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  • An Islamic militant group called Jund al-Khilafah later claimed the attack.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph James Kilner 2011

  • Last week, prosecutors blamed what they said was a recently formed militant group called Jund al-Khilafah for an apparently botched attack in the city of Atyrau that killed only the bomber.

    NYT > Global Home By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ 2011

  • Thai authorities later accused pro-Iranian group known as Jund al-Haqq - Arabic for "soldiers of justice" - of carrying out those attacks.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • A previously unheard of militant Islamic group called Jund al-Khilafah claimed responsibility for the Atyrau attack and pledged more violence.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph James Kilner 2011

  • If humanitarian reasons are not considered an argument, than at least preventing a further radicalization of groups such as Jund Ansar Allah should be.

    From Bad to Worse in the Gaza Strip 2009

  • Nonetheless, the analysts said Egypt could become a home for small militant groups such as Jund Ansar Allah (Warriors of God) Jaysh al Islam (Army of Islam) and Jaljalat (War Cry), some former allies of Hamas and other sworn foes that have been squashed by Hamas since it took control of Gaza in 2007.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here letmein-1071416 2010

  • Kohlmann reported that some extremists have begun calling al-Qaida "Jund al-Ayman" which means "The Soldiers of Ayman al-Zawahiri."

    Al-Qaida in the midst of fierce succession battle 2011

  • Formed in 2002, Jund al-Sham - literally the Army of Greater Syria - is a radical splinter group.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • The combatants are Jund al-Sham and Fatah, here's the bit that caught my eye:

    Archive 2008-03-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Hold on, can you think of another Country that might be in that area that Jund al-Sham could also want to form part of "one Muslim land"?

    Archive 2008-03-01 Not a sheep 2008

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