Philippine jihadist says AQAP fighters join ranks
A jihadist known as Abu ‘Atikah al Muhajir attributed the statement to the “Islamic Emirate of Mindanao (Soon).”
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Mali
Militias are being organized to fight Islamist groups in the north. Mauritania and Algeria continue to call for negotiations to resolve the crisis in northern Mali, and oppose direct military intervention.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s government ‘could collapse’ after 2014 – report
Afghanistan
US winks again at Pakistani terror tactics
Afghanistan
Taliban mock US as Afghan war enters 12th year
Pakistan
Pakistan – Disappearances, religiosity, lawlessness overwhelming challenges: HRCP
Pakistan
Pakistan – US issues terror alert for its citizens
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a policeman’s two children in Ghazni. Policemen killed a suicide bomber in Helmand. Four Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in Wardak. A cleric offered a $300,000 bounty for the murder of the producer of a film that insulted the Prophet Mohammed.
Hezbollah
How The Arab Spring Killed Hezbollah
Iraq
The government executed 10 Iraqis and an Algerian who were convicted on terrorism charges. Iraq has executed 113 people so far this year. Security forces detained four “wanted men” in Babil.
2 Tunisians detained in Turkey for links to killing of US ambassador
On Oct. 3, two Tunisian citizens were detained at the Istanbul Atatürk Airport as they tried to enter Turkey with false passports, allegedly in connection to the killing of the US Ambassador to Libya.
Israel targets Mujahideen Shura Council and Global Jihad terrorists in Gaza
On Sunday, Israel targeted a ‘global jihad operative’ as well as a member of the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem said to be involved in a June 2011 terrorist attack.
Iran
Iran withdrew 275 members of its elite Qods Force from Syria. The force had been supporting the Assad regime.
Kuwait
Kuwait’s ruler dissolved parliament and set early elections. The action was a victory for opposition Islamic and tribal parties.
Syria
Government forces killed at least 36 people in operations in Damascus suburbs. The government said it had “cleansed” the area of terrorists; rebels called it a massacre. A large car bomb exploded in central Damascus near police headquarters. Turkey and Syria exchanged artillery fire for a fifth day.
Yemen
Yemeni troops killed a “gunman” and wounded another in Huta. Tribesmen freed a Turkish man who was kidnapped in September. The head of the largest tribal alliance called for opposing parties to “turn to dialogue.”
Iran
Iran’s currency chaos rattles leaders but fails to threaten grip
Nigeria
The Joint Task Force killed four suspected Boko Haram fighters and detained 11 more during a raid in Damaturu. Police detained an an immigration officer in Maiduguri for ties to Boko Haram.
Muslim Brotherhood
After Arab Spring, Salafists are building influence — at polls and at gunpoint
Niger
The Justice Minister called for joint patrols with Nigerian forces along Niger’s southern border to keep al Qaeda-linked insurgents out of Niger. Currently 3,000 Nigerien troops are deployed near the border with Mali, Algeria, and Libya, and special forces monitor the border with Nigeria. Five Boko Haram fighters were recently arrested in Zinder.
Al Qaeda
Citing US Fears, Arab Allies Limit Aid to Syrian Rebels
Afghanistan
11 Years On: US Policy Failed in Afghanistan, Afghan Analysts Say
United Kingdom
The head of London’s Ahmadis, a Muslim sect that is persecuted in Pakistan, urged the government to prevent attacks in the UK by Pakistani Islamist groups with satellite offices there. Recent statements by anti-Ahmadi groups in London have said Ahmadis should be killed.
Sweden
Syrians largest asylum seeker group in Sweden
Philippines
The government reached a preliminary peace deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front insurgency, agreeing to establish an autonomous Muslim region by 2016 called “Bangsamoro” on the island of Mindanao. After details are hammered out, rebel forces will be gradually deactivated “beyond use.” Groups such as Abu Sayyaf and the Bangsamoro Islamic Salvation Front have […]
France
France – ‘Misunderstanding’ over Islamic art sparks near-riot
Pakistan
Pakistan – TTP Punjab warns PTI march participants of ‘painful consequences’
Israeli Air Force shoots down foreign drone
On Saturday morning the Israeli Air Force shot down a foreign drone in the northern Negev. The origin of the drone is currently unknown, but early theories point to Hezbollah or Iran.
United States
Radical cleric Abu Hamza and four other terrorists were extradited to the US from the UK. Abu Hamza appeared in court in Manhattan, where he has a plea hearing Tuesday on the 11 charges facing him. Also in New York, Khaled al-Fawwaz and Adel Abdul Bary pled not guilty to terror charges. And in New […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two US special forces soldiers in Wardak province. Special operations forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in raids throughout the country.