Azerbaijan
Kroes reveals Azerbaijan hack attack
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Mali
Hicham Bilal, emir of the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) in Gao, surrendered to the Niger government. Bilal called MUJAO members “madmen” and accused them of racism and drug smuggling. ECOWAS approved a plan to deploy 3,300 soldiers to retake northern Mali from Islamist groups.
Germany
Jihadist rapper Denis Mamdou Cuspert, a.k.a. Deso Dogg and Abu Talha al-Almani, released a video jointly with Millatu Ibrahim and the Global Islamic Media Front calling for Germans to emigrate and join the jihad. “We raise the black flags and ride to the battle to Jerusalem to free our holy city,” he said. A number […]
United Kingdom
Radical cleric Abu Qatada, who was instrumental in promulgating suicide attacks as a terrorist strategy, was released from prison to his home in London. The government plans to continue legal proceedings seeking his extradition to Jordan, which have already cost taxpayers £1 million and gone on for 10 years.
Afghanistan
Twenty-three Taliban fighters and an Afghan soldier were killed in fighting in Kapisa and Wardak, and a suicide bomber was gunned down in Kunar. US drones reportedly killed three children in Logar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east.
Pakistan
Pakistani officials consider options for filtering YouTube
Afghanistan
US to soon determine post-2014 troop presence in Afghanistan
Militant tied to Red Sea resort attacks arrested, Central Security Forces camp attacked
On Monday, Egyptian authorities announced the arrest of a militant tied to the 2004 and 2005 Red Sea attacks, as well as his brother-in-law who was wanted in connection with the Nasr city terror cell.
Iran
Iran launched a large air defense exercise. The exercise spanned Iran’s northeastern, eastern, and southeastern regions.
Israel
Israel continued its attacks on southern Gaza, targeting smuggling tunnels near the city of Rafah. Palestinians responded with rocket attacks that hit the Negev and Ashkelon region.
Syria
Government aircraft bombed a rebel-held town very near the Turkish frontier. In the Golan Heights, Israeli tanks scored “direct hits” on Syrian artillery units after Syrian mortar shells fell near an Israeli army post.
Afghanistan
UN Sanctions Unlikely To End Haqqani Safe Haven In Pakistan
Denmark
Denmark – Journalists attacked for reporting on Christmas tree controversy
CIA
Petraeus Affair: Military Can Prosecute Adulterers
Hezbollah
US Fears Hezbollah Operative Held in Iraq May Go Free
Tunisia
Tunisia Battles Over Pulpits and a Revolution’s Legacy
Egypt
‘Destroy the idols,’ Egyptian jihadist calls for removal of Sphinx, Pyramids
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Jihadi Council Plans May Provoke Civil War: Senators
India
‘Mumbai case suspects trained at LeT camps’
Pakistan
Pakistan – Many KP schools shut as teachers unavailable
India
Pakistan details how Lashkar-e-Taiba 2008 Mumbai attack gunmen were trained
Insurgency encroaching on central Afghanistan
New Zealand’s 145-man unit tasked with stabilizing one of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable, yet once secure, regions has dismantled crucial forward operating bases in preparation for an early withdrawal in 2013.
Somalia
Heavy fighting between Ethiopian forces and Shabaab fighters erupted in the Bay region of southern Somalia. Shabaab fighters ambushed Somali National Army soldiers at a checkpoint near Garbaharey in Gedo province, and additional clashes were reported at the KM4 junction in Mogadishu.
France
Souad Merah, the sister of Toulouse shooter Mohamed Merah, is being investigated for “glorifying terrorism.” Her brother Abdelghani Merah, who wrote a book castigating the family’s culture of anti-Semitism and racial hatred, taped his sister saying she was proud of Mohamed’s actions and that she and another brother, Abdelkader, “support[ed] the Salafists, who are the […]
United Kingdom
Radical Islamic cleric Abu Qatada won an appeal against his deportation to Jordan; the UK’s Special Immigration Appeals Commission said deportation carried a risk that Jordan would use information obtained through torture of other persons against Abu Qatada. He will be released from prison tomorrow; the government plans to appeal.
Afghanistan
Afghan reconciliation: Kabul’s top negotiator seeks release of Taliban prisoners
Egypt
EgyptAir stewardesses begin wearing hijab
Afghanistan
Pakistan urges all Afghan insurgents to pursue peace: Ambassador
Nephew of Baitullah Mehsud killed in Bannu shootout
The nephew of slain Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a shootout with Pakistani police in Bannu.
Jordan
Jordan ex intelligence chief jailed for abuse of office