CIA
CIA Takes Heat for Role in Libya
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Anti-Taliban commander assassinated in Buner
The Pakistani Taliban’s spokesman claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed a local politican and Aman Lashkar commander, Fateh Kahn, and three of his bodyguards in Buner, Pakistan.
United Kingdom
The Foreign Office warned of a “high” risk of terror attacks by al Qaeda against Westerners in Egypt, particularly in the north Sinai. MI5 has noted the emergence of a new generation of terrorists after the Arab Spring, especially in Egypt and Libya. The High Court temporarily banned the transfer of Afghan insurgents from British […]
Indonesia
Antiterrorism police conducted raids in the Poso district of Sulawesi island this week, killing two suspected militants and arresting three more. Last month two policemen investigating a terrorist training camp in the area were killed.
Egypt
Egyptians protest for applying Islamic laws
Al Qaeda
Makeshift Islamic Courts Fill Void in the Sinai
Afghanistan
US Finds Graft by Favored Afghan Leader
Pakistan
Pakistan – Religious harmony: Christian leaders pardon Mardan Church arsonists
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban threaten to target MQM
Tajikistan
Tajik Students Warned Off “Foreign” Events
Turkmenistan
Un-American Activities in Turkmenistan
Afghanistan
Taliban may return to power after NATO leaves: Indian diplomat
Afghanistan
Poppy cultivation risks Helmand’s security: Officials
Denmark
Denmark – Military proposes management cuts
Sweden
Säpo probes suspected Syrian spies in Sweden
United States
Tunisia agreed to allow US investigators access to Ali Ani al Harzi, an Islamic militant suspected in the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi. The US renewed sanctions on Sudan. Rezwan Ferdaus, who pled guilty to plotting to fly explosives-packed model airplanes into the Capitol and the Pentagon, was sentenced to 17 years in […]
Afghanistan
Five policemen in Helmand killed four of their colleagues and wounded six more before defecting to the Taliban. Security forces detained several Taliban commanders and fighters.
Syria
Government forces abandoned a strategic base along a highway linking Damascus with Aleppo. The withdrawal threatens the government’s ability to supply its forces fighting in Aleppo. A video appears to show rebels killing a group of captured government soldiers.
Jordan
Jordanian jihadist lived to die in Syria
Uganda
Uganda plans to pull its troops out of the UN-mandated force in Somalia after the UN accused Uganda of supporting the Congolese rebel group M23. Uganda currently supplies over a third of the UN’s 17,600 troops in Somalia. Citing a need to focus on domestic security, Uganda will also withdraw its troops from the Central […]
Syria
Syria conflict: Will US succeed in reshaping opposition?
Al Qaeda
Algeria wins over long hostile Berbers to root out al-Qaida in last mountain refuge
Syria
Support for jihadists in Syria swells as US backing of rebels falls short
4 Afghan policemen killed in ‘green-on-green’ insider attack
Five Afghan policemen killed four of their colleagues before defecting to the Taliban.
Somalia
A Uganda People’s Defence Force spokesman said more than 500 soldiers from Uganda and Burundi have been killed and wounded in Somalia; exact figures have not been provided. Security forces detained 300 suspected Shabaab fighters in Kismayo.
Nigeria
Residents in Maiduguri claimed that members of the Joint Task Force killed 48 young men during raids in the Kalari neighborhood. Amnesty International accused Nigerian security forces of illegally detaining and torturing suspected Boko Haram fighters.
Morocco
Security forces arrested nine “terrorists” in the Rif mountains who were establishing a training camp and explosives factory. Al Qaeda’s black banner was seized during the raid.
Mali
Delegates from Ansar Dine, one of the Islamist groups controlling northern Mali, traveled to Algeria and Burkina Faso for talks with ECOWAS mediator Blaise Compaore, who prefers negotiations to military intervention. Sahel clerics said Malian militants were using “false jihad” as a pretext for criminal activity.
Egypt arrests pro-al Qaeda jihadist tied to Benghazi suspect
Sheikh ‘Adel Shehato, a senior Egyptian jihadist who helped instigate the Sept. 11 protest in Cairo, has been arrested in Egypt. Authorities allege that he was the founder of the Nasr City terrorist cell. Members of the cell are reportedly connected to the terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.
Pakistan
Security forces killed 10 “militants” and wounded six more during airstrikes in the Tirah Valley in Khyber. Four “bases” and the home of a militant commander were also destroyed during the attack.