Somalia
Somali Pirate Attacks Plummet in 2012
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Afghanistan
Kabul’s $100m mosque: a sign of a heavyweight battle for post-2014 Afghanistan
Iraq
Al Qaeda fighters killed the Awakening’s military commander for Mahmoudiyah and his wife; four suspects have been detained. Security forces detained two al Qaeda fighters in Baghdad.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s largest city suffers murder wave, Taliban seen using chaos to strengthen position
Pakistan
Pakistan – Blasphemy case lodged against author
Yemen
The Yemeni Air Force killed four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula members, including Said bin Muaily, a senior commander, in an airstrike in Marib province. “Gunmen” killed a prison guard in an ambush in Sana’a.
Afghanistan
Suicide Attack Investigators Are Inept: Afghan Senate
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Plan for military intervention in Mali stalls
Afghanistan
Afghan polio program worker’s slaying raises questions
Afghanistan
Attack on Afghan Spy Chief Won’t Derail Peace Moves, Says Karzai
Al Qaeda
Yemen security chief tells Iran to stop backing rebels
Al Nusrah Front
Jihadist-backed rebels take Syrian army command post
Afghanistan
For Afghan Officials, Prospect of Death Comes With Territory
Libya
US seeks to interview detained Egyptian jihadist in Benghazi probe
Somalia
Somali and Afghan Union forces took control of Johwar after Shabaab abandoned the town without a fight. Somali and Djibouti forces launched a security sweep in Beledweyne.
Shabaab
‘Al-Shabab’ militants forced out of Jowhar
Sweden
The prosecutor said the government is likely to drop its investigation of the Dec. 11, 2010 Stockholm suicide bombing that killed bomber Taimour Abdulwahab and injured two bystanders. In July a Scottish court found Glasgow resident Nasserdine Menni guilty of financing the attack.
US drone strike kills another al Qaeda commander in North Waziristan
Mohammad Ahmed al Mansoor, a midlevel Pakistani al Qaeda commander, is reported to have been killed in the attack. He is the fourth mid-to-senior-level al Qaeda leader reported killed since the US stepped up strikes since the end of November.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan to Allow US Troops Conditional Immunity
Al Qaeda
Syrian Rebels Tied to Al Qaeda Play Key Role in War
Afghanistan
President Karzai said the suicide attack that wounded the NDS chief was planned in Pakistan. US troops rescued an American civilian who was kidnapped in Kabul. Four Taliban fighters were killed in a premature detonation in Parwan. The Taliban killed two civilians in an IED attack in Khost.
Al Nusrah Front
Rebels could resort to chemical weapons, Syria warns
The resurgence of al Qaeda in Iraq … in Iraq, and Syria, and Jordan, and Libya and …
US and Iraqi failure to press the advantage against a diminished al Qaeda in Iraq is having regional consequences in the turmoil of ‘the Arab Spring.’
Syria
Rebel leaders created a unified military command and elected an overall military leader. Syria’s foreign minister warned that rebels may use chemical weapons; the Al Nusrah Front captured a chemical factory in Aleppo earlier this week.
Yemen
Suspected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed a senior officer and seven soldiers in an ambush in the Wadi Abeeda area of Marib province. The commander of the Special Forces in Hodeida province dodged an assassination attempt.
Egypt
President Morsi’s cabinet approved a measure giving the Army authority to arrest civilians. However, the Army said only dialogue could resolve the current crisis and that the Army was not seeking a political role. A “national dialogue” meeting was held at the presidential palace, but opposition leaders did not participate.
Kenya
The death toll in yesterday’s grenade attack in Eastleigh in Nairobi has risen to five. A member of parliament was among 37 people wounded. The attack took place after worshippers were leaving a mosque.
Nigeria
The Joint Task Force killed four Boko Haram “sub-commanders,” including two IED experts, during a series of raids in Maiduguri. Officials said the commanders were identified after Abduulkareem Ibrahim was killed last week.
Iranian regime broadcasts video of ‘captured’ US drone
Iranian claims of a “captured” US-made Scan Eagle drone earlier this week and subsequently produced video images of the aircraft raise questions about the drone’s origins.
Syria
Syrian rebels elect new military commander