Word: mujahid
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...Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Islamabad, has noted his "concern" over the renewed strength of the jihadi groups, which may now find it easier to attract recruits and to wield political influence among ordinary Kashmiris. Still, the militants worry about another crackdown by Musharraf. As Lashkar-e-Toiba spokesman Yahya Mujahid told TIME, "We fear the government will toe the American line and curb our humanitarian work." And if that happens, says Mujahid, "The Kashmiris will die of hunger...
...July from al-Zawahiri to al-Zarqawi--in which bin Laden's deputy urged the Jordanian to refrain from attacking Shi'ites in Iraq. It has provoked the anger of moderate Muslims around the world. Al-Zawahiri suggests such attacks "be put off until the force of the mujahid movement in Iraq gets stronger...
...Georgia on the Black Sea, where he fought with a Moscow-backed secessionist movement. But when open war between Russia and Chechnya flared in 1994, Basayev quickly emerged as one of the breakaway republic's top rebel commanders. From early 1995, he worked closely with Khattab, a Saudi-born mujahid who had fought in Afghanistan and claimed a close relationship with Osama bin Laden. "Basayev was in charge, but Khattab brought in the money," says a former senior security officer in the guerrilla organization. Basayev and his men were "seriously good," says one Russian special-forces officer who fought against...
...checkpoint, their comrades inspecting cars and buses don't catch any rebels. They occasionally rough up the drivers and often demand bribes, but the guerrillas know very well how this game is played. "Stick some money out the window, and they don't check anything," says a self-described mujahid. Ordinary residents like Zinaida, a clerical worker with a teenage son, are happy just to see another dawn. "Night is our hell," she says--a time when soldiers descend on homes, beat down doors and take away young men suspected of rebel activities. Most are never seen again...
...CHARGED. Maizuru Haiji Abduallah, Mujahid Haiji Abdullah, Waehamadi Wadao, Saman Waekaj and Arifin Bin Ali, with plotting to bomb embassies and tourist spots; in Bangkok. Police allege that the four Thais and one Singaporean are members of Jemaah Islamiah, the regional terrorist group allegedly behind the Bali bombing in October 2002. Police say the men planned to blow up the American, Australian, British, Israeli and Singaporean embassies in Bangkok, as well as tourist attractions in the Thai capital, Phuket and Pattaya...