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Al-Qaida's Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network

"About [Al-Qaida's] operations in Europe, Evan F. Kohlmann has written an illuminating book... Kohlmann is at his best in exhaustively reporting the details of such terrorist episodes. He has compiled prodigious research about the perpetrators and their support networks. Moreover, he never loses sight of the strategy behind the individual attacks... [a] genuine historical analysis."
- Political Science Quarterly (PSQ)

"This book is a pathbreaking piece of research… Kohlmann addresses the issue in unprecedented detail, exploiting a wide variety of available sources to piece together a largely neglected segment of contemporary Bosnian history… [which] provide critical insights into terrorist preferences, motives, and interests… The book… is descriptive and empirically rich."
- Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

"Written by a genuine expert in the subject... this is a lucid and informed account of the involvement of the mujahedin in Bosnia, one that lays the myths to rest... This excellent book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the truth about an episode of the Bosnian war that is so frequently misrepresented by those with a political motive for doing so."
- Dr. Marko Hoare, History Faculty, University of Cambridge

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Afghanistan

7/25/04	Taliban Release New Afghan Jihad Video The Taliban have released new video footage of recent jihad training and military operations in Afghanistan. The latest video documents attacks on Afghan army outposts and the martyrdom of a number of mujahideen ("holy warriors"), including foreign volunteers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, Somalia, Algeria, and Kurdistan.
8/26/04	Taliban Supporters Release New Video Supporters of the radical Taliban movement in Afghanistan have released a new video recording, depicting combat operations both in Pakistan and Afghanistan, in confrontations with U.S., ISAF, Pakistani, and Afghani military forces. The recording includes reconnaissance shots of various anti-Taliban armed convoys, and the sporadic use of roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices against them.
12/19/04	Several Arab Fighters Reported Killed in Jalalabad A media representative of the Taliban has reported the "martyrdom" of a group of Arab mujahideen fighters in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The men--predominantly Saudi nationals thought linked to Al-Qaida--were killed in a U.S. air strike on the building they were hiding in during a brief battle with coalition forces. Casualties from the raid allegedly included the commander of the Arab mujahideen unit, a Saudi using the pseudonym "Onees."
2/17/07	As-Sahab Video of Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan Al-Qaida's central media wing, known as the As-Sahab Media Foundation, has released a new video depicting a recent suicide car bombing attack in Afghanistan. The video includes a recorded "martyrdom" will by the bomber, footage of the creation of the bomb, and the execution of the actual attack itself. The video also features an excerpt from an interview with Taliban supreme military commander Mullah Dadullah, in which he endorses suicide bomb operations as a key weapon in confronting heavily-armed "superpowers."