This report summarizes the most prominent events posted on the Jihadi online forums in the first half of April 2010. Among the central topics appearing in this issue are:
• The Taliban publishes a video depicting an American soldier kidnapped in Afghanistan • A new issue of the Jihadi magazine "Al-Mushtaqun Ila Al-Jannah", mainly dedicated to AQIM • A Jihadi media institute publishes a booklet titled "A realistic and live model for the country Al-Qaeda wishes to establish" • "Al-Fajr" media institute publishes an interview with a regional commander of the "Abdullah Azzam Brigades" • Discussions in the Jihadi forums regarding the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq • Reports regarding the movement of senior members of AQAP from Yemen to Somalia • Abu Obeida Yusuf is the next AQIM leader? • Reports on the arrest of Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi • Reports on the presence of Al-Qaeda activists in Sudan• Calls for the Mujahideen in Somalia to target ships• The Jihadi forums publish a list of tasks for the Muslim women
Periodical Review April 2010 – No. 2