Pakistan

Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Friday, 06 May 2005 08:20

The United Nations has finally announced the designation of the Pakistani terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba [LET] (a.k.a. "The Army of Medina", "The Army of the Pure and Righteous") under UN resolution 1267 for connections to Al-Qaida, the Taliban, and Usama Bin Laden. Over the past two decades, the virulently anti-American founders of LET--including a well-known Saudi Al-Qaida member--have allowed their organization to serve as a recruiting and training mechanism for foreign terrorists based in Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, and Kashmir--including several American, British, and Australian Muslim converts.

"Al-Islambouli Brigades" Release Second Communiqué

Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Monday, 02 August 2004 08:19

The organization calling itself the "Al-Islambouli Brigades" of Al-Qaida has released its second communique, taking credit for an ambush attack using assault rifles and grenades on a group of Pakistani soldiers traveling in a military vehicle near Khuzdar, about 300 kilometers southwest of the Afghan border city of Quetta. The sudden ambush killed at least six soldiers and civilians, and two others were wounded during the incident.

New Communiqué from "Al-Islambouli Brigades"

Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:17

A group called the "Al-Islambouli Brigades" has taken credit for an assassination attempt on Pakistani Prime Minister-designate Shaukat Aziz. A suicide bomber exploded at a campaign rally near Fateh Jang, narrowly missing the Prime Minister and killing at least nine others, including Aziz's personal driver. The failed assassination came only hours after the capture of wanted Al-Qaida operative Ahmed Ghailani in the town of Gujrat by Pakistani security forces.

New Communiqué from "Uzbek Islamic Jihad Movement"

Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:15

The Islamic Jihad Movement of Uzbekistan has issued a statement taking responsibility for a series of suicide bombings in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. The attacks targeted the U.S. and Israeli embassies, as well as the office of a local prosecutor involved in a case against alleged supporters of that group. The communique further warned, "these martyrdom operations that the movement carried out will not stop.” The attacks killed three bystanders.