Abu hafs al masri brigade qm group

Abu hafs al masri brigade qm group: [Federal Register: July 1,

March 12, By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS. A series of tightly coordinated bombings on the commuter rail networks of Madrid, Spain, during rush hour on the morning of March 11, , were clearly linked to the al-Qaida -related group, the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades, which during and were engaged in geographically dispersed terrorist bombings in Ankara, Turkey, and against the UN compound in Baghdad, Iraq, in August More than anything, however, the March 11, , bombings highlighted the extensive European network of the various Islamist groups and gave some indications of further activities.

There is now evidence to indicate a pattern of terrorist attacks during designed to help remove the governments of Spain, the US and Australia. The earlier and most recent al-Masri actions demonstrated a seamless and comprehensive capability which spans Western Europe, and involves networks which have embedded themselves into Western society over the past 15 or more years.

In the case of the latest Spanish attacks, Iran had long coordinated terrorist activities, training and other support measures which linked Spain's ETA Basque separatist terrorist organization with other groups. ETA, which was apparently not represented at the gathering of terrorist organizations in Tehran earlier in , has in the past attended Iranian terrorist conclaves, convened, ostensibly, to discuss the Palestinian issue.

Hojjat ol-Eslam Ali Mohammad, Khatami-Ardakani — are gatherings to facilitate cooperation, training, interoperability and financing of disparate terrorist groups aimed at common enemies, particularly the US. However, it is almost certainly the case that ETA was not officially involved in the March 11, , bombings in Madrid, at least from the evidence known thus far.

But it is almost certain that some individuals within ETA provided some of the logistical support or local area knowledge for the attacks.