Authorities are concerned about Norwegian jihadists going to Syria; most are from the radical Norwegian group Ummah. Other Norwegian jihadists have gone to Somalia, Pakistan, and Yemen. Extremists Arfan Bhatti and Mohyeldeen Mohammad are currently in Syria along with some 30 other Norwegian citizens. An imam said “many desperate parents” asked him “about their children […]
Seventeen Iraqis were killed in two bombings just minutes apart that targeted Shiites in Baghdad. A Canadian judge ruled that a citizen who was involved in at least two suicide attacks in Iraq could be extradited to the US.
US drones killed Sheikh Abu Zubeir ‘Adil al’Abab, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s senior sharia official, in a strike on Oct. 4. Security forces seized a parcel in Sana’a that contained explosives and bomb-making material.
Several people were killed in an IED attack in Baidoa. A civilian was gunned down in Kismayo. Twenty people were wounded in a bombing at a wedding in Mogadishu.
Boko Haram fighters reportedly killed 23 people in a series of attacks in the northeastern city of Potiskum. Several buildings were also destroyed in the fighting.
A letter purportedly written by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb emir Abdelmalek Droukdel indicates that the organization is fractured and disorganized. “The organization is sick,” Droukdel’s letter supposedly said.
Al-Qaida in Afghanistan is attempting a comeback
Israeli troops boarded a ship that tried to break through Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. The pro-Palestinian activists aboard did not resist. The ship was diverted to an Israeli port.
Sheikh Abu Zubeir ‘Adil al’Abab, AQAP’s sharia official and fourth-most important leader, was killed in the Oct. 4 drone strike, according to a Yemeni journalist closely linked to the group.
The Taliban continue their campaign against Afghan security forces in the volatile southern province.
Libya Gaddafi death anniversary: Unfinished business
Afghanistan feels pressure in hunt for Swat Taliban chief
Bahrain says it has identified suspects in police bomb attack
In a dated tape, the American Shabaab commander appeals to influential clerics and jihadists to intervene to resolve tensions between foreign jihadists and local leaders in Somalia.
Leaders meet on Mali crisis but little progress made
Blast in Beirut Is Seen as an Extension of Syria’s War
Suspect in Benghazi Attack Scoffs at US
How US Ambassador Chris Stevens May Have Been Linked To Jihadist Rebels In Syria
Afghan entrepreneur defies war to squeeze out a juice empire
Pakistan – Religious intolerance: Second church attacked in Karachi in 10 days
Pakistan – JUI-F warns against parliamentary resolution on North Waziristan operation
Documents Back Up Claims of Requests for Greater Security in Benghazi
Dane’s Wild Tale of Ruse to Find Anwar al-Awlaki
Ally Financial latest US bank to face cyber attack
CIA Director David Petraeus asked for 10 more armed drones; the CIA currently has 30 to 35. The US military has hundreds more. Howard Willie Carter II was arrested on child pornography charges; he is thought to be involved in a plot to blow up the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan. A military court ruled […]
Malala shooting shows challenge to girls education
CIA seeks to expand drone fleet, officials say
The Taliban killed 15 civilians in an IED attack in Balkh. President Karzai said immunity for US soldiers is unlikely after security is fully transitioned in 2014.
Early CIA report blamed militants for Benghazi attack
The al Qaeda-linked group said it “had the command and the planning and the participation of the Al Fajr [Dawn] Islamic Movement and the field command of a group of Chechen emigrants” to execute last week’s attack on a Scud and anti-aircraft missile base in Aleppo.