Zawahiri answers back
Ayman al-Zawahiri has responded to questions posted on jihadist websites. By examining his replies, Jane's reveals how vulnerable Al-Qaeda is on subjects such as Muslim deaths and scholarly criticism.
02 May 2008
FARC exposed
The Colombian security forces captured an intelligence treasure trove during the cross-border raid that killed one of the country's most senior rebels. Jane's examines the declassified captured information.
04 April 2008
The battle for Musa Qala
The recapture of Musa Qala in December was heralded as a significant blow against the Taliban. Jane's takes a closer look at an Afghan district divided by tribal and clan rivalries, heavily involved in the opium trade and now ruled by a Taliban defector
04 April 2008
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- Afghanistan's bloody Sunday
Germany's first suicide bomber
Jane's investigates a bombing that links the extreme wing of the Taliban to an Uzbek jihadist group and Bavaria's radical Islamist community
03 April 2008
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- Germany debates increase in Afghanistan commitment
Colombian conflict turns contagious
As military pressure increases against the FARC in Colombia, the guerrillas will seek refuge across the borders in greater numbers, heightening the risk of further diplomatic and military crises with neighbouring Ecuador and Venezuela
04 March 2008
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- Infiltrating Colombia's intelligence agencies
Pakistan's most wanted: Baitullah Mehsud
Recently appointed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban and accused of assassinating Benazir Bhutto, the camera shy Baitullah Mehsud has been flung into the limelight in recent months. Jane's profiles the rising jihadist star
12 February 2008
Kosovo's resurgent armed groups
Several armed groups have reappeared in Kosovo as tensions rise over the province's future
31 January 2008
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- Europe's Kosovo conundrum
Dadullah sacking highlights Taliban rifts
The dismissal of Mansour Dadullah, the Taliban's leading military commander, shed light on divisions between the more traditional wing of the Afghan insurgency and militants who claim to follow Mullah Omar, but take their instructions from Al-Qaeda
29 January 2008
Fragile peace in southern Philippines
The fragile ceasefire between the Philippine government and MILF separatists has been weakened by failed negotiations on an enlarged Muslim homeland in the south of the country
24 January 2008
Mughniyah hit threatens war
The killing of Hizbullah's near-legendary Imad Mughniyah could start a full-scale war. Jane's investigates Mughniyah's shadowy career, the significance of his death and Hizbullah's inevitable revenge.
28 February 2008
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- Group profile: Hizbullah
Pakistan elections postponed
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has defended the Election Commission's decision to delay parliamentary elections
04 January 2008
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- Bhutto assassinated
Bhutto assassinated
Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto has been killed
27 December 2007
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- Conspiracy surrounds Bhutto bombing
Bomb blast kills senior Lebanese army commander
The death of Brigadier-General Francois al-Hajj comes as Lebanon's rival political factions negotiate the make up of the new government
13 December 2007
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- Lebanon declares victory against Fatah al-Islam
Italian admiral points to vulnerability of commercial ports to terrorism
Active acoustic sensors provided the best results during NATO counterterrorism Harbour Protection Trials in Italy
23 November 2007
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- Maritime attacks - detecting underwater terrorist threats
Tug of war - Territorial shifts in northern Somalia
Recent fighting between the de facto independent Somaliland and the autonomous Puntland ended in defeat for the latter
21 November 2007
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- What now for Somalia?