Afghan minister says warlords are rearming militias as NATO forces leave
Mohammad Ismail Khan, Afghanistan’s current Minister of Energy and Water and former leader in the Northern Alliance, said NATO’s effort to secure the country has “failed.”
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Afghanistan
The Taliban beheaded two men in Ghazni and killed a US soldier in an IED attack in the south. ISAF captured a Taliban facilitator responsible for a green-on-blue attack that killed a US soldier. Energy and Water Minister Mohammad Ismail Khan said that militias are forming as NATO forces draw down.
ISAF captures Taliban facilitator behind insider attack in Paktia
The Taliban facilitator was responsible for an attack in August that killed a US soldier and wounded three others.
Iraq
Security forces killed an al Qaeda leader in Mosul and detained five Ansar al Sunnah fighters in Kirkuk. An Iraqi court issued a second death sentence for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al Hashemi.
Syria
Rebels attacked government checkpoints along a strategic highway. The government responded with aerial bombardment. China presented a new peace initiative. The US attempted to reshape the rebel leadership.
Somalia
Security forces arrested several Shabaab fighters thought to be involved with the assassination of a general in Marka. The UN is opposed to lifting the arms embargo.
Nigeria
Boko Haram named six mediators, including a presidential candidate, to negotiate with the government. A senator is suing senior government ministers and officials for issuing a press release that claimed a Boko Haram operative was arrested in his home.
Libya
Parliament was suspended as armed protesters occupied an area near Libya’s parliament building, blocking roads and beating up journalists. The protesters demanded the removal of any government minister who had held a position under the Qaddafi regime.
cyberwar
Israel invests millions in drive for elite ‘cyber warriors’
Iran
Israel’s red line on Iran: 240 kg
Germany
German Jihadists Target Youth on the Internet, Study Finds
Germany
Hamburg seals the deal with Muslim residents
Old school Egyptian jihadists linked to 9/11 Cairo protest, Benghazi suspect
Muhammad Jamal al Kashef, who is suspected of playing a role in the terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, has longstanding ties to a group of al Qaeda-linked jihadists who helped incite a protest in Cairo that same day.
Tunisia
Police arrested four men, including a policeman, suspected of plotting to kidnap young Jews in Zarzis. A Jewish community leader said there was an “intimidation campaign” to force Tunisia’s fewer than 2,000 remaining Jews to leave the country. The government extended the state of emergency until January, after fresh Salafist attacks on police and soldiers.
United States
Secretary of State Clinton called for reorganization of the Syrian opposition to better reflect those fighting in the conflict, dismissing the Syrian National Council as remote and warning that extremist groups were trying to hijack the revolution. The State Dept. rejected the hurricane aid offer of wanted Pakistani radical Hafiz Saeed.
Bangladesh
Burma considers citizenship for Rohingya Muslims
Amnesty International
Nigeria army ‘abuses’ in Boko Haram crackdown – Amnesty