Nigeria
A suicide bomber killed five people in an attack at a mosque in Maiduguri on Friday. The attack appears to have targeted a senior Muslim leader and the deputy governor of Borno state.
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Suicide bomber kills 5 at Nigerian mosque
Boko Haram deviates from its normal practice of sending suicide bombers to kill Christians at churches.
Suicide bomber kills Afghan MP, 22 others at wedding
Also killed were the western zone police commander and the chief of the National Directorate of Security in Samangan province.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Averting another Taliban attack
Pakistan
Taliban polio ban puts 240,000 Pakistani children at risk
United States
Ulugbek Kodirov, 22, an Uzbek who had entered the US in 2009 on a student visa, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a terrorist plot to kill President Obama. In a plea agreement he admitted to communicating with a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan who had urged him […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Militants Defect to Government Citing Divisions Among Insurgents
Morocco
Morocco: Country eyes first Islamic bank
Syrian National Council
Commanders of Syrian Rebels Unite in Frustration
Syria
Syria Moves Some Chemical Weapons, US Says
Boko Haram
Sect attack claim complicates Nigeria crisis
Canada
The foreign minister said Canada does not plan to send troops to Mali but supports diplomatic action to resolve the current crisis triggered by the Islamist takeover of northern Mali. A Quebec woman, Mouna Diab, faces terrorism charges for her role in a Lebanese community operation to smuggle arms to Hezbollah.
Kenya
Somali pirates kidnap aid workers: Swedish NGO
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed the head of women’s affairs in a bombing in Laghman and an ISAF soldier in an IED attack in the south. President Karzai said Mullah Omar can be president of Afghanistan. The defense ministry said that attacks against Afghan forces are up by 40 percent.
Iran
The head of MI6, Britain’s Secret Service, said Iran was likely to succeed in building a nuclear bomb by 2014. “The Iranians are determinedly going down a path to master all aspects of nuclear weapons; all the technologies they need,” he said.
Egypt
In Simply Meeting, Egyptian and Saudi Leaders Open New Era
Syria
In the worst incident in 16 months, more than 200 people were reported killed by government forces in an assault on a village near Hama. Syria began moving its chemical weapons out of storage. Russian warships set sail for the port of Tartus to protect a merchant ship delivering military equipment.
Afghanistan
Troops try to balance dual role
Afghanistan
Militants flee Pakistan after cross-border attack
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda tries to carve out a war for itself in Syria
Al Qaeda
Officials say major threat to London Olympics yet to materialize
Egypt
Hamas sees Egypt’s Mursi defying Israel, ending blockade
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Inside Yemen’s Shadow War
Somalia
Kenyan strike aircraft killed 20 Shabaab fighters in an attack on a training camp in the village of Birta-dheer near Garbaharey. African Union troops found looted food aid at a Shabaab training camp in Lanta-Buro.
Mali
Ansar Dine, the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb are reported to have consolidated control of northern Mali. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad is said to have abandoned the north.
United Kingdom
Sir John Sawers, the head of MI6, said that the UK agency had thwarted Iran’s attempt to develop a nuclear weapon, by means of covert operations beginning in 2008. He predicted that Iran would have nuclear weapons capability by 2014.
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda free to tighten its grip on Africa
Indonesia
Indonesia – Cleric Jailed for Blasphemy
Jordanian jihadist killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan
Abu Abdul Rahman al Aseer al Urduni was killed during recent fighting in Ghazni province, a known al Qaeda stronghold.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Police demolish Ahmadi worship place minarets in Kharian