The extradition hearing of Sayfildin Tahir Sharif, a.k.a. Faruq Khalil Muhammad ‘Isa, a Canadian citizen accused of coordinating a terror cell in Iraq that killed at least five US soldiers, was postponed. Over the past 10 years, the extradition of 17 Canadians has been sought in terrorism cases.
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A suicide bomber killed an Ansar-ul-Islam leader and three others in Peshawar. Police said they killed the Taliban’s leader for Dera Ismail Khan. One security official was killed in an IED attack in Tank.
Security forces captured an al Qaeda facilitator in Paktia. Thirty Taliban fighters reconciled with the government in Herat. NATO reiterated its commitment to ending combat operations in 2014.
Insurgents killed two policemen in Diyala province. The US is considering discussions with Iraq to expand defense cooperation.
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The Syrian army attacked opponents in a suburb of Damascus. After heavy fighting, Free Syrian Army rebels withdrew from the area. Turkey and the Gulf Cooperation Council urged Syria to accept the Arab League peace plan. The Arab League sought support from China and Russia.
Shabaab has banned the International Committee of the Red Cross from working in areas under its control. Ethiopian troops have moved across the border into Luq in southern Somalia.
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The al Qaeda facilitator “coordinated insurgent activity throughout the area and provided reports to senior al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan,” ISAF stated. He is the first al Qaeda operative reported as killed or captured in Afghanistan in two months.
In the first convictions under Norwegian antiterror law, Mikael Davud, a Chinese Uighur, and Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak, an Iraqi Kurd, were found guilty of plotting with al Qaeda to attack a Danish newspaper that had published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. An accomplice, David Jakobsen, an Uzbek, is charged with helping to make a […]
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The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader was responsible for last year’s Christmas Day suicide attack at a funeral in Taloqan that killed 20 Afghans, including a member of parliament. ISAF reporting on raids against the IMU and al Qaeda has dropped off considerably.
ISAF and Afghan troops killed an IMU leader behind suicide attacks in the north. A member of the High Peace Council was kidnapped in Kunar. The government wants to hold talks with the Taliban in Saudi Arabia. Britain’s Chief of Defence Staff General called the Afghan mission “amateurish.”
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The Iraqiya party has ended its boycott of parliament. The US Department of Defense cannot account for more than $2 billion in funds for Iraq. Insurgents killed a civilian in Samarra.
The Kenyan military said its forces captured Delbio during fighting last week; two Kenyan and one Somali soldier were killed. The town was described as a key center used to distribute weapons and explosives to the Kenyan refugee camps in Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, and Dadaab.
Police arrested Aboud Rogo, a radical cleric for Shabaab, during a raid in Kikambala; weapons and explosives were found at his home. Police failed to arrest Natalie Webb, a British woman who is believed to be a Shabaab financier; she is thought to have left the country.
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