Al Qaeda leader in Turkey captured
Abu Zar was planning to conduct attacks against Turkish forces in Afghanistan. Turkey has rounded up more than 150 suspected al Qaeda operatives and supporters during raids nationwide this week.
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Caucasus jihad: Terror tactics back on the horizon?
The leader of the Emirate has announced that this year will be the “offensive year.” With it, suicide bombings and more radicalized tactics may be returning to the scene.
Doku Umarov declares Islamic Caucasus Emirate
Al Qaeda-linked Chechen terrorist establishes emirate in the Russian Republics of Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkana, Karachay-Cherkessia, and beyond.
Chechen al Qaeda Emir Abu Hafs Killed
Russian security services killed the Chechen al Qaeda leader in neighboring Dagestan Abu Hafs al-Urduni Click image to view. The Russian government has made significant progress against the Chechen branch of al Qaeda over the past year. Today, Russian’s Federal Security Services killed Abu Hafs, al Qaeda in Chechnya’s commander, during a raid on a […]
Chechen Terrorist Doku Umarov may be wounded, surrounded
Russian security forces are on the hunt for the new Chechen jihadi leader Doku Umarov. Click image to view. The Russian Army is conducting major combat operations in the hunt for new Chechen terrorist leader Doku Umarov. The Scotsman reports that a source within Umarov’s organization stated “large numbers of Russian troops had surrounded Umarov […]
Basayev video commemorates his death
Banner announcing Basayev’s commemoration video. Basayev’s commemoration video. Click image to view video, file size is ~5M, in Windows Media Viewer format [.mwv] Two Islamist websites have posted a video commemorating the life and death of Chechen al Qaeda commander Shamil Basayev (AKA Abdallah Shamil Abu-Idris), who was killed by Russian security forces on July […]
Chechen Terrorist Shamil Basayev Killed by Russian FSB
Shamil Basayev in Dagestan, in 1999. Click image to view. Chechen terrorist leader and al Qaeda commander Shamil Basayev (AKA Abdallah Shamil Abu-Idris) has been killed by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), according to the chief of the security. Basayev was killed in an explosion during a raid in the Federal Republic of Ingushetia, which […]