Terror Trends Bulletin

posted by Christopher W. Holton

Jaish-e-Mohammed flag

Tensions are once again high between India and Pakistan. Earlier today, the Indian air force struck targets in Pakistan, reportedly resulting in 300 deaths. The target was a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) camp. This was the first air strike by India on Pakistani territory since the 1971 war between the two nations…

World Tribune has more details…

https://www.worldtribune.com/nuclear-armed-showdown-indian-airstrike-kills-300-in-pakistan-terror-camp/?fbclid=IwAR2F_bMVjde_kbc9VJIIy8hqAlr7JYOLI0FNgEFyIQ2-Vpg0SapJVWXNBO4

Jaish-e-Mohammed is a Pakistani jihadist organization that has carried out terrorist attacks in Kashmir since 2000.

For a complete background on the organization, check out these two links:

http://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/view/95?highlight=Mujahideen+Army

https://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/Listedterroristorganisations/Pages/Jaish-e-Mohammad.aspx

The Indian air strikes came in response to an attack by JeM on an Indian army post in Pulwama, Kashmir. 40 Indian soldiers were killed in that attack…

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-struck-biggest-training-camp-of-jaish-in-balakot-large-number-of-terrorists-eliminated-governm-1999390

The facility that the Indian air force struck was identified by the U.S. military as a Jihadi training camp 15 years ago when a JeM-trained Jihadi was incarcerated at Gitmo…JeM is affiliated with Al Qaeda…

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/15-years-ago-us-took-note-of-jaish-e-mohammeds-terror-training-camp-in-balakot-1999829