Pakistan
Pakistan – Country ‘muted’ to fight terror
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Qatar
As cyberwarfare heats up, allies turn to US companies for expertise
Syria
Rebels captured a key military base along the northern Syria-Iraq border, bringing the region under their control. Rebels south of Damascus fought to unite fragmented areas into a single liberated zone. Fighting raged within Damascus.
Egypt
President Morsi issued a decree granting himself broad new powers over the judiciary. The action sparked mass demonstrations across the country by both protesters and supporters. Protesters attacked the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Alexandria. Morsi defended his new powers.
Nigeria
The Nigerian military offered rewards for information leading to the arrest of Boko Haram’s top leaders. The military offered $312,500 for the group’s emir, Abubakar Shekau; $156,000 each for four senior leaders; and $62,500 for 14 commanders.
Hamas
Israel Hamas conflict: ceasefire a sign of Middle East’s new political reality
Somalia
Two Somali troops were killed as the soldiers clashed amongst themselves in Mogadishu. “Gunmen” killed a local businessman in Beledweyne; Shabaab is suspected of carrying out the attack.
Hamas
Middle East shifts may weaken Iran’s influence with Palestinians
Hamas
Qatar’s aid and Iran’s arms compete in battered Gaza
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Ocalan, Figurehead of Kurdish Independence in Turkey, calls the Shots From Prison
Hamas
For Israel, Gaza Conflict Is Test for an Iran Confrontation
Denmark
Mr Khader goes to Washington
Lebanon
Lebanon’s Sunnis flock to Salafist sheikh’s banner
France
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine jailed since 1984 for the murders of a US military attache and an Israeli diplomat, was paroled. The US ambassador criticized the decision, and the French government has filed an appeal.
Africa
Mock military operation in Ethiopia simulates all too real African conflict
Saudi Arabia
Uproar over Saudi women’s ‘SMS tracking’
Syria
Syrian refugees slipping into Turkey
Afghanistan
A Change in the Afghan Fighting Season, Borne on the Raindrops
Al Nusrah Front claims suicide attack at hospital, joint operation with Chechen fighters
The suicide attack targeted a military headquarters at a French hospital in Aleppo. In Handarat, Al Nusrah launched an assault on an air defense brigade base with a “battalion of Chechen emigrants.”
United States
Three Malian men arrested in 2009 on suspicion of international drug trafficking for al Qaeda were given light sentences because the judge believed the defendants were motivated by economic circumstances, not terrorist ideology. The government dropped narco-terrorism charges after the men pled guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist group.
Egypt
Islamic Jihad: Gaza ceasefire not end of battle
Egypt
Egypt’s President Morsi takes sweeping new powers
Hamas
Hamas leaders emerge stronger than ever, Palestinians say
India
Pakistani Taliban threaten to avenge Kasab’s execution
India
India asks Pakistan to increase security at embassy in Islamabad
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters, including several Pakistanis, in Zabul, and four more in Faryab. The deputy NDS chief in Herat was gunned down in the streets.
Somalia
One person was killed after Shabaab fighters attacked the home of a senior official in Kismayo. Security forces detained 20 armed Shabaab fighters during sweeps in Mogadishu.
Algeria
The military killed four al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters during a raid in the town of Bordj Menaiel in Boumerdes. The region is a known AQIM hotspot.
Taliban claim attacks against Shia worshipers in Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 12 people in Rawalpindi, while two more were killed in bombings in Karachi. Shia worshipers were the targets of both attacks.
US adds Pakistani hawala, 2 Taliban financiers to terrorism list
Rahat Ltd., a Pakistan-based hawala, its owner, and the owner of the Quetta branch, were added to the terrorism list for supporting the Taliban, including Mullah Barich, the shadow governor of Helmand province.