Special Dispatch | No. 2528 | September 10, 2009
Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project
This Week's Posts from the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project: September 1-10, 2009
The following are excerpts from reports posted on MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) website from the past week.
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ALERTS, PLANNING & TRAINING
Jihadist Author Yaman Mukhaddab: 'Al-Qaeda's New Trap Has Been Laid'; Foresees 'Days of Calamity for the Infidels'
Yaman Mukhaddab, a well-known author on the jihadist forums, recently wrote a brief post on a jihadist forum apparently warning of an upcoming attack:
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1887¶m=APT
GLOBAL JIHAD - OPPOSITION & DISSENT
Saudi Al-Qaeda Defector: There Is Widespread Dissatisfaction Among Al-Qaeda Operatives in AfPak – Many Want to Desert
A Saudi Al-Qaeda member who left the organization has said that many other Al-Qaeda operatives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region confided to him their desire to desert the organization. The Al-Qaeda defector…
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1853¶m=APT
GLOBAL JIHAD NEWS
Under Pressure from Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid Backtracks on Sympathetic Stance toward Hamas
In a June 8, 2009 interview, Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid, an Al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan, made the startlingly pro-Hamas statement that Hamas and Al-Qaeda "share the same ideology and the same doctrine."
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1888¶m=GJN
Saudi Arabia: We Foiled 31 Attacks on Oil and Economic Targets in Last Five Years
The Saudi Interior Ministry has stated, in a new reportm that in the last five years security forces in the kingdom have foiled 31 attempted attacks by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) against its oil industry and other economic targets...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1880¶m=GJN
Claims that Jihadist Forum Promising Bin Laden Message Has Been Hijacked
On September 3, 2009, the moderator of the Al-Shura jihadist forum posted an…
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1862¶m=GJN
'Umm Hamza from Lyon' Asks Al-Qaeda Maghreb to Save Muslim Women from 'Mad Dog' Sarkozy
On September 3, 2009, a message was posted on a jihadist forum from "Umm Hamza"…
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1854¶m=GJN
Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen Reports Successful Operations in 'Winds of Victory' Offensive
In a series of communiqués issued September 1, 2009, the Somali jihad group Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen reported three successful operations carried out that day against the "Crusaders" and the "apostate militias" as part of its Ramadan "Winds of Victory" offensive.
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1841¶m=GJN
URDU-PASHTU MEDIA PROJECT
Terror Threat Forces Evacuation Of Several Buildings In Indian Capital
In New Delhi, a terror threat created panic in the Indian capital this morning, forcing the evacuation of five key buildings, including a government hospital and an underground shopping complex in the heart of city, according to an Indian website...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1883¶m=UPP
Pashtu Daily: Taliban Chief Mullah Omar Sends Afghan Delegation To Resolve Differences Among Pakistani Taliban Over Leadership Issue
A delegation of Afghan Taliban is engaged in resolving differences between different groups of Pakistani Taliban that grew after the death of Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in a U.S. drone attack on August 5, according to a Pashtu daily...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1878¶m=UPP
Report: 57 Taliban Suicide Bombers Out To Target Key Targets
In Pakistan, the government of Sindh province has ordered special security arrangements for ministers, anti-Taliban religious scholars and key government buildings following reports that 57 Taliban suicide bombers are out to attack key targets, according to a Pakistani daily...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1885¶m=UPP
Pakistani Daily: Afghan Taliban Decline Request For Help From Pakistan-Based Taliban Group
The Taliban in Afghanistan have declined a request for help from the militants in Pakistan's Swat district by reminding them of their policy of non-interference in Pakistan's internal affairs, according to a Pakistani daily...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1877¶m=UPP
Urdu Daily: 935 Women Terrorists Entered India From Pakistan
Indian intelligence agencies have claimed that Pakistan's military-led secret agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has managed to send 935 trained women terrorists into India, according to an Urdu daily.
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1852¶m=UPP
Taliban Regroup, Execute Woman Near Peshawar
The Taliban have once again regrouped on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), and have started patrolling a key road, according to an Urdu daily.
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1848¶m=UPP
Pakistani Daily: Militants Planning Attacks From Prisons
Pakistan's Interior Ministry officials have disclosed that militants are planning terror attacks in Pakistan from inside prisons, according to a Pakistani daily...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1865¶m=UPP
Indian, Pakistani Militants Use Bangladesh For Transit
Islamist militants fighting in India's Jammu & Kashmir state have regularly used Bangladesh as a transit point to travel to Pakistan, a militant nabbed by the Bangladeshi police has revealed...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1856¶m=UPP