Yemen oil attacks display intent but little capability

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Two near simultaneous car bomb attacks, the first of its kind in Yemen by Islamist militants were undertaken against oil industry targets on 15 September 2006. They appear to be an example of a new hybrid style of attacks in Yemen mimicking the more sophistical Al-Qaeda tactics outside the country and seem to indicate that the intentions of Yemeni militants are steadily increasing even if their capabilities are not currently keeping pace.

Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction, Crude petroleum and natural gas, Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas, Petroleum refining, Petroleum industry, Islamic militants

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Shia backlash: Anti-coalition Sadrist factions in Iraq

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Sadrist movement is a large portion of the Shia community in Iraq that has emerged as a major threat to the multinational forces in Iraq. The Sadrist leaders will undertake anti-Sunni operations in Baghdad and Diyala to continue the fight against Al-Qaeda members, as well as ongoing anti-occupation operations in Kurdish areas where the Shia communities are now facing Kurdish pressure to leave.

Iraq, Shiites, Baghdad, Iraq (City), Basra, Iraq

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Internal politics complicate counterterrorism in Yemen

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Yemen's' role in the global Salafist jihad is defined by its internal politics that hinder its attempts to counter terrorism. Apart from the al-Houthi rebellion, the country is being used as a recruiting place and transshipment point for Iraq headed jihadists.

Influence, Islam and politics, Antiterrorism measures

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