Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Labour Ministry Identifies 130 Illegal Foreign Workers
Yearly Archives: 2012
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Governors Divided on Possibility of US Permanent Bases
United States
Military reworking spy operations
Al Qaeda
Islamists in Enemy Territory: The Missionary Zeal of Germany’s Salafists
Afghanistan
Dealing with Tyrants: German Military Rethinks Exporting Democracy
Syria
The number of deaths rose sharply. The Syrian military halted violence in areas entered by UN observers but resumed once the monitors left. Activists reported reprisals. Despite claims, government forces have not withdrawn heavy weapons from populated areas. The UN is under pressure to move quickly to send more observers to Syria.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
FBI director Mueller in Yemen as military, anti-al-Qaida campaign picks pace
Al Qaeda
US general in Tunisia warns of stability threats
Yemen
US drones killed al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander Mohammed Saeed al Umda in one of two strikes over the past several days. The military claimed it has retaken control of the center of Zinjibar. Members of parliament are pushing for talks with AQAP.
Somalia
Shabaab beheaded a businessman and dumped his body in Eel Adde after accusing him of being a spy for the government. AMISOM is aiding the government’s investigation into the suicide attack at a theater in Mogadishu.
Nigeria
Security forces killed three suspected Boko Haram fighters in Maiduguri. The Joint Military Task Force raided a Boko Haram bomb factory in Kano.
Al Qaeda
Shoe-bomber supergrass Saajid Badat testifies in US
Al Qaeda
Analysis: Mali: from democracy poster child to broken state
Al Qaeda
Egypt’s Sinai turning into Wild West: Israeli PM
Egypt
In Egypt, Morsi Escalates Battle Over Islam’s Role
Afghanistan
A New US-Afghan Strategic Partnership: Should the Taliban Be Afraid?
Al Qaeda
In Syria, Lebanon’s Most Wanted Sunni Terrorist Blows Himself Up
United States
Sami Samir Hassoun, 24, a Lebanese citizen residing in the US, pled guilty to charges relating to his attempt to set off a bomb near Wrigley Field on a night in September 2010 when the stadium was filled with concertgoers. He had told undercover agents he hoped to cause “political instability” in Chicago and “paralyze” […]
AQAP commander thought killed in US drone strike
Mohammed Saeed al Umda (also known as Ghareeb al Taizi), who trained at al Qaeda’s Al Farouq camp in Afghanistan and has been listed as the fourth-most-wanted man in Yemen, is believed to be dead. A second strike killed three AQAP fighters in the south.
Al Qaeda
NYC trial: Osama bin Laden wanted 9/11 follow-up
Canada
The spy chief said that as many as 60 Canadians have left the country for terror training camps in Yemen, Somalia, and the tribal areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Calling terrorism the biggest security threat to Canada, he noted both the increasing danger of “lone wolf” terrorists and the decreasing number of extremist proscriptions against […]
Pakistan
Pakistan – Hafeez Shaikh caps off ‘successful’ US tour securing promises of aid, loans
Israel
Turkey says Israel not welcome at NATO summit
The threat of Boko Haram for Nigeria, Africa, and beyond
Boko Haram’s association with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has security implications beyond Nigeria.
Egypt
Egypt denies 8 US nonprofits license to operate
Afghanistan
The proposed US-Afghan strategic pact calls for the US to provide for Afghanistan’s security for 10 years and prevents attacks on neighboring countries. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east. President Karzai barred a US Congressman from entering the country.
Yemen
Seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in two airstrikes in Shabwa and Abyan provinces. “Gunmen” killed a security official in Hadramout. AQAP said it would execute 73 Yemeni soldiers on April 30 if AQAP fighters in prison are not released.
Al Qaeda
Pentagon establishes Defense Clandestine Service, new espionage unit
Afghanistan
Afghan-US pact signals US won’t tolerate resurgent al-Qaida, attacks launched from Pakistan
Somalia
Shabaab killed two Ethiopian soldiers in an IED attack in Beledweyne. Ethiopian troops reportedly executed three men after the attack. One person was killed after Somali troops attacked a police checkpoint in Mogadishu.