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Yemeni secessionist dangles pledge to fight al Qaeda
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Pakistan
Pakistani Sex Convictions Spark British Race Row
Algeria
Last orders: Algeria state closes tap on bars
Al Qaeda
US spy agency unveils scale model of Bin Laden hideout
Iran
US Has Plans to Attack Tehran, Says US Envoy to Israel
Al Qaeda
Yemeni military says troops forcing al-Qaida to retreat in southern stronghold
Afghanistan
Pakistan seeks $5,000 transit fee for each NATO container
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Only security personnel can carry heavy arms: Interior Minister
US airstrike kills 2 AQAP operatives in eastern Yemen
The US has conducted six drone strikes in Yemen over the past week.
Pakistani Taliban release video of Bannu jailbreak
Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan emir Hakeemullah Mehsud and South Waziristan leader Waliur Rehman Mehsud are shown organizing the jailbreak.
Al Qaeda
US escalates clandestine war in Yemen
Al Qaeda
FBI Chief Says Leak on Qaeda Plot Is Under Investigation
NATO
Chicago braces for violence at NATO summit
Pakistan
Pakistan – Bannu jailbreak: Police, civil admin and spy agencies held responsible
Pakistan
Police arrested a Lashkar-i-Jhangvi operative in Sohrab Goth in Karachi. The British, French, and Australian embassies received packages containing a suspicious powder and threatening letters.
Egypt
In presidential bid, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood moves to harder line on Islamic law
Afghanistan
ISAF killed nine insurgents in an airstrike in Paktia and three more during operations in Kunar. The Taliban killed two policemen and a soldier in Badghis and Badakhshan. Germany pledged $150 million annually after 2014; Australia promised $100 million.
Somalia
Kenyan troops killed two businessmen in Taabta after their base cam under attack. “Gunmen” killed two people in Mogadishu and Baidoa.
Kenya
A police officer was killed and four more were wounded in an IED attack in Lagdera in Garissa county. Police arrested a suspect in the bombing of a Mombasa nightclub that killed one person.
Nigeria
The Minister of Police Affairs said that Boko Haram has conducted 118 attacks and killed 308 people so far this year. The attacks have taken place in in Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Niger, Yobe, and Plateau states.
Pakistani jihadists reported in northern Mali
The mayor of Timbuktu said Pakistanis have infiltrated the city and are training al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters.
Iran
Exclusive: Iran flouts UN sanctions, sends arms to Syria: panel
Sweden
Two held for shooting imam in northern Sweden
Syria
Government forces opened fire on a crowd in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, killing at least 21 people. In Homs, 15 civilians appear to have been summarily executed by government forces. President Assad denounced the opposition as a gang of “criminals” and said countries that “sow chaos” in Syria could suffer from it themselves.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb offshoot, has threatened to kill a Spanish hostage. A Mauritanian court upheld the death sentence of an AQIM fighter who killed an American in 2009.
Mali
Pakistani jihadists are reportedly moving into northern Mali to train al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb fighters in guerrilla warfare, weapons, smuggling, and other areas. The Pakistanis are said to have entered via Algeria and are present in Timbuktu.
Algeria
Algerian Islamic leader opposes election
Al Qaeda
Libya’s Belhadj quits military post for politics
Kosovo
Kosovo: Minister denies Syrian rebels training in ex-KLA camps
Afghanistan
Taliban infighting over US talks breaks down into terror campaign