Al Qaeda
In Yemen, tribal militias in a fierce battle with al-Qaeda wing
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three Afghan intelligence officers and a policeman, and destroyed a helicopter in a rocket attack at Bagram Air Base. A suicide bomber killed a police commander and five Afghans in an attack in Herat. ISAF killed two Taliban leaders who were responsible for a 2008 ambush that killed several French soldiers.
Iran
The IAEA, the UN’s nuclear agency, received new intelligence indicating that Iran has moved further toward building a nuclear weapon. Iranian currency, the rial, hit a record low.
Israel
Israel and the US sparred over Iran’s nuclear program. US Secretary of State Clinton said the US would set no “red lines” or deadlines, while Defense Secretary Panetta said the US had about a year to act. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said that unless the US gives Iran an ultimatum to stop work on nuclear […]
Al Qaeda
In Mali, Islamists Maim Robbery Suspects
Pakistan
McDonald’s ‘made married couple sit apart’ in Pakistan restaurant
Kenya
Kenya’s Tana clashes: President Kibaki imposes curfew
Yemen
Seven security guards and five civilians were killed in a car bombing in Sana’a that targeted Defense Minister Major General Muhammad Nasir Ahmad. The defense minister was not hurt in the attack.
Somalia
Somalia’s parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a member of the Hawiye clan, as the new president. Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mahmud Rage said the election was illegitimate and called on Somalis “to continue supporting Jihad and the Mujahideen.”
Mali
The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa chopped off a hand and a foot from each of four suspected robbers in Gao; the amputations were conducted in public. The Malian military has rejected proposals for outside help in stemming the Islamists’ advance in Mali.
Zawahiri eulogizes Abu Yahya al Libi
Zawahiri’s eulogy provides the final confirmation that Abu Yahya is indeed dead. Zawahiri also says that killing off al Qaeda’s leaders won’t destroy the movement.
Kosovo
The International Steering Group for Kosovo ended its supervision, four years after Kosovo declared independence. Serbia dismissed Kosovo’s claim to sovereignty and raised allegations that Kosovo Liberation Army members took organs from prisoners and sold them. Tensions remain in the country, and Kosovo has been recognized by only 91 of 193 nations in the UN.
Turkey
A suicide bomber threw a grenade and then detonated his explosive vest in front of a police station in central Istanbul, killing a policeman as well as himself, and wounding several other people. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Syria
Fresh from the inside, Syrian Army defectors say rebels have an edge
Afghan Taliban claims it ‘had no hand in the 9/11 incident’
The Taliban also attempted to convince the international community that the country would not serve as a launchpad for future attacks.
Al Qaeda
Jailed doc who helped nail Bin Laden warns Pakistan sees US as ‘worst enemy’
Afghanistan
Pakistan – US to provide $70m for NATO supply road reconstruction
Brother of al Qaeda’s emir justifies 9/11
MEMRI has published excerpts of Al Jazeera’s interview with Mohamed al Zawahiri, the brother of al Qaeda’s emir. Mohamed al Zawahiri justified 9/11 and al Qaeda’s terrorism in general during the interview. An Egyptian military court acquitted him earlier this year.
Al Qaeda
Civilian ‘hacktivists’ fight terrorists online
African jihadists killed in fighting in Syria
Jihadists from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya have been killed while fighting in Syria for the Al Furqan Battalion, with operates with the al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front.
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed 10 policemen and six civilians in an attack in Kunduz. A police commander and six policemen in Baghlan defected to the Taliban. The Taliban warned clerics in Nangarhar not to give funeral prayers for slain Afghan security personnel.
Suicide bomber kills 16 in Afghan north
At least 10 policemen and six civilians were killed in an attack in Kunduz City. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan likely carried out the attack.
Iraq
Insurgents killed three Awakening fighters during an attack at a checkpoint in Dujail. The governor of Dhi Qar province said that 18 men detained for bombings in Nassiriyah are connected to Vice President Tareq al Hashemi.
Syria
Car bombs exploded in a government-controlled district of Aleppo, killing 27. The UN’s new envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, began his mission by visiting Cairo. Egypt planned to host a regional meeting to discuss Syria. A defecting Syrian general said French agents helped him escape.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula deputy emir Said al Shihri is reported to have been killed in the Sept. 5 drone strike in Hadramout. A senior Sunni cleric denounced US drone strikes in Yemen. Security forces disrupted three car bomb plots in Sana’a, Aden, and Hadramout.
Afghanistan
Paktia residents up in arms against insurgents
Afghanistan
AIHRC Uneasy Over Rise of Armed Groups in Ghor
Afghanistan
Records Missing on Afghan Army Fuel Costs
AQAP deputy emir reported killed in recent drone strike
The Yemeni military claimed that Said al Shihri, a former Guantanamo detainee and the current deputy emir of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed. The report has not been confirmed; Yemeni officials have claimed in the past that he has been killed and captured.
Syria
Turkey cracks down on Syrian refugees