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Kavkaz Center announced the death of Emir Supyan, the deputy to Doku Umarov. Umarov's physician is also said to have been killed in the March 28 raid.
Indonesia is sending a team to Pakistan to investigate reports that Umar Patek was captured. Patek is a senior Jemaah Islamiyah operative and has been connected to the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
Doku Umarov and his top two commanders, Emir Khamzat and Emir Supyan, are rumored to have been killed during a raid in Ingushetia. Russian officials do not believe Umarov was killed.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operative Ibrahim Hassan Tali al Asiri serves as the terror group's top bomb maker. Asiri was involved in the assassination attempt that targeted Saudi Arabia's deputy interior minister.
Qari Zia Rahman said that al Qaeda and the Taliban have jointly decided to attack US and Afghan forces to retaliate for the March 17 Predator strike in Datta Khel.
The strike appears to have targeted a meeting between rival "militant" groups in North Waziristan, which was being hosted by tribal elders loyal to so-called "good Taliban" leader Hafiz Gul Bahadar.
US officials told The Long War Journal that Omar Hammami is believed to be alive. Somalia's defense minister said last week that Hammami had been killed.
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ISAF, Afghan forces kill Taliban suicide network leader in Kunduz
Shamsullah directed multiple suicide attacks in the Afghan north, including three large attacks since the end of February.Ex-Gitmo detainee training Libyan rebels in Derna
A former Guantanamo detainee named Sufyan Ben Qumu is training Derna's rebels. Declassified memos prepared at Gitmo note that Qumu was a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group's military committee, trained at Osama bin Laden's camps, worked for al Qaeda front companies, and was a known "extremist" with "no qualms about committing terrorist acts."Deputy emir of Caucasus Emirate killed in Russian raid
Kavkaz Center announced the death of Emir Supyan, the deputy to Doku Umarov. Umarov's physician is also said to have been killed in the March 28 raid.
Senior Jemaah Islamiyah leader in Pakistani custody
Indonesia is sending a team to Pakistan to investigate reports that Umar Patek was captured. Patek is a senior Jemaah Islamiyah operative and has been connected to the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
Caucasus Emirate leader may have escaped Russian raid
Doku Umarov and his top two commanders, Emir Khamzat and Emir Supyan, are rumored to have been killed during a raid in Ingushetia. Russian officials do not believe Umarov was killed.
Northeastern Afghan district falls after Taliban assault
A large Taliban force attacked the district center in Waygal today and drove out Afghan police. The Taliban claim to have kidnapped 13 police and seized large amounts of weapons and ammunition.Taliban kill 14 Pakistani troops in Khyber ambush
A colonel and a captain were among the Frontier Corps troops killed in an ambush in the Atakhel area of the Pakistani tribal agency of Khyber.Taliban create Lashkar-e-Khorasan to hunt Predator spies
The group was established by the Haqqani Network and Hafiz Gul Bahadar to root out so-called US spies that aid in the US' Predator campaign in Pakistan.Taliban kill 20 Afghans in suicide assault
The Taliban claimed credit for the suicide attack that killed 20 Afghan road workers in the Bermel district in Paktika province.US adds AQAP bomb maker to terrorist list
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operative Ibrahim Hassan Tali al Asiri serves as the terror group's top bomb maker. Asiri was involved in the assassination attempt that targeted Saudi Arabia's deputy interior minister.
ISAF captures IMU leader who ran terror camps in Afghan north
The unnamed IMU commander ran "multiple IMU training camps and was involved with the facilitation and movement of fighters in and out of Samangan training camps, including fighters' movement to Pakistan."Afghan al Qaeda/Taliban commander threatens to avenge Pakistan drone strike
Qari Zia Rahman said that al Qaeda and the Taliban have jointly decided to attack US and Afghan forces to retaliate for the March 17 Predator strike in Datta Khel.
Taliban punish 4 'spies' for recent deadly airstrike
The so-called spies were killed for aiding in the controversial March 17 Predator strike in Datta Khel.ISAF strikes at 4 IMU commanders in 'safe haven' in Afghan north
The raid targeted four Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders. ISAF has struck in the district of Burkah in Baghlan province four times this month.ISAF targets Taliban commander linked to 'suicide camps' in Afghan north
The Taliban commander targeted in the raid is linked to foreign fighters and suicide training camps in the northern province of Sar-i-Pul.Afghan peace council reportedly seeks talks with Taliban commanders held at Gitmo
The Afghan High Peace Council, set up by President Hamid Karzai in 2010, reportedly wants to speak with four top Taliban commanders held at Guantanamo. All four allegedly had significant ties to al Qaeda prior to their detention.US Predators strike again in al Qaeda stronghold of Datta Khel
The strike appears to have targeted a meeting between rival "militant" groups in North Waziristan, which was being hosted by tribal elders loyal to so-called "good Taliban" leader Hafiz Gul Bahadar.
US Predators strike in Datta Khel area in North Waziristan
Datta Khel is a known safe haven for al Qaeda and allied terror groups. Today's strike is the fifth in Pakistan's tribal areas in six days.American Shabaab commander alive, says US intel
US officials told The Long War Journal that Omar Hammami is believed to be alive. Somalia's defense minister said last week that Hammami had been killed.
