Barcelona, 20 Nov. (AKI) - Al-Qaeda has instructed the Algerian terror formation the Salafite Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) to take under its command other groups such as Morocco's Islamic Combat Group, several extremist Tunisian groups and Libya's Islamic Group, forming a single terror network for North Africa and Europe, Catalan daily El Periodico reports, citing unnamed Spanish anti-terror intelligence sources.
GSPC operatives are reported to be travelling all over Europe to put the various North African terror cells located there in touch with each other, worried anti-terror sources say. Investigators have noted extensive contacts and financial flows between groups in Spain, Italy (especially the northern city of Milan), Holland, Belgium and France, El Periodico said.
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http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.361364266&par=0
Philippines: Terrorists Trained Muslim Rebels, Says Intelligence Official
Cotabato City, 20 Nov. (AKI) - A Filipino intelligence official has said that al-Qaeda affiliated Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants trained four local Muslim rebel commanders to carry out a series of bomb attacks in the southern Philippines. Army Captain Carlos Sol told Adnkronos International (AKI) that the four rebels, Manap Medtang, Abdul Nasser, Jabidi Abdul and Basit Usman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)'s 105th Base Command in Maguindanao, about 590 kilometres south of Manila, were trained by JI bomb experts, Dulmatin and Omar Patek, on bomb-making in the mountains of Lanao del Sur.
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http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.361293321&par=0
Militants kill ‘US spy’ cleric
Monday, November 20, 2006
RAZMAK: Militants killed a pro-government religious leader in North Waziristan on Sunday for allegedly spying for US-led coalition forces. Maulana Muhammad Hashim’s body was found on a road in Fateh Muhammad Kot on Sunday. A note found near Hashim’s body said that anyone spying for the US would be killed.
Hashim belonged to Paktia and was a friend of Maulana Salahuddin who was murdered a few days ago on the same charge. The Razmak assistant political agent said that it was not known whether Hashim had been killed on the Afghan side of the border or the Pakistani side.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006/11/20/story_20-11-2006_pg1_5
Waziristan.
Duly noted.
THANKS for all the news Oorang.
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - The president of a semi-autonomous region in northeastern Somalia said Monday that he will rule according to Islamic law, a surprising announcement in an area that has resisted the spread of Islamic militants who control much of the country's south.
Puntland President Gen. Addeh Museh did not cite a reason for his decision, but it comes amid increasing fears that the Council of Islamic Courts will try to seize his territory. The move also isolates Somalia's official government, which has watched helplessly as the Islamic movement steadily gained ground since June.
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http://www.startribune.com/722/story/825338.html
Watchdog warns of rival Muslim factions and pressure from militants at jail
Tuesday November 21, 2006
A "potentially explosive" dispute between Muslim factions inside Britain's largest prison has been revealed by independent jail watchdogs.
The independent monitoring board at Wandsworth prison, south London, also warns today that some Muslim inmates are being pressured to adopt "more militant lifestyles and belief systems".
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/prisons/story/0,,1953250,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11
Russia: Islamist Editor Jailed For Five Years
November 20, 2006
News from Interfax, Moscow Times and Reuters AlertNet reports that a journalist editor was jailed today for five years for writing on terrorist atrocities, while simultaneously praising those who carried out acts of terror.
Boris Stomakhin was editor of the monthly newspaper Radikalnaya Politika. He also wrote for the Islamist rebel website Kavkaz Center, which is distributed from a server in Lithuania. He had frequently referred to Russia's involvement in Chechnya as an "occupation". He had first been investigated in December 2003, but his trial did not begin until last month. The reason for this was that Stomakhin had gone into hiding, and was only arrested in March this year.
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http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003391.html
Egyptian crackdown keeps Muslim Brotherhood in check
November 21 2006 02:00
Egypt has banned leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood from travelling outside the country and prevented its members from running in trades union and student elections in the latest crackdown since the outlawed group won a fifth of the seats in parliament a year ago, according to a senior Brotherhood official.
Mohamed Habib, the Brotherhood's deputy leader, said that about 100 members of the group were still in jail following successive waves of arrests this year.
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Thanks, Oorang.
It's hard to keep track of the various group names nowadays as they change so frequently.