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| Turkish jihadist commander executed by the Taliban in Waziristan |
| 2011-07-02 |
| A Turkish jihadist commander who fought in the Caucasus for 15 years before arriving in the Afghan-Pakistan border areas was executed recently by the Taliban. Abu Zarr, who is also known as Serdal Erbasi, was executed in the Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan for ordering the deaths of two "foreign fighters," according to a Turkish jihadist website. Two of his followers, who carried out the deaths of the foreign fighters, were also executed along with Abu Zarr. The "Sharia court of the Waziristan-Uruzgan region" ordered Abu Zarr's execution after accusing him of ordering the murders of Samil Dagistanli and Ismail Azeri, two other jihadists from the Caucasus, presumably from the Russian republic of Dagestan, and Azerbaijan. Dagistanli and Azeri were in opposition to Abu Zarr after he split off from the Taifatul Mansura, or the Victorious Sect, due to a dispute over money received from outside of the region. According to the Taliban sharia court, Abu Zarr ordered two of his followers to kill Dagistanli and Azeri. The jihadist website, which is supportive of Abu Zarr, claimed that "plots were hatched full of sedition and disinformation about Abu Zarr who was in disagreement with some groups," and that he was executed by the Taliban because he was "uncontrollable." |
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| Increasing number of Turks go a-jihading | ||
| 2010-11-01 | ||
In January, police detained more than 120 al-Qaida suspects in raids mostly in east and central Anatolia. Then last week, police arrested maths student Abdulkadir Kucuk from a university in the western city of Izmir who was in contact with a Turkish militant described as the head of al-Qaida's Aegean cell and who is now fighting in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A senior Turkish security official told Reuters that all the Turks who have joined al-Qaida's ranks in Afghanistan-Pakistan belong to one group. He went on to name its chief as well as a commander, Zekeriya, whom Kucuk was caught e-mailing. "Their leader is named Ebuzer, the leader of all Turks in al-Qaida. Zekeriya is another high-ranking leader of Turks there," he said. The Washington-based Jamestown Foundation identifies Ebuzer as Serdar Erbashi, a veteran of the second Chechen war, who had headed al-Qaida's cell in Ankara.
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| Al Qaeda commander killed in US strike in North Waziristan |
| 2010-06-20 |
| A US airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan killed an al Qaeda commander and a dozen members of the Islamic Jihad Group. Abu Ahmed was among 16 people killed in the US strike earlier today in the town of Inzarabad near Mir Ali, according to Geo News. Ahmed was an al Qaeda military commander who led fighters against NATO and Afghan forces across the border in Afghanistan, a US intelligence official told The Long War Journal. The majority of the 12 Islamic Jihad Group fighters killed are said to be from Turkey. In the four airstrikes against insurgents in North Waziristan that have taken place since June 10, the US has killed three mid-level al Qaeda military commanders. A June 10 strike in the town of Norak in North Waziristan killed Sheikh Ihsanullah, an "Arab al Qaeda military commander," and Ibrahim, the commander of the Fursan-i-Mohammed Group. A Turkish foreign fighter was also killed in the attack. The deaths of Ihsanullah and Ibrahim were announced by the Taifatul Mansura Group, or the Victorious Sect, a transnational Turkish jihadist group that operates along the Afghan-Pakistani border. The 12 insurgents killed today alongside the al Qaeda commander were from the Islamic Jihad Group (or Islamic Jihad Union), a splinter faction of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. The Islamic Jihad Group is based out of the Mir Ali region and maintains close ties with al Qaeda leader Abu Kasha al Iraqi and North Waziristan Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadar. It is a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization. German and Turkish Muslims make up a significant portion of the Islamic Jihad Group. Its fighters are often referred to as German Taliban, and they carry out attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Last year, the Islamic Jihad Group released video of 'German Taliban villages' in Waziristan. Its fighters were seen training at camps and conducting military operations. German members of the Islamic Jihad Group have also been killed in combat inside Pakistan. Eric Breininger, a German man who converted to Islam, was killed while assaulting a Pakistani military outpost in North Waziristan on April 28. Three Uzbek fighters were also killed in the attack. Breininger was wanted for plotting attacks against US military bases and personnel in Germany. Americans have also joined the Islamic Jihad Group. Over the past year, two American jihadists, Abu Ibrahim al Amriki and Sayfullah al Amriki, have been featured in propaganda released by the Islamic Jihad Group. The Islamic Jihad Group has been the target of several US airstrikes in Pakistan's tribal areas. The US killed Najmuddin Jalolov, the leader of the Islamic Jihad Group, in a Predator airstrike in North Waziristan on Sept. 14, 2009. Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/06/al_qaeda_commander_k.php#ixzz0rQbylgLg |
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| German jihadist killed in NWA |
| 2010-05-04 |
| LAHORE/BERLIN: German officials on Monday said a suspected terrorist linked to a group convicted of plotting attacks on US facilities in Germany appears to have been killed in North Waziristan. Germany's main domestic intelligence agency said a statement issued by the Islamic Jihad Union informing of the death of 22-year-old Eric Breininger on April 30 appeared to be authentic. Breininger, a German-born convert to Islam wanted by German police on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist cell, was killed on April 30 in a fight with Pakistani troops, according to an unconfirmed claim by a jihadi group, Spiegel reported. Based on our general knowledge, the contents of the statement appear to be authentic,' AP quoted the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution as saying in a statement. Breininger, 22, was a member of the Islamic Jihad Union and had contacts with the homegrown group of terrorists who plotted to bomb US targets in Germany in 2007. Three of the members of that group, known as the Sauerland cell after the region of western Germany where it was based, were arrested in September 2007 as they were preparing to carry out bombing attacks. They were sentenced to long jail terms in March this year. A Turkish extremist known as Salaheddin', who was in charge of the Islamic Jihad Union's Internet site, is also reported to have been killed in the fight. German authorities believe Salaheddin is Ahmet M, who was born in Germany and deported to Turkey 10 years ago, the report said. German authorities said they were checking the report. The written statement made by the group called Taifatul Mansura and seen by Spiegel Online says the two men were attacked by Pakistanis who have deserted their faith' near the town of Mir Ali. It is likely to be referring to Pakistani soldiers. Ahmet M had killed four attackers by exploding a hand grenade even though he had already been severely wounded, the statement said. Breininger was believed to have been in the North Waziristan since September 2007. He had appeared in several propaganda videos posted by the IJU in recent years and had tried to recruit new members in Germany. If his death is confirmed he will be the fourth German-born jihadist to have died in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. Taifatul Mansura is a mainly Turkish group which operates under the command of the Afghan Taliban and is closely linked to the IJU. Its statement says: We, those responsible for the region Germany, regard it as important to mention that the jihad is getting increasing numbers of supporters from Europe, especially from Germany.' German authorities believe several dozen German-born jihadists are currently in Afghanistan and Waziristan. |
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