Egypt
Egypt’s Morsi ’empowered’ by army shake-up
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Omani jihadist participated in Haqqani Network raid on FOB Salerno
The Haqqani Network suicide assault on a major US base in Khost was promoted by the Taliban on their propaganda website.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a district governor, a member of the High Peace Council, and three civilians in Talkhar. An Afghan policeman wounded two ISAF soldiers in an attack in Nangarhar. Special operations forces captured a senior IMU leader in Kunduz.
India
Notices were posted in mosques in Kashmir’s Shopian district warning that women who failed to cover their faces would be doused with acid and women who used cellphones would be shot. The notices were signed by the al-Qaeda Mujahideen and mentioned another group, the Lashkar-e-al Qaeda.
Israel
Israeli’s deputy foreign minister called for the international community to declare that the diplomatic effort to halt Iran’s nuclear program was a failure. He also demanded an ultimatum be issued.
Lebanon
Lebanese officials said they had uncovered a Syrian plot to bomb political and religious leaders in order to incite sectarian violence. Indictments were issued against two Syrian officers.
Syria
Rebels claimed to have shot down a jet fighter and captured its pilot. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation suspended Syria’s membership, further isolating the Assad regime.
Somalia
Shabaab claimed it killed three Burundian soldiers in Carbiska and “several spies” in Suuq Bacaad, Madina, and Bakaro. A Somali soldier killed a journalist in Mogadishu. Three Ugandan helicopters destined for Somalia crashed in Kenya.
Nigeria
Twenty Boko Haram fighters and a soldier were killed yesterday during a raid in Maiduguri. Police killed two Boko Haram fighters in a raid in Damaturu. A security guard was killed in a shooting outside of a church in Gombe.
ISAF captures ‘senior IMU leader’ in Kunduz
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader “directed improvised explosive device attacks in Kunduz province” and “acquired IEDs, weapons and rockets and distributed them to insurgents throughout the region.”
2 more ISAF troops wounded in latest green-on-blue attack
Green-on-blue attacks have caused nearly 13 percent of the ISAF deaths so far this year.
United States
Jet Skier Breaks Through JFK Airport’s $100 Million Security System
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al Qaeda claims Iraq attacks, Baghdad anti-terrorism HQ assault
Egypt
Insight: Mimicking al Qaeda, militant threat grows in Sinai
Pakistan
The Taliban killed three soldiers in an IED attack in North Waziristan. Two members of an anti-Taliban militia were killed in Khyber. Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Mohmand.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a district governor in Laghman, a tribal leader in Herat, and two policeman and four civilians in attacks in Kandahar and Uruzgan. Security forces detained several insurgents while targeting an al Qaeda associate in Ghazni and foiled a complex attack by the Haqqani Network in Kabul.
Iraq
Insurgents killed three policemen and wounded three more officers and two civilians in a pair of bombings in Jurf al-Sakhar. Insurgents also shot and killed two employees of the Sunni endowment in Baghdad.
Toulouse shooter’s al Qaeda ties played down by officials
Newly released intelligence files on Mohamed Merah indicate he had been identified as a dangerous Islamist for well over a year before he killed seven people. And an audiotape suggests he trained for jihad in Pakistan and was working for al Qaeda in France.
Syria
Turkey alarmed by Kurdish control of northern Syria
Syria
The deputy police commander in Homs defected to the rebels. Government troops attacked rebel-held areas across the country. The leader of Syria’s main opposition group called for a no-fly zone.
Egypt
Egypt’s newly elected president fired a number of military leaders, including the defense minister and army chief of staff, and appointed new leaders. He also suspended a constitutional decree that had given the military authority to govern. Egyptian forces continued their attacks against militants in the Sinai.
Observations on Taliban video ‘welcoming’ rogue ANA soldiers
The Taliban’s 34-minute-long video tribute to rogue Afghan soldiers suspected of killing US and Afghan soldiers in May describes attacks and diminishes the notion that Taliban infiltrators joined Afghan forces to carry out such attacks.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has freed a Swiss teacher who was kidnapped in Hodieda four months ago. AQAP doubled the ransom of a Saudi diplomat who was captured in March to $20 million.
Somalia
Shabaab fighters attacked government bases in Elasha Biyaha; casualties have not been disclosed. Kenyan warships bombarded Kismayo, according to Shabaab. A Somali journalist was gunned down in Mogadishu.
Somalia
Once mighty, Somalia’s army struggles to rebuild itself
Iran
Israeli premier: Iran threat dwarfs all others
Afghan intelligence thwarts complex assault plot in Kabul; Pakistani suspect, 4 others arrested
NDS officials arrested a heavily armed Haqqani Network cell in Kabul that was planning to attack the Afghan Parliament, the Afghan Presidential Palace, and the Afghan Second-Vice President. It is the second such raid in Kabul since August 1.
Al Qaeda-linked insurgent targeted in Ghazni raid
ISAF said the al Qaeda-associated insurgent “coordinates the movement of al Qaeda terrorists throughout the region.”
Al Qaeda
Somali Olympians deny seeking asylum over threats
Afghanistan
Exclusive: Afghan officials met key Taliban figure in Pakistan