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NEFA Foundation Report - "Al-Qaida and Europe: The Case of the German-Pakistani Aleem Nasir"

By Evan Kohlmann

The NEFA Foundation has released a new report by NEFA Director of Analysis and Research Ronald Sandee titled, "Al-Qaida and Europe: The Case of the German-Pakistani Aleem Nasir." Nasir was arrested in June 2007 in Pakistan on suspicion of involvement in a bomb plot. Following his return to Germany, Western authorities gained significant insights into Nasir's activities and identified him as a kingpin in the radical Muslim scene in Germany. He recruited young men for the Jihad and sent them to training camps in Pakistan's Tribal Areas. Nasir also went to Pakistan more than once to deliver cash and supplies to al-Qaida's top commanders, including Mustafa Abu Yazid and the late Abdullah Azzam al-Saudi, Abu Zubair al-Masri and Khalid Habib. This paper, which draws heavily on Pakistani intelligence reports and confidential documents to which Sandee gained access, also highlights the close links between al-Qaida and the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The report can be downloaded from the NEFA Foundation website.