This report summarizes the most prominent events posted on the Jihadi online forums in the second half of January 2010. Among the central topics appearing in this issue are:
• Two audio tapes by Osama bin Laden • A new issue of the Jihadi magazine "Al-Somood" • Official Pakistani sources claim that The leader of the Taliban movement in Pakistan, HakimAllah Mahsud, has been killed • AQAP denies that six of its commanders were killed • "A statement marking the one year anniversary of the founding of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula" • The Mauritanian government began a dialogue with salafi detainees at the central prison in Nouakchott • Surfers suggest that the Mujahideen infiltrate into groups of pirates to learn from their experience • "Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen" movement exchanges fighters with armed groups from Yemen• A message from AQIM pleading with Muslims to help the Muslim population in Nigeria• The Jihadi forums publish instructions to prepare homemade explosives
Periodical Review February 2010 – No. 1