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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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8/12/04	Excerpts from Online Al-Qaida Training Manual Militants on the Internet are now distributing a terrorist manual that explains how to construct an Al-Qaida-style training camp in any convenient location.
8/22/04	Threat from "Brigades of Mohammed Atta" to El Salvador A group known as the "Brigades of Mohammed Atta" has issued its second statement threatening the government and nation of El Salvador. The document states: “We are giving you 21 days to withdraw from Iraq, and this is the last deadline that will [followed] by blood... As we told you before, we will move the battle to inside El Salvador, and nothing will dissuade us from targeting your strongholds in El Salvador.” The group, named after 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta, is purportedly linked to Al-Qaida, though it is not possible to verify this claim. - Click to view English translation - Click to listen to Arabic audio
8/31/04	Son of Saudi Bin Laden Ally Arrested in Seattle The son of noted Saudi Islamist dissident Mohammed al-Massari has been arrested by American immigrations and customs, who are now seeking to deport him back to Saudi Arabia. Majid al-Massari, an IT staffer at the University of Washington, has also been active in his father's radical "religious" activities, which have included raising money and even purchasing weapons on behalf of Al-Qaida chief Usama Bin Laden.
1/16/05	"Kuwaiti Mujahideen" Claim Attack on Army Base The "Media Wing of the Kuwaiti Mujahideen" has issued a statement claiming responsibility for an alleged attack on a Kuwaiti military base and the subsequent murders of three Americans and a South Korean national in the Umm al-Haiman district. According to the communique, at least one individual was "martyred" during the operation: Abu al-Baraa al-Kandahari (identified by Reuters as Saudi Arabian national Hamada al-Enezi). South Korean Foreign Ministry officials have denied receiving any reports of Korean citizens missing from southern Kuwait.
4/22/06	Video of Pro-Suicide Bombing Rally in NYC On April 17, 2006, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) suicide bomber killed nine Israelis in an attack on a restaurant in Tel Aviv. Three days later--thanks to ongoing surveillance of extremist communication networks--NEFA investigators were on hand to videotape a rally held outside the Israeli consulate in midtown Manhattan by the so-called "Islamic Thinkers Society" in order to demonstrate their support for anti-Israeli suicide bombings. The Islamic Thinkers Society is a faction of the U.K.-based extremist movement formerly known as Al-Muhajiroun. In 2003, a British member of Al-Muhajiroun carried out a suicide bomb attack at a British-themed restaurant in Tel Aviv, killing three bystanders.
3/5/07	Inaugural Globalterroralert.com Video Cybercast The inaugural edition of the Globalterroralert.com Video Cybercast is now available for download from Yahoo! Video, Google Video, and the Internet Archive. The cybercast covers an array of critical issues, including: last week's suicide bomb blast on Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, American Al-Qaida operative Adam Gadahn, the recent activities of Al-Qaida militants in Algeria, Iraqi insurgent attacks on U.S. aircraft, an update on the creeping expansion of Al-Qaida's "Islamic State of Iraq", and more. View Globalterroralert.com Cybercast on Yahoo! Video View Globalterroralert.com Cybercast on Google Video View Globalterroralert.com Cybercast on the Internet Archive See also: - [SALON.COM]: "The Iraq insurgency for beginners" - [CTBLOG]: "Adam Gadahn: Myths and Facts"
3/27/07	Globalterroralert.com Video Cybercast #2 Now Available The second edition of the Globalterroralert.com Video Cybercast is now available for download from Yahoo! Video, Google Video, and the Internet Archive. The cybercast covers an array of critical issues, including: Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's blistering attack on the Palestinian Hamas movement, Al-Qaida's continuing wave of violence in Algeria, the recent suicide bombing at a Moroccan cybercafe, legal charges filed against a Missouri-based terror financing front, the arrest of a jihadi webmaster in Spain, and a full update on the state of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq. View Globalterroralert.com Cybercast on Yahoo! Video View Globalterroralert.com Cybercast on Google Video View Globalterroralert.com Cybercast on the Internet Archive English-language transcript of Globalterroralert Video Cybercast #2