Syria
Despite Bold Talk on Syria, Turkey Sees Limits of Its Power
Yearly Archives: 2012
China
China ‘concerned’ over North Korea rocket launch plan
Eritrea
Eritrea ‘will not fight Ethiopia’
China
China bank pulls out of Pakistan-Iran pipeline project
France
French authorities link soldiers’ fatal shootings
Al Qaeda
Pakistan – Abbottabad commission findings contradict US version: report
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden Plot Against Obama Outlined in Documents
India
Hindu girls are forced to marry Muslims: Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari’s sister
Pakistan
Pakistan – Report ‘Attacks on Journalists and Media Freedom’ launched
Pakistan
Pakistan – New parameters of foreign policy: Debate in joint session from 19th
Afghanistan
President Karzai lashed out against the US for the investigation into the murder of 16 civilians and said that more than one soldier was involved in the attack. The Taliban killed five policemen and captured many more in Kunar. Twelve Turkish soldiers and two Afghan civilians were killed in a helicopter crash in Kabul.
Iraq
AQI claimed the recent attacks on Haditha and Barwana that killed 27 policemen. AQI’s Islamic State of Iraq said the terror operation was called the “Invasion of Commander Jarrah al Shami.”
Yemen
Iran is providing weapons, including EFPs, to Houthi rebels in the north. The White House continues to support the detention of a Yemeni journalist who was convicted of working with al Qaeda.
Somalia
Omar Hammami said he fears Shabaab may kill him. Somali forces advanced to the town of Galgalato, which is 20 miles northeast of the capital. Somali and Shabaab forces clashed on the outskirts of Mogadishu. Shabaab held a rally in Afgoye.
Nigeria
Boko Haram reportedly offered a three-month ceasefire in exchange for the release of prisoners in government custody. Boko Haram conducted 196 bombings in 2011, compared to 52 in 2010.
Al Qaeda
Ayman al Zawahiri released yet another videotape via As Sahab, al Qaeda’s propaganda arm. Zawahiri called for the US to release al Qaeda prisoners in exchange for captive American Warren Weinstein, and called for a a popular revolt agains the government of Pakistan.
American terrorist feels ‘life may be endangered’ by Shabaab
“I feel that my life may be endangered by Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahideen due to some differences that occurred between us regarding matters of the Shariah and matters of the strategy,” Hammami said in a short statement released on YouTube.
Afghanistan
Karzai Speaks With Obama, Then Blasts US
Afghanistan
Pentagon: Afghan security breach was more serious than reported
Afghanistan
Karzai Calls for NATO to Leave Outposts, Bring Forward Transition
Denmark
Denmark -Police uncover large weapons cache in Copenhagen
AQI claims attacks on Haditha, Barwana
The recent terror operation that killed 27 Iraqi policemen was called the “Invasion of Commander Jarrah al Shami.”
Islamic Jihad
Islamic Jihad seeks ‘balance of terror’ with Israel
Afghanistan
At Afghan Prison, Invasive Search of Female Visitors Raises US Objections
Kashmiri is dead, al Qaeda spokesman suggests
Ustad Ahmad Farooq, al Qaeda’s spokesman for Pakistan, mentions Ilyas Kashmiri with Baitullah Mehsud, Ibn Amin, and Badr Mansour, who were all killed in drone strikes. “May Allah have mercy on all of them,” Farooq said.
France
A man on a scooter shot three French paratroopers near their barracks in Montauban, killing two and wounding the other. Counterterrorism police are investigating, and troops in southwest France have been told not to wear uniforms outside the base. Another soldier was killed nearby two days ago.
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden ‘ordered al-Qaeda to kill Barack Obama and David Petraeus’
Al Qaeda
The bin Laden plot to kill President Obama
Afghan interpreter targeted top US Marine general, officers in Helmand
Major General Gurganus then told the press that no incidents have taken place in the wake of the murder of 16 Afghan civilians, but he subsequently disarmed US Marines who were meeting with the SecDef.
Syria
Syria unrest: Turkish nationals urged to return home