Pakistani minister urges al Qaeda, Taliban to kill filmmaker
The Federal Minister for Railways offered a reward to anyone, including al Qaeda and the Taliban, if they killed the maker of “Innocence of Muslims.”
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Pakistan
Pakistani leaders play religious card as anti-Prophet film protests boil
Pakistan
Pakistan – Mardan Christians unhappy with security; demand reconstruction of burnt church
Afghanistan
Human Rights Group Calls for End to Taliban Deals
Bangladesh
Film Protesters, Police Clash in Bangladesh
Ansar al Sharia
Libya Protesters March on Militia Headquarters
Afghanistan
Slain Marine commander’s actions called heroic
Al Qaeda
Anti-Islam film: Pakistan minister offers bounty
Afghanistan
Afghanistan bans Pakistani papers over propaganda
Free Syrian Army
Rebel Free Syrian Army leaders move from Turkey to Syria
Kenya
Four paramilitary troops and three civilians were wounded in a double IED attack near a hospital in Garissa. The first IED targeted a paramilitary vehicle; the second blast targeted emergency responders.
Norway
Outside the US Embassy in Oslo, about 150 Islamists shouted “Obama, Obama, we are all Osama!” At a separate demonstration in central Oslo, hundreds of peaceful protesters gathered to denounce the recent anti-Islam film.
US drones kill 3 ‘militants’ in Datta Khel
The strike is the first in Pakistan in three weeks. Datta Khel is a known hub for al Qaeda as well as the Taliban and the Haqqani Network.
Germany
A crowd of several hundred gathered in Freiburg to protest the recent controversial anti-Islam film, and a few hundred protesters turned out in Muenster as well. The Interior Ministry postponed a poster campaign intended to counter radical Islam among young people.
United States
The Justice Department named 55 Guantanamo captives who have been cleared for release. They can be released only if they can be safely repatriated or settled, however. Secretary of State Clinton indicated she is willing to remove the Mujahedeen Khalq (M.E.K.), or People’s Mujahedeen, from the list of designated terrorist organizations.
Denmark
Danes overwhelmingly support their own blasphemy law
Afghanistan
More Norway-Afghanistan corruption claims revealed
Afghanistan
Pakistani minister vows better counterterror work with US, but won’t talk of tackling Haqqanis
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda’s chances in the ‘Arab Spring’ countries: from Sinai to the black flags!
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed five civilians in an IED attack in Helmand. Three former Taliban fighters were gunned down in Faryab. President Karzai urged the Taliban not to interfere in an anti-polio vaccination program.
Iran
The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization admitted supplying the UN with false information on its nuclear program. Four Western countries accused Iran of supplying arms to the Syrian government.
Iraq
Iraq stopped a North Korean airplane that is suspected of transporting weapons to the Syrian regime from using Iraqi airspace. Security forces detained eight people, including several terrorists, in Kirkuk.
Syria
Airstrikes in Raqqah, an Assad stronghold, killed 30 people. President Assad said the rebellion would be defeated.
Israel
The Israeli Army thwarted an attempt by armed militants to cross the border from Egypt into Israel. Three militants and an Israeli soldier were killed. The militants were heavily armed with rifles, bullet-proof vests, and explosive belts.
Somalia
A pair of Shabaab suicide bombers killed 15 people at a cafe in Mogadishu. A journalist was gunned down in the capital. More than 10,000 people are said to have fled Kismayo.
cyberwar
‘Arab Electronic Army’ attacks Western websites over anti-Islam film
Iran
Cyberwar on Iran more widespread than first thought, say researchers
Iran
Iran preparing internal version of Internet
Iran
Iran shows no hesitation about intervening in Syria
Kenya
Police have issued a terrorism alert for five suspected Shabaab operatives who recently left the southern Somali city of Kismayo to plot attacks in Kenya. The men were identified as Salim Si Mohamed and Nadane Si Mohamed (from Morocco), Mahmoud Abdel Aziz Hassan and Mohamed Ali Mahmoud Khalifa (Egyptians), and Rachid Benomari (a French national).