IAEA
‘No immediate prospect’ of IAEA mission to N.Korea: Amano
Monthly Archives: June 2012
NATO
New Zealand signs partnership agreement with NATO
Pakistan
US drones killed fifteen “militants” in a strike in Mir Ali. Abu Yahya al Libi, al Qaeda’s second in command, is rumored to have been killed in the strike, but the report is unconfirmed.
Afghanistan
Mullah Abdul Salam Zakir, the brother of the Taliban’s military emir, and 25 of his fighters were killed during an ISAF and Afghan operation in Kajaki. Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in Paktika and three more in Logar. The Taliban killed two students in an IED attack in Kabul. NATO came to an agreement […]
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 26 Iraqis in an attack on the Shi’ite Endowment in Baghdad. Al Qaeda in Iraq had previously threatened to target Iraqi Shia in Baghdad and elsewhere.
Abu Yahya al Libi rumored killed in Mir Ali drone strike
US officials said that al Libi was the target of today’s strike, but his death has not been confirmed.
Afghanistan
Pakistan condemns US drone strikes
Iraq
Iran rallies to aid of Iraq’s embattled leader
Syria
Rebels killed over 80 army soldiers over the weekend. The rebels had issued an ultimatum for Friday saying they would no longer abide by the UN peace plan if the government didn’t implement the agreement. Government forces shelled the town of Idlib, killing 15. Rebels formed a new ruling coalition, the Syrian Rebels Front.
Libya
Militia fighters took control of Tripoli’s international airport and demanded the release of their leader. A Libyan court jailed 24 men from the former Soviet Union on charges of being mercenaries in the former Gaddafi regime.
Suicide bomber kills 26 Iraqis in Baghdad
The attack targeted the Shi’ite Endowment, and was likely carried out by al Qaeda in Iraq, which has threatened to strike the Shia.
Egypt
For a second day, thousands protested in Cairo and other cities over a court’s decision to sentence former President Mubarak to life in prison and acquit six police commanders. Prosecutors said they would appeal the decision.
Yemen
An Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber killed four people in an attack against a pro-government militia in Abyan. Houthi rebels stormed a headquarters of the Islah party in Saada.
Kuwait
Kuwait: Blogger gets 10 years in prison for blasphemy
Afghanistan
Karzai Family Moves to Protect Its Privilege
Nigeria
Boko Haram claimed credit for yesterday’s suicide attack on a church in Bauchi that killed 15 people. “Today God gave us victory by launching a suicide attack on a church in Yelwa neighborhood in Bauchi city,” that statement said.
Somalia
Shabaab is estimated to have 7,733 fighters, including 1,082 foreigners, in its ranks. The number is down from 14,426 in February 2011. Shabaab has been conscripting children in Galgadud. Police arrested two men involved in a recent IED attack in Galkayo.
Kenya
Anti-Terrorism Police detained seven men who were taking pictures of airplanes taking off and landing at Wilson Airport in Nairobi. The seven men, including two Somalis, claimed to be tourists.
Kenya
Somalia: How the KDF captured Afmadow
Al Qaeda
Analysis: Mali: the world’s next jihadi launchpad?
Sweden
The Swedish military raised its assessed terrorist threat level from “low” to “elevated.” Sweden’s intelligence agency, SAPO, has kept its threat level assessment at “elevated” since October 2010. The military’s revised estimate was influenced by “increased activity in certain groups that embrace violence” directed against Swedish interests.
Brother of Taliban’s military commission reported killed
Mullah Abdul Salam Zakir, the brother of the former Guantanamo Bay detainee who quickly assumed command of the Afghan Taliban’s military branch, is said to have been killed during a raid in northern Helmand province. ISAF has not confirmed Salam’s death.
Denmark
A court sentenced four men from Sweden to 12 years in prison for plotting “to kill as many people as possible” at a Danish newspaper that had published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The ringleader, a Tunisian, had received terrorist training in Pakistan in 2010; another suspect, of Lebanese origin, fought with Islamist militias in […]
US drones kill 15 in North Waziristan strike
The strike in Mir Ali is the third in Pakistan in three days, and the eighth in the two weeks since the US failed to get Pakistan to reopen the supply lines for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
New Islamist group emerges in Nigeria, vows to defend all Muslims in Africa
A new Islamist group called Jama’atu Ansarul Musilimina fi Biladin Sudan has emerged in Nigeria and vowed to defend the interests of Islam and Muslims throughout Africa, but adheres to a different “understanding of jihad” than Boko Haram.
Pakistan
Radio in FATA: A foreign voice for local problems
Afghanistan
NATO supply routes: Pakistan, US to push for a deal this week
ISAF launches airstrike against IMU facilitator
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator was targeted in the remote northeastern province of Badakhshan.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three civilians in Uruzgan, a policeman in Nangarhar, and an ISAF soldier in the south. Thirty schoolgirls were poisoned in Takhar. The top ISAF general in the north said the Taliban have been defeated there.
United States
Access to Pacific harbors key to US strategy: Panetta