United Kingdom
Ground-based air defence systems tested in Olympics security exercise
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Russia
Two bombs detonated 15 minutes apart near a police station on the outskirts of Makhachkala, Dagestan’s capital, killing 20 people and injuring 30 more. The first bomb went off after police stopped a vehicle at a checkpoint. Islamist insurgents are suspected in the blasts.
Yemen
In the latest release of Inspire magazine, slain al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Anwar al Awlaki called for chemical and biological attacks against the US. Former President Saleh’s son stepped down from commanding the 3rd Brigade of the Republican Guard.
Somalia
Kenyan troops opened fire on Shabaab military camps in Qoqaani. Shabaab is recruiting students from schools in Kismayo. “Gunmen” killed a Somali journalist in Galkayo.
Bin Laden told Shabaab to hide al Qaeda ties
The letter from al Qaeda’s emir to Shabaab leader Sheikh Muhktar Abu Zubayr confirms an August 2010 report from LWJ that detailed al Qaeda’s instructions to downplay links between the two terror groups.
United Nations
Journalists being killed at ‘astonishing pace’
Germany
A group of Salafists used stones and poles to attack police in Solingen, injuring three policemen and a bystander; approximately 30 of the attackers were arrested. They had been angered by a far-right group’s demonstration that included cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
Egypt
Egypt: Islamist MP backs bill allowing girls to marry at 14
Bin Laden advised relocation of some leaders to Afghanistan due to drone strikes in Waziristan
In late 2010, the al Qaeda emir said some of the group’s leaders and operatives should relocate from North and South Waziristan to the eastern Afghan provinces of Kunar, Nuristan, Ghazni, and Zabul.
Denmark
An axe-wielding Somali citizen who broke into the home of a Danish cartoonist and tried to kill him has been given a 10-year sentence followed by deportation. One of the four men who plotted to attack a Danish newspaper in December 2010 told the court he was only in Copenhagen for the fireworks; the prosecution […]
Sweden
The trial of Nasserdine Menni, who conspired with Stockholm suicide bomber Taimor Abdulwahab, opened in Glasgow. Menni faces charges of transferring money to Abdulwahab and engaging in terrorist activity in Scotland, England, Sweden, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere from 2003 until 2011.
Analysis: Nearly all of bin Laden’s documents should be released
Only a tiny fraction of Osama bin Laden’s files have been released. Nearly all of them should be.
Afghanistan
The US Army in a Time of Transition
United States
Odierno Reshaping Training and Deployment
Al Qaeda
Documents found in Osama bin Laden raid to be released
Al Qaeda
US triples military aid to Philippines in 2012
Tunisia
Tunisian court orders fine on TV station owner
ISAF captures IMU leader in Kunduz
Special operations forces have targeted two different IMU leaders in the Imam Sahib district over the past three days.
Afghanistan
Army procurement switch puts boot into Afghan dream
Al Qaeda
Pentagon signals ‘acute’ problems in Afghanistan, even as US cuts forces
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden Raid Fallout – Aid Groups in Pakistan Are Suspect
Pakistan
Pakistan – Hate campaign against Ahmadis reaches new heights
Al Qaeda
Hundreds pay tribute to bin Laden in Quetta
Al Qaeda
Pakistan – Death threats for bin Laden demolition man
Al Nusrah Front claims attack at Iranian Consulate in Damascus
The terror group called the attack “a double special operation” as it targeted both Syrian security personnel and the Iranian Consulate.
Al Qaeda
NATO supply routes closure causing massive equipment backlog: US DoD
Al Qaeda
Sacked medic recalls knocking on Bin Laden’s door
Mali
Islamists strengthen grip over north Mali
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team attacked a civilian compound in Kabul, killing five people just hours after President Obama left the country. The Taliban announced the beginning of its 2012 spring offensive, and killed two ISAF soldiers in the east. Security forces killed 25 Taliban fighters.
Afghanistan
Crocker assuages regional concerns