Thirty seven killed in Afghanistan suicide attack

Place of suicide bomber attack-Kunduz

Thirty seven were killed in a suicide attack at an army recruitment centre in Northern Afghanistan on March 14, 2011. In less than a month, this was considered the third major assault in that area, the deputy governor said. Zabihullah Mujahid (Taliban spokesman) declared that he was responsible for the attack supporting the militant Islamist group.
According to the officials many were wounded. After the attack, Reuters said that they heard gunfire in the area but Hamdullah Danishi, the deputy governor of Kunduz province, denied it. He said that the causalities were due to a single suicide bomber. Danishi told Reuters "The death toll includes new recruits, army soldiers and civilians.” Thirty three bodies were brought in the Kunduz provincial hospital as specified by a doctor. Kunduz area has become a main base for rebellions for the past years.

wounded victim

Dead victims are being carried away

Last week, Kunduz police chief was killed by a suicide bomber while he was patrolling the city. In the month of February, thirty people were killed by another suicide bomber in a government office as people were queuing to collect identity cards.Bloodshed is on increase at north and Kunduz being victim for the terrorist activity. Violence is on a rise this year even before anticipated spring offensive against insurgents.

Two Men from New Jersey found Guilty for attempting to Join Al Qaeda Group

On Thursday (03/03/2011), Mohamed Mahmood Alessa and Carlos Eduardo Almonte entered into a packaged plea deal in a Newark federal courtroom.They confessed that they plotted to slay, wound and abduct persons outside the United States in order to join al-Shabab, a designated terrorist organization. Alessa is a 21 year old North Bergen who was born in the United States and his father is a Palestinian immigrant. Almonte is a 24 year old, from Elmwood Park, is a citizen who was born in the Dominican Republic. But the Almonte and Alessa are muslims. The charges might hold a life in prison, however under the terms of the plea agreement, they may they may face 15 to 30 years at their June sentencing.
U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said in a statement "Through covert recordings and their admissions today, Alessa's and Almonte's own words confirm they took steps down a deadly path," Thursday. He also said “The defendants planned and trained for a mission that began in their New Jersey neighborhoods and would end with the murder of innocent civilians."This New Jersey case is one of the first to tie both Anwar al-Awlaki, an American cleric and Al Qaeda operative in Yemen, and Omar Hammami, an American-born member of al-Shabab, to a single plot. Prosecutors claim that Alessa and Almonte were motivated while listening to videos from both Awlaki and al-Shabab.The case is also another instance of a new generation of digital Islamic wars, who take their motivation from the web and do not have direct private contact with Islamic activist.

Political unrest is due to Islamic terrorist- Blames President Shalih

For the past few days, Britain, the US and other western countries are warned to travel to Yemen, as there is a civil unrest and danger of terrorist attacks. After a month of protests demanding President Ali Abdullah Salih to resign, opposition coalition known as the Joint Meeting Parties put forward a five-point plan last week asking him to step out at the end of this year. But Salih ignored that and claims that terrorists are taking advantage of the political unrest to carry out further attacks against the Yemeni government. Local sources suggest that the alleged al-Qaida militants were most likely just rowdy locals.Last Thursday Hilary Clinton suggested that Iran was "very much involved" in Yemen's protest movement.
As the Al Qaida threat is still on, it is safe for the western countries to leave Yemen. Considering that the British diplomatic and security presence in Yemen is only marginally active, one has to wonder where they are getting their information about AQAP activity from. In the meantime, the opposition JMP has a real opportunity to make a bid for power. Yemen’s ruling party is just trying to convince people that there won't be a revolution, by saying that their country is unlike Egypt and Tunisia. But anyhow one significant difference is the marginal political freedom that is tolerated under the Salih regime. The political unfriendliness is organised and coordinating with protesters. JMP leaders such as famous tribal sheikh Hamid al-Ahmar are doing everything in their power to bring demonstrators all over Yemen under the JMP umbrella. According to al-Ahmar, the only way to preserve unity is to make their party's candidate for president someone from the country's south, where secessionist sentiments are strong. Al-Ahmar in an interview said that he would personally vote for Yaseen Saeed No'man, secretary-general of the Yemeni Socialist party and a native southerner.

Terrorism among the Islamist-loner

Once again, another attack by a young, angry, Muslim man who according to prosecutors has nothing to do with Al Qaida or any other terrorist group.Arid Uka was arrested, who apparently took out a pistol and shot dead two American soldiers at Frankfurt airport. Arid Uka was a young man aged 21who had an aversion towards American militants. Why is this aversion? Uka told police he was motivated by a video he saw on the internet that allegedly depicted US soldiers attacking an Afghan village and raping a girl. Many active militants were radicalized after watching similar images from other conflicts on video.
Internet allows greater accessibility to these videos but many of these videos are fabricated.In this case, Uka holds Serbian and Montenegrin nationalities, but grew up and was educated in Frankfurt. The numbers of people like Uka in Europe is from different nationalities but are “European Muslims”. This “European Muslims” sometimes become a threat. In recent years, series of attacks and explosions have been the work of loners. Arid Uka was amateurish and his weapon jammed otherwise he would have killed more. The amateurism has been a feature of attacks for some time. Uka was opportunistic and Al-Qaida has always been able to turn the strengths of opponents into opportunities. Arid Uka, a free spirit in the global structure of modern militancy, acted in a destructive manner. "He said he had decided to perform this act when a chance came along," Peter Brustmann, a senior Frankfurt police detective told reporters. "That was why he carried his weaponry with him." The freer the spirit, the more destructive their behavior.