February 2011

Egypt

Bill Roggio | February 6, 2011

Vice President Omar Suleiman met with the Muslim Brotherhood to discuss the group’s “legitimate and just demands.” The Muslim Brotherhood insists President Mubarak must step down.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov disapproved of new sanctions on Iran, saying they “will basically be aimed at suffocating the Iranian economy.” An Iranian official claimed gasoline production has exceeded national consumption.

Yemen

Bill Roggio | February 6, 2011

Ten al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives, including a Syrian national, are on trial for a series of attacks between 2005-2010. An intelligence officer escaped an al Qaeda assassination attempt in Hadramawt province.

Egypt

Lisa Lundquist | February 6, 2011

Former Egyptian military chief says foreign Islamic militants are adding to unrest

Caucasus Emirate leader threatens Russia with ‘a year of blood and tears’

Bill Roggio | February 6, 2011

Doku Umarov is seen in a video with Khamzat, the commander of his suicide brigade, and a young man who is preparing for a “special operation” inside Russia.

Caucasus

Lisa Lundquist | February 6, 2011

Chechen rebel threatens Russia with more attacks

Mauritania

Lisa Lundquist | February 5, 2011

Army forces stopped two men in Lexeiba thought to have entered the country in a convoy of cars filled with explosives and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters. One man detonated a suicide belt to avoid capture; the other was detained. Authorities believe the AQIM was targeting the French embassy; AQIM claimed the attack […]

Egypt

Lisa Lundquist | February 5, 2011

Muslim Brotherhood looks to gains in Egypt protest

Afghanistan

Lisa Lundquist | February 5, 2011

Afghan rights fall short for Christian converts

Lashkar-e-Taiba

Bill Roggio | February 5, 2011

Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed threatened to attack India if it does not quit Kashmir, and said the US is on its way out of the region, strengthening the hand of jihadists. “If freedom is not given to the Kashmiris, then we will occupy the whole of India including Kashmir,” he said. “As the US is […]

Pakistan

Bill Roggio | February 5, 2011

The Taliban executed four people accused of “spying for Indian and Jewish intelligence agencies” in Karak, and killed three civilians in Khyber. More than 20,000 people have fled Mohmand due to a military operation.

Afghanistan

Bill Roggio | February 5, 2011

Security forces killed 15 Taliban fighters in Nangarhar and 12 more in Uruzgan. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south and attacked the homes of Taliban fighters who defected to the government. Hekmatyar’s deputy denounced suicide attacks but blamed them on the presence of ISAF forces.

Iraq

Bill Roggio | February 5, 2011

Insurgents killed two civilians in bombings in Samarra, a tribal leader in a bombing in Fallujah, and a civilian in a shooting in Baghdad. Security forces arrested a terrorist in Al Kut.

Somalia

Bill Roggio | February 5, 2011

The US Embassy in Nairobi condemned the Somali parliament’s extension of the Transitional Federal Government. Two people were killed during fighting in Mogadishu. A Somali official accused the World Food Program of selling aid to the hungry.

Iran

Bill Roggio | February 5, 2011

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei described the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia as an “Islamic awakening.” A senior Iranian Army commander said the Egyptian Army should sever ties with President Mubarak. The trial of three Americans arrested on the Iraqi border will begin on Sunday.

Denmark

Lisa Lundquist | February 5, 2011

Denmark – Religious tensions on rise in public housing

Ayman al Zawahiri’s deputy releases statement in support of Egyptian opposition

Thomas Joscelyn | February 5, 2011

Thirwat Salah Shehata, a top al Qaeda operative who has long served Ayman al Zawahiri, has released a statement in support of the Egyptian protesters. According to a Saudi publication, Shehata issued the statement from Iran.