Tunisia
The government banned any protests against a French magazine that published defamatory cartoons of Prophet Muhammad. An Islamic extremist sought by authorities for instigated violent protests in the country escaped.
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Muslim Youth Center threatens attacks in East Africa
The al Qaeda and Shabaab affiliate said its ultimate goal is to raise “the flag of Tawheed high over Kenya and East Africa.”
Pakistan
State Department warns Americans against travel to Pakistan
Yemen
The chief of security for Al Mahfad district in Abyan said that more than 400 Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, including Saudis and Pakistanis, have regrouped there. AQAP uses their bases in Al Mahfad to launch attacks in Sana’a, Abyan, Hadramout, Shabwah, and Marib.
Somalia
A Kenyan military officer said that more than 50 Shabaab fighters were killed during clashes in Jana Cabdalla, a town just 25 miles from Kismayo. The town is now under the control of Somali and Kenyan forces.
Kenya
Two suicide bombers detained in Nairobi on Sept. 14 were ordered to conduct their attack by Jafra Hussein, a Shabaab leader from Kismayo. Abdimajid Yassin and Ali Hussein, the Somali suicide bombers, met up with Musa Shukri, a Shabaab logistics officer in Kenya, and Ahmed Abdurahman.
Russia
Security forces killed seven “militants,” including two women, during a raid in Nalchick in Kabardino-Balkaria. Police killed four more militants during a sweep in Vedensky in Chechnya.
France
Police detained an 18-year-old in the southern city of Toulon suspected of planning a revenge attack on the French magazine that recently published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The suspect had said on Facebook that he would cut the throat of anyone he could find at the magazine.
Ex-Gitmo detainee reportedly tied to consulate attack
Sufyan ben Qumu was transferred from Guantanamo to Libya in 2007, and then freed in 2010. He leads a brigade in Ansar al Sharia and is a key al Qaeda operative in Libya, according to a Congressional report.
‘Foreign militants’ still present in Ghazni
Afghan officials and civilians said that “Pakistanis, Chechens, and Arabs” continue to operate in the southeastern Afghan province, just days after al Qaeda released a video of operations in the province.
Al Nusrah Front
Foreign fighters, extremists increasingly appearing on front lines in Syria’s civil war
Afghanistan
Ex-Commander in Afghanistan in Line for Top Africa Post
Pakistan
Pakistan – Man accused of blasphemy after refusing to join anti-Islam film protest
United States
The State Department is shipping armored vehicles and other equipment to Somalia and Tunisia to bolster security at its missions there. Nonessential staff were recently pulled from the US embassies in Somalia and Tunisia following attacks on the facilities.
Benghazi consulate assault was a ‘terrorist attack’
Matthew Olsen, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said that a “number of different elements,” including some linked to al Qaeda, were involved.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed nine people in a bombing in Peshawar. The military claimed it killed 29 Taliban fighters during fighting in Bajaur.
Italy
Italian Supreme Court upholds guilty verdict against 23 Americans
Germany
German foundation cancels plan to show anti-Islam film excerpts
Pakistan
Pakistan – Protester dies after inhaling fumes from burning American flag
Sudan
Sudan refugees flee intensified bombing runs
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed two policemen in Herat. More than 1,000 Taliban fighters attacked police in Nuristan; a Taliban commander and eight fighters, as well as a policeman, were reportedly killed. Security forces captured the IMU’s leader for Kunduz and four fighters. Twenty-four Taliban fighters reconciled with the government in Nangarhar.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Surrendering rebels say Pakistan, Iran aided them
Russia
Security forces killed five “militants” after a gunfight ensued at a checkpoint in Ingushetia. Three of the men were wanted on terrorism charges. Explosive belts were found in their car.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two soldiers and a civilian in separate attacks in Mosul. Senator John Kerry threatened to dial back US aid to Iraq if the government does not restrict Iran’s use of Iraqi airspace to support the Syrian regime.
Syria
Rebels seized a third border crossing into Turkey. Heavy fighting in Damascus left 117 dead. Government aircraft fired missiles at rebels in Lebanese territory.
Somalia
Shabaab has sent hundreds of fighters to reinforce positions in Kismayo in anticipation of the combined African Union and Somali assault. AMISOM urged Shabaab fighters in Kismayo to lay down their weapons. A police force from Nigeria has deployed in Mogadishu.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Some governors reshuffled, others sacked
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Disbelief at Hezb-e-Islami Using Female Bomber
Lebanon
Vatican: Pope lauds ‘respect’ from Muslims during Lebanon trip
Italy
Italy: Embassies ‘secure from protests over anti-Islam film’