Syria did not respond to Friday’s deadline to allow Arab League observers into the country. Ministers of the Arab League will meet Saturday to draft economic sanctions that will be discussed Sunday. The Assad regime continued to receive support from the Syrian military and Russia and China.
In the largest turnout to date, tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to military rule packed Cairo’s Tahrir Square. The US called on the generals to step aside “as soon as possible” and give real power to the new cabinet “immediately.” Egypt’s interim military rulers rejected an early transfer of power.
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More than 27 people were injured and three were killed in grenade attacks in Garissa, near the Somali border. An IED killed three government troops and injured nine civilians in the Bakara market. Ethiopia will deploy troops inside Somalia for a “brief period” to help Somali and Kenyan forces battling Islamist militants.
Sabir K., a 24-year-old man with Dutch and Pakistani citizenship, appealed to the Netherlands Supreme Court to avoid extradition to the US. He has been indicted in US federal court on charges that included working for al Qaeda and planning a suicide attack on a US base in Kunar province, Afghanistan.
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Iran claimed it arrested 12 CIA spies. Iranian officials say the arrested spies
Afghan and Coalition forces recaptured a dangerous Taliban military commander after he escaped from a prison in Kandahar three years ago.
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The Taliban killed 10 security guards during an ambush on a NATO supply convoy in Farah. Security forces captured several Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Khost and Logar.
US Easing Out Of Nation-Building Business
Two people were killed and three more were wounded during clashes with security forces in Eastern province. The Interior Ministry claimed that “foreign powers,” a reference to Iran, are responsible.
President Saleh has signed an agreement to transfer power to his deputy. Five people were killed during clashes in Yemen. Three kidnapped Red Cross workers have been freed.
Shabaab killed a Kenyan soldier in an IED attack in the south. The Kenyan military said it has blockaded the Shabaab-held port city of Kismayo.
Security forces killed six “armed men” and detained 12 more during an operation in Tebessa in southern Algeria. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has strongholds in the area.
Gunmen kidnapped two French geologists from their hotel in Hombori in northern Mali. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is known to operate in the area.
Lawmakers, Twitter locked in dispute over Taliban tweets