Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed that Ibrahim al Bana was not killed in a Predator strike in southern Yemen two weeks ago that killed Anwar al Awlaki’s son. Bana is a media emir for AQAP.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Saudi Arabia
A court sentenced Haila Al Qusayyer to 15 years in prison and an additional 15-year travel ban upon her release. She financed, recruited, and fought for al Qaeda for years. Qusayyer is known as Madam al Qaeda as she was married to two of the terror group’s senior leaders.
Israel
An Israeli airstrike hit an Islamic Jihad training camp in Gaza, killing a commander and three fighters. Israel is concerned that antiaircraft weapons looted from Libya are making their way to Gaza. Palestinian president Abbas said the Arab world’s rejection of the UN’s 1947 plan to partition Palestine was a mistake.
Syria
Syrian troops killed 40 protesters yesterday and 10 more civilians today. The Arab League denounced the killing and called on Assad to end the violence. Syrian Army troops continue to defect and become more organized. Hezbollah’s leader Nasrallah said Syria was “largely out of the danger zone.”
AQAP claims media emir is alive
Ansar al Sharia, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s political front, said that Ibrahim al Bana was not killed in the strike that killed Anwar al Awlaki’s son.
Africa
Could Islamist rebels undermine change in Africa?
Iran
Plausible Culpability
Afghanistan
Pakistani wolf to guard Afghan henhouse
Somalia
African Union troops beat back a Shabaab suicide assault on a base in Mogadishu; two suicide bombers dressed as Somali troops were killed. Kenya’s top military leader said his country would stay in southern Somalia until the threat from Shabaab is gone.
Kenya
Three Kenyan security officers were wounded in an IED attack in Garrisa. Security forces arrested 20 people thought to be connected to a bombing in Mandera.
India
Pak tests nuclear-capable Hatf-7 cruise missile
Afghanistan
US troops to begin leaving Kandahar
Suicide bomber kills 17 in Kabul, including 5 ISAF troops
A suicide bomber flipped an up-armored Rhino in the capital; the Taliban claimed credit for the attack. Three Australian soldiers were killed in Kandahar, and a female suicide bomber attacked Afghan intelligence officials in Kunar.
United States
US northern border checks scaled back
Pakistan
US Predators killed 13 Taliban fighters in a strike in South Waziristan on Oct. 26. A suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban militia leader and his aide in Nowshera. The military successfully tested a nuclear warhead-capable cruise missile.
Kenya
US denies role in Kenya’s Somalia operation
‘Safe havens in Pakistan remain the insurgency’s greatest enabler’: DoD report
The DoD seeks to work with Pakistan while that country continues to support the Haqqani Network; al Qaeda remains connected to the Taliban, but the IMU doesn’t get a mention.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 30 Taliban fighters in Nangarhar and detained several Taliban commanders and fighters in Ghazni, Khost, Logar, and Nangarhar. The Taliban killed four civilians in a bombing in Nangarhar. Four Taliban fighters and an Afghan solider were killed during yesterday’s fighting at the Kandahar PRT.
Pakistan
In Pakistan, a militant deal sours
Bosnia
Mevlid Jasarevic, a Serb, was arrested for shooting a Kalashnikov at the US embassy in Sarajevo. At least one embassy guard was injured. Condemning the “terrorist attack,” Bosnian authorities said they did not yet know if the shooter acted alone.
Iraq
A US audit said that most of the $6.6 billion in reconstruction funds that was thought to have been missing for Iraq has been accounted for. Iraq’s central bank said it is not responsible for the funds.
Iran
US Justice Department officials indicted five people and four companies for exporting radio equipment to Iran for use in roadside bombs in Iraq. The US Secretary of State encouraged the Iranian opposition to seek international support “as Libya rebels did.”
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
A senior police commander was killed in a car bombing in the southern port city of Aden. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has stepped up attacks in the city, which is said to be under siege.
Somalia
Nine Shabaab fighters were killed as they ambushed Kenyan troops moving to Beles Qooqani. Shabaab claimed to have killed several Kenyan troops near Dhobley.
Kenya
A court sentenced a Kenyan man to life in prison for carrying out grenade attacks in Nairobi. The prisoner, Elgiva Bwire Oliacha, admitted to being a member of Shabaab.
Tunisia
The Ennahda party, a branch of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, has won 90 of the 217 available seats in parliament, and will form a government and vote on the country’s new constitution. The next largest party won only 30 seats. Violence has broken out over the election results.
Sweden
At a remand hearing for one of three suspects in a plot to murder cartoonist Lars Viks last month in Gothenburg, the judge barred three niqab-wearing persons from the proceeding who refused to show their faces. The court decided to keep the suspect in custody.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi King Names Interior Minister Crown Prince
Afghanistan
Clinton urges Congress: Don’t ‘undercut’ US progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan
NATO
Afghans face greater test with second handovers