Taliban ‘offer every assistance’ to al Qaeda, says terrorist leader
Al Qaeda religious leader and ideologue Sheikh Khalid bin Abdul Rehman al Hussainan says that the Taliban continue to support al Qaeda.
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Pakistan
Pakistan Builds Web Wall Out in the Open
Al Qaeda
Israel Guards Against Terror From Laxly Patrolled Sinai
United States
Betim Kaziu, a US-born resident of New York City, was sentenced to 27 years in prison for trying to join al Qaeda. Kaziu had traveled to Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans, and Kosovo in his quest.
Afghanistan
US-Afghanistan deal in danger as Hamid Karzai holds firm on demands
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Mysterious backlash: Team asked to investigate missing containers finds their names in FIR
Pakistan
Pakistan – Police bar Ahmadis from entering worship centre
Indonesia
Indonesia – Acehnese peace dividend not yet realized
Denmark
Four Swedish residents were charged with terrorism and weapons crimes for plotting an attack on a Copenhagen newspaper. Munir Awad, Omar Abdalla, Mounir Dhahri, and Sahbi Zalouti had planned to “kill as many people as possible” at the newspaper’s offices.
Pakistan
Fifty-five Pakistanis, including 10 soldiers were killed in fighting and a suicide attack in Khyber. The Taliban killed an intelligence officer and a Chinese woman in Peshawar.
Afghanistan
Five US soldiers and a translator may be punished for the burning of Korans. The Taliban killed an intelligence official in Uruzgan. Seven people, including four ISAF soldiers, were wounded in a suicide attack in Kandahar.
Yemen
Ansar al Shariah, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s political front, claimed it killed a CIA officer in Aden; the military denied the report. Twenty-two Houthis were wounded in a bombing at a anti-US rally in Saada.
Somalia
The Kenyan military killed 30 Shabaab fighters in an airstrike in Hirigle. Somali and African Union forces claimed to have ejected Shabaab forces from their last strongholds in Mogadishu.
Afghanistan
US probe of Koran burning finds 5 soldiers responsible, officials say; clerics demand trial
Iran
Barack Obama: I’m not bluffing on military action against Iran
55 Pakistanis killed in violence in Khyber
A suicide bomber killed 22 people outside a mosque, while 10 Pakistani soldiers and 23 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters were killed in a clash at a military checkpoint.
Nigeria
The Joint Task Force killed four Boko Haram members during a clash yesterday in Borno. Officials blamed Boko Haram for a bomb blast at a factory in Maiduguri that killed three people.
China
China to unveil military budget after US Asia pivot
Afghanistan
Afghan clerics demand punishment for Koran burners
US adds Taliban commander involved in IED, suicide attacks to terrorism list
Abdul Samad Achekzai has been linked to at least 11 suicide attacks against Afghan and Coalition forces in 2010 and 2011.
When was the last al Qaeda operative killed or captured in Afghanistan?
Debunking the perception that al Qaeda operatives are no longer being targeted in Afghanistan.
Singapore
Authorities arrested Jemaah Islamiyah operatives Mohamed Rafee Abdul Rahman and Abd Rahim Abdul Rahman, two brothers, and Sahrudin Mohd Sapian after they were deported to Singapore earlier this year. Sahrudin helped the network with recruiting and attack planning, and Mohamed Rafee provided logistical support; both men had received terrorist training in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
US NATO Ambassador Says Afghan Policy Intact
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden hid terror codes in two copies of the Bible
Pakistan
Pakistan – Minorities voice concern for their rights
Pakistan
Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters during shelling in Kurram and Orakzai. Officials claimed NATO forces wounded six people in cross-border mortar attacks. Secretary of State Clinton said Pakistan is not justified to detain a Pakistani doctor who aided in the hunt of Osama bin Laden.
Afghanistan
An Afghan soldier and a teacher killed two ISAF soldiers in Kandahar province. The Taliban killed two policemen in attacks in Panjshir and Uruzgan. The UN said the US soldiers who burned Korans should be punished.
North Korea
North Korea agreed to suspend its nuclear weapons program in exchange for food aid from the US. In the past, North Korea has made similar promises.
Syria
The Free Syrian Army retreated from the Bab Amr neighborhood in Homs. The civilian Syrian National Council and the military Free Syrian Army set up a joint command center. A Free Syrian Army commander said Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah brigades were fighting alongside the Syrian army.
Iran
Iran Invokes the West to Scare Up Voters