Libya
WikiLeaks: Britain secretly advised Libya how to secure release of Lockerbie bomber
Monthly Archives: January 2011
India
Pakistani nuclear arms pose challenge to US policy
Afghanistan
Taliban gun lockers: the rifles of rural Ghazni province
Egypt
The Muslim Brotherhood: the future of Egypt?
Afghanistan
An al Qaeda commander kidnapped 21 tribal leaders in Kunar. The Taliban killed a militia commander in Parwan and an ISAF soldier in the east. Police are searching for 15 female Chechen terrorists in Kunduz. Special operations forces detained a Taliban commander and a fighter in Jalalabad.
Afghan police search for 15 Chechen women aiding the Taliban in Kunduz
According to DPA, Afghan police in Kunduz are looking for 15 Chechen women in the northern Afghan province who are aiding the Taliban. The women are either serving as nurses or “are experts in making roadside bombs and suicide vests.” The information comes from a captured Afghan Taliban commander and other fighters in custody. Keep […]
Egypt
Egypt’s new vice president appeared on state television to announce a dialogue on reforms with the political opposition. The last Internet Service Provider in Egypt has been shut down. Israel approved the Egyptian Army’s request to deploy two battalions to the Sinai.
Shabaab executes deputy intel chief for ‘spying’ for US
Shabaab executed the group’s deputy intelligence chief yesterday after accusing him of spying for the US. Sunatimes.com has the story: Somalia’s extremist group of Al Shabaab has executed their intelligence chief’s deputy, accusing him of spying for FBI amid mounting disputes to suppress civilian harassments between the group’s leaders.. Ahmed Ali Hussein, known as Ahmed […]
Somalia
Twenty people were killed in Mogadishu after Somali soldiers opened fire on each other. Shabaab executed their deputy intelligence chief after accusing him of being a “US spy.”
United Kingdom
Rajib Karim, a former employee of British Airways, admitted in court to providing support to terror groups, including producing and distributing a propaganda videotape. Karim volunteered to carry out training at terror camps and provided funding for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen.
Denmark
Recordings made by Danish security reveal that the four men from Sweden who plotted to attack the Jyllands-Posten newspaper planned to kill as many people as possible within 20 minutes. One suspect said: “When the unfaithful are gathered, tie them up and cut their throats.” Automatic weapons, silencers, and heavy duty tape were found in […]
Egypt
Egypt roundup: Muslim Brotherhood rejects new government
Iran
Iran could have nuclear weapon by 2012 – Britain
Iran
Report warns of Iran nuke disaster
Egypt
Everywhere but Iraq?
Al Qaeda leader kidnaps 21 Afghan tribal leaders in Kunar
Qari Zia Rahman, the dual-hatted al Qaeda and Taliban commander, said the tribal leaders would not be free unless their family members quit the Afghan government and security forces.
Pakistan
Pakistan could see Tunisia-style unrest: Red Cross
Egypt
Egypt protests: Cairo prison break prompts fear of fundamentalism
Egypt
Egypt’s Mubarak opens door to talks with rival political parties
Afghanistan
Afghan officials shielded bank from scrutiny
Al Qaeda
Syria strongman: Time for ‘reform’
Al Qaeda
Governments go online in fight against terrorism
Egypt
Egypt’s opposition calls for 1 million on streets
Pakistani Taliban step up attacks in northwest
A pair of bombings in Peshawar, including a suicide attack, are the latest in a series of attacks throughout Pakistan’s Taliban-infested northwest.
Iran
Parliament Speaker Larijani blamed recent terrorist attacks in Iran on Israel. The cultural minister pledged to strengthen ties between Iran and Armenia. An American-Israeli group claimed Egypt’s El Baradei is a stooge of the Iranian regime.
Jamaat-ud-Dawa
Pakistan – Saeed slams Pope, pledges to fight for blasphemy law
United States
Plant sniffs out bombs to combat terrorism
Lashkar-e-Islam exact revenge for death of Taliban commander in Predator strike
Ibn Amin, from a ‘wanted’ poster released by the Pakistani government in 2009. The Lashkar-e-Islam, a Taliban-like group based in Pakistan’s Khyber tribal agency, recently assassinated four of their own after accusing them of providing the means for the US to kill a dangerous Taliban commander linked to al Qaeda. According to The News, a […]
Egypt
Egypt in crisis: vigilantes and prisoners on the streets
Another al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander targeted in Farah
ISAF and Afghan forces continue to target the al Qaeda and Qods Force-linked cells in Farah and Nimroz provinces. Special operations forces captured another Taliban commander in the Afghan west associated with “foreign fighters,” or al Qaeda. From the ISAF press release: Afghan and coalition forces detained a Taliban leader along with two suspected insurgents […]