Burma
All in a word: Burma’s rulers tell Suu Kyi not to call it Burma
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Afghanistan
Troop immunity likely to be focus of US, Afghanistan deal
Mali
Ansar Dine and the Movement of Oneness and Jihad claimed they were in full control of northern Mali one day after clashes with the Tuaregs from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad in Gao. Twenty people were killed in the fighting.
Canada
Canada and the US issued a joint statement of privacy principles on the exchange of information regarding persons and cargo crossing their borders. Under the agreement, more information will be shared between the two countries, and either country can release information obtained about border crossings to a third country, subject to certain safeguards.
Jordanian cleric extols jihad at funeral of AQAP fighter
Omar Mahdi Zeidan offered religious justification for waging jihad against Muslims. His brother was killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan in early 2010.
India
Abu Jundal escaped arrest in Pakistan at ISI’s behest
Afghanistan
Presence of Taliban sanctuaries in Afghanistan beyond explanation: Rehman
Burma
Pakistan – Jamaat-e Islami rally for expressing solidarity with Burmese Muslims today
United States
A jury convicted Saudi student Khalid Ali Aldawsari of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction; he faces a possible life term in prison. His intended “jihad” included blowing up dams, nuclear power plants, and the home of former US President George W. Bush. The US added China and Singapore to its list of […]
Pakistan
The Taliban released a video of the beheading of 17 Pakistani soldiers. The Lashkar-e-Islam killed eight Pakistani soldiers in an IED attack in Khyber. Twenty Pakistanis traveling to Iran were killed in a bus bombing in Quetta.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters in Uruzgan; the Taliban denied the report. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east.
Iraq
Insurgents killed 22 Iraqis in a series of bombings and shooting in Baghdad, Taji, Samarra, Baqubah, and Ramadi. The attacks took place against security forces and in Shia neighborhoods.
Syria
Two powerful bombs exploded outside the Justice Ministry building in central Damascus. the UN’s Kofi Annan called for a national unity government. Russia said it would not support the plan.
Turkey
Turkey reenforced its military forces along its border with Syria. However, Turkey said it had no intention of invading.
Israel
An Israeli military court found Hamas leader Ibrahim Hamed guilt of planning a string of suicide bomb attacks. Hamas accused Israel of assassinating one of its leaders, Kamal Husni Ghanaja.
London police arrest 2 terror suspects
Two suspected terrorists in London may have links to a well-known UK Islamist.
Yemen
Yemeni soldiers near Sana’a kidnapped a brigade commander after not being paid for three months. Security forces detained members of an al Qaeda cell responsible for the May 21 suicide attack in Sana’a that killed more than 100 soldiers. Security officials said that some AQAP fighters have fled to Oman.
Somalia
Three people were killed after Shabaab forces ambushed a Somali and Ethiopian military convoy in Goof-Gaduud near Baidoa. Shabaab claimed it killed 23 Kenyan soldiers in an ambush two days ago in Haluqa.
Hizb ut-Tahrir
‘Terror link’ pilot who flew 747s for BA can be identified for the first time
Afghanistan
Afghan MOD Dismisses Pakistan’s Insistence on Afghan-grown Insurgency
Afghanistan
Pakistan’s Fazlullah re-emerges as a security threat
Al Qaeda
Death toll, injuries mount from Mali rebel clash
Mali
More than 20 people were killed as the Movement of Oneness and Jihad clashed with the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) in Gao. The Movement of Oneness and Jihad took control of the MNLA’s headquarters in Gao.
Egypt
Egypt: Govt orders imams to decline invites to visit Iran
Egypt
Iran: Mursi victory signals ‘Islamic awakening’ in region
Syria
Turkey sends anti-aircraft guns to Syrian border
Mali
Mali’s Timbuktu and Askia Tomb put on UNESCO danger list
Kuwait
The quiet influence of Kuwait’s Salafis
Egypt
Egypt’s army, Islamists tussle over Mursi’s oath
United Kingdom
Counterterrorism police arrested two men in east London on suspicion of terrorist activity. The suspects, aged 18 and 32, are said to be British Muslim converts. One of the men, identified by an acquaintance as Jamal ud-Din, may be linked to an Islamist video that appeared on YouTube last year.