No group has yet claimed responsibility for the two attacks against Maulana Fazl ur Rehmans. The attacks have been strongly condemned by leaders around the region. Furthermore, according to PKAffairs, Afghan Interior Minister Rehman Malik constituted a joint investigation team … Continue reading →
What is the logic of targeting civilians by suicide terrorists? As my translation and analysis of recent suicide videos and most of all available suicide videos indicate, terrorists seek to address the wrongs against their nations and peoples by foreign … Continue reading →
This informing article appeared last month in a Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta: The Technology of Terror Milrad Fatullayev The training of suicide bombers is proceeding without a hitch in the North Caucasus. Three militants and a female would-be suicide bomber … Continue reading →
While there is still no new information on the Kunduz bombing, another suicide attack occurred at roughly the same time in Kanan in Iraq’s restive Diyala Province. At least 11 Iraqi soldiers were killed and some 29 people wounded in … Continue reading →
Doku Umarov is making good on his promise to initiate additional attacks on ethnic Russians. Two remote bomb attacks against Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) were carried out in Moscow this week. The first occurred on March 9, when a … Continue reading →
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Robert Pape has published an op-ed in Time magazine on the situation in Libya and an appropriate response for it. A Plan for Libya With Muammar Gaddafi digging in, many have called for international intervention in Libya. Thus far, the … Continue reading →
Doku Umarov has released a new video, threatening additional attacks on Russians and calling for Muslims to unite for the cause. Umarov also comments on a previously released video featuring the Domodedovo bomber, and the first video appearance of Khazmat, … Continue reading →
An excellent story in Newsweek describes the recent troubles in the Taliban movement though defectors’ testimonials. Since Obama’s introduction of additional troops to Afghanistan, thousands of insurgents have left the movement. Originally attracted by the abuses of the “infidel Americans” … Continue reading →
A fascinating story in New York Times describes the experiences of Afghan Consul to Pakistan, Abdul Khaliq Farahi’s, having spent two years as an Al-Qaeda prisoner. Farahi was kidnapped on Sept 23, 2008 in Peshawar and released six months ago. … Continue reading →
Vitaly Razdobudko was indeed the second suicide attacker in the twin bombings in Gubden, Dagestan, on February 12. Kavkaz Center, a prominent jihadist web-site, has released both Razdobudko and Khorosheva’s video addresses recorded prior to the bombings. The videos have … Continue reading →
