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The Hamas terror group is losing control of Gaza's smaller terror groups, the Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday, citing Israeli military sources. The report noted that some of the smallest organizations, such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Mujahideen Brigades, the al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades, and the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, have "cut off" and no longer heed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's instructions, These groups hold an unknown number of hostages. Only about 20 living hostages are held by Hamas, while the other terror groups hold the remaining hostages. According to the Chronicle, 22 handcuffed hostages are...

Calm before the storm in Baghdad Iraqi capital braces itself for mujahideen onslaught Jason Burke in Baghdad Sunday April 18, 2004 The Observer The threat is clear. 'Do not go out of your homes. Keep your families off the streets,' the leaflet says. 'The Combined Mujahideen Brigades are coming to Baghdad.' This weekend, the capital of Iraq was waiting. The violence engulfing the country has ebbed - a little. But no one knows if this is just a pause before even worse unrest. No one knows if the 20 or so Western hostages still held by rebels will be released...

With the capture of three Japanese civilians in Iraq by a group calling itself the “Mujahideen Brigades”, the thirteenth issue of al-Qaeda’s online publication, Sawt Al-Jihad, takes on new relevance. In the following translation of one of the articles in the magazine, an individual calling himself Mohmmad Bin Ahmad Salem notifying the mujahideen of the Japanese military presence in Kuwait, and exhorting them to “Fight for God, and be mobilized for the Jihad, individually as well as in groups.” The full translation of the article is below. SAWT AL JIHAD – Issue No. 13, 03-29-04 People of Kuwait... by Mohmmad...