Four men arrested this week in Birmingham were charged and remanded in custody; they are Khobaib Hussain, Ishaaq Hussain, Shahid Kasam Khan, and Naweed Mahmood Ali. They are accused of raising funds for terrorism and traveling to Pakistan for terrorist training.
The imam refused to let the Taliban use the mosque to recruit fighters.
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Insurgents killed five people in a bombing outside a policeman’s home in Saqlawiyah and four Iraqis in bombing outside three mosques in Abu Ghraib. Iraq is discussing with the UN the closure of the MEK’s Camp Arshaf.
The families of Ibrahim Adam and Mohammed Azmir said they were killed in a strike in the Waziristan region three months ago. Azmir was the brother of a senior al Qaeda leader who also killed in Pakistan. Adam fled Briton while under a controversial “control order” for terrorism charges.
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Shabaab has an estimated 750 to 1,000 “foreign fighters” in its ranks, according to an estimate by a Kenyan military official. The official also said al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is actively supporting Shabaab.
Kenyan troops killed 12 Shabaab fighters and have advanced to the outskirts of Afmadow. Four civilians were killed during fighting between Shabaab and government forces in Mogadishu.
Kenya has requested US assistance in its fight against Shabaab in southern Somalia. The request includes US military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assistance. Kenya may provide troops to the African Union mission in Somalia.
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The Taliban killed two British soldiers in an IED attack in Helmand. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, and Logar.
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Iraq executed a Tunisian al Qaeda operative who was involved in the 2006 bombing of the Golden mosques in Samarra; one Egyptian and nine Iraqis were also executed for terrorism charges. Muqtada al Sadr said he supports Syrian President Bashir al Assad.
President Saleh claims he will step down in 90 days. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula assassinated an army colonel in Aden.
The African Union will work with Kenya to battle Shabaab. The deputy chairman of Kenya’s parliament said his country would not advance on Kismayo. Six people were killed in food riots in Mogadishu.