Libya
In Zintan, Libya, Celebrating Unity and Feeling Some Tension
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Austria
Austrian Mohamed Mahmoud Returns to Online Jihad
Afghanistan
IMF approves new credit program for Afghanistan after Kabul Bank crisis
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Troops feel more pity than respect
Afghanistan
Afghans to debate future of US presence, Taliban vow attacks
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Special Ops Commander Says Book On SEAL Raid That Killed Bin Laden Is ‘a Lie’
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed one policeman in a donkey bomb attack in Faryab. Security forces captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Helmand and Khost. Twenty-nine percent of Afghans sympathize with the Taliban, while 82 percent support reconciliation.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman and a doctor in Mosul, and a US soldier in central Iraq. The government approved a $17.2 billion deal for Royal Dutch Shell PLC to process gas in Basrah.
Iran
Iran’s civil defense organization detected the Duqu computer virus. Similar to the Stuxnet computer virus, Duqu is aimed at sabotaging Iran’s nuclear sites.
Syria
At least 70 were killed as army deserters fought troops and loyalists butchered civilians. The opposition called for the deployment of UN peacekeepers. Assad loyalists stormed the Jordanian embassy. The Syrian government freed 1,000 prisoners. Turkey threatened to cut electricity supplies and end cooperation on oil extraction.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula captured the town of Al Khoud in Abtan province. AQAP took control of the town after resisting strikes by the Yemeni Air Force.
India
India And Pakistan Agree To Normalize Trade Ties
Iran
Iran: Ahmadinejad goes on the offensive against clerical opponents
Qatar
Qatar Presses Decisive Shift in Arab Politics
Indonesia
Indonesia: Islamic group calls for death for corruption
Terror sweep yields 4 more arrests in UK
Operation Pitsford in the Birmingham area has netted 12 suspects so far in an ongoing investigation into an alleged al Qaeda plot against UK targets.
Egypt
Security forces detained two men in El Arish linked to the attack on a gas pipeline on the Sinai Peninsula that supplies gas to Israel and Jordan. The men belong to Al Takfir awl Hijra.
Kenya
Israel is prepared to support the Kenyan government to battle Shabaab in southern Somalia. “Kenya’s enemies are Israel’s enemies so we should be able to help,” Prime Minister Netanyahu said. “We have similar forces planning to bring us down.”
United States
Barry Walter Bujol, Jr., a 30-year-old college student in Texas, was convicted of providing aid to al Qaeda. He had been in contact with AQAP ideologue Anwar al-Awlaki, and had tried to travel to the Middle East to join al Qaeda, taking with him restricted US military documents.
United Kingdom
Four men in Birmingham were arrested on suspicion of traveling to terror camps in Pakistan and fundraising for terror operations. The arrests are part of an ongoing investigation that netted eight suspects on similar charges in September.
Norway
Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak, David Jakobsen, and Mikael Davud pled not guilty to charges of trying to blow up the Jyllands-Posten newspaper and assassinate cartoonist Lars Viks, though Bujak said in court he wished for Viks to die. The three al Qaeda-linked men are also suspected of involvement in plots to bomb the Chinese embassy […]
Haqqani Network manual praises al Qaeda
The 144-page book also sanctions suicide attacks and calls for strikes in the US and the West.
Afghanistan
Survey reveals 3rd of Afghans say things are deteriorating
Afghanistan
Taliban Support Declining Among Afghans: Poll
IAEA
Analysis: Israelis doubt world will stop Iran’s nuclear quest
United States
Panetta: Deep defense cuts mean fewer troops
US Predators strike in Miramshah
Five people have been reported killed in the main town in North Waziristan. The area is under the control of the Haqqani Network.
Afghanistan
Afghans tentatively seek a voice after 30 years of conflict
Qatar
Qatar Presses Decisive Shift in Arab Politics
Pakistan
US Predators killed five people in a strike in North Waziristan. The Lashkar-e-Islam killed four Frontier Corps troops in an ambush in Khyber. Security forces killed four Taliban fighters in Mohmand.