American Shabaab fighter and commander pictured together
A previously unknown American called Abdullah al Amriki was recently pictured with Shabaab commander and fellow American Omar Hammami.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Pakistan
Former President Pervez Musharraf said he will return to Pakistan at the end of the month; Senior Special Prosecutor Chaudhry said Musharraf would be arrested upon his return. The military wants the Taliban to abandon Arakzai and Khyber, but could remain in the five other tribal areas, as part of a truce.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four policemen in Herat and a child in a suicide attack in Khost. An Afghan soldier killed an ISAF soldier in the south. The chief of border police in the east resigned after receiving death threats.
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Asian Customers of Iran Look for Other Oil Sources
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Iran has divided view of US Navy’s rescue of Iranian fishermen
Iran
President Ahmadinejad will visit Latin America in an attempt to gain local support. The US expelled the Venezuelan consul general over links to an Iranian cyberattack plot. Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor will reach full capacity within weeks.
Al Qaeda
Musharraf denies he knew Osama bin Laden was living in Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
The government has begun the trial of 16 al Qaeda operatives, including 14 Saudis, a Pakistani, and an Afghan, accused of killing a policeman and plotting attacks against military and government sites. The operatives are also accused of supporting and financing terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Egypt
Islamist parties won more than two-thirds of the seats in the parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results. The Muslim Brotherhood has won 41 percent of the seats, while the Salifist Al Nour party won an estimated 20 percent.
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Security agencies want TTP to abandon Orakzai, Khyber
Al Qaeda
Guantanamo detainees’ bleak future
IAEA
Iran Will Soon Move Uranium Work Underground, Official Says
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Border police chief stands down
Al Qaeda
Nigeria’s descent into holy war
Kenya
Security forces arrested Jermaine Grant, a British man who converted to Islam and is accused of plotting attacks for Shabaab, during a raid in Mombasa. Grant was radicalized in the same London prison as al Qaeda shoe bomber Richard Reid.
Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters killed three men who were playing poker near a church in Biu in Borno state. Boko Haram fighters also carried out a bombing and shooting attack in Mubi; no one was hurt.
Afghanistan
Terror on Trial | William Shawcross on Legal Proceedings Against Extremists
Iraq
Iraq Turns Justice Into a Show, and Terror Confessions a Script
Afghanistan
Lull in US Drone Strikes Aids Pakistan Militants
India
Pakistan – Hatred material spoiling schoolchildren
Pakistan
Pakistan – DPC warns govt against reopening NATO supply routes
United States
Nadeem Akhtar was sentenced to 37 months in prison for conspiring to illegally transfer nuclear materials. From 2005 to 2010, he worked with co-conspirators in Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and New York to obtain “nuclear-related devices and equipment” for Pakistan.
Canada
The case of Mohamed Hassan Hersi, a Canadian citizen who was arrested at a Toronto airport in March 2011, will proceed directly to trial. He is accused of trying to travel to Somalia to join Shabaab.
Afghanistan
The Taliban executed a teenaged male accused of spying for the government in Paktika. An Afghan policeman in Ghor killed two colleagues and a civilian. The US deployed an unmanned cargo helicopter in Helmand.
Pakistan
Security forces killed a leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Baluchistan during a raid in Karachi. The Taliban launched rocket attacks on an army base and a school in North Waziristan.
Iran
The UK threatened military action if Iran attempted to close the Gulf of Hormuz. Western nations prepared contingency plans in case Iranian oil supplies are cut off. Iran prepared to move uranium enrichment into underground bunkers. Iran mounted a crackdown on internet cafes.
Somalia
The Kenyan military claimed it killed 60 Shabaab fighters and destroyed nine technicals during airstrikes in Garbahare. Ethiopia said its forces in central Somalia will be replaced by African Union peacekeepers.
Nigeria
Boko Haram spokesman Abdul Qaqa claimed credit for the recent attacks and bombings in Gombe, Damaturu, Maiduguri, and Adamawa over the past two days. The government imposed a curfew in Adamawa after Boko Haram killed 12 Christians in a church.
Afghanistan
Thaw in Pak-Afghan ties: Bilateral Taliban negotiation strategy to be revived
Afghanistan
Taliban’s office in Qatar termed a new game