Sweden
Witness intimidation on the rise at Swedish trials
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Al Qaeda
US embassy in Pakistan clarifies Panetta’s statement
Al Qaeda
Panetta believes Pakistan knew of bin Laden hideout
Nigeria
Boko Haram spokesman Abul Qaqa threatened to carry out mass-casualty attacks in Sokoto if its fighters are not released from prison. Abubakar Shekau, the emir of Boko Haram, distributed pamphlets in Kano urging Muslims to support the jihad.
Russia
Russia backing of Syria’s Assad seen as way to maintain foothold in Arab world
Afghanistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai ‘plans talks with Taliban’
Israel
Netanyahu pessimistic on Mideast peace prospects
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Drone attacks linked to ‘trust deficit’ with US
Hamas
Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal, goes back to Jordan
Afghanistan
Taliban Have Begun Talks With US, Former Taliban Aides Say
Afghanistan
For CIA family, a deadly suicide bombing leads to painful divisions
Afghanistan
President Sarkozy said France will withdraw from Afghanistan in 2013, one year early. Police killed five Taliban fighters and detained several more. Eighty insurgents reconciled with the government in Baghlan.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a soldier in Mosul, the daughter and wife of an Awakening leader in Fallujah, and a civilian in Kirkuk. Police arrested two female members of Vice President Hashemi’s staff.
Afghanistan
Britain calls for NATO to stick to 2014 Afghan pullout
Afghanistan
Progress seen in moves towards Afghan peace talks
Afghanistan
Afghans blast French plan for early pullout
Al Qaeda
Tension in Yemen: Al-Qaida Activity Puts Regime Change in Doubt
United States
War time training strategy
Afghanistan
Did the US meet with the Taliban?
Syria
Syria’s crisis: It looks like civil war
Iraq
Former ‘Sons of Iraq’ targeted by insurgents after U.S. pullout
Syria
Russia Sides Firmly With Assad Government in Syria
Syria
Escalating violence caused the Arab League to suspend its observer mission. The leader of Hamas left his offices in Damascus. The UN Security Council debated a draft resolution calling for the ouster of President Assad.
Yemen
President Saleh is traveling to the United States for medical treatment. The military said its forces killed four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Zinjibar.
Somalia
Shabaab fighters kidnapped five teenage soccer players from Afgoye. Gunmen executed a director of Shabelle in Mogadishu.
Nigeria
Soldiers killed 11 Boko Haram fighters during clashes in the city of Maiduguri. Boko Haram spokesman Abu Qaqa vowed to fight the government until it is brought “to their knees” and sharia is imposed nationwide.
Islamist Egyptian MP calls for Zawahiri’s return
Aboud al Zomor, who served as Egyptian Islamic Jihad’s first emir and was jailed for his role in Anwar Sadat’s assassination, said that Ayman al Zawahiri is no threat to Egypt and should be given safe haven.
United Kingdom
Shabaaz Hussain admitted to funneling an estimated $14,000 to three British men to train for jihad in Somalia. Police found a large amount of jihadist literature, including videotapes from Abu Hamza and Osama bin Laden, during a raid on his home.
Strategic retreat
The Obama administration is pulling back from the war on terror, even as al Qaeda and its allies remain a serious threat.
United States
US Not Seeking Military Bases in Southeast Asia