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Monthly Archives: May 2011
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Was al-Qaeda behind 2007 Chicago Metra incident?
Pakistan
Bin Laden’s wife spent 5 years in Pakistani house
Iraq
An Awakening leader’s bodyguard was killed at a checkpoint in Diyala. Police found a beheaded body riddled with bullets north of Fallujah.
Morocco
The interior minister said the man who built the bomb that killed 16 people at a cafe in Marrakesh “was expelled from Portugal in 2004 and from Libya in 2008, when he was trying to get to Iraq.” The bomb maker is a Salafist and learned how to build the bomb on the internet.
Somalia
A Kenyan known as Abu Ahmed Al Kini was killed while fighting with Shabaab in Gedo. Shabaab assassinated a senior Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a leader in Gedo and executed two so-called “spies” in Baidoa.
Iran
The Iranian foreign minister blamed unrest in Syria on a US plots to destabilize the country. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps received two no-bid contracts to develop natural gas in the Pars fields.
Al Qaeda vows to avenge Osama bin Laden’s death
The terror group called for the Pakistani people “to rise up and revolt” against the government and “cleanse” the nation of Americans.
US Predators kill 13 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan strike
“Foreigners” were among those killed in the al Qaeda hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan.
Afghan Taliban commander forms units to avenge bin Laden’s death
“We will avenge him and follow in his footsteps,” Dawran Safi said.
Intel shows bin Laden played active role in al Qaeda
Documents seized at Osama’s compound in Abbottabad show that he “was in touch regularly with the terror network he created.”
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Al-Qaeda around the world
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Osama bin Laden living in Abbotabad for 5 years, says wife
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Islamic world quiet as bin Laden age closes
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Official: Bin Laden material shows threats to railways, key cities
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CIA spied on bin Laden from safe house
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Afghanistan uses news about bin Laden to intensify its criticism of Pakistan
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Data from raid links bin Laden to newer terror plots
Sweden
Speaking of Rasiullah in Jowzjan province, Afghanistan, where a Swedish Provincial Reconstruction team is working, a Taliban commander said: “It doesn’t matter if [bin Laden]’s dead. We’re going to continue to fight until the intruders have left Afghanistan.”
Norway
A Norwegian-Pakistani imam named Syed Farasat Ali Bukhari who appeared in a YouTube video saying that decapitation is the proper punishment for infractions of prayer and fasting rules was denied permission to establish a Muslim primary school in Oslo.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed the Taliban’s top commander for Nangarhar province, and killed five Taliban fighters in Helmand. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in southern Afghanistan.
Saudi Arabia
Khaled Al Atifi, an al Qaeda operative, turned himself in to authorities after weeks of negotiations. Atifi was 17th on Saudi Arabia’s list of 47 most-wanted terrorists.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 20 Iraqis in an attack on a police headquarters in Hillah. Insurgents killed a general, a policeman, and two Kurdish troops in attacks in Baghdad, Mosul, and Kirikuk. Police killed the Islamic State of Iraq’s governor of Ninewa.
Yemen
A suspected US Predator airstrike killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commanders in the Mayfaa district in Shabwah province. The strike purportedly targeted a Saudi commander of AQAP.
Morocco
Police arrested three suspects thought to be involved with the April 28 bombing at a cafe in Marrakesh that killed 16 people. The lead suspect is said to be “loyal” to al Qaeda.
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Osama bin Laden dead: Pakistan Islamists urge mass anti-US rally
After bin Laden raid, Pakistan Army chief warns US against violating sovereignty, orders reduction of US forces in country
“Any similar action, violating the sovereignty of Pakistan, will warrant a review on the level of military / intelligence cooperation with the United States,” a statement released by the Pakistani military said.
US airstrike targets Saudi al Qaeda commander in Yemen: report
Two mid-level al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commanders were reported killed in what is thought to be a US Predator airstrike.
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Bin Laden’s wives — and daughter who would ‘kill enemies of Islam’
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For some Pakistani media, bin Laden a ‘martyr’