A brief message posted on the Tajdeed forum (since taken off the web) calls attention to the position of Egypt in the global jihad. On March 7, one signing himself "The Banner of Truth" posted a cryptically short note concerning what he termed the "Al-Kinana... MORE

A previously unknown radical Islamist militant group, Lashkar-e-Qahar (Army of the Conquerors), claimed responsibility for the deadly series of bomb attacks in India on March 7 that struck Varanasi's Sankat Mochan temple—one of Hinduism's holiest sites in Hinduism's holiest city—and Cantonment Railway Station. The attacks... MORE

The early March raid against al-Qaeda militants hiding in towns in northern Pakistan, which included the destruction of a madrassa, could raise questions about the continued use of these seminaries for terrorists in the region (Dawn, March 8). On March 7, Pakistani security forces in... MORE

The war on terrorism is fought in Yemen in the press and courtrooms as well as in the mountains and deserts. Yemen’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is a veteran political survivor, but a tug-of-war with the U.S. over a leading opposition figure accused of supporting... MORE

On March 4, al-Jazeera satellite TV broadcast a 20-minute clip of Ayman al-Zawahiri commenting on the latest international events (al-Jazeera, March 4). In his talk, the man most often referred to as "al-Qaeda's number two" attempts to make capital of the crisis concerning Danish cartoons... MORE

The Islamic Iraqi Resistance Front (al-Jabha al-Islamiyya lil-Muqawama al-Iraqiyya, JAMI) on February 22 reprinted on their website (https://www.jaami.com/vb/showthread.php?t=140) a statement—allegedly issued by the Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), a major Iraqi Shiite group—calling for Iraqi Shiites to stand firm and united in... MORE

The newly-formed Mujahideen Shura Council of Iraq, an umbrella group set up by al-Qaeda and consisting of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Jaysh al–Taifa al-Mansura, Ansar al-Tawhid, al-Ghuraba, al-Jihad al-Islami and al-Ahwal, is expanding its membership and operational capacity. Jaish Ahlu al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah is the most... MORE

The mujahideen have responded quickly to the February 17 address to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) by U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in which he conceded that the United States was lagging behind al-Qaeda in the propaganda war. The Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF)... MORE

The recent release of audio and videotapes from Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri call attention to al-Qaeda's couriers and how they transport tapes to major media outlets (al-Jazeera, January 21). Audiotapes, videotapes and the internet are the major mass media tools of al-Qaeda and... MORE