Afghanistan
Haqqani Behind Wardak Double-Suicide Attack: NATO
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Iraq
Hundreds of British troops to be questioned over ‘weak’ war crime allegations
Chechnya
Insight: Brutality, anger fuel jihad in Russia’s Caucasus
Kenya
Analysis: Kenya Muslim riots expose political, economic rifts
Taliban release video of beheaded Pakistani soldiers
“Mujahideen slit the throats of 11 army-men in light of Shariah Law,” the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s spokesman said.
North Korea
The UN nuclear agency IAEA said North Korea has made significant progress on the construction of a nuclear reactor plant. The reactor could be completed by late 2013.
Afghanistan
Training suspended for new Afghan recruits
Al Qaeda
Islamists Struggle to Run North Mali
Jordan
Airstrikes Push Syrians to Refugee Camps in Jordan
Pakistan
Pakistan – Imam held in blasphemy case after new testimony
Taliban claim sympathetic Afghan soldier killed Australian troops
“Infiltrating mujahideen and the respectful soldiers in the enemy ranks” have stepped up attacks on ISAF personnel, the Taliban claimed.
IAEA
Report Details Iran’s Progress at Fordow Nuclear Site
Afghanistan
President Obama said the Taliban’s momentum has been broken. Taliban suicide bombers killed 10 civilians and two policemen in Wardak. The Taliban killed two US soldiers in Ghazni. An al Qaeda commander was killed on Aug. 3 in an airstrike in Kunar.
Iran
The IAEA said Iran has doubled its uranium enrichment capability yet continues to encounter problems. The Bushehr nuclear reactor reached full operating power. Iran secured support for its nuclear program from the Non Aligned Nations summit meeting.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two Shia clerics and two other Iraqis in attacks in Baghdad. The government claimed that casualties in insurgent attacks have halved from July to August.
Syria
Government forces repelled a large rebel attack on an air base near Aleppo. Rebels captured an air defense building in Idib. Fighting occurred in Aleppo, Damascus, and Homs. Rebels said they still controlled 60% of Aleppo.
Turkey
Turkey’s proposal for the creation of a humanitarian safe zone for civilians inside Syria received no support at the UN. Already about 80,000 Syrians have fled to Turkey. Turkey intends to continue to press its proposal at the UN and also with Russia and Iran.
Somalia
Shabaab posted pictures of Kenyan soldiers who were captured and killed near Kismayo; one of the soldiers was dragged through the streets as a crowd looked on. Kenyan warships shelled Kismayo. AMISOM denied a helicopter was shot down near Afmadow. Three Ethiopian soldiers were killed in an IED attack.
Shabaab displays bodies of Kenyan soldiers near Kismayo
The Kenyan military confirmed that five of its soldiers have gone missing near Kismayo; Shabaab posted photos of Kenyan soldiers on Twitter.
Taliban suicide bombers strike in Wardak
The double suicide attack killed 10 civilians and two policemen in Sayyidabad, a district where a helicopter carrying Navy SEALs was shot down one year ago.
Egypt
Egypt broadened its offensive against militants in the Sinai Peninsula. Security forces captured a militant responsible for attacks last year on a police station and a bank in the Sinai Peninsula. President Morsi said Syria’s Assad regime must go.
Mali
Islamist fighters from the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, which with the al-Qaeda linked Ansar Dine already controls the northern half of the country, are advancing south and have seized the city of Douentza in central Mali. Secular rebels from the Gandakoy militia have surrendered.
Algeria
The Defense Ministry said that security forces in Algeria killed 10 al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb operatives during two raids. A commander known as Boubeker Zemmouri, and eight other fighters were killed in Jebel Djerrah; another fighter was killed in a nearby village.
Indonesia
The Detachment 88 antiterrorism force killed two Abu Sayyaf-linked militants during a shootout in Solo on Java and arrested another at a separate location. The militants had returned to Indonesia after two years of paramilitary training in the Philippines. One member of the elite police squad was killed in the shootout.
Senior al Qaeda leader, facilitator killed in airstrike in Kunar
Abu Walid, also known as Amru Mastur al Ghamrawi, was one of two al Qaeda leaders who were killed in an airstrike in the Watahpur district in Kunar on Aug 3. ISAF launched two airstrikes in Watahpur on Aug. 3.
6 killed in US drone strike in North Waziristan
The strike took place in an area under the control of Taliban leader Hafiz Gul Bahadar, and is the first in a week.
Tunisia
Tunisia democratic activists fear a tilt toward militant Islam
Afghanistan
US Seems Set to Brand Haqqanis as Terror Group