mobile phones and preaching in mosques. In his communiqués, al-Qaeda’s second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri... MORE

QUESTIONS IN MULLAH NAQIBULLAH’S ESCAPE FROM KABUL PRISON The escape of Taliban commander Mullah Naqibullah from a National Security Directorate (NSD) prison in Kabul has raised serious questions about the efficiency and integrity of Afghanistan’s national security services. After returning to his command in Helmand... MORE

Since 9/11, the security and intelligence echelons of the United States have been preoccupied with the possibility of domestic al-Qaeda sleeper cells being activated to perpetrate additional terror attacks. In clandestine activities, a “sleeper” is an operative who establishes deep cover to evade security forces... MORE

RIFT EMERGES IN TALIBAN LEADERSHIP Mullah Mansur Dadullah was relieved of his command for “defiance” of the Taliban leadership in a December 20 statement from Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Umar. Mullah Mansur Dadullah is the brother of the late Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah, and succeeded... MORE

AL-QAEDA MURDERS STRIKE ECONOMIC BLOW TO MAURITANIA Only three weeks ago, the impoverished North African nation of Mauritania was looking forward to the economic benefits of a growing tourist industry and the thirtieth running of the famous Dakar Rally, set to start in Lisbon on... MORE