An investigative report in a leading Pakistani newspaper examined the role of various militants involved in the current Al-Qaeda plot to launch Mumbai-style attacks in European cities. The report noted that several German jihadists joined the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in the Pakistani tribal district of Waziristan to plan the European attacks. The report also indicated that Muhammad Ilyas Kashmiri, the head of Al-Qaeda's 313 Brigade, also planned to attack the October 3-14 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. To read the full dispatch, visit http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/report.htm?report=4647. To view this report, you must be a paying member of the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project (JTTM). For membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line. You can also subscribe to a year of the JTTM Weekly Digest for $200.00. The Digest includes a selection of material from the JTTM. To subscribe to the JTTM Weekly Digest, visithttps://secure3.convio.net/memri/site/Donation2?df_id=1253&1253.donation=form. (Sign up today - subscription price is set to increase in the next few weeks) Note to media and government: For the full report, send an email with "Report in Pakistani Daily Investigates The Waziristan Connection Behind The EU Terror Plot" in the subject line to media@memri.org.
Special Dispatch|3272 |October 5, 2010
Egypt/Islam and the West/Jihad and Terrorism Studies
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