Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters and detained 30 more in Balkh. A suicide bomber failed in his attempt to assassinate Kandahar’s chief of police after penetrating security at the compound. The Taliban claimed credit for yesterday’s suicide assault in Paktika that killed seven people.
Insurgents killed four policemen in Al Qaim; one insurgent was also killed. Police killed two “masked men” in Kirkuk. The Kurdish Regional Government has balked at turning over Vice President Hashemi to the central government.
An assassin killed a Iranian scientist involved in its nuclear program. Iran accused the US and Israel; the US denied responsibility. This was the latest in a series of attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists and facilities.
The first Western journalist was killed in Syria’s uprising. An Arab League monitor resigned, calling the mission a farce and accusing the Syrian regime of war crimes.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed an intelligence officer and wounded seven more during an attack in Aden. President Saleh will travel to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment.
Sheikh Ahmed Iman Ali, a Shabaab leader in Kenya, declared jihad against the government. Police detained seven Shabaab operatives. Somali refugees at camps in northern Kenya are fleeing due to increased violence.
Shabaab denied Kenyan military claims that 60 of their fighters were killed during recent fighting in Garbaharey. A Shabaab leader asked the leader of the Tabliqis to join their movement after African Union forces shelled a Tabliqi moaque in Mogadishu.
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The Long War Journal has confirmed that Cabdulaahi Ahmed Faarax is the Shabaab fighter who has been seen with Omar Hammami. Faarax, who is from Minneapolis, was indicted by the US for terrorist activities in in October 2009.
US aided Pakistan group which supported extremists
Pakistan PM fires top defence official after army generals attack on civilian leadership
Al Qaeda In Yemen Targets More American Recruits
Terrorists killed 35 Pakistanis at a bombing in a bazaar in Khyber. The US killed four “militants” in the first drone strike in Pakistan in 55 days. Security forces detained a wanted Taliban leader in Nowshera.
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The attack killed four “militants” in the Haqqani Network bastion of Miramshah. Three “Arabs” are said to be among those killed. The strike ends a 55-day-long pause in the drone campaign.
Ongoing clashes north and east of Zinjibar left two al Qaeda fighters and three soldiers dead. An explosion stopped all crude oil output from the Jannah Block oil field in Shabwa. Yemen’s parliament is considering a new law granting immunity to Yemen’s president and anyone who served in his regime over the past 33 years.
China faces tough balancing act over Iran
The US has said Iran’s uranium enrichment at an underground bunker was a “further escalation.” Russia expressed regret and concern. Europe and Japan moved forward with plans to cut Iranian oil imports.
In his first public speech since June, President Assad vowed to crush opponents with an “iron fist.” Pro-Assad supporters attacked Arab League monitors. The general in charge of the monitors said the mission was just starting and that he was seeing “enough” cooperation from the regime. Israel is preparing for the fall of the regime.
Ahmadinejad: Caracas or Bust
A Danish court fined the owners of the Danish-based Kurdish television station Roj TV after finding them guilty of promoting terrorism and being financed and controlled by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. The deputy commander of a regiment linked to an airstrike that killed scores of Kurdish civilians in northern Iraq was removed from his post.
The nationwide strike drew tens of thousands of protesters to the streets chanting anti-government slogans and setting fires. A mob burned an Islamic school in the southern city of Benin where clashes earlier killed five people. Two Christians were killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in Maiduguri.
Security forces are searching for six to nine members of the Abu Sayyaf group and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Manila and Rizal province after a presidential decree warned of impending attacks during the Feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila. Suspected members of Abu Sayyaf blew up a bridge in the southern province […]