11 NATO, Afghan troops killed in helicopter crash in Kandahar
The Taliban claimed to have shot down a Chinook in Shah Wali Kot district; ISAF said the cause of the crash is under investigation.
The Taliban claimed to have shot down a Chinook in Shah Wali Kot district; ISAF said the cause of the crash is under investigation.
Authorities published a computer-generated image of a suspected accomplice in the Burgas suicide bombing. Both the suicide bomber and the suspected accomplice had fake Michigan driver’s licenses.
Khalid Mahmood, a Labour MP from Birmingham, expressed concern that an increasing number of Syrian residents of the UK risk radicalization by being drawn into the conflict in Syria. Among the “dozens of men” said to have left the UK to fight in Syria, some are not Syrian, and the number of fighters traveling from […]
The military is expanding counterintelligence capability in Afghanistan at the battalion level and above, in part due to the spike in green-on-blue attacks. There have been 29 such attacks so far this year, which have killed 37 Coalition troops, of whom 21 were American.
Settling scores: Taliban on a killing spree in Karachi
Six Taliban fighters and two Pakistanis were killed during the fighting at an airbase that is thought to be related to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program. The Taliban claimed credit for the attack.
The Taliban killed three policemen and a civilian in a bombing in Uruzgan, four children in an IED attack in Paktika, and an ISAF soldier in the east, and wounded 20 Afghans in a bombing in Herat. Security forces killed a suicide bomber in Kunduz, and killed a Taliban leader and detained three “assassins” in […]
NYPD unveils new high-tech system to track crime and terrorism
A Saudi city exclusively for women
Families of Iran’s slain nuclear scientists filed a lawsuit against Israel, the US, and Britain, accusing them of involvement in the assassinations. Iran has said the deaths were part of a covert campaign to sabotage its nuclear program.
At Islamic conference, Egypt’s Morsi calls for regime change in Syria
Security forces killed an Iraqi “gunman” and detained a Saudi man during a clash along the Syrian border in Rabia. Security forces also detained 15 wanted “terrorists” during a raid south of Kirkuk.
Israel said a possible war with Iran could last up to 30 days. US Defense Secretary Panetta said he did not believe an Israeli attack on Iran was imminent.
The US confirmed that Iranian “pilgrims” captured by rebels included active duty members of Iran’s Republican Guards. UN investigators concluded government forces were responsible for the massacre of civilians in Houla. Rebels claimed responsibility for a massive bomb blast in Damascus.
A southern separatist leader who was in exile in Britain was arrested as he landed at the airport in Aden. Britain has increased aid to Yemen to $300 million.
Security forces arrested three Tanzanian citizens who are suspected of belonging to Shabaab as they were crossing the border to Somalia. Government officials are blaming former Somali soldiers for recent attacks in Garissa.
A suicide bomber killed three civilians in a failed attempt to target a vehicle belonging to the Joint Task Force in Maiduguri. An Islamic scholar called on the national assembly to legalize sharia law.
ISAF Suspends more than 100 Companies Over Corruption Charges
The military responded to ECOWAS’s offer of West African troops, saying that 600-800 troops would be allowed to assist in the north but none would be permitted in the capital. ECOWAS seeks a UN mandate for a force of 3,000 in Mali to support the weak civilian government and free the country from radical Islamists […]
Reuters faces fresh hacker attack
The Uighur from Guantanamo cooking pizza in Albania
Police arrested four men suspected of violating the Iranian arms embargo by arranging to ship millions of dollars’ worth of nuclear equipment to Iran. One of the suspects is a German and the other three are German-Iranians. The identity of a fifth suspect has not yet been disclosed.
Al Qaeda’s richest faction dominant in north Mali: US
Special ops group attacks Obama over bin Laden bragging
Al Qaeda supporter Muhammad Mahmoud has recruited German and Austrian Salafists to set up a “colony” in Egypt.
Five Pakistani soldiers and 20 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Arakzai. NATO helicopters reportedly killed two Pakistanis along the Afghan border. Pakistani and Afghan forces traded artillery and rocket fire in Kunar province in Afghanistan.
But it won’t be against the Haqqani Network or Hafiz Gul Bahadar’s forces, of course.
Pragmatic jihad in Tatarstan
Al-Qaeda flags fly over rebel-held Syria
Sweden – Several detained after Syrian embassy protest