US soldier kills 16 Afghan civilians in rampage
The Taliban are describing the killings as intentional “genocide” by US and Afghan troops.
Yearly Archives: 2012
United Kingdom
London resident Shabaaz Hussain was sentenced to five years and three months in prison after he admitted to raising funds for Shabaab. A counterterrorism official said the investigation into Hussain’s provision of funds to associates in Somalia “exposed Shabaaz Hussain’s co-ordination of a terrorist fundraising network.”
Pakistan
The military claimed it killed 33 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Four civilians and two Pakistani troops were killed during clashes with the Lashkar-e-Islam in Khyber. The government banned the Ahle Sunnat awl Jamaat, formerly the Sipha-e-Sahaba, but no action has been taken against it.
Iran
Clash with Iran could see use of huge, new US bomb
Iraq
Iraq militia stone youths to death for “emo” style
Philippines
Authorities arrested two Abu Sayyaf militants in Basilan province, Serham Akalan and Idris Anni. Akalan was linked to the killing of 14 soldiers in Al-Barka, and Anni was involved in kidnapping workers in Lantawan in 2001. The military estimates that Abu Sayyaf members number fewer than 400.
Israel
Israel will strike anyone planning to attack its citizens: PM
Ansar al Sharia
Al-Qaeda makes ‘alarming’ advances in Yemen, UN envoy warns
Iraq
Exodus From North Signals Iraqi Christians’ Decline
Afghanistan
Afghan Anger and Security Changes Imperil Aid Groups
Pakistan
Pakistan – Major operation against terrorists in Gilgit-Baltistan on the cards
India
Pakistan – New ISI chief not related to Bollywood star: ISPR
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
US troops gone, al Qaeda makes Iraq peace elusive
Yemen
At least 38 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters and commanders are reported to have been killed in airstrikes in Jaar and Al Baydah. Abdulwahhab al Homaiqani, the commander for Al Baydah, is said to have been killed.
Somalia
Heavy fighting was reported after Shabaab attacked Ethiopian forces in the village of Yurkut near Luuq. Shabaab claimed it killed 73 Ethiopian soldiers and lost five fighters. Somali officials claimed 48 Shabaab fighters were killed. Ethiopia did not disclose casualties.
Kenya
Four people were killed and 42 were wounded in a grenade attack at a bus station in Nairobi. A Shabaab fighter is said to have been arrested and confessed to carrying out the attack.
Syria
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad firmly in control, US intelligence officials say
Dozens of AQAP fighters killed in airstrikes in southern Yemen
US drones are suspected of conducting the strikes in Al Baydah and Jaar, but the reports are unconfirmed.
Nigeria
A Boko Haram spokesman denied that his group was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of a British and an Italian hostage during a failed raid late last week. More than 100 Nigerian and British soldiers and two helicopters were used during the raid in Sokoto.
Al Qaeda eulogizes senior commander killed in recent drone strike
Ustad Ahmad Farooq, al Qaeda’s spokesman for Pakistan, confirmed that Badr Mansoor was killed in a drone strike on Feb. 2012. Farooq accused the Pakistani military and government of supporting the US’s drone campaign.
Afghanistan
US and Afghanistan Agree on Detainee Transfer
Ansar al Sharia
Qaeda Media Arm Steps Up Local Coverage in Yemen
Afghanistan
Concerns Remain as Switch to Afghan Security Nears
Afghanistan
Taliban Guantanamo detainees agree to Qatar transfer: official
Afghanistan
Exclusive: Afghan officials visit Guantanamo in peace bid
India
Pakistani Hindus seek safety in India
Pakistan
US helps train Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police
Afghanistan
Pakistan’s Iran pipeline plan further strains ties with US
Afghanistan
Afghans Are Hindering Smuggling Inquiry, 2 Americans Say
Pakistan
US State Dept calls Pakistani Taliban threats to Shad Begum ‘out of step’