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Chaos in the Sahel as Situation in Mali Deteriorates
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Al Qaeda
Insufficient evidence to arrest Hafiz Saeed: Gilani
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda will expose double agent’s identity, security chiefs fear
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Unama Condemns Militant Attacks on Education As Violence Climbs
Afghanistan
Arsala Rahmani, senior member of the Afghan High Peace Council, was gunned down in Kabul. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east. Security forces killed our Taliban commanders and four fighters in Ghazni and Kunar.
Iraq
Insurgents killed four Iraqis in attacks in Ramadi and Baghdad. The Kurdistan Regional Government denied that it was hosting the Israeli Mossad.
Somalia
Three civilians were killed in grenade attacks in Mogadishu. The government signed a memorandum of agreement with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Kenya
Police released a photo of Ahmed Khaled Mueller, a German national who is believed to be working with Shabaab to conduct attacks in Kenya. Mueller is also known as Andreas Martin Muller and Abu Nusaibah.
Senior Afghan peace council member assassinated in Kabul
Arsala Rahmani was gunned down in Kabul. He was a senior member of the Afghan High Peace Council who served as a deputy education minister during the Taliban’s rule.
Egypt
Egypt – Coptic Christians fear rise of Islamists on eve of presidential elections
Al Nusrah Front
Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood is gaining influence over anti-Assad revolt
Iraq
US May Scrap Costly Effort to Train Iraqi Police
United Kingdom
MI5 feared British police attended terrorist camps
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda leaders believed that British double agent in underwear bomb plot was from radical Islamic family
Lebanon
Two killed in sectarian clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon
United Kingdom
UN moves to compensate the victims of terrorism
Afghanistan
The triage commander: Gen. John Allen hastily transforming US mission in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, Spy Balloons Now Part of Landscape
United Kingdom
Two held, homes evacuated in UK over ‘terror plan’
Afghanistan
Afghan policemen killed two British soldiers in Helmand. The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers in two separate attacks in the south and four policemen in Badghis. The Taliban executed two criminals in Nimroz. Five Taliban and HIG fighters were killed during clashes in Ghazni.
Yemen
US drones killed 11 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, including an Egyptian, in two strikes in Marib. Yemeni officials denied that US troops are in combat in southern Yemen.
Afghan security forces kill 3 ISAF troops
Two British soldiers were killed in an attack by Afghan Uniformed Police in Helmand today, and a US soldier was killed by an Afghan soldier in Kunar.
Afghanistan
Our war legacy to Afghans: £1bn of military vehicles will be given to national army when British troops pull out
Afghanistan
What They Said: India’s Balancing Act With the US and Iran – India Real Time
Bahrain
The US resumed some weapons sales to Bahrain. Weapons sales had been suspended last year over human rights concerns during pro-democracy demonstrations.
Lebanon
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah accused the US and Israel of stoking terrorism in Syria. He also claimed Hezbollah had weapons that could hit any part of Israel.
Iraq
Iran Promotes Its Candidate for Next Shiite Leader
US drone strikes kill 11 AQAP fighters
An Egyptian is reported to have been killed in one of two strikes against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula units in southern Yemen.
Al Qaeda
Yemen: US drone strike kills 6 al-Qaida militants
Afghanistan
Gen. Allen, Kayani confer on border security