A former Gitmo detainee convicted of terrorism-related charges was freed from an Italian jail on Monday. Adel Ben Mabrouk, a Tunisian who lived in Italy for much of the 1990s, was a member of a known al Qaeda network in Italy prior to his detention at Guantanamo. Mabrouk was captured after fleeing the Tora Bora Mountains in late 2001.
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The US Treasury Department identified The Lebanese Canadian Bank and its subsidiaries as a financial institution of primary money laundering concern under Section 311 of the USA Patriot Act. The Treasury said the bank launders money for an international narcotics trafficking network and supports Hezbollah activities.
Iranian authorities placed opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi under house arrest for calling for public protest in support of Egypt. The interior minister said that Iran’s Islamic revolution is at its peak. The Netherlands froze diplomatic relations with Iran over the execution of a Dutch-Iranian citizen. Iran’s envoy to Russia said Iran is ready to resume […]
Indonesian cleric’s trial puts focus on rising militancy
A teenage suicide bomber in a school uniform evaded detection at several checkpoints at a military base in Khyber Pakhtunkwha province and detonated his vest in the midst of a crowd of army recruits.
The Taliban have launched 18 major suicide attacks and terror assaults on military, police, and intelligence installations throughout Pakistan since March 2009.
Editor’s note: Steven Sotloff is a Yemen-based Adjunct Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies who is currently reporting from Cairo. As pro-democracy protests enter their third week in Egypt, demonstrators have not relented in their primary demand – the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. With the president digging in and refusing to yield, […]
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The Ministry of Defense estimates there are up to 35,000 Taliban in Afghanistan. General Petraeus said fighting will intensify in 2011. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in Helmand, a US customs inspector in Kandahar, and a police investigator in Balkh.
US permanent bases vital to Afghanistan: experts
Said Jan ‘Abd al Salam, an Afghan, ran an al Qaeda training camp in Pakistan. Khalil al Rahman Haqqani is a key fundraiser who has traveled to the UAE and aided al Qaeda military operations.
Afghanistan – Petraeus anticipates bloody spring this year
The Taliban killed one civilian in a bombing in Charsadda. Security forces detained a female suicide bomber and five other people in Bajaur. Three US congressmen threatened to suspend aid to Pakistan if a consular official is not freed from custody.
Iraqi Christians find refuge in France
Authorities have identified the Moscow airport suicide bomber as Magomed Yevloyev, from Ingushetia. Police arrested Yevloyev’s 15-year-old brother and 16-year-old sister, and another person from his village, and said they were involved in the attack.
Egypt opposition: Mubarak must act now or risk ‘complete chaos’
Analysis: Arab rulers use sticks, carrots to stem discontent
Vice President Omar Suleiman said that al Qaeda operatives and fighters from “other armed Islamic organizations” escaped from prisons during riots last week. Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hezbollah are also known to have escaped.
Iran’s state prosecutor warned the opposition to not host protests in solidarity with Egyptian protesters. The IRGC tested a new anti-ship ballistic missile. The EU may lift the travel ban on Iran’s foreign minister to encourage a new round of diplomatic talks.
At CIA, grave mistakes, then promotions
House rejects extensions of Patriot Act provisions