China
Sanctions Benefit Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Somalia
A Shabaab suicide bomber attacked an Ethiopian base in Beledweyne; the number of casualties is unknown. The UN has opened a political office in Mogadishu.
Nigeria
Police said that Boko Haram killed 186 people in the attack in Kano on Jan 20. Boko Haram has killed 935 people since it launched its insurgency in 2009, according to Human Rights Watch.
Afghanistan
Pakistan Rejects US Self-Defense Claim on Strikes
Iran
Israeli officials worry over Iran’s bomb-making abilities
Al Qaeda
East Afghan frontline emerges as major hurdle
Shabaab suicide bomber targets Ethiopian troops
Shabaab claimed a member of its “Martyrdom Brigades” killed 33 Ethiopian soldiers and officers in an attack in western Somalia.
Afghanistan
Too early to say if Taliban behind French attack: NATO
Pakistan
An official Pakistani military report on the Mohmand incident said US troops fired first in an intentional, “unprovoked attack,” and called a US investigation an attempt “to contort the facts and confuse the issue.” US drones killed four “militants” in North Waziristan.
Iraq
Vice President Hashemi said he would face a court in Baghdad if Prime Minister Maliki resigns. Insurgents killed a soldier in Mosul and an Awakening commander and three others in Kirkuk.
Afghanistan
The US and the Afghan government have been negotiating with the Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin. ISAF killed five Taliban fighters in an airstrike in Kapisa. The Taliban killed two children in an IED attack in Kapisa.
Pakistan
Rights suffer under army power grab in Pakistan: report
Pakistani military accuses US of intentionally killing troops in Mohmand
An official Pakistani military report on the Mohmand incident said US troops fired first in an intentional, “unprovoked attack,” and called a US investigation an attempt “to contort the facts and confuse the issue.”
British al Qaeda/Shaabab leader may have been killed after calling home
Relatives of Bilal al Berjawi think he was traced after calling his wife, who had just given birth.
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With EU On Board With Iran Oil Sanctions, Western Eyes Turn To Asia
Iran
The European Union banned Iranian oil imports. British and French naval ships joined the US carrier group in the Strait of Hormuz. The UN’s nuclear watchdog agency confirmed it would send a mission to Iran by the end of January.
Syria
Syria rejected an Arab League-sponsored plan for President Assad to step down and hand over power to his deputy, calling it flagrant interference in Syria’s internal affairs. The EU expanded sanctions. Russia signed a $550 million deal to sell Syria 36 jet aircraft.
Yemen
The military is sending troops and armored vehicles to positions outside of Rada’a, which is under al Qaeda’s control. The leader of the Southern Movement denied reports that AQAP has captured the town of Al Habilain in Lahj province.
Somalia
Kenya said its war against Shabaab is “halfway done” as it has effectively targeted logistics and command and control centers in the south. Some Shabaab and al Qaeda leaders believe that an informer divulged the location of Bilal al Berjawi, who was killed in a Jan. 21 drone strike.
Nigeria
Boko Haram claimed that it was receiving payments from several governors in northern Nigeria; the governors rejected the charges. Police found eight car bombs in Kano.
Norway
Ex Pakistan intelligence chief calls for Norway agent arrests
Lashkar-e-Islam
Pakistan – Fear of militants haunts Khyber IDPs
Afghanistan
EU Pledges 60 Million Euros to Afghanistan
Afghanistan
US ‘opens talks with Hizb-i-Islami insurgent group’
Germany
German anti-Semitism ‘deep-rooted’ in society
Al Qaeda
Threat Level Rising: How African Terrorist Groups Inspired by al-Qaeda Are Gaining Strength
Afghanistan
Pakistan rejects US self-defense claim on strikes
US Predators kill 4 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan
The four fighters were said to be from Turkmenistan. No senior leaders had been reported killed.
Afghanistan
Former Taliban officials find new role
Al Qaeda
British ‘al-Qaida member’ killed in US drone attack in Somalia