Six Harrier strike aircraft were destroyed and two more were damaged, and three refueling stations were destroyed during the Sept. 14 suicide assault on Camp Bastion. An Afghan policeman killed four ISAF soldiers in Zabul. ISAF captured a Taliban commander who downed a Kiowa attack helicopter in Logar on Sept. 5. ISAF reportedly killed eight […]
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Despite two International Criminal Court arrest warrants against him, President Omar al Bashir met with Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo. Germany pulled staff from its embassy in Khartoum, after a crowd of 5,000 protesters surged into the compound on Sept. 14, raised the Islamic flag, damaged the building and its contents, and set fires. […]
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb confirmed that Nabil Abu Alqama, the deputy emir of its branch in the Sahara, was killed in a “tragic accident.” Abu Alqama was reported to have been in a car crash in Mali last week.
Two soldiers were killed when the Taliban shot down a US Army OH-58 Kiowa attack/scout helicopter in eastern Afghanistan on Sept. 5.
Libyan President Magariaf said intercepted communications indicated the attack on the US consulate was planned in advance and linked to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Libyan Ansar al Sharia. So far 50 suspects have been arrested, including some foreigners linked to al Qaeda. However, the US ambassador to the UN said evidence so […]
The loss of the strike aircraft will impact military operations in the south. The members of the suicide assault team wore US Army uniforms and “appeared to be well equipped, trained and rehearsed,” ISAF said.
A policeman killed four ISAF soldiers in Zabul, and was subsequently killed in return fire. Fifteen percent of ISAF’s casualties have been caused by green-on-blue attacks.
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The US pulled nonessential staff from its diplomatic facilities in Sudan and Tunisia. Abel Daoud was arrested in an FBI sting operation and charged with trying to detonate a bomb in a downtown Chicago bar. Daoud had expressed admiration for Osama bin Laden and wished to engage in violent jihad. In Virginia, Amine el Khalifi […]
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Security forces killed an al Qaeda weapons expert in an airstrike in Paktika. The Taliban killed nine women and three children in an IED attack in Helmand. An Afghan policemen killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
A Yemeni official said DNA tests show that Said al Shihri, the deputy emir of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was not killed in a recent drone strike. AQAP urged Yemenis to kill Americans for the release of the video of the Prophet Mohammed.
The Kenyan Defense Forces took control of Bibi, a town about 60 miles from Kismayo. A Somali military commander claimed Shabaab has been defeated in southern Somalia.
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The member of the Afghan Local Police was killed after gunning down two British soldiers in Gereshk district. So far this year, 14 percent of ISAF’s casualties have been caused by green-on-blue, or insider attacks.
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