Category Archives: al-Qaeda
Al-Qaida says US consulate attack ‘revenge’
Telegraph:
AL-Qaeda said the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya was in revenge for the killing of the network’s number two Sheikh Abu Yahya al-Libi, SITE Intelligence Group reported.
“The killing of Sheikh Abu Yahya only increased the enthusiasm and determination of the sons of (Libyan independence hero) Omar al-Mokhtar to take revenge upon those who attack our Prophet,” said al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula said in a statement, quoted by the US-based monitoring group.
Al-Qaida’s Yemen-based offshoot did not claim direct responsibility for Tuesday’s attack on the US consulate in Benghazi that killed the US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three other Americans.
Boko Haram assassins wipe out family in Kano
H/T Don L
PM News Nigeria:
Published on September 16, 2012 by pmnews · 5 Comments
Four men suspected to be agents of the Boko Haram sect have shot dead a member of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and three members of his family in Kano.
They killed the officer, his wife, his three year old daughter and his crippled brother staying with him, police sources told a news agency today.
The victims were all locked up in a room and shot dead in the home of the yet to be identified NSCDC officer in Hotoron Gabas district.
Neighbours said they saw the four men arriving on two motor cycles and entering the house.
Ezra: Obama MUST defend his diplomats
This is a video that needs to go viral
Jordanian militant warns of attacks in Syria
Washington Times:
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian militant leader linked to al Qaeda warned Sunday that his extremist group will launch “deadly attacks” in neighboring Syria to topple President Bashar Assad, as Damascus lashed out at France for backing Syrian rebels.
In a speech delivered to a crowd protesting outside the prime minister’s office in Amman, Mohammad al-Shalabi, better known as Abu Sayyaf, told Mr. Assad that “our fighters are coming to get you.”
Abu Sayyaf is the head of the Salafi Jihadi group, which produced several al-Qaeda-linked militants who fought U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past 10 years. They also are blamed for the 2002 assassination of U.S. aid worker Laurence Foley outside his Amman home.
The militant leader was himself convicted in 2004 of plotting attacks on Jordanian air bases hosting American trainers, but he served his term and was released last year.
The Guardian. Another reason for Pat Condell’s criticism
Check this absurd article in today’s Guardian, a near complete synthesis and I can tell you this for a fact, the EDL despises Breivik more than most and his actions have in fact set groups like the EDL back a long way. In any case, this video by Mr, Condell now makes sense for another reason. The Guardian’s propensity to manufacture facts and create false impressions as opposed to reporting the news.
Al-Qaeda’s New Homeland – Mali
H/T Don L
Kenyan Muslims want truce now that they have burned the churches and bars and infidels want to fight back
Boko Haram Confirms Orchestrating Damaturu Bombings, Promises Deadlier And Wider Attacks.
Reporter365:
By Seun Babatunde.
Boko Haram, the Nigeria’s worst headache of more than two years has announced responsibility for attacks earlier in the week in the northern city of Damaturu, Yobe State, during which a minimum of 40 died.
In a patently superfluous email that only corroborated widespread public belief of Boko Haram being the mastermind of the blasts, the group promised deadlier attacks that would summarily overthrow the federal government.
“We assure all that the success of the Damaturu operation is really a sign that very soon, Allah will give us the chance of overthrowing this unjust and heathen government and replacing it with an Islamic system which is just,” a portion of the statement, obtained by Reporters365 on Thursday, reads.
One of the destroyed vehicles in the recent bombings
The attack in question got underway on Monday with blasts targeted at security officials and structures in the capital of the state, followed by several hours of fire that spilled into Tuesday afternoon of the following day.
In a related development, the Yobe State government has relaxed by six hours a two-day 24-hour curfew earlier
slammed on Damaturu.
A government statement said that while movement within Damaturu metropolis is now permissible only between 10am and 4pm, movement in Potiskum town would be even more relaxed running to 6am to 6pm. In all other parts of the state, citizens are allowed to exercise their freedom of movement between 10am and 6pm only.
Classical Muslims in Spain planned to attack shopping mall with model aircraft and explosives
From Der Spiegel translated by Hermes for us all.
Nigeria church attack in Kogi state ‘kills 19’
BBC:
At least 19 people have been killed in a gun attack on a church in central Nigeria, officials say.
Gunmen stormed the church near the city of Okene in Kogi state and fired on worshippers, they say.
The pastor was among those killed when the assailants fired Kalashnikov assault rifles, the officials add.
It is not clear who carried out the attack but militant Islamist group Boko Haram has carried out numerous raids on churches and other targets in Nigeria.
BBC Nigeria correspondent Will Ross says the shooting happened further south than most areas affected by Boko Haram violence.
The joint military force commander in Kogi state, Lt Col Gabriel Olorunyomi, said the gunmen opened fire on the Deeper Life Bible Church in the town of Otite, near Okene, the AP news agency reports.
Many others were wounded in the attack and rushed to different hospitals, Lt Col Gabriel Olorunyomi said.
The authorities are searching for more victims who may have run into the bush nearby, he added.
In April, Nigeria’s security forces raided a suspected bomb-making factory in the Okene area, killing at least nine alleged Boko Haram militants.
In February, Boko Haram said it had attacked a jail in Kogi, using bombs and heavy gunfire to free 119 inmates.
The detainees from Al Qaeda were planning to attack targets in the Gibraltar strait from hang gliders or paraglide.
Hermes has translated some of the follow up articles on the three Muslims busted with explosives in Spain yesterday. Edited by Gates of Vienna:
From Digital Atenea:
The detainees from Al Qaeda were planning to attack targets in the Gibraltar strait from hang gliders or paraglide
In relation to the information given yesterday by the Interior Minister about the possibility that the three presumed jihadists could have been trained in jihadi training camps, this could have happened in the North of Waziristan (A wide border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan). Among the three suspects, the one maintaining a sentimental relationship with a Moroccan woman could be considered to be the leader of the group. This fact will have to be thoroughly investigated in order to clarify other possible Moroccan or Algerian connections.
Whether he maintained contacts with the organization called Lashkar-e-Taiba (a Pakistani terrorist organization with links to Al Qaeda) or not, this Muslim of Turkish nationality could very well be a radical Salafist and also be a perfect leader for this cell, and not only a mere facilitator. If news about data having been deleted from a PC in his home turned out to be true, this could mean a greater real collaboration [having been carried out] with his Moroccan partner, thus reinforcing the previously mentioned hypothesis.
The nexus among the three suspects could have originated during their stay in Pakistan, or failing this, through a reliable contact having served as liaison through the Internet, or even by telephone or postal mail.
According to this theory, the suspect from Línea de la Concepción could be not only the presumed person in charge of the cell and interested in committing some kind of terrorist attack (he was in possession of explosives), but he could also have been engaged not only in logistic activities (acquisition and storage of weapons and explosive), but also in activities related to gathering of information and searching/determining of targets in the Province of Cádiz, in Gibraltar (English territory) and its zone of influence, that is, the docks (where nuclear submarines from the British Army had been docked), and even the airport.
This hypothesis is, together with the knowledge about the possession of explosives and the possible training in flying with hang gliders and paraglide with an adapted engine, and even in making model airplanes, is also an extremely valuable additional information about this cell regarding its real level of danger due to the fact that they could have taken flight in any time and place without having been detected by conventional air radars, thus being able to operate entirely by stealth without the knowledge of the intelligence services.
The profile of the two suspects from Eastern Europe [Russia/Caucasus] could be that of real facilitators (purchasing and selling of weapons and explosives), without scruples and remorse. If we add to this their indoctrination and their beliefs in the most violent Salafi doctrine (that of Al Qaeda and its regional groups) and their training in Pakistani training camps, their profile would the most suitable to be the real operative members responsible for carrying out terrorist attacks.
The last elements are the possible targets and received commands. Regarding the first hypothesis, we should point out the proximity (near Gibraltar), the suitability and the ease in which attacks could be committed.
Not taking into consideration the possible restriction of access to the Rock, we must not forget that we are talking about a zone which has two harbors of vital importance for the security and of a high strategic importance for Spain, Great Britain and the USA, not neglecting the commercial traffic of goods between the South of Spain and North Africa — the Kingdom of Morocco. Apart from the importance the naval base at Rota has for Spain (this will in the future be the base for the NATO missile shield), a complex which will in the future be a key NATO base, entailing a permanent presence of a huge number of troops and warships belonging to the US Navy.
One of the Jihadists under Al Qaeda’s command, the Algerian Abu Abd Al Ilah Ahmed, at the beginning of this year threatened Spain, the USA and the EU. According to this threat, AQMI’s plans for the future would involve attacks against the maritime traffic of the Gibraltar Strait, that is, any kind of maritime traffic which would prove of interest for the terrorist organization in the strait.
Al Qaeda’s main objective is the USA and the US Navy’s ship traffic through the Gibraltar Strait, apart from that of the Royal Navy (as we already pointed out), and even the naval base of Rota. Therefore, due to the lack of a suitable boat to reach the warships, the use of easy aerial means such as those already exposed, in order to commit a terrorist attack, or at least to try to commit one, against the American or British Navy, raising in this way the attention of the international public opinion, would be a great success, as it most probably is already on an international level for this terrorist organization.
‘Rebels’ in Syria shout ‘Allah is the greatest’ while they slaughter regime loyalists in cold blood. WARNING GRAPHIC
Suicide bomb attacks claim four lives in Nigeria
…and now they are after the hairdressers…
XINHUANET
Suicide bomb attacks claim four lives in Nigeria
SOKOTO, Nigeria, July 30 (Xinhua) — The police in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto State on Monday said four persons died as a result of two suspected suicide bomb attacks in the state.
A police corporal, two suspected suicide bombers and a hair dressing saloon operator died during the attacks, the state police spokesperson, Sani Salisu, told reporters in Sokoto, the state capital.
The alleged attackers were said to have simultaneously struck at the office of the AIG Zone 10 and a POWA shop adjacent the Marina police station in Sokoto State.
Suspected members of Nigeria’s Boko Haram kill two Indians
I wonder how casually the Indian government will take this.
Reuters:
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria | Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:12am EDT
(Reuters) – Suspected members of Islamist sect Boko Haram shot dead two Indians after storming their factory in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a military spokesman said on Thursday.
Boko Haram has killed hundreds this year in its campaign to carve out an Islamic state in Nigeria, whose population is split evenly between Christians and Muslims.