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| States on Alert After Al Qaeda |
| States on Alert After Al Qaeda Announces India Wing: 10-Point Cheat Sheet
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| INDIA
, 4-September-2014
3:52:48 AM |
| India has ordered several states to be on increased alert in response to a video in which al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahri announces the formation of a branch of his militant group in India and its neighbourhood.
1The Home Ministry has issued an advisory to all states and asked the Intelligence Bureau to assess the authenticity of the 55-minute video, in which Zawahiri described the formation of the "Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent" as glad tidings for Muslims "in Burma, Bangladesh, Assam, Gujarat, Ahmedabad, and Kashmir" and said the new wing would "rescue Muslims there from injustice and oppression."
2Intelligence sources said the move was not unexpected, with the Al Qaeda losing ground to the Islamic State or ISIS which is now challenging it for leadership of transnational Islamist militancy. (Home Ministry Alert for States after Al Qaeda Announces Indian Wing in Video)
3Sources say the mention of places like Assam, Gujarat, Ahmedabad and Burma - which are communally sensitive - is designed to attract radicalised youth, who are now being drawn to the ISIS.
4The ISIS, a breakaway faction of the Al Qaeda, has galvanized young followers around the world by carving out tracts of territory across the Iraq-Syria border. Al Qaeda affiliates are in direct military confrontation with the ISIS in Syria.
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