Pakistan
Fury in Pakistan After US Congressman Suggests That a Province Leave
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Al Qaeda
Al-Shabaab militia abducting teenage girls to marry fighters
Caucasus
Iran nuclear tensions put Caucasus on alert
Al Qaeda
Jihad stops Arab Spring in Somalia says British PM
IAEA
Nuclear Inspectors Say Iran Mission Has Failed
Philippines
Police on Basilan island captured Ismael, a.k.a. Patah Hamjak, an Abu Sayyaf operative linked to beheadings, bombings, and a 2009 jailbreak. In Kidapawan, about 50 gunmen killed three people in a failed attempt to spring an Islamic militant from jail.
Afghanistan
Afghans protested after Korans were accidentally burned at Bagram; General Allen apologized and issued a directive on the disposal of religious materials. The Taliban beheaded four “spies” in Helmand and killed three ISAF soldiers in the south.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan receives US surveillance aircraft
Pakistan
Pakistan – Witnesses wanted: Agencies to hand over 900 terror suspects to K-P govt
Afghanistan
Karzai claims indirect contact with Mullah Omar
Syria
Russia boosts arms sales to Syria despite world pressure
Iran
A military official said Iran would take preemptive action if its national interests were threatened. India and China said they would cut oil imports from Iran. Combined, India and China buy 45% of Iranian oil exports. Japan was also near a deal to cut oil imports.
Al Qaeda
US plans to step up aid to Yemen if conditions are met
Afghanistan
Official: Burned Islamic religious material had ‘extremist inscriptions’
Al Qaeda
Talk of peace stirs up Qaeda-Taliban tensions
Iraq
Insurgents killed a tribal leader in Al Amiriyah. Security forces detained two al Qaeda fighters in Wasit. Iraqi officials said al Qaeda fighters are moving into Syria, resulting in a reduction of violence. Saudi Arabia named an ambassador to Iraq.
Somalia
Human Rights Watch said that Shabaab “has increasingly targeted children for recruitment, forced marriage, and rape, and attacked teachers and schools.” Puntland security forces detained five suspected Shabaab fighters in Galkayo.
Afghanistan
Of ‘moderate’ Taliban and their willingness to ‘talk’
Al Qaeda
Pakistan – Malik says 27 terrorist groups involved in Benazir’s murder
Afghanistan
Karzai offers Taliban direct dialogue
Afghanistan
Afghanistan to Spy on Own Troops
Norway
During his trial for death threats against Norwegian leaders, Islamic extremist Mullah Krekar condoned the use of suicide bombers in Afghanistan. Norway has not deported him to Iraq as he might have to face the death penalty there.
Difa-e-Pakistan
Resurgence of Pakistan’s religious right
Al Qaeda
Somalia conflict: Why should the world help?
Shabaab
Somalia’s al-Shabab ‘forced whole classes to fight’
Kenya
No hurry to crush al Shabaab on Kenya’s frontline
Boko Haram
Nigeria’s Abandoned Youth: Potential Boko Haram Recruits?
Boko Haram
Nigerian majority doesn’t back Boko Haram views, poll finds
AQAP notes death of local commander
Kaid al Dhahab has taken control of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Baydah province after his brother Tariq was killed last week.
Afghanistan
US senators, Afghan leaders discuss parameters for long-term partnership