It isn’t every day that you get a terrorist leader to freely admit what an awful human he really is. Late last week, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, a Shabaab commander and Specially Designated Global Terrorist with links to al Qaeda, proudly told how his organization recruits children to wage jihad. From Garowe: “We recruit underage […]
The Taliban condemned Western involvement in Libya as “colonialism.” The Taliban described the operation as a “politically-motivated and uncalled-for intervention and adventure of the Western countries in the internal conflict of the people of Libya,” and an attempt to grab oil.
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Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU commanders and fighters in Helmand, Logar, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed two Afghan soldiers in Khost and an ISAF soldier in the south. Eleven Taliban fighters reconciled with the government in Herat.
A suicide bomber killed an Awakening commander and five members of his family in an attack in Dalouiya. Insurgents killed three Iraqis in four separate bombings in Baghdad.
Shabaab repelled an assault by Somali and Kenyan forces on the town of Dhobley; 20 people were killed in the fighting. African Union forces killed a senior Shabaab commander. In Gedo, 25 Shabaab fighters surrendered to the pro-government Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a.
President Saleh’s own tribe demanded his resignation as he sacked the entire cabinet. Security forces have withdrawn from Sana’a University. The US embassy in Sanaa’a again issued a travel warning.
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Security forces re-arrested Mohammad al Zawahiri, an Islamic Jihad Group member and the brother of Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s second-in-command. Mohammed was released days ago and had justified terror attacks against the US.
President Gaddafi vowed to wage a “long, drawn-out war with no limits” as UN countries began attacking his air defenses and ground forces. Admiral Mike Mullen said that a no-fly zone has “effectively been established,” regime change is not the goal of the mission, and Gaddafi may remain in power despite the assault.
Despite the public protests by top Pakistani political leaders and General Kayani over last Thursday’s US Predator strike that killed more than 30 (or 40 depending on which report you reference) people in North Waziristan, and vague threats to shoot the aircraft down, the unmanned hunter-killers continue to fly over the tribal agency. Dawn reports: […]
The raid targeted four Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders. ISAF has struck in the district of Burkah in Baghlan province four times this month.
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Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, Haqqani Network, and HIG commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Logar, Nangarhar, Khost, and Baghlan. Three ISAF troops were killed in attacks in the south and east.
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Insurgents killed an Awakening fighter in Babil, a contractor in Mosul, and a lawyer in Kirkuk. Security forces arrested three terrorists in Fallujah.
Shabaab commander Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys proudly admitted to recruiting children to serve with the terror group. “We recruit underage children to fight for us, the children are ready to die for their country and religion,” he said. Shabaab sentenced a couple to 100 lashes for committing adultery.
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