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Fear that US could grab nuclear arsenal heightens Pakistani anger
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Al Qaeda appoints new leader of forces in Pakistan’s tribal areas
Abdul Shakoor Turkistani, the leader of the Turkistan Islamic Party, is also in control of the terror camps. He was given the job just weeks before Osama bin Laden was killed.
Syria
Syrian forces use soccer stadiums as prisons, human rights groups say
Indonesia
Abu Bakir Bashir, the leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, said Osama bin Laden was going to “heaven” but denied links to the terror chief. “I don’t know if it’s [his death] true, but if he is dead, God willing he will go to heaven.”
Iranian intel chief joins ‘Deather’ movement
“If the US military and the intelligence apparatus arrested and killed Bin Laden, why didn’t they show the body?” asked Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi.
Iran
Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi claimed Osama bin Laden died years ago from an undisclosed sickness. “If the US military and the intelligence apparatus arrested and killed Bin Laden, why didn’t they show the body? Why did they throw it in the sea?”
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb praised Osama bin Laden and credited him for the uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen. “Do not cry for him…. Instead rise and go on his path. Rise and thwart the American Zionist Western unjust aggression with all of your power and energy.”
Libya
NATO strike aircraft bombed military weapons depots in the town of Zintan. Human Rights Watch accused pro-Gaddafi forces of “repeated indiscriminate attacks” in the mountain towns of Nalut, Takut, and Zintan.
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Pakistan ignored US warnings on unilateral action on Osama: report
Egypt
Police arrested 23 people suspected of being involved in the Sunday massacre at a Coptic church in Cairo, bringing the total to more than 200 detained. Twelve people were killed after radical Muslims attacked the church.
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda group claims Osama bin Laden triumph in Arab revolts
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – NATO says insurgency weakened
Afghan National Army update, May 2011
A look at the development of the Afghan National Army, a key force in the fight against the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Twenty-three Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed during two days of fighting in Kandahar. The Taliban killed four policemen in Ghazni and a tribal elder in Paktika. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Ghazni, Jawzjan, Baghlan, and Kunduz.
Russia
Security forces killed seven fighters from the Islamic Caucasus Emirate during a raid in the Kizlyar district in northern Dagestan. One soldier was also killed during the fighting. A journalist from an Islamic newspaper was killed in Dagestan.
Egypt
Egypt clashes turn spotlight on radicals
Al Qaeda
Atiyah Abd al Rahman, a senior al Qaeda commander, is believed to be linked to three suspected terrorists who were detained in Dusseldorf. Abdeladim K. a Moroccan who led the Dusseldorf cell, was in contact with Atiyah.
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Hundreds of terrorists waiting to cross over to India
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Who sheltered Osama bin Laden? Kayani among suspects
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Pakistani officials have no record of man killed with bin Laden
Taliban release video of captured Canadian ‘spy’
The Taliban said Colin Rutherford “could face a trial” if their demands are not met.
Morocco
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb denied involvement in the bombing at a cafe in Marrakesh that killed 16 people. “We deny any link to this explosion and declare we are in no way involved in this operation,” the AQIM statement said.
Egypt
Egypt’s new foreign policy tests old alliances
Iran
Iran helping Syrian regime crack down on protesters, say diplomats
Egypt
Egyptian Copts, reeling from violence, want protection
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Foreign channels’ live coverage from Abbottabad barred
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Pakistan cities cover for al Qaeda
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Obama: bin Laden had support network
Iraq
Eighteen people, including al Qaeda’s governor for Baghdad and seven security officers, were killed during a failed jailbreak. Insurgents killed three civilians and a policeman in Baghdad and Kirkuk. Security forces detained 12 wanted men in Ninewa and Baqubah.
Somalia
A local clan militia in Beledweyn claimed to have killed seven Shabaab fighters. Two government soldiers were killed during infighting in Mogadishu. Shabaab took control of the village of Buursaar, and arrested an accountant in Kismayo for aiding the government.