Boko Haram suicide bombers target Nigerian churches
The al Qaeda-linked terror group has targeted churches in Nigeria on Sundays for three straight weeks.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Somalia
Security forces detained 10 Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu. Five people were wounded in yesterday’s suicide attack in Afgoye. Three people were wounded in a bombing at a market in Mogadishu.
Nigeria
Boko Haram bombed five Christian churches in Kaduna; suicide bombers carried out at least three of the attacks. Twelve people were killed in the blasts.
Afghanistan
Post-Afghan Pullout: US considers handing military hardware to CARs
Afghanistan
Taliban praise India for resisting Afghan entanglement
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Aware of US-Taliban Talks
Afghanistan
Pakistan-Based Insurgent Groups Trying to Insecure Tajikistan: Afghanistan’s NDS
Egypt
Missile confusion threatens Muslim Brotherhood’s relations with Israel
Russia
US enlists Britain’s help to stop ship ‘carrying Russian attack helicopters’ to Syria
Ansar al Sharia
Yemen says Islamists retreat from southern town
Pakistan
Twenty-five people were killed in a bombing at a market in Khyber. Seven policemen were killed in a bombing in Kohat. Hafiz Gul Bahadar stopped polio vaccinations in North Waziristan because of drone strikes.
‘Good’ Taliban commander halts polio vaccinations over drone strikes
“Polio campaigns are also used to spy for America against the mujahideen (holy warriors), one example of which is Dr. Shakil Afridi,” a statement released by Hafiz Gul Bahadar said.
United States
Pentagon to soon deploy pint-sized but lethal Switchblade drones
United States
Drones over America. Are they spying on you?
Egypt
Egypt’s Revolution Stalls In Divide-and-Conquer Politics
Germany
German Commentators Welcome Action against Salafists
Afghanistan
Thirteen Taliban fighters and three policemen were killed during fighting throughout the country. The Taliban killed a civilian in an IED attack in Kandahar.
Iraq
Thirty-two people were killed in a pair of car bombings that again targeted Shia pilgrims in Baghdad. Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed credit for this week’s bombings that killed 70 people.
Turkey
Police arrested eight suspected al Qaeda members in raids in the western provinces of Bursa and Balikesir. The men are believed to have trained in al Qaeda camps and recruited other members. Bulent Yildirim, the president of the IHH, a humanitarian relief foundation, is being investigated on suspicion of providing financing for al Qaeda.
Yemen
Yemeni troops killed 21 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Azzan in Shabwa and the Hassan Valley in Abyan. One solider was also killed during the fighting.
Somalia
A Shabaab suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives on a base in Afgoye; casualties have not been disclosed. Shabaab claimed the attack and said “more than 200 TFG intelligence personnel & troops” had gathered on the base.
Egypt
Egypt began presidential elections. The two-day process pits Mohammed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, against Ahmed Shafiq, a former prime minister in President Hosni Mubarak’s regime.
Afghanistan
Russia Worried Over Afghanistan Becoming a Terrorist Haven
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Prince Salman seen as likely heir to throne
Russia
Russia Sending Air and Sea Defenses to Syria
Syria
US holds high-level talks with Syrian rebels seeking weapons in Washington
Al Qaeda
Pakistan militants ban polio jabs, threaten action
Mali
Iyad Ag Ghali, the leader of the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine in northern Mali, rejected the idea of an independent state in the north of the country. Calling for the imposition of sharia law throughout Mali, he said, “Whoever is for a secular state is our enemy and will fought by all means.”
Afghanistan
Worry Replaces Hope In Race To Restore Ancient Afghan City
Al Qaeda in Iraq claims credit for recent bombings
Thirty-two more Iraqis were killed in bombings that targeted Shia pilgrims in Baghdad.