Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
The security director of Abyan province denied reports that Sa’id al Shihri, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s second in command, died while assembling a bomb. Saudi officials also denied Shihri is dead.
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Yemen
Foreign Minister Qirbi said that the Yemeni government will not collapse due to protests as have the regimes in Egypt and Tunisia. The US ended its ban on air cargo from Yemen.
Egypt
Egypt: Islamist judge to head new constitution committee
Deputy emir of al Qaeda training camp agrees to plea deal at Gitmo
An al Qaeda trainer agreed to a plea deal at Gitmo on Tuesday. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed. The trainer, Noor Uthman Mohammed, was captured alongside top al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah in March 2002 and was allegedly involved in Zubaydah’s plot against Israel.
Hezbollah
Hariri attacks Hezbollah as political crisis in Lebanon deepens
Egypt
Mubarak dead? In coma? Egypt papers abuzz with news on ousted ruler’s health
Malaysia
Malaysia Valentine’s Day raids lead to mass arrests
Egypt
Strikes worry Egypt’s military, youth
Israel
Israel has issued travel advisories for Egypt, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, and Venezuela, and has temporarily closed embassies in at least four of those countries. The increased vigilance coincides with the third anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh.
Egypt
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood plans political party
Iran
The US State Department supported Iranian protests in solidarity with Egypt and Tunisia. The Iranian parliament condemned the protests and instructed security forces to crack down. Russia announced that it will not support future sanctions against Iran.
German terrorists pass through Yemen, meet Awlaki, before joining IMU in Pakistan
Abu Ibrahim al Almani and his brother Abu Adam fought in Yemen for a year before moving to Pakistan on the advice of Anwar al Awlaki. Their move to Pakistan was “very professionally organized.”
Afghanistan
AP sources: Clinton to name new Af-Pak envoy
Russia
A pair of suicide bombers killed a soldier and a policeman in a pair of attacks in the village of Gubden in Dagestan. A female suicide bomber killed a soldier outside a police station. Hours later a suicide bomber killed a policeman in an attack on a checkpoint.
Al Qaeda
Better security curbing nuclear terrorism: UN body
Syria
Syria stonewalls on site IAEA wants to see: sources
France
Racism trial exposes discrimination rift in France
Iran
Police fired teargas at protesters in Tehran and detained dozens during violent clashes. Protests were also held in Isfahan, Mashhad, and Shiraz. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was also placed under house arrest.
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Obama asks for $671 billion defense budget in fiscal 2012
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed two security guards in an attack at a hotel in Kabul. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. ISAF troops detained several Taliban fighters in Kandahar while targeting a commander linked to al Qaeda. Two British troops died in a shooting on a base in Helmand.
The Taliban
The Taliban, via its propaganda arm, the Voice of Jihad, released a statement in support of the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The Taliban said Mubarak’s resignation signaled an end to US power and influence in the Middle East.
Iraq
An insurgent died in a premature detonation in Fallujah. Three wanted men surrendered to authorities in Baqubah. The government will delay the purchase of F-16s in order to boost food rations.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Anwar al Awlaki came out in support of Abdulelah Shaea, a Yemeni “journalist” who was convicted of supporting al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Awlaki praised Shaea on a tape released on the Internet. President Saleh ordered the release of Shaea on Feb. 1 but he is still in jail.
Yemen
Police forcibly broke up anti-Saleh protests in Sana’a and Taiz over the weekend; 165 people have been arrested. The US will aid in the training and expansion of Yemen’s counterterrorism forces.
Egypt
Palestinian cabinet resigns as Mideast turmoil spreads
United States
US anti-terror outpost tackles rat-borne virus
Al Muhajiroun
The al-Qaida supergrass and the 7/7 questions that remain unanswered
Iran
Ahmadinejad: ‘Iran has a definite nuclear right’
Afghanistan
Ballot disputes cast shadows over Afghan parliament
Suicide bomber targets hotel in Kabul
Two security guards were killed in an attack at the Safi Landmark hotel in the second suicide attack in the capital in three weeks.