ALGERIA'S GSPC JOINS THE AL-QAEDA NETWORK On September 13, the leader of Algeria's Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) announced the group's affiliation with Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda network. According to leader Abu Musab Abdel-Wadoud, "After consultations, we decided to announce allegiance... MORE

On Monday, September 18, explosions ripped through Baidoa, the seat of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG). One of the blasts occurred outside a building where TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed spoke only 10 minutes earlier, and the blast destroyed vehicles part of the presidential convoy... MORE

Recent reports indicating al-Qaeda's preparations for a nuclear attack in the United States by al-Qaeda's alleged nuclear expert, Adnan El-Shukrijumah, has prompted conflicting reactions among Islamists in the jihadi forums (Terrorism Focus, September 12; al-Arabiya, September 11). The jihadi forums described the possible nuclear attack,... MORE

JOURNALIST HAMID MIR WARNS OF AL-QAEDA NUCLEAR PLOT AGAINST THE U.S. According to an al-Arabiya report from September 11, Hamid Mir, the Pakistani journalist who has interviewed Osama bin Laden numerous times, has warned that the al-Qaeda leader is preparing new attacks in the United... MORE

During the past year, nuclear security has leapfrogged up the political agenda in India after a series of intelligence leaks revealed that terrorists might be targeting India's expanding nuclear infrastructure. These threats and possible security breaches have led the Indian government to reorganize and enhance... MORE

Bosnian authorities have announced plans to deport 50 naturalized citizens, mostly former Islamic fighters, according to a Bosnian commission for citizenship revision, which also reportedly acknowledged that among those slated for deportation is one with suspected links to al-Qaeda. Thus far, the commission has revoked... MORE

RATE OF VIOLENCE INCREASES IN SOUTHERN THAILAND The rate of violence in southern Thailand has been steadily increasing as insurgents continue to mount coordinated bomb attacks against government, military and commercial interests. The latest coordinated attacks were executed on August 31, when insurgents targeted at... MORE

As more details surface regarding the recent London terrorism plot to destroy U.S. bound airliners over the Atlantic Ocean, Pakistani and British security officials remain fixated on the group's alleged ringleader, Rashid Rauf, a British citizen of Pakistani origin with roots in Kashmir, currently held... MORE

On August 26, Pakistan killed one of its most prominent politicians, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, who was leading an armed struggle for greater autonomy over Balochistan's natural resource wealth (The News, August 27). Among other resources, Balochistan is estimated to possess 26 trillion cubic feet... MORE

The arrests of at least two women out of the 24 suspects initially held in the recently foiled plot in London highlight the potential threat posed by radical Muslim women (al-Jazeera, August 21). While little is known about the recent female detainees, women have played... MORE