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The East Turkistan Islamic Party issued an Internet statement denying recent media reports about the arrest of nine party members in Pakistan and their extradition to China. “Such reports are completely baseless,” said the statement.

The group warned Pakistan or other countries with retaliation if any of its group members are arrested. “God willing, the group is more than capable to respond against any country that dares seize or extradite members of the party to China.”

American al Qaeda figure Adam Gadahn called on Muslims to support jihad with "men and money," while claiming that the West was now on the verge of collapse under the strikes of the militants.

Gadahn's comments came in a one-hour and 30-minute video produced by al Qaeda's media wing As Sahab and released on the Internet on Monday.

"The enemy under the leadership of the unbelieving West has began to stagger and falter, and the results of its unabated bleeding has began to show on its economy, which is on the brink of failure," said Gadahn.

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In an extensive interview conducted on February 25th and posted on militant Islamist websites, the Taliban movement’s political bureau leader claimed that the “Emirate” had been very successful in strengthening its regional position and establishing strong ties with several countries.

Sheikh Mu’tasim Agha Jan fell short of mentioning the names of those countries. “It is preferable not to elaborate on these achievements and not to mention the names of these countries with which we have strong ties,” said Jan.

He claimed the Taliban was successful in “strengthening” its relationship with a number of countries and “adopting a common strategy to curb the American plans that are based on extending her dominion over Afghanistan and other countries of the region.”

A member of the al Shouraa forums who claims being from the ‘Maghreb’ countries in North Africa proposed a variety of options for Muslims to demonstrate support for Gazans.
The forum member recommended attacking Jewish (and not just Israeli) people in Muslim countries. He advised that acquiring the weapons necessary to carry out such attacks could be done by attacking police personnel or buying it from the black market. “Use all possible means to carry such attacks, be it knives, swords, or even Molotov cocktails tossed at their gatherings or vehicles,” the man said.
He urged perseverance and courage in carrying such attacks and advised Muslims to publicize their attacks and post videos of their operations. He concluded his posting by offering to answer any queries by other forum members.

The leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Abu Mus’ab Abdel Wadud, warned of new attacks in an audiotape released on militant Islamist forums Monday. In the 28-minute tape “A Message to Our People in the Islamic Maghreb,” he pledged to keep up the fight against the governments in the Maghreb countries, and called on Muslims in those countries to support the militants. Abdel Wadud strongly criticized the Arab regimes in North Africa, from Mauritania to Libya , and described them as “puppet regimes” serving the interests of their “masters” in the West. He particularly denounced France’s efforts to create the Euro-Mediterranean alliance, which he qualified as a plan to revive France’s colonial ambitions.

Abdel Wadud also denied accusations that the militants were targeting innocent civilians, and asked his audience not to hang around government institutions and other buildings that constitute “legitimate targets.”