Bosnia
With Launches In Balkans and Beyond, Al-Jazeera Building New Spheres Of Influence
With Launches In Balkans and Beyond, Al-Jazeera Building New Spheres Of Influence
Abu ‘Asim al Tabuki Mansour Nasser al Bihani waged jihad in Bosnia, Dagestan, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. He trained Omar Hammami, the American military commander in Shabaab. Two of Abu ‘Asim’s brothers are currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
Bosnia imams speak out after attack on US embassy
Mevlid Jasarevic, a Serb, was arrested for shooting a Kalashnikov at the US embassy in Sarajevo. At least one embassy guard was injured. Condemning the “terrorist attack,” Bosnian authorities said they did not yet know if the shooter acted alone.
White House defends continuing US role in Libya operation
An Italian court convicted a former Guantanamo detainee named Mohamed Ben Riadh Nasri of terrorsm-related charges on Monday. At Gitmo, Nasri was identified as “one of the most dangerous Tunisian operatives,” as well as the emir of the Tunisian Combat Group, a known al Qaeda affiliate.
On the trail of Pakistani terror group’s elusive mastermind behind the Mumbai siege
Radical Islam on rise in Balkans