Former Gitmo detainee and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Mohammed al Awfi appeared on Saudi television and denounced al Qaeda. He also inferred that Yemeni security forces used al Qaeda to conduct attacks. “I have found there are those who … use the mujahid (holy fighter) as a political tool,” Awfi said.
Ceremony marks end of US military’s Pakistan flood relief operations
The IAEA complained about a lack of Iranian cooperation in the lead-up to Dec. 5 negotiations. Tehran will take further security precautions for nuclear scientists in country. Foreign Minister Mottaki said that Iran is a perfect model of a developing country.
According to a leaked State Department cable, Saudi Prince Nayif bin Abdulaziz told John Brennan, President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, that Iran is harboring al Qaeda members who are targeting the kingdom. Among the al Qaeda operatives is Ibrahim bin Laden, one of Osama’s lesser-known sons.
The al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades called on Sunnis in Lebanon to rise up against Hezbollah and accused the Lebanese Army of cooperating with the Shia terror group. The statement was made by Saleh bin Abdullah al Qaraawi, the group’s military commander, and released on the Internet.
Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in Swat. The Taliban torched a NATO fuel tanker in Khudzar. Prime Minister Gilani said the government made the decision to take action on North Waziristan, and the timing of an operation is in the Army’s hands.
Shahbaz Sharif ‘tipped off’ Mumbai terror group
Pakistan’s flood aid ‘unspent and mismanaged’
Media in China, Arab Middle East suppressing WikiLeaks coverage
Terror-linked arrests in Spain and Thailand
Gulf states are more than willing to help Afghanistan
Small teams have been secretly deployed to Pakistani military headquarters in the tribal areas to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support to units fighting the Taliban in Bajaur and in North and South Waziristan.
Pakistan rejects fears over its nuclear weapons
Hazem Abdul Razzaq Al Zawi, the security minister of the Islamic State of Iraq, has disclosed the real names of al Qaeda’s top leaders in the country.
A State Department cable released by Wikileaks shows that the Afghan government has likely released dozens of Gitmo detainees, and many more from Bagram, instead of trying them.
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured scores of Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, and Kunduz. Twelve of 16 deminers who were kidnapped in Nangarhar have been released.
Insurgents killed two policemen in a bombing in Anbar and tortured and executed three young men kidnapped in in Balad. Security forces captured a car bomb maker in Mosul.
Hamid Gul blamed to support Taliban against Nato forces
Coalition ramps up air war over Afghanistan
US: Special forces operations down by half in Iraq
Shabaab’s governor in Kismayo ordered the city’s men to wage jihad against Somali and African Union forces in Mogadishu. The UN Security Council approves the expansion of the number of African Union troops in Somalia from 8,000 to 12,000.
Wikileaks: Pakistan rejects US fears on nuclear arms
Police arrested seven Pakistanis in Barcelona and the surrounding area. The Pakistanis are thought to be members of a support cell linked to al Qaeda and the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Wikileaks: Pakistan privately approved drone strikes
Al Qaeda finds in Yemen a society ripe for infiltration
Secretary of State Clinton said new talks with Iran should focus on Tehran’s nuclear program. Dubai’s director of economic development said his country will not curb trade with Iran. The government closed offices in Tehran due to heavy air pollution.
In Iraq, a very busy Iran
Gen Petraeus hails Paras for precision attack
Afghan killer of six Americans was trusted police officer
Nuclear fuel memos expose wary dance With Pakistan