Pakistan
Pakistan – Christians asked to leave army camp in Khyber
Monthly Archives: October 2012
‘North Waziristan operation not on the cards’
Rehman Malik tells us what we already know: Pakistan has no intention of taking on terrorist groups in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency.
Afghanistan
A quiet waiver for Pakistan from the Obama administration
Statements pour in for 2 Salafi leaders recently killed in Gaza
Since the deaths of Abu al Walid al Maqdisi and Ashraf al Sabah, a number of related statements and eulogies have appeared on jihadist forums.
United States
A US military judge is considering proposed security rules for the trial of five Guantanamo detainees charged over the 9/11 attacks. A Connecticut judge set a tentative trial date of October 2013 for Babar Ahmad and Syed Talha Ahsan to face charges of operating jihadist websites. In Pennsylvania, sentencing for Colleen LaRose a.k.a. Jihad Jane […]
Boko Haram
How Boko Haram started – Gov Aliyu
Iran
Continued concern over Iran’s nuclear program prompted the EU to impose a range of new economic sanctions on Iran. Iran said it would cut the imports of nonessential goods as it moves to a resistance economy.
Turkish jihadists eulogize slain German al Qaeda leader
Islamic World, a Turkish jihadist magazine, said that Bekkay Harrach fought against Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, traveled to Iraq, where he was wounded, and was detained by Syrian security forces. Harrach also lived with Atiyah Abd al Rahman in Pakistan.
Hamas
Salafis’ rise in Gaza robs Hamas of resistance banner
Syria
Syria’s crisis: No side looks set to win soon
Somalia
Shabaab attack government bases in Mogadishu and Kismayo; scores of people were reported to have been wounded in the attacks. Shabaab claimed it assassinated two intelligence officials in Mogadishu.
Egypt
Egypt launched a civilian investigation of the military’s role in the killing of protesters during the 17-month uprising that removed the military from power. The probe challenges the military’s traditional immunity to outside scrutiny.
Iran
Iranians Planning to Create Environmental Catastrophe in Hormuz Strait
Hamas
Israel Aims Strikes at Militants in Gaza
Turkey
Authorities grounded an Armenian plane that was carrying food for Syrian Armenians, then allowed the flight to continue on to Aleppo. The Turkish foreign ministry criticized Armenia’s decision to resume flights to an airport in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Hezbollah
Accusations mount of Hezbollah fighting in Syria
Masada al Mujahideen says Hamas is responsible for death of top Salafi leader, threatens attacks
Masada al Mujahideen has threatened to carry out attacks against Israel and Hamas in response to the assassination of Abu al Walid al Maqdisi, the former emir of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem.
Al Qaeda
Sept. 11 case back at Guantanamo war crimes court, without antics that disrupted last hearing
Qatar
Jihadists Receiving Most Arms Sent to Syrian Rebels
Ennahda
Tunisian islamist leader urges Salafists to oust liberals
Niger
Gunmen kidnapped five aid workers and their driver in southeast Niger and headed for the Agadez region near the Malian border. Arabic was spoken by the gunmen. Al Qaeda-linked militants are suspected in the kidnapping.
Algeria
Boualem Bekai, a.k.a. Khaled El Mig, a key al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb official who led militants in the Akfadou area and also served as head of foreign relations for AQIM, is said to have been killed by the Algerian military. Reports say he died on Oct. 12 in an ambush near Azrou in […]
United Arab Emirates
Pakistani schoolgirl shot by Taliban sent to UK for treatment
Norway
An appeals court added a year to the prison sentence of Mikael Davud, a Norwegian Uighur who was convicted of links to al Qaeda and plotting a terrorist attack on a Danish newspaper. The court reduced the sentence of accomplice Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak.
Philippines
The government signed a preliminary peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the largest Muslim insurgent group. Under the plan, the 12,000-member MILF gains significant powers in a new autonomous region in Mindanao but surrenders its goal of an independent homeland.
Jamaat-ud-Dawa
Attack on Schoolgirl in Pakistan Sparks Fears of Resurgent Taliban
Afghanistan
Thousands of British troops to quit Afghanistan in 2013
France
France – Terrorism: a homegrown threat?
Afghanistan
Afghan MOI Concerned About Nangarhar’s Unofficial Armed Groups
Al Qaeda
Kenya coast tourist numbers fall on Islamist security fears