German leaders are concerned that a right-wing German group plans to screen an anti-Islam film that has already sparked violence targeting German interests. Chancellor Angela Merkel said, “We are checking if a public screening might disturb the peace and should therefore be prohibited.”
Saudi Arabia Denies Blocking Syrians From Hajj
Turks Weary of Leaders’ Support for Syria Uprising
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader directed the group’s operations in the northern Afghan province, and provided training and direction for IED attacks against Coalition and Afghan forces.
A French weekly magazine published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, drawing criticism and threats from across the Muslim world. The government, which had urged the magazine not to publish the cartoons, planned to close embassies in 20 countries on Friday as a precaution. Officials also denied permission for a protest march against an anti-Islam film […]
Coalition Sharply Reduces Joint Operations With Afghan Troops
Russia may block YouTube over anti-Islam film
Pakistan – ATC acquits 3 terrorism suspects due to lack of evidence
Pakistan – US officials vacate Lahore consulate
Pakistan – Kasab seeks presidential clemency
Eight Pakistanis were killed in a pair of bombings at a market in Karachi. Three Shia pilgrims were killed in an IED attack in Mastung. Two policemen were wounded in an IED attack in Lower Dir.
NATO order changes way it will fight Afghan war
Analysis: NATO pullback heightens doubts about Afghan strategy
A female suicide bomber from Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin killed 12 people in Kabul. A suicide bomber wounded three US soldiers in Kunar. The Taliban killed four Afghan soldiers in an IED attack in Herat. ISAF captured a Taliban leader involved in the assault on Camp Bastion.
The EU’s foreign policy chief will meet with Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator. Britain said Western nations would step up sanctions against Iran if negotiations failed. Iran deployed a Russian-made submarine in the Persian Gulf.
Security forces detained 62 people, including several on terrorism charges, in Diwaniyah, three “terrorists” in Karbala, and two more in Nassiriyah. Iraq has reopened the border with Syria, but is not allowing young men to cross.
Egyptian prosecutors ordered seven Egyptian Coptic Christians in the US arrested and tried for their role in an anti-Islamic film. A court sentenced a Coptic Christian to six years for posting on Facebook drawings that insulted the Prophet Muhammad. Hamas asked Egypt to reconsider its closure of smuggling tunnels into Gaza.
Boko Haram fighters assassinated the attorney general of the state of Borno. In Bauchi, Boko Haram fighters killed the former chief of the prison service.
Terror suspect makes first public appearance in federal court in Chicago
Moscow Shuts Down USAID Activities In Russia
Australia – Middle East protests: mother of toddler who held ‘beheading’ sign turns herself into police
Rushdie: Copenhagen was a threat
Yemeni security forces attack on French journalist caught on video
“Gunmen” killed a journalist and a civilian in separate attacks in Mogadishu. Shabaab denied that its forces have fled Kismayo, and said “the Islamic administration in Kismayo is going about its business as usual.”
A Libyan Salafi group said it would turn Libya into “an inferno for US troops” if the US military intervened in Libya. US drones have been flying over the US embassy compound in Benghazi, where the group controls a major security compound.
A representative of the Economic Community of West African States told the UN Security Council that African nations needs fighter planes, funding, and other aid to tackle al Qaeda-linked groups in northern Mali. The presidents of Senegal and Mauritania warned that northern Mali can lead to terrorism and the fracturing of the Sahara states.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb called on North Africans to “follow in the footsteps of the lions of Benghazi by bringing down the flags of America in their embassies in all of our capitals.” AQIM urged Muslims to killed or expel US “ambassadors and representatives” from the region.
The US military also announced that the Harrier squadron commander was one of the two Marines killed in the suicide assault on Camp Bastion that took out eight strike aircraft.
Militants from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fired rockets at a Turkish military convoy on the highway connecting Bingol and Mus provinces, killing 10 soldiers and wounding at least 60. Three militants were seen driving away in a car after the attack and are believed to be carrying explosives.
Eight foreigner workers, including Russians and South Africans, and four Afghan civilians, were killed in the blast near Kabul International Airport.