Pakistan
Pakistan – Emboldened Taliban
Yearly Archives: 2012
Afghanistan
The US has suspended talks on a long-term strategic partnership over a disagreement on the transfer of detainees. Afghanistan’s army chief said “there will be a lot of trouble” if another Koran-burning incident occurs. The governor of Kunar escaped an assassination attempt.
Yemen
AQAP overran a military base near Zinjibar and killed 185 troops and seized heavy weapons. AQAP claimed it captured more than 70 soldiers. Thirty-two AQAP fighters were reported to have been killed.
AQAP overruns Yemeni Army base, kills 185 soldiers
A base in Al Koud was overrun. AQAP seized heavy weapons and turned them against the Yemeni troops, and claimed to have captured another 70 soldiers.
Libya
An Islamist mob desecrated graves at the Commonwealth WWII cemetery in Benghazi. Video of the incident shows armed men laughing as they shatter headstones and knock down a large cross. Libyan authorities offered an apology. The two-day attack desecrated the graves of more than 150 British soldiers.
Somalia
Shabaab said it captured the town of Diif on the border with Kenya and also said its “cartographers will soon redraw the geographical boundaries carved up by inebriated colonial masters in preparation for Islamic Khilaafa.” Shabaab and government forces clashed in the Karaan area of Mogadishu; the Somali government claimed it repelled the attacks.
Boko Haram plans ‘to eradicate Christians’ from areas in Nigeria
“We will create so much effort to end the Christian presence in our push to have a proper Islamic state that the Christians won’t be able to stay,” a spokesman said.
Nigeria
“Gunmen” killed four people in attacks in Maiduguri. Boko Haram’s spokesman said the terror group “will launch a number of attacks, coordinated and part of the plan to eradicate Christians from certain parts of the country.”
Kenya
Kenya’s hide-and-seek war with Al-Shabaab
Syria
Syrian rebels in Idlib bide their time
North Korea
North Korea – Damage control, not the end of nukes
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb splinter group, has demanded a $39 million ransom for three European hostages. The two Spanish nationals and an Italian national were kidnapped in Algeria last October.
Afghanistan
Russia to invest in Afghan power, transport sectors
Afghanistan
Afghan Health Sector to Face Major Shut-Down Without Intl Aid: MoPH
North Korea
Fresh from deal with US, North Korea vows sacred war on South
China
China boosts defense budget 11 percent after US pivot
Afghanistan
For some Afghans, suicide bombs best answer to Koran burnings
Norway
Mullah Krekar, the founder of an Iraqi terror group who is currently on trial for threatening Norwegian leaders, spoke at a demonstration in Oslo about the Koran-burning incident in Afghanistan. He praised the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh as a “courageous” act done “in retaliation for the Quran and love of Islam.” Norway […]
Egypt
At al-Azhar Mosque, struggle over Islam roils a revered Egyptian institution
Pakistan
A suicide bomber in Charsadda killed a policeman and a woman in an attack that targeted the former interior minister. Foreign Minister Khar said Pakistan has abandoned the concept of strategic depth.
Syria
US officials: Iran is stepping up lethal aid to Syria
Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto murder case: Another witness points toward Baitullah Mehsud
Egypt
Egyptian lawmakers clash over Islamist role in writing next constitution
The Taliban killed four civilians in an IED attack in NAngarhar.
The Taliban killed four civilians in an IED attack in Nangarhar. Security forces captured several Taliban fighters and “insurgents” in Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Kunduz.
Iran
Iran held parliamentary elections. Early returns showed loyalists to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rivals to President Ahmadinejad, made substantial gains.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Al Qaeda moving from Iraq to Syria: Iraqi PM
Iran
Iran elections: Ahmadinejad rivals set to gain control of parliament
Yemen
An al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber killed a soldier in Dar al-Nasr in Baydah province. AQAP killed another soldier in a bombing in Mukallah.
Libya
The Libyan branch of the Muslim Brotherhood allied with other Islamists to establish a new political party. The first post-Gaddafi elections are set for June.
Somalia
A suicide bomber killed only himself during a premature detonation near a Burundian military base in Mogadishu. Seven Shabaab fighters and five Puntland security personnel were reported killed during fighting near Bosaso. Kenya is considering withdrawing from Somalia in October.