In a statement posted August 21 on an Islamic website, the Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPD - Salafist Group for Call and Combat) has issued threats of a major bombing attack against police stations and security installations in the country. Much... MORE

Confirmation of al-Qaeda's role in last November's suicide truck bombings in Istanbul came on September 13 at the trial of the 69 Turkish suspects, deferred since last May pending judicial reorganization. Of those charged with complicity in the bombing against two synagogues, a London-based bank... MORE

Yemeni government sources formally announced on September 10 the end of the rebellion under Zaidi Shi'ite tribal chief Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi. This follows the killing of al-Houthi and his brother as the result of an attack on their hideout in the region of Sha'ab... MORE

The after-effects of the Beslan school massacre are making themselves felt in some serious introspection among Arab commentators. One of the most graphic reactions was that made by Abd al-Rahman al-Rashid, manager of the satellite television station Al Arabiya, in a comment that achieved some... MORE

Among the correspondence between readers and the editor of the latest edition of Mu'askar al-Battar (issue 21, pp.40-41) there is an interesting exchange. In response to a letter asking how to set about joining the jihad in the Arabian Peninsula, the editor listed seven requirements:... MORE

The jihadist forum Al-Ma'sada has warned its readers concerning a possible CIA-sponsored Qoqaz website. "The Legislative Council of the Sawt al-Qoqaz (Voice of Caucasus)", the warning runs, "announces the existence of a forum owned by the CIA, in co-operation and arrangement with British Security, for... MORE

A posting on November 9 on a militant jihadist forum purporting to be from al-Qaeda warns that the movement "will not slacken in its striking of the Americans and the Crusaders in general right in their very midst, and their burrows, towers and habitations will... MORE

An Islamist website, Majallat al-Asr [www.alasr.ws] has focused on news from Mauritania that authorities in the West African state are clamping down on mosque preachers on grounds of political activity relating to insurgents. The official ministry for literacy and Islamic education has warned them not... MORE

A Jihadist forum has posted a warning to its users entitled: ‘Watch out for the Google spy!' The famous search engine, the contributor who signs himself as ‘The Lion of Proselytism' states, "is at present engaged in archiving all organizations using it or employing it... MORE

There are contradictory reports as to the whereabouts of Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani. At the end of November Xinhua news agency ran a report that Janjalani had managed to slip the military dragnet in the central Mindanao islands where the government is negotiating a... MORE