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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Taliban attack rival militias in Pakistan
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for both a suicide attack in Hangu and a bombing in Upper Dir that targeted anti-Taliban militias.
Sweden
A Scottish jury found Glasgow resident Nasserdine Menni guilty of financing the December 2010 Stockholm suicide bombing. Menni used bank accounts under various names to send money to the bomber, provided him with a car, and also helped fund his trips abroad “for purposes of Jihad.”
United States
Rezwan Ferdaus, a physics graduate student and al Qaeda supporter, pled guilty to plotting to fly explosives-laden model airplanes into the White House and the Pentagon, and was sentenced to 17 years in prison. The US Geological Survey has completed aerial mapping of 70 percent of Afghanistan’s mineral resources, and has identified “24 areas of […]
Hezbollah
New York police link nine 2012 plots to Iran, proxies
United Kingdom
Shasta Khan, a thrice-married hairdresser, was jailed for eight years for her role in planning terror attacks on Jewish targets in Manchester. Her husband, Mohammed Sajid Kahn, pled guilty to related charges and must serve at least seven and a half years before he can be considered for parole.
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In Troop Travel Limbo, Mesmerized by the Writing on the Walls
Report highlights emails from Fort Hood shooter to al Qaeda cleric
The Webster Commission released its final report on the FBI’s handling of evidence regarding Major Nidal Malik Hasan prior to the Nov. 5, 2009 Fort Hood shootings. Hasan sent a number of emails to al Qaeda cleric Anwar al Awlaki prior to the attack.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a district police chief and five policemen in an IED attack in Uruzgan. Security forces killed a Haqqani Network leader in Khost, and detained several insurgents in Kunduz and Kandahar.
Yemen
The US is providing $112 million in military aid and training to Yemen this year. Iran denied Yemeni government officials’ claims that it was interfering in Yemen’s internal affairs.
ISAF captures IMU leader in Afghan north
Special operations forces have conducted three raids this year in Takhar against the al Qaeda and Taliban-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Kenya
The Muslim Youth Council, a Shabaab affiliate in Kenya, continues to recruit fighters for jihad, according to the UN. A police official said Shabaab has threatened to conduct attacks in Nairobi during Ramadan.
Egypt
Two Egyptian soldiers traveling in Sheikh Zweid in the Sinai Peninsula were gunned down by Islamists. A security official said the attack was carried out by “jihadists who want to declare an Islamic emirate in the Sinai.”
Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed two people at a market in Maiduguri. The government lifted a state of emergency that was imposed in four northern provinces affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
Free Syrian Army
Syria Rebels Seize Border Posts as Residents Flee Damascus
Mali
Three European aid workers kidnapped last fall in Algeria and held by the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Oneness and Jihad in Mali were released after a ransom of $18 million was paid and two Islamist terrorists were freed. One of those freed is said to be Memine Ould Oufkir, who had been arrested following the […]
United Kingdom
Imran Mahmood, Jahangir Alom, and Muslim convert Richard Dart were charged with terror offenses involving travel to Pakistan for training. Javed Baqa and Ruksana Begum, a woman, were charged with possession of material useful for terrorism.
Britain
Britain Charges 5 on Terrorism Counts
Bulgaria
Israeli officials say Iran will face retaliation for killing of tourists in Bulgaria
Syria
Russia, China veto UN Syria sanctions; US calls vote regrettable
‘Civil war’ in Syria as fighting reaches Damascus
Rebel forces concentrate on Damascus during “Operation Volcano.”
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in attacks in the south and east. The Interior Ministry denied Taliban claims that policemen have been defecting.
United States
9/11 Flashback: US Flight Schools Still Unknowingly Training Terrorists?
Iraq
Syrian rebels seize all border posts with Iraq
Russia
The grand mufti of Tatarstan who opposed Saudi-funded Wahabi clerics and Salafist textbooks was badly wounded in a car bombing. His deputy was assassinated in a shooting at his home.
Al Qaeda
Disillusioned German Islamists Returning Home to Germany
Syria
Will Syria Regime Look for a Yugoslavia-Style Breakup?
Hezbollah
Uprising in Syria puts Hezbollah on the defensive
Iraq
Iraq said it would sue Syria’s former ambassador after he said he helped jihadists enter Iraq starting in 2003. Oil exports are down for the third straight month after reaching a peak in April.
Yemen
A senior counterterrorism police colonel who targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in Yemen was assassinated in a car bombing in Aden. AQAP is thought to have carried out the attack.