Afghanistan
Over 30 ‘Pakistani clerics’ expelled from Afghanistan
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Egypt
California man linked to anti-Islam film denies violating probation
Haiti
Islam’s inroads in land of Voodoo and Christianity
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed seven members of the Afghan Local Police in Helmand. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters. The Kandahar provincial council accused the Quetta Shura of encouraging locals to grow poppy.
Iran
Iran aids Syria in tracking opposition via electronic surveillance, U.S. officials say
Syria
Rebels seized a strategic town on the highway between Damascus and Aleppo. The government rushed reinforcements to the area. British Foreign Secretary Hague said the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate with no end in sight.
Turkey
Turkish jets forced a Syrian passenger plane flying from Moscow over Turkish airspace to land for inspection. Media reports said the plane was carrying military communications equipment, including wireless sets and jammers, as well as “missile parts.” The Foreign Ministry prohibited Turkish civilian flights in Syrian airspace. Turkey has already prohibited use of its airspace […]
Israel
Israel abandoned plans for an imminent attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Israeli intelligence concluded that a significant portion of Iran’s 20% enriched uranium had been diverted to a medical research reactor.
Iraq
The Army detained 21 men on terrorism charges and discovered 52 bombs during raids south of Baghdad. Police seized two bomb-making factories in Hillah.
Jordan
More than 100 US troops have been deployed to Jordan to provide aid in securing the border as well as humanitarian support for Syrian refugees. Additionally, US and Jordanian forces are monitoring Syria’s chemical and biological weapons stocks.
Mauritania
Mauritania appeals to UN for counter-terror support
Somalia
Somali troops detained more than 300 suspected Shabaab fighters during security sweeps in Mogadishu. Shabaab has abandoned Burhakaba as government forces advance. A US journalist reported detained by pirates fears he will be transferred to Shabaab within days.
Al Qaeda
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada appeals deportation to Jordan
Syria
In shifting Syria conflict, Assad assumes command of forces
France
Police found bomb-making materials in a Paris garage linked to recent raids against an Islamic extremist cell that netted 12 suspects and resulted in the death of another. The suspects, all French converts to Islam, will be detained for another 24 hours. The prosecutor called the cell “an extremely dangerous terror network.”
Afghanistan
Panetta calls on NATO to “fill the gap” in training Afghanistan’s national defense forces
Afghanistan
How the U.S. Quietly Lost the IED War in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
Benghazi attack faces US Congress committee scrutiny
United Kingdom
Police arrested a man and a woman, both British nationals aged 26, upon their arrival at Heathrow Airport from Egypt, as part of an investigation into persons traveling to Syria for terrorist purposes. “We are concerned about reports of extremist groups operating in Syria and we take very seriously any claims that British nationals are […]
Afghanistan
Obama, Romney: Ignore Afghanistan war at your own peril
Mujahideen Shura Council member killed by Israel likely former member of Islamic Jihad
The death of Abdullah Muhammad Hassan Maqawai may provide further evidence that terrorists from Hamas and Islamic Jihad are joining al Qaeda-linked groups in the Gaza Strip.
5 ‘militants’ killed in US drone strike in Mir Ali
The last three US attacks have occurred in the jihadist hub in Pakistan’s tribal agency of North Waziristan.
North Korea
North Korea says its rockets can hit US mainland
United States
Radical cleric Abu Hamza pled not guilty today to the 11 terrorism charges against him, and was assigned a trial date of Aug. 26, 2013. He asked to be referred to by his birth name, Mustafa Kamel Mustafa. Two other men extradited from the UK with Abu Hamza, Saudi native Khalid al-Fawwaz and Egyptian Adel […]
Afghanistan
Three Afghan soldiers and seven Taliban fighters were killed during clashes throughout the country. The Taliban killed three civilians and a policeman in IED attacks in Helmand.
Azerbaijan
An Azerbaijani court convicted 22 people for assisting Iran in plotting terrorist attacks on US and Israeli targets in the country. The defendants were accused of planning attacks in cooperation with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
Iraq
Iraqi and US officials said al Qaeda in Iraq has doubled in strength to 2,500 fighters and has re-established training camps. Insurgents killed three soldiers, a judge, and two civilians in attacks in Abu Ghraib, Mosul, and Tal Afar.
Syria
The Al Nusra Front jihadist group carried out a complex attack on an intelligence agency compound in the capital, Damascus. Over 32,000 people have been killed since the Syrian uprising began 19 months ago.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula beheaded three men in Marib after accusing them of spying for the government. Tribesmen kidnapped nine truck drivers in Lahj.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Nad Ali residents stage protest against NATO troops