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Jehadis targeting Assam, CM tells Modi

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4o5P_9G16NnXVZ3GyWG1GH7Z6IF7oBqOx9JXYvRQrJoBE62gkE6dbz1DJVBiFgmUeL5kU-tK-r0alsmTYSRAn6PtCIpBEvEdsmxok7s9nt3mc7DUVSirJ1T0jKY5qD42ClFuDJR4_Vgt/s1600/Tarun-Gogoi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4o5P_9G16NnXVZ3GyWG1GH7Z6IF7oBqOx9JXYvRQrJoBE62gkE6dbz1DJVBiFgmUeL5kU-tK-r0alsmTYSRAn6PtCIpBEvEdsmxok7s9nt3mc7DUVSirJ1T0jKY5qD42ClFuDJR4_Vgt/s200/Tarun-Gogoi.jpg"></a></div>Guwahati, October 29, 2014: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue of militancy and fundamentalist activities with the neighbouring countries, stating that of late Assam appears to have been targeted by fundamentalist organisations like the Al-Qaeda. Some operatives having links with the Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were recently arrested in Assam, he told the Prime Minister to explain the gravity of the situation.

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ISI circulated forged Al Qaeda video

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2Uv4scQqtBrbh_Z0OzB2UrHuABSenjBDTGNqH-m98UAxnkNmTwXZF8ApYY85boQymxojqOVQURizHu2Wc0P_CF_107Gs80KqFzBgHMjrYcGFZeKHsx0opJulF-Tn-tcjQ09K3Zbquu5q/s1600/Al+Qaeda+leader+Ayman+al+Zawahiri.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2Uv4scQqtBrbh_Z0OzB2UrHuABSenjBDTGNqH-m98UAxnkNmTwXZF8ApYY85boQymxojqOVQURizHu2Wc0P_CF_107Gs80KqFzBgHMjrYcGFZeKHsx0opJulF-Tn-tcjQ09K3Zbquu5q/s200/Al+Qaeda+leader+Ayman+al+Zawahiri.jpg" /></a></div>R Dutta Choudhury 
 
Guwahati, Octoboer 8, 2014: The Al Qaeda video, which caused ripples in the entire country, proved to be a forged one. It is believed that the video was circulated by Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to divert the attention of the government and security agencies. 
 
However, it is a fact that Al Qaeda has been trying to expand its bases to the Indian subcontinent. 
A video of Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al Zawahiri, which was circulated last month, sent shock waves in the entire country as in that video, the chief of the terrorist group threatened to set up bases in Gujarat, Assam, Myanmar and Bangladesh. 
 
Highly placed sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told The Assam Tribune that all the security and intelligence agencies of the country, including internal and external, were pressed into service immediately after the video was released as the government could not afford to take such a threat lightly. Different tests of the video were carried out and first it was found that the voice in the video was not that of the Al Qaeda chief. Later, it was confirmed that the video was not released by Al Qaeda. 
 
Sources revealed that according to inputs available so far, the forged video was prepared and circulated by the ISI by using an old video of the Al Qaeda chief. However, the government has not lowered its guards as there were inputs about the possibility of the Al Qaeda trying to expand towards the Indian subcontinent after the growth of the ISIS in the Middle East. 
 
On the possible reasons for the ISI to make such a threat in the name of Al Qaeda, MHA sources said that it might be to create confusion in the minds of the security agencies of India. “But there might be a bigger game plan. By circulating the video, the ISI may be trying to create an image that the Al Qaeda is out to create trouble, so that when the militant groups backed by the ISI indulge in violence, the blame can be shifted and the ISI can always deny its involvement,” sources added. Sources also pointed out that by mentioning the name of Assam in the video, the ISI proved that the State is back on the radar of the organization. 
 
MHA sources pointed out that for years, the ISI was involved in creating trouble in Assam and even militants from the State were trained by the Pakistani agency. But the boys from Assam were taken to Pakistan through Bangladesh and that stopped after the Awami League government assumed office in the neighbouring country. Now with the video, it is proved that Assam is back on the radar of the Pakistani agency, sources added. 
 
Meanwhile, sources also pointed out that the Laskar-e-Toiba is trying to establish bases in Bangladesh, while, other outfits like Jamat E Islami Bangladesh (JUMB) and the HUJI are trying to regain strength. All these groups are in touch with Myanmar based militant group Rohangiya Solidarity Organization, which is fighting for the protection of the Rohangiya Muslims in that country. These developments may pose security threat to Assam and other parts of the North East in days to come, sources added. 
 
Source: Assam Tribune

ISI circulated forged Al Qaeda video

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IS beheads another hostage, preoccupied Britain tiptoes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkzkkyLUHe3ZO-9aZcL7TSaM03hI07hGEw_ZDD8ulH6nWXjqHne7-Z5U2HVdlQ3xDZ7TzaeYdn9wPOIeoORSllMr60WTjSXaAxj4LvwhuIjnhZh-A0GVSfIXfXVXA3wMT5M7aE6f7w7Xf/s1600/David+Haines.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkzkkyLUHe3ZO-9aZcL7TSaM03hI07hGEw_ZDD8ulH6nWXjqHne7-Z5U2HVdlQ3xDZ7TzaeYdn9wPOIeoORSllMr60WTjSXaAxj4LvwhuIjnhZh-A0GVSfIXfXVXA3wMT5M7aE6f7w7Xf/s200/David+Haines.jpg"></a></div>Rukmini Callimachi 
 
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Police taking Al-Qaeda threat seriously: DGP

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Guwahati, September 7, 2014: The Assam Police has taken the threat from dreaded terrorist outfit Al-Qaeda “very seriously” and all the forces and security agencies working in the State will launch a coordinated effort to thwart the attempts of the outfit to establish bases in the State, said Director General of Assam Police, Khagen Sarma.

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Syria ready to cooperate with U.N. to fight terror

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Syria, August 26, 2014: The Syrian regime says it's ready to accept support from the United States and others working under the U.N. umbrella to fight "terrorists." 
 
The comments, by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem, were made Monday as ISIS fighters seized control of a strategically important air base in the country. 
 
The war-racked nation has been losing control of the northeastern region to ISIS militants. 
 
Moallem, however, warned against any unilateral action or strikes in Syrian territory without permission. 
 
"Any effort to fight terrorism should be done in coordination with Syrian government," Moallem said. 
 
The U.S. military and intelligence communities are gathering intelligence on the locations of ISIS leadership and its troops in Syria, two U.S. officials told CNN on Friday. The information could be used in the coming days if President Barack Obama were to authorize airstrikes against the militants in Syria. 
 
Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said on Monday, while speaking in general terms, that in order to conduct operations over Syria "you certainly want to get as much of a view on the ground as you can. You want as much situational awareness as you can." 
 
"Satellites can provide you good visibility, but you always want closer eyes on target if you can," Kirby added. 
 
Obama has authorized reconnaissance flights over Syria, which could begin at any point, a U.S. official told CNN on Monday. 
 
When asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer about how much coordination the United States would need to do with Syria to strike ISIS, Kirby said, "Not getting into the hypothetical operations, there's no intention to coordinate with Syrian authorities." 
 
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Air base seizure 
ISIS seizes key Syrian air base ISIS attack 'a matter of time' Kurdish leaders: ISIS has been weakened 
 
The Islamic extremist group, which has taken over large areas of Syria and Iraq, wrested the Al-Tabqa air base from the Syrian military on Sunday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that monitors the conflict. 
 
Syrian state television reported that the Syrian military had evacuated the air base in Raqqa province to regroup and was still carrying out strikes against ISIS fighters in the area. 
 
In Iraq, ISIS claimed responsibility for three suicide car bombs that killed at least 20 people in the northern city of Kirkuk on Sunday. 
 
ISIS said in a statement posted Monday that the bombs were a response to secular Kurdish gangs that joined the war on ISIS and their involvement in the bombing and targeting of Sunni areas. 
 
The statement said that two of those who carried out the suicide attacks were German nationals, identified as Abu Yasser al-Almany and Abu Ibrahim al-Almany. 
 
When contacted by CNN, the German Foreign Ministry declined comment on the ISIS statement. 
 
ISIS, which refers to itself as the Islamic State, is part of the complex web of groups fighting in the long-running Syrian conflict -- a war that the U.N. estimates has killed more than 191,000 people. 
 
The spread of ISIS 
Rebels have been battling the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since March 2011, and the civil war has turned the country into a haven for jihadists. 
 
ISIS has thrived amid the chaos, gaining global notoriety for its brutal tactics, including the beheading of American journalist James Foley last week. 
 
After its break with al Qaeda this year, ISIS has grown in strength and reach. Its dramatic, murderous advance in northern and western Iraq this year provoked U.S. airstrikes aimed at helping Kurdish and Iraqi forces. 
 
U.S. and Kurdish officials say ISIS is now under pressure in Iraq. But the extremist group continues to win significant victories in Syria. 
 
Planes moved before base fell 
Al-Tabqa air base is the last major military base in Raqqa province, which borders Turkey, to fall into ISIS' hands. The group now is now understood to have effective control over the entire province, aside from a few villages in the south. 
 
The warplanes from the base had already been taken to other locations before ISIS took control, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. 
 
It said ISIS fighters were seen carrying the heads of Syrian regime soldiers. Both sides were reported to have suffered heavy losses in the battle for the base. 
 
ISIS controls major cities in Iraq and Syria, as well as oil fields, main roads and border crossings. It also has under its control more military hardware than some national armies after seizing both Iraqi and Syrian military bases and armories. 
 
Senior U.S. defense officials said last week that they hadn't ruled out extending airstrikes against ISIS into Syria. 
 
Source: CNN

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