Taqwa, an Afghan national, directed attacks and funneled IEDs and weapons to insurgents in Paktika province. ISAF has conducted at least 19 raids against al Qaeda’s network in Afghanistan since the end of May.
Protests in Cairo subsided as hundreds of riot police cleared the area around the US embassy. Security forces arrested 220 “troublemakers and lawbreakers” and jailed 54 for prosecution. Barriers were erected to seal off the area.
Security forces identified 50 individuals involved in the attack on the US embassy. Four have been arrested; others may have escaped. The US sent spies, Marines, and drones to Libya to speed the investigation. Al Qaeda said the attack was revenge for the killing of its second in command, Abu Yahya al Libi.
Scores of Salafist jihadists attacked a peacekeeper base in the Sinai that is manned by international troops, breached the perimeter, wounded four troops, and raised al Qaeda’s flag over the base.
Peace envoy Brahimi says Syria crisis is global threat
Police clashed in Antwerp with Sharia4Belgium activists who chanted against US President Obama and Hollywood. About 120 protesters were detained, but were expected to be released following identity checks.
US officials called for calm as anti-US, pro-Islam protests took place in Egypt, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Sudan, Jordan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Qatar, Pakistan, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Bahrain, and Israel. Marine rapid response teams have been deployed to Libya, Yemen, and Sudan. Bomb threats caused temporary evacuations of U. of Texas at Austin and North […]
Google will not remove anti-Islam film from YouTube following White House request for review
Jihadists killed two ISAF soldiers in a complex assault on Camp Bastion in Helmand; the Taliban breached the wire and damaged military aircraft and buildings. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in an IED attack the south. Britain may begin withdrawing troops earlier than expected.
Abdul Mehdi al Karbalai, the representative to Iraq’s senior Shia cleric, called for the UN to criminalize insults against the Prophet Mohammed. The leader of the Asaib al Haq, who was freed by the US in 2010, threatened to attack US interests in Iraq.
Two Coalition troops, said to be US Marines, were killed after a suicide assault team breached the wire at Bastion and attacked the airfield. During the attack, several military jets, a hangar, and buildings were damaged.
US intelligence warned embassy in Egypt of concern about anti-Muslim film
Anti-American Protests Over Film Expand to More Than a Dozen Countries
Pakistanis rally against film mocking Muhammad
Libya’s rogue militias complicate manhunt for those behind consulate attack
Texas, North Dakota universities evacuate buildings after bomb threats
Afghanistan – Kunar Residents Seek More Army Presence on Border
Afghan Forces Leading 80 Percent of Operations in East and South: ISAF
Italy: Mursi condemns anti-Islam film during Rome visit
Maldives bans dancing in public
The US Treasury Department added Hezbollah’s military leader and the head of its External Security Organization to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
Kenyan and Somali troops are battling Shabaab in the village of Birta-dheer near Kismayo; heavy fighting has been reported. Shabaab detonated two IEDs against Somali forces in Afgoya.
Police arrested two suspected terrorists and seized weapons, grenades, and bullet proof vests during a raid in Eastleigh, a Shabaab haven in the capital of Nairobi. Police said that the terrorists were planning to conduct attacks on churches.
The anatomy of an anti-Taliban uprising
Google Blocks Inflammatory Video in Egypt and Libya
Pakistan orders anti-Islam video block on YouTube
Reacting to a controversial film depicting the Prophet Mohammed in a negative light, anti-US protests and attacks erupted across the Muslim world.
US braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film
Secretary of State Clinton denounced recent violence against US citizens and facilities over a recent privately-produced anti-Islam video, called the video “reprehensible,” and reiterated the US commitment to freedom of speech. Officials have ordered a security review of all US overseas diplomatic missions.
The Taliban beheaded two Afghan policemen in Baghlan and killed an ISAF soldier in the east. Anti-Taliban uprisings have been reported in Ghor and Badghs provinces.