United States
Downtown Oslo evacuated after fake bomb triggers alert
Yearly Archives: 2012
Bulgaria
A security official said Hezbollah is suspected in the recent suicide bombing of a bus in Burqas. Bulgaria’s former intelligence chief said his country has had “very concrete information that organizations like Hezbollah and structures connected to Al Qaeda … were ready to prepare attacks” since 2006.
United Kingdom
Ayan Hadi, the wife of suspected terrorist Richard Dart, was charged with withholding information about acts of terrorism. Dart and two other men face charges relating to travel to Pakistan for terrorism training. Radical cleric Abu Qatada was denied release on bail.
Afghanistan
Pakistan – NATO supply remains suspended
Jihadist site claims FSA has obtained chemical weapons equipment
A Turkish jihadist site claims in a short statement and accompanying video that the Free Syrian Army has found chemical weapons equipment left behind by government forces at a military base.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a judge in a bombing inside a mosque in Uruzgan, and killed three policemen in Nangarhar. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said that the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund, a vital counterinsurgency project, is likely to fall well short of its goals.
Ex-Guantanamo detainee surrenders to Saudis
An ex-Gitmo detainee named Adnan al Sayegh has reportedly turned himself into Saudi authorities. Al Sayegh was a member of al Qaeda’s 55th Arab Brigade, which fought alongside the Taliban in pre-9/11 Afghanistan. He joined al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula after his release from Guantanamo.
Tajikistan
Police said government forces are prevailing over militants after clashes broke out in Gorno-Badakhshan province following the murder of an intelligence official. Toyib Ayombekov, a former warlord who leads the militant group, is still being sought. The opposition Islamic Revival party claims one of its leaders was killed by government forces.
Iran
Indian authorities concluded that the Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were responsible for an attack on an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi in February. Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran should reduce its reliance on oil exports. Iran warned Arab states not to support Syrian rebels.
Syria
Lebanon concerned that Syrian conflict could spill over and upend sectarian balance
Syria
Syria’s senior diplomat in London resigned, saying he could no longer represent the Assad regime. In Aleppo, government forces stepped up their attacks, and claimed to have overrun some rebel-held areas; 200,000 refugees have fled the city. Rebels captured a military base.
Somalia
Eight Shabaab fighters were reportedly killed during fighting with Somali forces in Gedo. Shabaab claimed it assassinated the head of a government militia in Gofgudud.
Uganda
Police released a photo of Muhamed Libani Hajji, a known Shabaab terrorist from Somalia. Hajji is thought to have entered Uganda to conduct attacks.
Nigeria
A suicide bomber killed a policeman in an attack at a government office in Sokoto. Eight people, including four Boko Haram fighters and two soldiers, were killed in attacks in Kano.
Al Qaeda
As Syrian War Drags On, Jihad Gains Foothold
Afghanistan
US aid projects in Afghanistan ‘may fall into disuse after handover to Kabul’
Iran
Iran unmoved by sanctions: Israel’s Netanyahu
Mali
Ansar Dine buried an “adulterous” couple up to their necks, then stoned them to death. Spain has urged all of its citizens remaining in Mali to leave the country.
Pakistan
Pakistan to push for intel share at US talks
Mujahideen Shura Council calls attack in Israel a ‘gift’ to Zawahiri and al Qaeda ‘brothers’
The Egyptian terror group again claimed credit for last month’s cross-border attack in Israel that killed a construction worker, and said it is “continuing with our pledge of allegiance on the path of jihad.”
United Kingdom
The Foreign Office is investigating a report that Britons were among the group of jihadists holding two Western cameramen captive for a week in Syria. The two men said they were freed by members of the Free Syrian Army.
Hezbollah
Hezbollah releases film of attack that started 2006 Lebanon war
Egypt
Egypt unnerved by rising religious fervor
Iran
Israel denies report Obama aide shared Iran war plan
Pakistan
Seven “militants,” including six Uzbek fighters, were killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed one person in a bombing outside a movie theater in Manshera, and bombed a girls’ school in Swabi.
Afghanistan
Afghan truckers a forgotten front in a war growing deadlier by the day
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a district governor in Wardak and two ISAF soldiers in the west. Security forces killed 17 Taliban fighters and detained 18 more during operations throughout the country.
Afghanistan
Taliban want to make Afghans doubtful about their future: MoI
Afghanistan
Afghan forces deaths outstrip NATO’s 5-1: Officials
Iraq
Conflict In Syria Forcing Iraqi Refugees Out