A report published by the federal research division of the Library of Congress highlights al Qaeda’s clandestine strategy for Libya. Working under orders from senior al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan, al Qaeda operatives in Libya are in the final stages of creating a fully operational network.
Karzai appeals Taliban not to hinder anti-polio drive
Decrease of Nato Involvement was Afghan Decision: MOD
Serbia: Thousands of Muslim football fans protest anti-Islam film
Taliban Targeted by Local Uprisings
Libya consulate was light on security
Turkish court sentences 322 military officers to jail
With the surge of US forces in Afghanistan over and a pause in partnered operations, American policy is in disarray.
The government banned all protests over an anti-Islam film and a French magazine’s publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The French Muslim Council denounced the film and cartoons as “acts of aggression” but urged Muslims not to engage in protests.
Israeli troops killed three “terrorists” who attacked a construction crew as it was building a security fence along the border with Egypt. One of the terrorists was wearing a suicide vest.
Tension high in northern Kenya over fleeing Al- Shabaab
Russia bolsters influence in Kyrgyzstan as US nears airbase exit
Mogadishu, Somalia, leader knows he might not survive being mayor
Islamic body warns of turmoil over French cartoons
All of the 33,000 ‘surge’ troops ordered to Afghanistan in 2009 have left the country, leaving US troop levels as they were before the surge. The hacker group “Cyber fighters of Izz ad-din Al qassam” claimed to have mounted cyberattacks against the websites of the Bank of America, the New York Stock Exchange, and Chase […]
US troops in Afghanistan return to pre-surge levels: Defence official
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Fifteen people, including several journalists, are reported to have been killed in an attack at a restaurant across from the national theatre, where a similar attack took place months ago.
The military deployed troops in the diplomatic quarter of Islamabad. The US urged its citizens not to travel to Pakistan. The US State Department bought commercials on Pakistani TV that denounce a video deemed insulting to Islam.
Afghanistan says Pakistani shelling risks negative consequences
Pakistani TV shows US ads condemning anti-Islam film
Francois Hollande condemns ‘stupidity’ of Islamic rebels in Mali
Muslim leaders decry French cartoons, but call for calm
Analysis: ‘Manufactured outrage’ behind Middle East protests
A suicide bomber killed a policeman and a child in Kandahar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces captured two Taliban fighters behind the beheadings of two policemen in Baghlan, and killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Khost, and Balkh.
The government denied US claims that it is allowing Iranian weapons and personnel to pass through Iraqi territory to support the Syrian regime. Prime Minister Maliki accused unnamed governments of inciting sectarian strife.
Palestinian statehood issue to return to U.N.
President Assad told Iran’s foreign minister that the rebellion in Syria also targeted Iran and Hezbollah. A government jet bombed a gas station in northern Syria, killing 54 people. Government forces raided a Palestinian refugee camp, arresting hundreds.
An Israeli air strike killed two Hamas security force members. The Palestinian economy entered a financial crisis due to a shortfall in donor funds.
Egyptian political parties condemned a French magazine for printing defamatory cartoons of Muhammad. Egypt’s highest Islamic official said Muslims should endure insults without retaliating.