Terror suspect Daniel Joseph Maldonado is the first American accused of training with al-Qaida in Somalia. He was returned to the U.S. last week and charged with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction outside the U.S. and knowingly receiving military-type training from a
Since January 2004, the insurgency in Southern Thailand has claimed more than 2000 lives through various acts of violence such as shootings, arsons and bombings. In the Chinese New Year attacks indicating a significant change in the type of operation conducted.
2006 was the “radicalization year” within the Palestinian society which elected Hamas to lead their affairs through a new government after the long traditional dominance of Fatah.
In 1821, Heinrich Heine famously wrote: “Where they burn books, they will end in burning human beings.” One century later, Heine’s books were among thousands of books torched by the Nazis which foreshadowed the blazing ovens of the Holocaust. One can not turn a blind
The state of affairs in Pakistan raises concern due to Pakistan’s importance in the global ‘war on terror’, especially following growing American concerns regarding Pakistan’s contribution to the campaign.
The paper explores the latest crisis facing Pakistan, the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary by President Musharraf. The author holds that the crisis may lead to serious problems for the survival of the Pakistani state.
The Islamic world is divided in its opinion over suicide attacks carried out by Islamic terrorist organizations, especially when the target is other Muslims.
On the evening of 26 July 2008, 16 explosives, many of which were set up with timers on bikes around Ahmedabad, were detonated simultaneously or very near to it. Two car bombs exploded outside of two hospitals, the others exploded approximately 20 minutes earlier in
Just a few days before the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, the German public learned that security services had foiled a large-scale terror attack in the country: three men suspected of planning car bomb attacks in Germany were arrested on September
MacGyver, a popular character from the American television series of the 1980s, was an exceptionally resourceful secret agent. The high profile character was known for his ability to create improbable explosives and problem-solving devices from extremely common items: plugging a sulfuric acid leak with chocolate,
The implications of Kenya’s turmoil on some of its neighbours are already being hard felt with the situation likely to worsen. Uganda and Tanzania will struggle to cope as the influx of refugees increases, Somalia’s humanitarian crisis will likely intensify with its own refugees limited
The Pakistani Navy, which has till now been spared by pro-Al Qaeda jihadi terrorists after the attack on some French submarine experts working with the Pakistani Navy at Karachi in May,2002, came under attack at Lahore on March 4,2008. Two unidentified suicide bombers, operating in
The disclosure by Chinese authorities that the hijackers of a domestic airplane who were thwarted earlier this month came from Pakistan confirms terrorism to be the prime export item of this volatile country.
A global onslaught against the international network of front organizations of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) appears to be coinciding with the domestic reverses the rebels are suffering within Sri Lanka. Paper was first published in South Asia Intelligence Review(SAIR), Volume 6, No.
The IDF is not fighting an army or a civilian population but rather attacking a series of selective targets, thus any expansion of the warfare front may involve more severe or irreversible elements. This commentary explores the policy of selective targeting in Israel’s struggle with
Over the past few months, the Taliban had vowed to augment their attacks, including suicide bombings, clearly demonstrating an intensification of the militant campaign. Indeed, the attack on the Indian Embassy comes within the context of spiraling violence in the country.
Two of the arrests took place in Barcelona, in Catalonia. The men are Sid Ali Taukoucht, born on August 19, 1968 in Pallat, Algeria, and Abdelghani Himmouri, born on Jun 27, 1979 in Becha, Algeria. The wife of Taukoucht was also arrested at first, but
The trend towards increased terrorist financing through legitimate companies and registered charities presents a difficult challenge for law enforcement agencies wishing to curb the logistical infrastructure of terrorist organizations. The recent CSNZ Memo earding growing financing trends in New Zealand accurately warns of the dangers
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) reported on June 27th, 2008 that the prosecutor of the Jordan Security Court (SSC) has charged three men with plotting suicide attacks on a church and security premises in Amman in early 2008. Two suspects, Majed Qatanani, 22, and Ali Abu Arab,
Coinciding with the first anniversary of the Pakistan Army’s commando raid into the Lal Masjid of Islamabad, there has been a fresh wave of jihadi terrorism in Pakistan, which has reversed the declining trend seen after the new Government headed by Prime Minister Yousef Raza
Pervez Musharraf has been reduced to being a figurehead, who manages to survive in office not because the people and the National Assembly want him to continue, but because the US wants him to continue—- out of gratitude for what he had done for the US
Fifteen innocent civilians are reported to have been killed and over 100 injured in 15 serial blasts which struck Ahmedabad in the State of Gujrat on the evening of July 26,2008. This is the third State ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to be
In response to my article titled “The Indianisation of Pan-Islamic Jihad”, I have received a number of queries from readers asking about the impact of Al Qaeda on the Indian Muslim community and its implications. This article, which is in response, is an update of
In their frenetic search for novelty, the media have discovered a ‘new sophistication’ in the serial blasts in Ahmedabad, and startling innovation in the fact that the attacks in Bangalore and Ahmedabad occurred on successive days. They also discovered the usual ‘prior warnings’ and ‘intelligence
Sixteen border police guards of China’s Ministry of Public Security were killed and 16 others injured when two unidentified terrorists, who came in a truck, jumped out of it outside their barracks compound near Kashgar(Chinese name Kashi) in the Xinjiang province at 8 AM on
On 24 July 2008 the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the New South Wales (NSW) police force raided the office of the Muslim Aid Australia (MAA) located in Lakemba, Sydney, home to a majority of Sydney’s Muslim community. During the seven-hour raid of the office
Chinese authorities are alarmed that Uighur terrorists may change their modus operandi to simulate recent Palestinian bulldozer attacks in Jerusalem.
On Aug. 4, four days before the start of the Beijing Olympics, two ethnic Uighurs drove a stolen dump truck into a group of some 70 Chinese border police in the town of Kashi in Xinjiang, killing at least 16 of the officers. The attackers
Mr. Fred Burton and Mr. Scott Stewart It has been a rough couple of weeks for the Egyptian al Qaeda contingent in Pakistan. On Aug. 12, Pakistani security sources confirmed that an Aug. 8 operation in Bajaur resulted in the death of al Qaeda leader
In June of 2008 the United States government accused two Venezuelan men, both of Lebanese decent, of maintaining ties with the terrorist organization Hezbollah. This is not the first time government officials and citizens of Venezuela have been found to engage in business with militants,
The international media reported on the 9th of August, 2008 that police in Bologna say they arrested four Tunisians and a Moroccan and are seeking a sixth man. They were investigating an alleged international terrorist ring, which they say recruited suicide bombers for Iraq and
Nine of the arrests were made in Ahmedabad and Vadodara in Gujarat and the tenth arrest of their leader Mufti Abu Bashir was made with the co-operation of the Uttar Pradesh police in Azamgarh in UP. According to details given by a team of senior
The “New York Times” reported as follows on August 28,2008: “Top US and Pakistani army commanders had a highly unusual secret meeting on board an American aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to discuss how to combat the escalating violence along the border between Afghanistan
The aftermath of the 12th of February, 2008 assassination of Hezbollah’s Imad Mughniyeh – which Hezbollah attributed to Israel – has seen a string of warnings about increased Hezbollah activity worldwide. Israeli intelligence experts increasingly think Hezbollah is determined to attack an Israeli target –
The Human Security Brief for 2007 , released in May 2008, declared that terrorist attacks are on the wane due to declining support for al-Qaida. If true, this is good news for Western governments, which have placed great emphasis on countering al-Qaida’s public appeal in
Would Hamas show greater flexibility on its demands if it knows there is massive public pressure on our PM to accept its demands, or rather, if it finds out that our PM enjoys public support in respect to the negotiations? The protests merely raise the
According to members of the Egyptian Jihad organization, the collapse of the financial markets and the stock exchange in the U.S. is another step in the collapse process of the American “empire” after a string of ongoing defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan.
After a long hiatus, the Peruvian Marxist group Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) appears to be staging a come-back. The organization carried out two violent attacks against military forces and civilians earlier this month. This was followed by an incursion into a mining camp which netted
The Islamic website, https://islammemo.cc, published a report on October 26, 2008 concerning the thwarted assassination attempt of Mauritania’s military ruler. The following is the content of the report.
On March 1, 2008, the Colombian government announced that it had successfully raided a clandestine FARC camp on the Ecuadorian border that resulted in the assassination of a senior FARC leader and the seizure of files and laptops linking Chavez’s regime to FARC terrorists. What
Following the military take over of Gaza by Hamas in summer 2007, some analysts still differentiate between the “military” and the “political” wings of Hamas, drawing on the similar distinction in the IRA to prove their case. The case of the late Hamas Minister of Justice
The 26 November 2008 terror offensive in Mumbai is unusual not only for India, but on an international scale too. Authorities in India said Thursday at least 155 people were killed and at least 327 injured when suspected Islamic militants attacked 10 sites in Mumbai.
After a long series of Islamist bombing campaigns in big Indian cities in the last two years, including Mumbai where 209 people were killed in July 2006, the multiple Mumbai terrorist attacks could signify a major escalation in the conflict between India and Pakistan.
This article offers a comprehensive critical analysis of the political and operational response provided by the Indian government to the devastating attacks in Mumbai.
In the wake of the horrific terror attacks in Mumbai, defense experts around the world have begun to analyze the unprecedented attack on India’s financial center, a city of over twenty million people. As more details are released from the ongoing investigation, sources point to
The Mumbai attacks of 26 -29 November demonstrated the vulnerability of any metropolis to a siege and hostage scenario with devastating effects. The coordinated attacks on multiple locations with mass casualties was on a scale unseen before. In the initial stages, events seem to suggest
The terrorist attacks in Mumbai, which have been dubbed India’s 9/11, illustrate the severity of the jihad terrorist threat, the cruelty of terrorists who believe they are fulfilling a divine commandment, and the determination of the jihadists to fight to the bitter end against those
According to the Lebanese Daily Star Newspaper web site , the Islamist Osbat al-Ansar group based in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ein al-Hilweh issued a Fatwa forbidding its members against fighting the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). “It is against our religion to fight
