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Feb 10, 2011 11:16 PMIslamic Jihad Group operative captured in Afghan northfrom The Long War Journal
1 person liked thisCoalition and Afghan special operations forces captured an Islamic Jihad Group (IJG) facilitator in the course of two recent raids in the Afghan north.
International Security Assistance Force and Afghan troops first targeted and missed capturing the operative during a Feb. 9 raid in the district of Nahr-e Shahi in Balkh province, an ISAF press officer told The Long War Journal. But during a second raid, in the district of Dowlatabad, also in Balkh, the IJG facilitator and several "insurgents" were detained.
The IJG facilitator "is responsible for coordinating the movement of foreign fighters from Iran and Pakistan into Afghanistan," ISAF stated in a press release. ISAF often uses "foreign fighters" to describe al Qaeda operatives and members of affiliated terror groups.
ISAF is seeking to determine whether the IJG operative is from Afghanistan or from outside the country.
"The targeted individual's nationality is still being verified at this time," the ISAF press officer told The Long War Journal.
The raid against the IJG in Balkh is the first of its kind in the province. Over the past four years, ISAF and Afghan special operations forces have targeted IJG commanders and facilitators during raids in Kunduz district in Kunduz province, Besmil and Khost districts in Khost province, and Zadran district in Paktia province.
The Islamic Jihad Group (also known as the Islamic Jihad Union) is a splinter faction of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. The Islamic Jihad Group is based out of the Mir Ali region of Pakistan's tribal agency of North Waziristan, where it maintains close ties with al Qaeda leader Abu Kasha al Iraqi, and with North Waziristan Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadar, who controls the Datta Khel region. It is a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization.
German and Turkish Muslims make up a significant portion of the IJG. Its fighters are often referred to as German Taliban, and they carry out attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. In 2009, the IJG released video of 'German Taliban villages' in Waziristan. Its fighters were seen training at camps and conducting military operations.
The IJG was also at the center of a plot to carry out Mumbai-like terror assaults in European cities which was discovered in the summer of 2010 after an IJG operative was captured in northern Afghanistan. Shortly after the plot was exposed, unmanned US Predator and Reaper strike aircraft pounded IJG camps in North Waziristan, killing dozens of IJG fighters and commanders, including several Germans.
Add starLikeShareShare with noteEmailKeep unreadAdd tagsFeb 10, 2011 11:09 PMFirst Reading - Gen 3:1-8from CNA - Daily Readings 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise? 2 And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die. 4 And the serpent said to the woman: No, you shall not die the death. 5 For God doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband who did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened: and when they perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons. 8 And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise.Add starLikeShareShare with noteEmailKeep unreadAdd tagsFeb 10, 2011 11:09 PMPsalm - Ps 32:1-2,5-7from CNA - Daily Readings 1To David himself, understanding. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 5 I have acknowledged my sin to thee, and my injustice I have not concealed. I said I will confess against myself my injustice to the Lord: and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin. 6 For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a seasonable time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not come nigh unto him. 7 Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.Add starLikeShareShare with noteEmailKeep unreadAdd tagsFeb 10, 2011 11:09 PMGospel - Mk 7:31-37from CNA - Daily Readings 31And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32 And they bring to him one deaf and dumb; and they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him. 33 And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, he touched his tongue: 34 And looking up to heaven, he groaned, and said to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened. 35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke right. 36 And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal did they publish it. 37 And so much the more did they wonder, saying: He hath done all things well; he hath made both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.Add starLikeShareShare with noteEmailKeep unreadAdd tagsFeb 10, 2011 11:09 PMCelebrating the life and work of Dr. Horace Newton Allenfrom The Marmot's Hole by WangKon936As any Koreanologist will likely know, Dr. Horace Newton Allen was the man who helped bring Protestant Christianity and modern Western medicine into Joseon Korea in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It’s hard to overstate his impact on that period of Korea’s history. Next week Presbyterian churches in Allen’s home state of Delaware [...]Add starLikeShareShare with noteEmailKeep unreadAdd tagsFeb 10, 2011 11:08 PMOn the beachfrom The Slab by noreply@blogger.com (The Slabber)
German and Turkish Muslims make up a significant portion of the IJG. Its fighters are often referred to as German Taliban, and they carry out attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. In 2009, the IJG released video of 'German Taliban villages' in Waziristan. Its fighters were seen training at camps and conducting military operations.
The IJG was also at the center of a plot to carry out Mumbai-like terror assaults in European cities which was discovered in the summer of 2010 after an IJG operative was captured in northern Afghanistan. Shortly after the plot was exposed, unmanned US Predator and Reaper strike aircraft pounded IJG camps in North Waziristan, killing dozens of IJG fighters and commanders, including several Germans
Feb 10, 2011 11:16 PMIslamic Jihad Group operative captured in Afghan northfrom The Long War Journal
1 person liked thisCoalition and Afghan special operations forces captured an Islamic Jihad Group (IJG) facilitator in the course of two recent raids in the Afghan north.
International Security Assistance Force and Afghan troops first targeted and missed capturing the operative during a Feb. 9 raid in the district of Nahr-e Shahi in Balkh province, an ISAF press officer told The Long War Journal. But during a second raid, in the district of Dowlatabad, also in Balkh, the IJG facilitator and several "insurgents" were detained.
The IJG facilitator "is responsible for coordinating the movement of foreign fighters from Iran and Pakistan into Afghanistan," ISAF stated in a press release. ISAF often uses "foreign fighters" to describe al Qaeda operatives and members of affiliated terror groups.
ISAF is seeking to determine whether the IJG operative is from Afghanistan or from outside the country.
"The targeted individual's nationality is still being verified at this time," the ISAF press officer told The Long War Journal.
The raid against the IJG in Balkh is the first of its kind in the province. Over the past four years, ISAF and Afghan special operations forces have targeted IJG commanders and facilitators during raids in Kunduz district in Kunduz province, Besmil and Khost districts in Khost province, and Zadran district in Paktia province.
The Islamic Jihad Group (also known as the Islamic Jihad Union) is a splinter faction of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. The Islamic Jihad Group is based out of the Mir Ali region of Pakistan's tribal agency of North Waziristan, where it maintains close ties with al Qaeda leader Abu Kasha al Iraqi, and with North Waziristan Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadar, who controls the Datta Khel region. It is a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization.
German and Turkish Muslims make up a significant portion of the IJG. Its fighters are often referred to as German Taliban, and they carry out attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. In 2009, the IJG released video of 'German Taliban villages' in Waziristan. Its fighters were seen training at camps and conducting military operations.
The IJG was also at the center of a plot to carry out Mumbai-like terror assaults in European cities which was discovered in the summer of 2010 after an IJG operative was captured in northern Afghanistan. Shortly after the plot was exposed, unmanned US Predator and Reaper strike aircraft pounded IJG camps in North Waziristan, killing dozens of IJG fighters and commanders, including several Germans.
Add starLikeShareShare with noteEmailKeep unreadAdd tagsFeb 10, 2011 11:09 PMFirst Reading - Gen 3:1-8from CNA - Daily Readings 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise? 2 And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die. 4 And the serpent said to the woman: No, you shall not die the death. 5 For God doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband who did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened: and when they perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons. 8 And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise.Add starLikeShareShare with noteEmailKeep unreadAdd tagsFeb 10, 2011 11:09 PMPsalm - Ps 32:1-2,5-7from CNA - Daily Readings 1To David himself, understanding. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 5 I have acknowledged my sin to thee, and my injustice I have not concealed. I said I will confess against myself my injustice to the Lord: and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin. 6 For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a seasonable time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not come nigh unto him. 7 Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.Add starLikeShareShare with noteEmailKeep unreadAdd tagsFeb 10, 2011 11:09 PMGospel - Mk 7:31-37from CNA - Daily Readings 31And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32 And they bring to him one deaf and dumb; and they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him. 33 And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, he touched his tongue: 34 And looking up to heaven, he groaned, and said to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened. 35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke right. 36 And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal did they publish it. 37 And so much the more did they wonder, saying: He hath done all things well; he hath made both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.Add starLikeShareShare with noteEmailKeep unreadAdd tagsFeb 10, 2011 11:09 PMCelebrating the life and work of Dr. Horace Newton Allenfrom The Marmot's Hole by WangKon936As any Koreanologist will likely know, Dr. Horace Newton Allen was the man who helped bring Protestant Christianity and modern Western medicine into Joseon Korea in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It’s hard to overstate his impact on that period of Korea’s history. Next week Presbyterian churches in Allen’s home state of Delaware [...]Add starLikeShareShare with noteEmailKeep unreadAdd tagsFeb 10, 2011 11:08 PMOn the beachfrom The Slab by noreply@blogger.com (The Slabber)
German and Turkish Muslims make up a significant portion of the IJG. Its fighters are often referred to as German Taliban, and they carry out attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. In 2009, the IJG released video of 'German Taliban villages' in Waziristan. Its fighters were seen training at camps and conducting military operations.
The IJG was also at the center of a plot to carry out Mumbai-like terror assaults in European cities which was discovered in the summer of 2010 after an IJG operative was captured in northern Afghanistan. Shortly after the plot was exposed, unmanned US Predator and Reaper strike aircraft pounded IJG camps in North Waziristan, killing dozens of IJG fighters and commanders, including several Germans
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