Hamas
In Gaza, Hamas rule has not turned out as many expected
Yearly Archives: 2012
Al Qaeda
CIA seeks new authority to expand Yemen drone campaign
European Court of Human Rights
Abu Qatada deportation: Theresa May DID get date wrong, claim legal experts
Afghanistan
Haqqani Network behind Afghan attacks: US envoy
China
India tests nuclear-capable missile that can reach China
Dozens killed in attacks in Iraq
At least 36 people were killed in today’s attacks in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Mosul, Samarra, Taji, Baqubah, and Ramadi.
United States
Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr submitted a formal request for transfer to Canada. He has been eligible for transfer since pleading guilty last fall to war crimes committed in Afghanistan in 2002. The Canadian government regards Khadr as a dangerous terrorist and has moved slowly on the potential transfer.
Afghanistan
Reprehensible that Pakistan’s ISI maintains ties with Haqqani network: Senator John McCain
Pakistan doesn’t support terrorists…
… except the Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and ….
Jamaat-ud-Dawa
Pakistan – Give me more security, my life is in danger: Hafiz Saeed
Al Qaeda
Pakistan has no connection with terrorist organisations: Sherry Rehman
Afghanistan
Taliban in Afghanistan make online donations appeal
Ex-Gitmo detainee delivers ransom demands for kidnapped Saudi
An ex-Gitmo detainee phoned Saudi authorities with the ransom demands for a kidnapped Saudi diplomat. The Saudi official was kidnapped by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in southern Yemen.
Afghanistan
Twenty-three Taliban fighters were killed during operations in Nangarhar, Logar, and Zabul. Nighty-eight insurgents reconciled with the government in Ghor and Badakhshan.
Yemen
Officials said that six al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in airstrikes in Lawdar and four more were killed in Ja’ar. Pakistan has delayed the deportation of Osama bin Laden’s wives and children to Yemen.
Sudanese al Qaeda fighter killed in Yemen
Bara’a Muhammad Salim al Sudani is said to have fought in Pakistan under al Qaeda military leader Abu Laith al Libi before joining al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Somalia
A suicide bomber killed two Somali soldiers in Baidoa. Kenyan troops are reported to be advancing on Afmadow. Ethiopia said it would soon begin withdrawing its troops from Somalia.
Nigeria
The US said that Boko Haram is planning to conduct attacks in Abuja, “including against hotels frequently visited by Westerners.” “Gunmen” killed a police inspector and a former customs official in Maiduguri.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
An Italian woman who was kidnapped by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in southern Algeria in February 2011 has been freed. No details have been released on the ransom paid by the Italian government.
Albania
Macedonia: Mysterious ‘army’ threatens ‘liberation of Albanian lands’
European Union
Indonesia: Children drawn to religion, crime
Sweden
Jonas Fikre, a US citizen born in Eritrea, claimed he was arrested, tortured, and interrogated in the United Arab Emirates at the request of the US. Fikre had attended a Portland mosque linked to terror activity in the US and Afghanistan. He moved to Sudan in 2009 and then to the UAE; since his release […]
United Kingdom
Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada filed an immediate appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against the deportation order issued yesterday by the UK, delaying his possible deportation. He contends the UK erred in deciding he would be treated fairly by Jordan if he were to be deported there.
Afghanistan
With Eye on Past, Karzai Lays Out Vision for an Independent Afghanistan
Pakistan
US assistance to Pakistan buys little goodwill
Afghanistan
Taliban commander turns self in… for reward on ‘Wanted’ poster
China
Several nations trying to penetrate US cyber-networks, says ex-FBI official
Afghanistan
US condemns Afghan bodies ‘abuse’ by soldiers in 2010
Al Qaeda
Yemen airstrike kills six Qaeda-linked fighters: government
Al Qaeda
US says Boko Haram plans attacks on Nigerian capital