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http://www.jihadica.com/child-martyrs/ Qandeel Siddique March 11th, 2009 | Jihadi journals, Pakistan, Recruitment, propaganda [Editor's note: I am very proud to introduce a new contributor, FFI researcher Qandeel Siddique, who will be covering Urdu-language jihadi websites for Jihadica]. The Pakistani militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad, led by the famous Masood Azhar, has a strong presence on the Urdu-language wing of the jihadi internet. Among its less savory operations is an online jihadi magazine tailored especially for children, entitled Musalman Bachay [Muslim Children]. In the magazine, Masood Azhar and others regale their young readers with anecdotes from personal battles, as well as fictional pieces, centering...

Three months after the RCMP began arresting 18 suspects accused of plotting terror attacks in Canada, an investigation by the National Post has uncovered a web of links to Pakistan. Today, in the first of four parts, the role of a Pakistani training camp is revealed.- - - BALAKOT, Pakistan - A worn footpath climbs from the Kaghan Valley highway into the lush mountains above the River Kunar, on Kashmir's western frontier. The locals all know where it leads. An hour's walk up the steep trail there is a training camp built by Islamic militants called Madrassa Syed Ahmed Shaheed...

NEW DELHI: A US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) team will arrive here shortly to gather more evidence against Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar and his alleged involvement in the kidnapping of American tourists in Jammu and Kashmir in 1995 and his links with the hijackers of an Indian Airlines plane in 1999. The move comes close on the heels of a denial by Pakistani authorities to hand over Masood Azhar to the FBI, which has also registered a case in the hijacking of the IA plane IC-814 on December 24, 1999. Official sources said the team would hold talks with...