Tuesday 27 October 2009

MEMRI Email Newsletter

Special Dispatch | No. 2618 | October 27, 2009

Jihad & Terrorism Threat Monitor

Jihad & Terrorism Threat Monitor Project (JTTM) Weekly Digest -


JTTM HEADLINES FROM TODAY'S REPORT

* Al-Qaeda's Threat to Germany Passes

* Urdu-Language Pakistani Weekly Preaches Martyrdom: 'These Are the Times for Jihad and Martyrdom... If the Muslims Know How to Die – More Than That, They Know How To Kill'; 'Obama Should Stop Being the Patron of the Jews and Abandon the Dream of Making Muslims Liberal'

* U.S. Born Imam Anwar Al-Awalaki's '44 Ways to Support Jihad'

* Al-Shabab Claim to Down Predator Drone in Somalia

* Somalia: Heavy Fighting in Mogadishu and Birta Dheer; Police Claim Yemeni Al-Qaeda Member among Rebel Fatalities

* Somalia: Heavy Fighting in Mogadishu and Birta Dheer; Police Claim Yemeni Al-Qaeda Member among Rebel Fatalities

* Report: Al-Qaeda Aims To Strike Egyptian Embassy In Lebanon

* Top Al-Qaeda Leader Killed, Scores Wounded In North Waziristan Agency Blast

* Suspected AQIM Attack Kills 7 Algerian Security Guards Employed by Canadian Firm

* ISI Congratulates Al-Qaeda Maghreb on Launch of 'Al-Andalus' Media Division

* Gunmen Killed Near Saudi Arabia-Yemen Border Identified as Operatives From Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; One Was a Former Guantanamo Detainee

* Lebanese Prosecutor: Captured Fath Al-Islam Cell Planned Attacks on UNIFIL, Internal Security

* Launch of New Jihadist Magazine Yearners for Paradise

* Online Jihadists Celebrate Turkey-Syria Accord Canceling Visa Requirement, See Opportunities for Jihad in Iraq and Chechnya


FROM THE URDU-PASHTU PROJECT

* Urdu Daily: Pentagon Decides To Engage Pakistani Clerics

* Pakistani Police Compile 'Red Book' On Terrorists

* Suicide Bomb Attack Near Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kills 7; Blast In Peshawar; Anti-Landmine Kills 15 In Mohmand Tribal District

* Urdu Daily: Pentagon Decides To Engage Pakistani Clerics

* Pakistani Police Compile 'Red Book' On Terrorists

* Kashmir-Based Jihadist Commander Calls For Joint Jihad U.S., Says: "In The Prevailing Situation [Faced By Pakistan], Jihad Has Become Mandatory For Every Muslim; Political And Religious Parties Of Pakistan Should Jointly Launch Jihad Against The U.S."

* Urdu Daily: Four Uzbek Militants Dead Along With Al-Qaeda's Abu Musa Al-Misri

* Jihadist Weekly: U.S. Embassy Imports Sophisticated Weapons Without Pakistan's Permission

* Urdu Daily Warns Of Terror Attack On Pakistani Nuclear Installations And Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan

* Leader Of Sunni Jihadist Organization Killed In Pakistan

* Jihadist Groups Of Pakistan And Afghanistan Hold Key Conference

* Pakistan Arrests 35 Hizb-ut-Tahrir Terror Suspects, Including An American National And An Officer Of A USAID Project

* Militant Commander Ilyas Kashmir Alive, Warns Of Attacks

* Taliban Claim Downing Pilotless Plane In Kapisa Province

* Former Pakistan Army Chief: Militants May Target Nuclear Installations

* Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Emir Hakimullah Mehsud: Our War With Pakistan Has Two Objectives – Pakistan 'Should Abandon the Company Of America… [And] Enforce Islamic Shari'a'

* Pakistani Border Force's Internal Report Identifies Southern Punjab As A Sanctuary Of Militants

* Pakistani Official: 1,500 Foreign Militants Present In South Waziristan

* Taliban Urge Neighboring Nations To Confront The West's Invasion Of Afghanistan

* Top Afghan Official: New Types Of Iranian Mines Are Being Brought Into Afghanistan

* Taliban Spokesman Warns Of More Attacks, Says: 'We Have The Ability To Conduct Attack Anywhere In Pakistan'

* Editorial In Afghan Daily Says Security Of Pakistani Nuclear Weapons Is A Major Concern; Warns: 'If These Weapons Fall Into The Hands Of Extremists, They Will Terrorize The World And Endanger Lives Of Millions Of People'

* 14-Year-Old Suicide Bomber Carried Out Attack Killing 41

* Urdu Daily Reveals Terror Training Camp Named After The Captured Mastermind Of Attack On Pakistan Army Headquarters

* Defense Minister: 4,000 Foreign Militants, From North Africa and Chechnya, Are Fighting Alongside The Taliban In Afghanistan