The following are
some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat
Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from
sources monitored around the clock – among them the most important
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Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@memri.org. Please include your name, title, and organization in your email.
EXCLUSIVE: New Anti-India Jihadi Organization Established In Afghanistan; Jihadi Video Announces: 'Oh Hindu Brahmans, We Are Coming Towards India From Afghanistan'
A new video released on a well-known Arabic jihadi Internet forum announces that a new anti-India jihadi organization has been established in Afghanistan, and shows a number of militants, including several from various parts of India, training in a mountainous region.
Text in Urdu declares that the video is dedicated to the youths who carried out the 1993 serial bombings in Mumbai in response to the demolition of the 16th century Babri Mosque in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya in December 1992; to the youths who took revenge for the anti-Muslims riots in the state of Gujarat in 2002; to the "martyrs" of India who sacrificed their lives for the sake of Allah's words; to the mujahideen imprisoned in Indian jails; and to the Indian migrants who are fighting on jihadi battlefields in different parts of the world.
In Eid Al-Adha Message, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Chief Hakimullah Mehsud: 'Very Soon, The World Is About To Witness The Map Of A Greater Islamic Caliphate Which Will Be Spread From The Caucasus Mountains To The Sahara Of Africa'
In his annual Eid Al-Adha message, which was recently released by a jihadi internet forum, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) emir Hakimullah Mehsud urges Muslim youth to join the mujahideen and says that very soon the map of a global Islamic caliphate will be visible before the world.
For some reason, Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha messages released by Mehsud in recent years have always appeared a few days after the occasion. In the message, the TTP emir also presents a somewhat unconditional offer of talks with the Pakistani government if the U.S. stops the drone strikes, and notes that these strikes are being carried out with the consent of the Pakistani military and its Inter-Services Intelligence.
Ansar Al-Mujahideen English Forum Posts Aljazeera.net Interview With Jabhat Al-Nusra, ISIS Fighters In Syria, Including Foreign Nationals From Britain, France, Norway, And Germany
On October 28, 2013, the Ansar Al-Mujahideen English Forum (AMEF) posted an article written by an Aljazeera.net correspondent in Syria who spent three days travelling with fighters from Jabhat Al-Nusra (JN) and also met fighters from The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). He also spoke with several foreign fighters, including from European countries like Britain, France, Norway, and Germany.
Jihadi Cleric Tells Young European Muslims: 'Strike Deep Inside France'
On October 24, 2013, a member of the jihadi website Al-Fida'a, posted a series of articles authored by Sheikh Abu Muslim Al-Jazairi, a member of the shari'a committee for the jihadi website Minbar Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad that belongs to Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al Maqdisi, who is considered one of global jihad's senior ideologues.
One of the articles, titled "A Plot against Muslim North Mali - Does a Savior Exist?", condemned Algeria and Tunisia for aiding France that he claimed was slaughtering the Muslims of North Mali simply because they were determined to Institute shari'a law in North Mali. He called upon young Muslims worldwide to join the jihad theater closest to their homes, exhorted the mujahideen in the Maghreb to hold on and apprised them that very soon they would dismember the European Union. Finally, Al-Jazairi told young Muslims in Europe to commit terror attacks deep inside their countries.
Syria-Based Saudi Sheikh Launches Campaign To Purchase Ammunition For Jihadi Groups Fighting In Syria
The "Participate in Jihad with Your Money" campaign poster
On October 26, 2013, Sheikh 'Abdallah Al-Muhaisni, a Saudi cleric who has joined the Mujahideen in Syria, launched a Twitter fundraising campaign to buy ammunition for the "Islamic brigades" fighting the Assad regime. Titled "Participate in Jihad with your Money," the campaign invites the public to donate a sum of either 50 Kuwaiti dinars or 100 Kuwaiti dinars by contacting phone numbers in Kuwait and Qatar or else contacting the campaign's official Twitter account, which so far has more than 1700 followers. According to a tweet posted on this account, the response to the campaign has been excellent, and the money will be used to purchase AK47 bullets, sniper bullets and mortar shells.
Jihadi Cleric Abu Qatada Al-Falastini Attributes Disputes Between Jihadi Groups In Syria To Love Of Power, Calls For Establishment Of Committee Of Elite scholars
On October 31, 2013, jihadi forums and social media accounts disseminated an article attributed to Jordanian jihadi cleric Abu Qatada Al-Falastini, in which he accused leaders of jihadi groups of love of power and called for the establishment of a committee to resolve disputes.
In his article, which is titled "Message to the People of Jihad in Al-Sham," Abu Qatada warned the mujahideen and their leaders againt fatwas issued by inexperienced clerics ordering a merger between groups. According to him, disputes between jihadi groups cannot be resolved by fatwas but rather by reconciliations.
In Response To Designation As Terrorist Group, Ansar Al-Shari'a In Tunisia Releases 'The Terrorist' Video Series
On October 27, 2013, the Ansar Al-Shari'a in Tunisia (AST) group released a video series titled "The Terrorist" on Al-Fida' forum. The series was released two weeks prior on AST Youtube channel.
The series, which was released in seven short video installments, focuses on AST humanitarian relief efforts to poverty-stricken areas in Tunisia, including the delivery of food and medicine to the elderly.
AST visiting the poor
AST was designated as a terrorist group by the Tunisian government in August 2013. The group in response condemned the designation, and called it a dirty conspiracy aiming at giving the U.S. the freedom to act "directly" in Tunisia.
Junood-e-Hafsa Chief To Pakistani Youth: 'Oh, The Youth, The Koran Asks You To Enter The Battles Of Jihad For Allah's Faith, Get Your Body Cut, Shed Your Blood And Sacrifice Your Lives'
Urging Pakistani youth to abandon the internet, cricket and satellite television and calling on them to take part in jihad, Asmatullah Muawiya, the emir of militant group known as Junood-e-Hafsa, claims in a new video that the number of his fighters has increased substantially over the past few years.
"Oh, the youth, the Koran asks you to enter the battles of jihad for Allah's faith, get your body cut, shed your blood and sacrifice your lives. This path leads to honor, to glory and love to Allah, to enter paradise and to fulfill your promise to the prophet of Allah," says Muawiya, who is also the emir of Tehreek-e-Taliban Punjab, an offshoot of the Hakimullah Mehsud-led Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (The Movement of the Pakistani Taliban).
Pakistani Weekly: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Factions Killing Each Other In Karachi
Taliban militants in the border areas of Pakistan
In recent years, as the Pakistani military and U.S. drone strikes have targeted the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Al-Qaeda militants in Pakistan's border regions, hundreds of these militants have moved to take shelter in Karachi, the most lawless Pakistani city.
In a recent report, Pakistani weekly magazine The Friday Times carried a report examining how the main TTP factions, led by its emir Hakimullah Mehsud and by Waliur Rehman, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last May, are trying to eliminate each other in a bid to gain an upper hand in the jihadi movement. Following are excerpts from the report:
'Taliban Fighters From Swat And Mohmand Went Underground During The Military Operations That Began In 2009, And Moved To Karachi; Key Mehsud Militants From North And South Waziristan Also Moved To Karachi To Escape Relentless U.S. Drone Attacks'
"Infighting between the factions of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) led by Hakimullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman began when fighters loyal to Waliur Rehman killed Sher Khan, an operational commander appointed by Hakimullah, in the Manghopir area of Karachi on August 16. More than 10 of Hakimullah's key men have been killed in the city since then, a Mehsud tribal elder said. Amongst them are Soor Baba, Warghoom Kay, Spin Baba and Misray, from Sohrab Goth [area of Karachi]. The most recent of these killings took place on September 27, when local commander Mir Hatim Mehsud died in a clash in the Gulshan-e-Buner area of Landhi [in Karachi]."
Pakistani Media Report Details How Afghan Soldier Defected To Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan
In 2008, Pakistani Taliban captured a Humvee as it was being transported to Afghanistan
Recently, Afghan National Army commander Museef Khan, who led a special force of 20 soldiers, defected to the militant group Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan, which is led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. This has led to fears that some Afghan securitymen might join the Taliban and other militant groups as the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan next year.
According to a report in The News daily, Museef Khan, not Munsif Khan as reported by the media, was deployed in Tarkhani district of Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. His men were engaged in fighting the Taliban and former mujahideen leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar-led Hizb-e-Islami (HI) of Afghanistan. It seems the U.S.-trained commander also possessed a Humvee vehicle.
Following are excerpts from the report:
"'On the second day of Eid Al-Adha [October 16] when all members of the group had gone on Eid holidays or to the market for shopping, Museef Khan collected the arms and ammunition and other items in the base, put them in a Humvee vehicle and drove it towards Sheegal area of the Kunar province, which is the stronghold of Hizb-e-Islami. There he handed over the weapons and other items to his uncle and Hizb-e-Islami commander Khan Mohammad and set on fire the U.S.-manufactured Humvee,' a senior member of the Hizb-e-Islami said..."
Taliban Official For Kunduz Province: 'In The Past, Mujahideen Could Not Move Openly ... Now They Are Openly Fighting In Group Formations'
A Taliban website recently interviewed Mullah Mohammad Younas aka Mukhlis, the Taliban's official in charge of jihadi activities in Kunduz, a northern Afghan province. Kunduz, of which Kunduz City is the capital, is a relatively peaceful province in which German troops are deployed. The province is comprised of the provincial capital and six districts: Imam-Sahib, Qala-i-Zal, Chahr-Dara, Ali-Abad, Khan-Abad, and Dasht-i-Archi.
Mukhlis, who is identified as being originally from the Chashm Sair area of Pul-i-Khumri district of Baghlan province of Afghanistan, studied at a madrassa in Malakand district of Pakistan. During the Taliban rule in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, he served in civil and military positions in the government.
In the interview, Mukhlis notes that after the Taliban were dislodged from power in 2001, he began jihadi activities from Chashm Sair area of Baghlan province, followed by heading the jihadi mission in the province and later moving to Kunduz.
Taliban Assessment Delegation Chief: 'Zabul Province Is On The Top Of The List Of Those Provinces Where Most Of The Areas Have Been Conquered'
Recently, the central military commission of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban's shadow government) sent delegations to assess the jihadi situation in various provinces. One such delegation was sent to Zabul province and comprised of Moulavi Fazlur Rahman Sahib, Moulavi Mahboob Sahib, and delegation head Haji Hikmatullah.
In an interview with a Taliban website, Haji Hikmatullah claims that his delegation was able to travel across the province without obstruction. He states: "Zabul province is on the top of the list of those provinces where most of the areas have been conquered, where the writ of the Islamic Emirate has been restored and the alien invaders and their internal stooges are left in a very limited area. The joining roads or links of all the districts of Zabul province are under the control of mujahideen; and when we were travelling from one district … to the other district, we had no fear of the enemy's confrontation on the way…."
Hikmatullah reveals some details of the use of communications by the Taliban and surveillance of main roads, stating: "The service that mujahideen of Zabul province have done for mujahideen of all other provinces is that they have arranged the surveillance of all the main roads through their active wireless system and have also managed for mujahideen to travel, without any danger, from one province to another province. For example, if mujahideen want to travel from Ghazni province to Kandahar province or from Kandahar province to Ghazni province, mujahideen of Zabul province watch the helicopters and other movements of the enemy through their guards having a sound wireless system and provide information to mujahideen regarding their movements."
Note to media and government: For a full copy of these reports, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@memri.org. Please include your name, title, and organization in your email.
EXCLUSIVE: New Anti-India Jihadi Organization Established In Afghanistan; Jihadi Video Announces: 'Oh Hindu Brahmans, We Are Coming Towards India From Afghanistan'
A new video released on a well-known Arabic jihadi Internet forum announces that a new anti-India jihadi organization has been established in Afghanistan, and shows a number of militants, including several from various parts of India, training in a mountainous region.
Text in Urdu declares that the video is dedicated to the youths who carried out the 1993 serial bombings in Mumbai in response to the demolition of the 16th century Babri Mosque in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya in December 1992; to the youths who took revenge for the anti-Muslims riots in the state of Gujarat in 2002; to the "martyrs" of India who sacrificed their lives for the sake of Allah's words; to the mujahideen imprisoned in Indian jails; and to the Indian migrants who are fighting on jihadi battlefields in different parts of the world.
In Eid Al-Adha Message, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Chief Hakimullah Mehsud: 'Very Soon, The World Is About To Witness The Map Of A Greater Islamic Caliphate Which Will Be Spread From The Caucasus Mountains To The Sahara Of Africa'
In his annual Eid Al-Adha message, which was recently released by a jihadi internet forum, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) emir Hakimullah Mehsud urges Muslim youth to join the mujahideen and says that very soon the map of a global Islamic caliphate will be visible before the world.
For some reason, Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha messages released by Mehsud in recent years have always appeared a few days after the occasion. In the message, the TTP emir also presents a somewhat unconditional offer of talks with the Pakistani government if the U.S. stops the drone strikes, and notes that these strikes are being carried out with the consent of the Pakistani military and its Inter-Services Intelligence.
Ansar Al-Mujahideen English Forum Posts Aljazeera.net Interview With Jabhat Al-Nusra, ISIS Fighters In Syria, Including Foreign Nationals From Britain, France, Norway, And Germany
On October 28, 2013, the Ansar Al-Mujahideen English Forum (AMEF) posted an article written by an Aljazeera.net correspondent in Syria who spent three days travelling with fighters from Jabhat Al-Nusra (JN) and also met fighters from The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). He also spoke with several foreign fighters, including from European countries like Britain, France, Norway, and Germany.
Jihadi Cleric Tells Young European Muslims: 'Strike Deep Inside France'
On October 24, 2013, a member of the jihadi website Al-Fida'a, posted a series of articles authored by Sheikh Abu Muslim Al-Jazairi, a member of the shari'a committee for the jihadi website Minbar Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad that belongs to Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al Maqdisi, who is considered one of global jihad's senior ideologues.
One of the articles, titled "A Plot against Muslim North Mali - Does a Savior Exist?", condemned Algeria and Tunisia for aiding France that he claimed was slaughtering the Muslims of North Mali simply because they were determined to Institute shari'a law in North Mali. He called upon young Muslims worldwide to join the jihad theater closest to their homes, exhorted the mujahideen in the Maghreb to hold on and apprised them that very soon they would dismember the European Union. Finally, Al-Jazairi told young Muslims in Europe to commit terror attacks deep inside their countries.
Syria-Based Saudi Sheikh Launches Campaign To Purchase Ammunition For Jihadi Groups Fighting In Syria
The "Participate in Jihad with Your Money" campaign poster
On October 26, 2013, Sheikh 'Abdallah Al-Muhaisni, a Saudi cleric who has joined the Mujahideen in Syria, launched a Twitter fundraising campaign to buy ammunition for the "Islamic brigades" fighting the Assad regime. Titled "Participate in Jihad with your Money," the campaign invites the public to donate a sum of either 50 Kuwaiti dinars or 100 Kuwaiti dinars by contacting phone numbers in Kuwait and Qatar or else contacting the campaign's official Twitter account, which so far has more than 1700 followers. According to a tweet posted on this account, the response to the campaign has been excellent, and the money will be used to purchase AK47 bullets, sniper bullets and mortar shells.
Jihadi Cleric Abu Qatada Al-Falastini Attributes Disputes Between Jihadi Groups In Syria To Love Of Power, Calls For Establishment Of Committee Of Elite scholars
On October 31, 2013, jihadi forums and social media accounts disseminated an article attributed to Jordanian jihadi cleric Abu Qatada Al-Falastini, in which he accused leaders of jihadi groups of love of power and called for the establishment of a committee to resolve disputes.
In his article, which is titled "Message to the People of Jihad in Al-Sham," Abu Qatada warned the mujahideen and their leaders againt fatwas issued by inexperienced clerics ordering a merger between groups. According to him, disputes between jihadi groups cannot be resolved by fatwas but rather by reconciliations.
In Response To Designation As Terrorist Group, Ansar Al-Shari'a In Tunisia Releases 'The Terrorist' Video Series
On October 27, 2013, the Ansar Al-Shari'a in Tunisia (AST) group released a video series titled "The Terrorist" on Al-Fida' forum. The series was released two weeks prior on AST Youtube channel.
The series, which was released in seven short video installments, focuses on AST humanitarian relief efforts to poverty-stricken areas in Tunisia, including the delivery of food and medicine to the elderly.
AST visiting the poorAST was designated as a terrorist group by the Tunisian government in August 2013. The group in response condemned the designation, and called it a dirty conspiracy aiming at giving the U.S. the freedom to act "directly" in Tunisia.
Junood-e-Hafsa Chief To Pakistani Youth: 'Oh, The Youth, The Koran Asks You To Enter The Battles Of Jihad For Allah's Faith, Get Your Body Cut, Shed Your Blood And Sacrifice Your Lives'
Urging Pakistani youth to abandon the internet, cricket and satellite television and calling on them to take part in jihad, Asmatullah Muawiya, the emir of militant group known as Junood-e-Hafsa, claims in a new video that the number of his fighters has increased substantially over the past few years.
"Oh, the youth, the Koran asks you to enter the battles of jihad for Allah's faith, get your body cut, shed your blood and sacrifice your lives. This path leads to honor, to glory and love to Allah, to enter paradise and to fulfill your promise to the prophet of Allah," says Muawiya, who is also the emir of Tehreek-e-Taliban Punjab, an offshoot of the Hakimullah Mehsud-led Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (The Movement of the Pakistani Taliban).
Pakistani Weekly: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Factions Killing Each Other In Karachi
Taliban militants in the border areas of Pakistan
In recent years, as the Pakistani military and U.S. drone strikes have targeted the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Al-Qaeda militants in Pakistan's border regions, hundreds of these militants have moved to take shelter in Karachi, the most lawless Pakistani city.
In a recent report, Pakistani weekly magazine The Friday Times carried a report examining how the main TTP factions, led by its emir Hakimullah Mehsud and by Waliur Rehman, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike last May, are trying to eliminate each other in a bid to gain an upper hand in the jihadi movement. Following are excerpts from the report:
'Taliban Fighters From Swat And Mohmand Went Underground During The Military Operations That Began In 2009, And Moved To Karachi; Key Mehsud Militants From North And South Waziristan Also Moved To Karachi To Escape Relentless U.S. Drone Attacks'
"Infighting between the factions of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) led by Hakimullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman began when fighters loyal to Waliur Rehman killed Sher Khan, an operational commander appointed by Hakimullah, in the Manghopir area of Karachi on August 16. More than 10 of Hakimullah's key men have been killed in the city since then, a Mehsud tribal elder said. Amongst them are Soor Baba, Warghoom Kay, Spin Baba and Misray, from Sohrab Goth [area of Karachi]. The most recent of these killings took place on September 27, when local commander Mir Hatim Mehsud died in a clash in the Gulshan-e-Buner area of Landhi [in Karachi]."
Pakistani Media Report Details How Afghan Soldier Defected To Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan
In 2008, Pakistani Taliban captured a Humvee as it was being transported to Afghanistan
Recently, Afghan National Army commander Museef Khan, who led a special force of 20 soldiers, defected to the militant group Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan, which is led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. This has led to fears that some Afghan securitymen might join the Taliban and other militant groups as the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan next year.
According to a report in The News daily, Museef Khan, not Munsif Khan as reported by the media, was deployed in Tarkhani district of Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. His men were engaged in fighting the Taliban and former mujahideen leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar-led Hizb-e-Islami (HI) of Afghanistan. It seems the U.S.-trained commander also possessed a Humvee vehicle.
Following are excerpts from the report:
"'On the second day of Eid Al-Adha [October 16] when all members of the group had gone on Eid holidays or to the market for shopping, Museef Khan collected the arms and ammunition and other items in the base, put them in a Humvee vehicle and drove it towards Sheegal area of the Kunar province, which is the stronghold of Hizb-e-Islami. There he handed over the weapons and other items to his uncle and Hizb-e-Islami commander Khan Mohammad and set on fire the U.S.-manufactured Humvee,' a senior member of the Hizb-e-Islami said..."
Taliban Official For Kunduz Province: 'In The Past, Mujahideen Could Not Move Openly ... Now They Are Openly Fighting In Group Formations'
A Taliban website recently interviewed Mullah Mohammad Younas aka Mukhlis, the Taliban's official in charge of jihadi activities in Kunduz, a northern Afghan province. Kunduz, of which Kunduz City is the capital, is a relatively peaceful province in which German troops are deployed. The province is comprised of the provincial capital and six districts: Imam-Sahib, Qala-i-Zal, Chahr-Dara, Ali-Abad, Khan-Abad, and Dasht-i-Archi.
Mukhlis, who is identified as being originally from the Chashm Sair area of Pul-i-Khumri district of Baghlan province of Afghanistan, studied at a madrassa in Malakand district of Pakistan. During the Taliban rule in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, he served in civil and military positions in the government.
In the interview, Mukhlis notes that after the Taliban were dislodged from power in 2001, he began jihadi activities from Chashm Sair area of Baghlan province, followed by heading the jihadi mission in the province and later moving to Kunduz.
Taliban Assessment Delegation Chief: 'Zabul Province Is On The Top Of The List Of Those Provinces Where Most Of The Areas Have Been Conquered'
Recently, the central military commission of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban's shadow government) sent delegations to assess the jihadi situation in various provinces. One such delegation was sent to Zabul province and comprised of Moulavi Fazlur Rahman Sahib, Moulavi Mahboob Sahib, and delegation head Haji Hikmatullah.
In an interview with a Taliban website, Haji Hikmatullah claims that his delegation was able to travel across the province without obstruction. He states: "Zabul province is on the top of the list of those provinces where most of the areas have been conquered, where the writ of the Islamic Emirate has been restored and the alien invaders and their internal stooges are left in a very limited area. The joining roads or links of all the districts of Zabul province are under the control of mujahideen; and when we were travelling from one district … to the other district, we had no fear of the enemy's confrontation on the way…."
Hikmatullah reveals some details of the use of communications by the Taliban and surveillance of main roads, stating: "The service that mujahideen of Zabul province have done for mujahideen of all other provinces is that they have arranged the surveillance of all the main roads through their active wireless system and have also managed for mujahideen to travel, without any danger, from one province to another province. For example, if mujahideen want to travel from Ghazni province to Kandahar province or from Kandahar province to Ghazni province, mujahideen of Zabul province watch the helicopters and other movements of the enemy through their guards having a sound wireless system and provide information to mujahideen regarding their movements."
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