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Virtual Terrorism: Al Qaeda Video Calls for ‘Electronic Jihad’
Virtual Terrorism: Al Qaeda Video Calls for ‘Electronic Jihad’
Pakistani doctor jailed for helping CIA find bin Laden
The strike took place near Miramshah, the headquarters of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
Pakistan – Lal Masjid: rewarding an insurrection
NATO air strike: Turkey backs Pakistan’s demand for US apology
A US Airways jet bound for Charlotte, N.C., from Paris was diverted to Bangor, Me., after a woman passed a note to a flight attendant saying she had a surgically implanted device. Two F-15s were scrambled to escort the airliner to Bangor. Authorities examined the plane and the woman, a French citizen from Cameroon, but […]
Afghan intelligence officials announced the latest achievements in thwarting multiple Taliban terror plots, including attacks intended for Kabul, Logar, Kandahar, and Nangarhar provinces.
Unusually good forecast for Iran nuclear talks
Iran Nuclear Crisis: What’s On The Table At The Baghdad Talks?
Passenger’s implant claim triggers flight diversion
Taliban tightens grip on Afghan schools
The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier. The NDS captured 13 “rebels” and disrupted a Taliban plot to attack a USAID office in Jalalabad. US Ambassador Ryan Crocker is resigning earlier that expected.
Taliban, Afghan neighbors could hamper NATO’s exit
Iran propping up Syria’s dwindling cash reserves
Insurgents killed six people, including four children, at the home of an Awakening member in Baqubah. Iraq wants drones to protect its oil platforms, facilities, and infrastructure.
Tensions rise with reports of Sudan bombings on South Sudan
Syrian rebels kidnapped at least 11 Lebanese men in Aleppo province. The leader of Lebanon’s Shiite militant group Hezbollah appealed for calm after protests over the kidnapping broke out in Beirut. The UN Secretary General said Syria was at a “pivotal moment” and that he remained concerned about an all-out civil war.
A Yemeni official said that yesterday’s suicide bomber at a parade rehearsal in Sana’a was a soldier. A Spanish embassy guard who went missing in Sana’a last week has been found and is thought to have committed suicide.
Shabaab claimed it killed 27 Somali and African Union troops while repelling an assault in the Daynille district in Mogadishu. Somali and African Union troops captured the town of Sabyo north of Afgoye.
Police arrested two suspected Boko Haram fighters who were plotting to bomb government offices in Abuja, including the Police Headquarters, and the Federal Ministry of Information and Communication. Police also arrested a suspect in the bombings at the Bayero University in Kano.
Ahmad Wali Siddiqui, a German-Afghan operative linked to the 2010 al Qaeda plot to stage Mumbai-type attacks in European cities, was sentenced to six years in prison. Security has been stepped up for members of a right-wing group and for employees of a German magazine after Yassin Chouka, an extremist with the Islamic Movement of […]
Egyptian women feel excluded, despite the promise of the revolution
US Embassy in Kabul says US ambassador to leave
Indonesia Is No Model for Muslim Democracy
Dozens Killed by Bomb in Yemen, Raising Al Qaeda Fears
ILO warns of youth unemployment ‘crisis’
NATO endorses strategy to end Afghan war but risks remain
Afghans back Chicago deal, warn West to keep promises
Images show more N. Korea work on nuke test site
Ohio resident Hor Akl and his wife Amera, both dual US-Lebanese citizens, were sentenced to six and three years in prison, respectively, for plotting to send as much as $1 million to the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. The pair, who conspired for a year in the scheme, pled guilty last year.