Algeria
Insight: Algerian Islamists hope for Arab Spring revival
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Al Qaeda announces death of Karachi-based media operative
Abd al Moeed bin Abd al Salam was an important member of the Global Islamic Media Front and translated al Qaeda’s propaganda, according to his martyrdom statement.
Jund al Khilafah confirms 5 members killed in Kazakhstan clash
The terror group also said it is “ready to be killed in the thousands” and threatened Russia.
United States
Lawmakers Blast Administration For Calling Fort Hood Massacre ‘Workplace Violence’
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Muslim women not used to drinking walk free after attack on woman
Pakistan
What’s going on with Zardari?
Anwar al Awlaki’s son hoped ‘to attain martyrdom as my father attained it’
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said the US killed Abdul Rahman “so that America would not be afflicted in the future with another Awlaki.”
ISAF targets IMU suicide bomber facilitator in Afghan north
The Afghan north remains a bastion for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Afghanistan
US urges Pakistan to act after Afghan attacks
Bahrain
Explosives from Britain found at Bahrain airport
Iraq
US General says Iraq vulnerable from the air
United States
Clinton warns of terrorist bio-attacks
Norway
New Norway website to tackle extremism
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 19 Afghan civilians in an IED attack in Helmand. General Allen wants to keep US troop levels at 68,000 until 2014.
Iraq
The US military transferred control of Al Asad Airbase in Anbar province over to the Iraqi military. The US now has just over 8,000 solider in country.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi may join nuclear arms race
Egypt
The Muslim Brotherhood won 24 of 44 seat in the first round of the parliamentary elections. Egypt’s interim army rulers handed over presidential powers to the Prime Minister but kept control of military affairs and the judiciary. Salafist clerics issue a series of fatwas, including prohibiting Muslims from voting for Coptic candidates or their Muslim […]
Syria
President Assad denied ordering a crackdown and “most of the people that have been killed are supporters of the government.” Dozens of bloodied bodies, some of them mutilated and bearing signs of torture, were found in the streets Homs the last 24 hours. Both the US and French ambassadors returned to Syria, previously having left […]
Israel
Analysis: Israel’s Iran strategy: Bombs? Bluff? Both?
Afghanistan
Mining to grow to near half Afghanistan GDP – minister
Afghanistan
Kabul: A Lawless and Cultureless City
Pakistan
Mob forces police to book Christian man for burning pages of Holy Quran
Somalia
Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Abdi Aziz Abu Musab claimed yesterday’s suicide attack that killed four Somalis in Mogadishu. Shabaab leaders reportedly met in Baidoa to discuss changing their name.
Afghanistan
Karzai says Kabul attack came from Pakistan
Mali
Canadian special forces are being deployed to Mali to train the military to fight al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Members of the Canadian Special Operations Regiment will also provide aid to civilians in Mali.
Iran
Assad Officials Dismiss Protests
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Zardari in hospital ‘for heart condition’
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb threatened to kill a British hostage in two weeks if their demands are not met. The British hostage was kidnapped along with an Italian, who was not shown in the video.
Afghanistan
Power Plays in Afghanistan: Laying the Groundwork for Civil War
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – US Commander Seeks Delay in Troop Drawdown