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Alerts, Planning & Training
Abu Yahya Al-Libi Blasts Somali Government, Offers Advice to Somali Mujahideen
In a new 40-minute video titled "Somalia: The Summer Cloud Has Dispersed," senior Al-Qaeda commander Abu Yahya Al-Libi offers advice to the mujahideen in Somalia in their fight against the government and African Union troops. He urges them to be unwavering in their dedication to jihad, to fight on a religious basis and not on a nationalist one, and to welcome the foreign fighters in their midst...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1636¶m=APT
In Interview, Taliban Military Commander Discusses U.S., British Campaign in Helmand and Taliban Strategy To Counter It
Following is an interview with Sharaf Al-Din, a Taliban military commander in Helmand. In the interview, the commander discusses the Taliban's strategy for countering Operations Khanjar and Panther's Claw in Helmand, Taliban troop levels and deployment, encounters with the enemy, and relations with the general populace... http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1618¶m=APT
In Video, "'Abdallah 'Azzam Brigades" Claims to Have Launched Rockets on Israel from Southern Lebanon
In a new video posted on jihadist websites on July 24, 2009, the 'Abdallah 'Azzam Brigades claimed to have launched rockets on Israel from the Lebanese border. The dates of the purported attacks are not given. The new video claims to be from the group's "Ziyad Al-Jarrah" division, named for the Lebanese hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1594¶m=APT
In Audio Message, Mauritanian AQIM Leader Promises to Adhere to Abu Yahya Al-Libi's Algeria-First Agenda
On July 18, 2009, jihadist websites posted a 14-minute audio recording from a Mauritanian commander in Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Abu Anas 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Shinqiti, titled "At Your Command, Abu Yahya." Al-Shinqiti is a member of AQIM's shura council; in a previous release he was also listed as qadi (judge) for the organization's southern region, but in the new release there was no mention of this title…
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1585¶m=APT
Global Jihad News
Foreign Mujahideen Infiltrated Gaza to Assist the Salafi-Jihadis
According to recent Internet postings, foreign mujahideen have infiltrated Gaza in order to assist the Salafi-jihadi group Jaysh Al-Islam. http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1624¶m=GJN
Head of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan: 'East Turkestan [i.e. Xinjiang] Is an Indivisible Part of the Islamic Nation, and We Won't Let the OppressionPass in Silence'
The "Muslim Uzbekistan" website reports that Tahir Yuldashev, head of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), has released an audio recording in which he vows to champion the Uighurs against Chinese oppression. Yuldashev, whose group is now based in Waziristan, also denied any IMU involvement in the attacks in Uzbekistan's Andijan region in late May. (A rival Uzbek group, the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), claimed responsibility for these attacks in a video issued shortly after the events.)
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1611¶m=GJN
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: We've Smashed Americans' Technical Power "Into Smithereens"; Soldier's Capture Shows "America's Vulnerability"
In a July 23, 2009 post on a jihadist network, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan stated that the muhahideen in Afghanistan has smashed the Americans' "technological power... into smithereens" and that capturing of an American soldier by mujahideen shows "evidence of America’s vulnerability..."
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1595¶m=GJN
Urdu-Pashtu Media Project
Pakistani Daily: "Taliban Could Attack Oil Depots, Power Grid Stations, Railway Tracks and RiverBridges In Punjab"
A notification issued by the government of Pakistan’s Punjab province has warned that the Taliban could attack oil depots, power grid stations, railway tracks and river bridges in the province, according to a Pakistani daily…
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1634¶m=UPP
Report: Taliban Leaders Escape From Helmand to Pakistan
Taliban militant leaders in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province and some of their foreign supporters have escaped to Pakistan after the U.S. troops launched a large-scale operation against them, according to an Afghan daily...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1623¶m=UPP
200 Children Trained For Suicide Attacks Detained In Pakistan
Pakistani security forces have detained 200 children trained for suicide attacks by Taliban during an operation in Malakand Division of North...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1617¶m=UPP
Taliban Issue Booklet on New Guidelines For Fighters In Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, the Taliban have issued a 65-page booklet, setting new guidelines for their fighters as per which individual militants do not...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1616¶m=UPP
Kidnapped American Soldier Seen In GhazniProvince
The residents of Andar district in Afghanistan’s southern Ghazni province say that an American soldier kidnapped by Taliban recently was seen...
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1615¶m=UPP
Urdu Daily: Pakistan in Secret Talks With Baitullah Mehsud
An Urdu-language newspaper confirms that Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, who heads the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Movement of the Pakistani Taliban), is in secret talks with the Pakistani government.
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1640¶m=UPP
Three Gas Pipelines Blown Up In Baluchistan
Baluchi rebels destroyed three gas pipelines in different areas of Pakistan’s Baluchistan province, causing a suspension in gas supply to various parts of Sindh and Punjab provinces, according to a Pakistani daily.
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1639¶m=UPP
