Egypt
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has its eye on Islamic banking
Yearly Archives: 2012
Al Qaeda
Obama Admits US Is Fighting Al Qaeda in Somalia and Yemen
United States
President Obama informed Congress that the US military has taken direct action against Shabaab, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia, and against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen. The Pentagon said the information was made public because of the “growing significance” of the US military’s actions in these areas in the US’s “overall counterterrorism […]
Afghanistan
Security forces killed a Haqqani Network commander and several fighters in Paktika and a Taliban leader and several fighters in Badakhshan, and captured several fighters in Logar and Khost. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south and east.
India
Pakistan boasted of nuclear strike on India within eight seconds
Shabaab
More Shabab militants defect to join Somali forces
Al Qaeda
US declassifying counterterror campaigns in Yemen and Somalia; no mention of drones
Iran
Iran arrested suspects who are thought to be behind the killing of two nuclear scientists. Iran’s intelligence ministry claimed the suspects had ties to Israel.
Syria
The head of the UN monitoring team in Syria warned of intensifying violence as the UN peace plan fails. Russia said it would not discuss plans for a post-Assad Syria. China rejected further sanctions. The US has stepped up support for Syrian rebels.
Yemen
Yemeni troops retook control of the coastal town of Shaqra in Abyan province. More than 24 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed. Shaqra is the third town in Abyan to return to government control this week.
Somalia
Shabaab launched attacks on Ethiopian and Somali bases in Yurkut. Shabaab claims it ambushed Sierra Leonean troops that were traveling between Baidoa and Luuq; the troops are replacing Ethiopian forces in the area.
Mali
Members of Ansar Dine, the Islamist terror group in northern Mali, are traveling to Burkina Faso to meet President Blaise Compaore. Burkina Faso’s president has been appointed by the Economic Community of West African States to serve as a mediator for the parties involved in northern Mali.
Philippines
Jordanian journalist, Filipino TV crew missing in Jolo
Nigeria
Soldiers killed four Boko Haram fighters during a raid on a safe house in Kano. The Boko Haram members produced propaganda, including pamphlets and videos uploaded on YouTube.
Libya
A series of bomb attacks struck Western diplomatic and international organizations. The Islamic fundamentalist group “Brigades of the Imprisoned Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman” took responsibility.
Turkey
Turkey: Kurd with lemon accused of supporting terror
Egypt
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood warn of ‘dangerous’ days
Myanmar
Safety fears restrict relief work after Myanmar riots
United States
Secret drone wars not part of leak probes: sources
AQAP destroys tombs in southern Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula demolished tombs in several villages outside of Jaar just days before withdrawing from the city. Former Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Suleiman al Rubaish said the group destroyed the sites as AQAP is “reviving their jihad.”
Pakistan
US senator backs apology over Pak drone strikes
Afghanistan
How They Robbed Kabul Bank
Pakistan
Security forces killed 15 “militants” in Dir and Arakzai. US drones killed three “militants” in North Waziristan’s bazaar. Pakistan again called on the US to apologize for the Mohmand incident.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed a Taliban commander in Kandahar and captured two commanders in Helmand. The Taliban killed a British soldier in Helmand. The US, India, and Afghanistan will conduct trilateral talks.
Egypt
What’s key to know on Egypt’s new political drama after court rulings on elections, parliament
Syria
A suicide bomber wounded 10 people in an attack in Damascus. The suicide bomber blew up his car near the Sayyida Zainab shrine and a police station. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. UN monitors entering the town of al-Heffa found it devastated.
US returns to Afghanistan’s ‘Lost Province,’ for a while
The US Army is returning to Nuristan province in northern Afghanistan, reoccupying outposts that were abandoned in 2010. But the move is only temporary, and after the US forces depart a significant security risk for Kabul will remain.
Egypt
Ruling that the parliamentary election was unconstitutional, Egypt’s supreme court ordered the dissolution of the parliament. The Muslim Brotherhood called the ruling a “coup” by the military.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
US expands secret intelligence operations in Africa
Syria
US military completes planning for Syria