France
Syria Criticizes France’s Support of Rebels, as Fears Grow of Islamist Infiltration
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Ethiopia
Swedes Schibbye and Persson ‘pardoned’ by Ethiopia
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: US hands over controversial Bagram jail
Saudi Arabia
Saudis stage rare protest over security detentions without trial
Afghanistan
Pakistani Public Opinion Ever More Critical of US | Pew Global Attitudes Project
Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban threaten to kidnap, kill Prince Harry
Mali
Nabil Makhloufi, a.k.a. Nabil Alqama, a leader of the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine, died in a car accident near Gao. Sixteen moderate Muslim preachers were shot dead outside Diabaly. Mauritania accused Malian forces of executing the men. The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa called the killings a declaration of war and said […]
Egypt
In Sinai’s tangled web of alliances, death is the new diplomacy
France
France takes the lead with aid for Syrian rebels
Germany
Nuclear-armed Iran ‘not an option’: Westerwelle
Norway
Clerical error creates Norway nationality headache
Australia
Taliban using Facebook to lure Aussie soldier
Taliban call Haqqani Network a ‘conjured entity’
In a statement released on Voice of Jihad, the Taliban claimed the Haqqani Network was created by the US as part of “its satanic plot” to divide the group.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed six civilians in Wardak, an ISAF soldier in the south, and a civilian in Farah. Five Afghan security personnel and three Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Helmand. A Haqqani Network commander said captured US soldier Bowe Bergdahl is in the custody of the Quetta Shura.
Iraq
Insurgents killed 58 Iraqis, including soldiers and policemen, in attacks in Amara, Basrah, Nassiriyah, Dujail, Baquba, Samarra, Kirkuk, and Tuz Khurmato. One attack, a complex suicide assault against a military base in Dujail, killed 11 Iraqi soldiers. A court sentenced fugitive Vice President Hashemi to death.
Syria
Government jets bombed northern Aleppo, killing dozens of civilians. Two bombs exploded next to buildings housing Syrian forces in northern Aleppo, killing scores of troops. Abu Sayyaf, a Jordanian militant leader linked to al Qaeda, said his group planned to launch attacks against the Assad regime.
Afghanistan
Fahim Calls on Mujahedeen to ‘Mobilise’ to Defend Afghanistan
Yemen
Security forces captured 28 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters during operations in Zinjibar and Jaar in Abyan province. Abdelrauf al Dhahab, a local al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader whose brothers took control of Rada’a earlier this year, was the target of the Sept. 2 strike that killed 13 civilians.
Afghanistan
Pakistan Intelligence Should Be Blacklisted Alongside Haqqani: Analyst
Somalia
AMISOM claimed that more than 200 Shabaab fighters in Kismayo, Bibi, Soya, and Jana Cabdalla surrendered. Some reportedly wanted to fight alongside AMISOM forces but officials said they “cannot be trusted.”
Egypt
How Islam’s Ancient Sectarian Divide Fuels Conflict in the Middle East
Afghanistan
Kabul-Kandahar highway is a symbol of what’s gone wrong in Afghanistan
US drones targeted local AQAP leader in Yemen: report
Abdelrauf al Dhahab, a local al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader whose brothers took control of Rada’a earlier this year, was the target of the Sept. 2 strike that killed 13 civilians.
Nigeria
Boko Haram gunmen attacked a military checkpoint in Maiduguri; troops killed seven militants in return fire and arrested 13 more. The remaining gunmen fled. Police will guard mobile phone masts after 24 of them were destroyed by Boko Haram, which said the masts were used to track its fighters.
Afghanistan
Afghans Wary as Efforts Pick Up to Tap Mineral Riches
Al Qaeda
Saudi Arabia’s al-Qaeda challenge
Coordinated attacks kill 58 in Iraq
One attack, in Dujail, consisted of a complex suicide assault against a military base and resulted in the deaths of 11 Iraqi soldiers.
Indonesia
Six people, including three terrorists and three civilians, were wounded in an explosion at a bomb factory in Depok in the Jakarta suburbs. Two of the terrorists escaped.
Afghanistan
Taliban denounce Haqqani blacklisting by US
Pakistan
Pakistan – Securing bases: PAF asked to submit financial estimates for enhanced security