Al Qaeda in Iraq
Iraq Amnesty Could Set Killers Loose
Monthly Archives: October 2012
United States
Indicted Imam to receive new prosthetics in US jail
CIA
EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say
European Union
US official urges EU to designate Hezbollah a terror group
Pakistan
The Taliban killed two members of a pro-government peace committee in separate attacks in Swat, and killed a girl in a bombing in Hangu. Security forces killed nine “militants” in Khyber and detained two Taliban members in Karachi.
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed 40 people, including 19 security and intelligence personnel, in an attack outside a mosque in Faryab. A former Taliban leader who defected to the government along with 11 fighters last year was gunned down in Faryab.
Al Qaeda
British ‘terror gang planned to buy five AK47 guns’
Iraq
Insurgents killed two policemen in a shooting in Buhriz and two civilians in a bombing outside a mosque in Mahaweel. Security forces detained five terrorists in Wasit.
Syria
On the first day of a four-day truce, a powerful car bomb killed five people in Damascus. Forty-seven others were killed in other incidents around the country.
Sudan
A munitions factory in Khartoum was destroyed by explosions. The Sudanese government accused Israel of destroying the factory with an air attack. Israeli officials refused to comment, but accused Sudan of aiding terrorism and transferring weapons to Hamas in Gaza with the help of Iran.
Afghanistan
Commentary: A Ray of Hope — Afghan Special Operations Forces
Afghanistan
British Army medic and Royal Marine were not shot dead by own forces
Somalia
The Ugandan military confirmed Shabaab’s claim that four of its soldiers were killed in an attack in Baidoa. Eight civilians were killed in a mortar attack in Leego.
Hezbollah
Lebanon’s Hezbollah drawn into Syria conflict
Iran
AFP: UK man to strike US plea deal in Iran missiles case
Algeria
After opposing foreign intervention against al Qaeda-linked groups in Mali, Algeria reportedly has approved such an operation. Algeria will back the mission but will not allow foreign troops to use its territory.
Mali
“Hundreds of young mujahideen from different areas across the Islamic world” are arriving in Mali in anticipation of a battle with Saharan nations, Ansar Dine’s spokesman said. “The same thing happened in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chechnya, Somalia, and Iraq,” he said.
Ennahda
Arab World: A souring mood in Tunisia
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida group urges jihad after Gaza leaders is part of jihad against Jews, threaten large-scale retaliation
China
China Reaches Accord on Military Makeup
Pakistan
Malala Yousafzai: Has Pakistan missed the chance to move on militancy?
Iran
Iran Said to Complete Underground Nuclear Enrichment Plant
Pakistan
Malala Yousafzai: Still defiant, girl shot by Taliban is walking, talking – and studying
Afghanistan
Rasmussen: NATO’s plan is working in Afghanistan
United Kingdom
The government rejected US requests to use UK bases in the Gulf for a military buildup. The prime minister’s spokesperson said military action against Iran was not “the right course of action at this moment.”
Al Qaeda-linked jihadists helped incite 9/11 Cairo protest
A video released by Al Faroq media earlier this month shows four al Qaeda-linked jihadists inciting the US embassy protest in Cairo on Sept. 11. One of them is Rifai Ahmed Taha Musa, a Gamaa Islamiyya leader whose ties to senior al Qaeda leaders date to the 1990s.
Suicide bomber kills 40 people at mosque in Afghan north
The attack targeted members of government as well as police and military officials. Ninteen security personnel are reported to have been killed.
France
Survey exposes French anxieties over Muslim ‘threat’
Israel
Sudan: a front for Israel’s proxy war on Sinai jihadis?
Russia
At least two Islamic militants and a Russian security force member were killed during a raid in the city of Kazan in Tatarstan against the suspected assassins of two moderate Muslim leaders. A Russian general has alleged that “Syrian militants have foreign portable anti-aircraft missile systems, including those made in the USA” and asked who […]