Friday, 7 May 2010

Today, as it does every week, the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Weekly Digest went out to subscribers. It included a summary of the week's most important news items and relevant material from jihadist websites, including exclusive analyses and translations, as well as an overview of "The Week in Jihad." 

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EXCLUSIVE REPORTS

-          Report: Foreign Helicopters Transferring Chechen Militants To Northern Afghanistan

-          Interview With Taliban Spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

-          Pakistan Army Spokesman: Pentagon's Report On Troops Reduction Is Baseless And Laughable

THE ATTEMPTED TIMES SQUARE BOMBING AND REPORTS ABOUT PAKISTANI TALIBAN LEADER HAKIMULLAH MEHSUD

-          Report: Letter By Hakimullah Mehsud Confirms He Is Behind Times Square Plot

-          TTP Declarations: Targeting American Cities 

STATEMENTS AND EULOGIES FOR AL-QAEDA IN IRAQ COMMANDERS

-          Statement from Al-Qaeda General Command on Deaths of the Islamic State of Iraq Commanders

-          In Nazareth, "Many Hundreds" Attend Prayer for Slain Al-Qaeda in Iraq Commanders

-          Taliban Issue Eulogy for Islamic State of Iraq Commanders

-          Widow of Al-Qaeda Commander Ayub Al-Masri Talks About Her Husband

ALERTS, PLANNING, AND TRAINING

-          Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi to Emir of Al-Qaeda Maghreb: I Am Your Obedient Servant and Devoted Soldier

GLOBAL JIHAD NEWS

-          USF-Iraq: Commander of Ansar Al-Islam Captured

-          Al-Shabab Threatens Revenge for Mosque Bombing

-          Al-Qaeda Maghreb Releases Algerian Driver Kidnapped in Niger; Fate of French Hostage Unknown

-          Anwar Al-Awlaki's Father: I Don't Know Where He Is

IN-DEPTH THREAT ANALYSIS

-          In Online Q&A, Sirajuddin Haqqani Dodges Questions on Global Jihad and Apostasy of Arab Regimes

JIHADI TEXTS

-          Book by Slain German Jihadi Eric Breininger: The Children of the German Taliban "Will Be a Special Generation of Terrorists that Will Not Appear… in Any Database… And Can Infiltrate the Infidels' Countries without Attracting Attention"

-          New Posthumous Audio Clip from CIA Khost Bomber Humam Al-Balawi: "O Hesitant One, It Is an Obligation"

FROM THE URDU-PASHTU PROJECT

-          Suicide Bombers Storm Government Offices In Nimruz Province

-          Five Pakistani Nationals, Linked To Militants, "Detained" In Dubai

-          Cleric Offers Government To Host Negotiations With Taliban

-          Taliban Behead Female Employee For Not Quitting Government Job

-          Afghan Envoy's Kidnappers Break Silence

-          Jihadist Commander Says India-Pakistan Talks Useless; "Holy Warriors Of Kashmir Are Fighting A War For Pakistan"

-          Taliban Kill Former Pakistani Spy Seized By Them

-          Baitullah Mehsud Telephone Taps In Benazir Bhutto Assassination To Be Produced In Court

-          Pakistani Security Forces Warn Militants In Swat District To Surrender By May 15

-          Top Harkat ul-Mujahideen al-Alami Commander Arrested From Karachi

THREATS AGAINST INDIA

-          Report: 140 Al-Qaeda Militants Sneaked Into India

-          Report: Militant Groups' Cells Active In Several Indian States

-          High Security Alert In New Delhi For Imminent Terror Threats

-          Security Alert In Indian Cities Of Hyderabad, Kolkata Due To Terror Threats

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