This report summarizes the most prominent events brought up in the Jihadi online forums in the first half of April 2012. Following are the main issues raised in this report:
• The leadership of Al-Qaeda and of its Somali affiliate Al-Shabab Al- Mujahideen threaten Britain with retribution for its intention to extradite al- Qaeda spiritual leader Abu Qatadah Al-Filastini to Jordan.• Waliur Rehman, deputy commander of the Pakistani Taliban, threatens the UK with attack if it refuses to release Islamist prisoners – or at least improve their conditions.• The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan takes responsibility for a series of synchronized terrorist attacks against embassies and other targets throughout Afghanistan.• Sheikh Abu Ubayda Yusuf Al-Annabi expresses solidarity with the Syrian people in their struggle against the regime of Bashar Al-Assad.• A new jihadist series on military affairs, Al-Qaeda Airlines, is released.• A new jihadist magazine is issued in Swahili.• Evidence increases of the involvement of contributors to jihadist Web forums, such as Shumukh Al-Islam, in actual jihad and in terrorist activities.• Leading jihadist Web forums Shumukh Al-Islam and Al-Fida resume operation after a temporary takedown last month.