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In Mali, Islamists Maim Robbery Suspects
In Mali, Islamists Maim Robbery Suspects
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Seven security guards and five civilians were killed in a car bombing in Sana’a that targeted Defense Minister Major General Muhammad Nasir Ahmad. The defense minister was not hurt in the attack.
Somalia’s parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a member of the Hawiye clan, as the new president. Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mahmud Rage said the election was illegitimate and called on Somalis “to continue supporting Jihad and the Mujahideen.”
The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa chopped off a hand and a foot from each of four suspected robbers in Gao; the amputations were conducted in public. The Malian military has rejected proposals for outside help in stemming the Islamists’ advance in Mali.
Zawahiri’s eulogy provides the final confirmation that Abu Yahya is indeed dead. Zawahiri also says that killing off al Qaeda’s leaders won’t destroy the movement.
The International Steering Group for Kosovo ended its supervision, four years after Kosovo declared independence. Serbia dismissed Kosovo’s claim to sovereignty and raised allegations that Kosovo Liberation Army members took organs from prisoners and sold them. Tensions remain in the country, and Kosovo has been recognized by only 91 of 193 nations in the UN.
A suicide bomber threw a grenade and then detonated his explosive vest in front of a police station in central Istanbul, killing a policeman as well as himself, and wounding several other people. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Fresh from the inside, Syrian Army defectors say rebels have an edge
The Taliban also attempted to convince the international community that the country would not serve as a launchpad for future attacks.
Jailed doc who helped nail Bin Laden warns Pakistan sees US as ‘worst enemy’
Pakistan – US to provide $70m for NATO supply road reconstruction
MEMRI has published excerpts of Al Jazeera’s interview with Mohamed al Zawahiri, the brother of al Qaeda’s emir. Mohamed al Zawahiri justified 9/11 and al Qaeda’s terrorism in general during the interview. An Egyptian military court acquitted him earlier this year.
Civilian ‘hacktivists’ fight terrorists online
Jihadists from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya have been killed while fighting in Syria for the Al Furqan Battalion, with operates with the al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front.
A suicide bomber killed 10 policemen and six civilians in an attack in Kunduz. A police commander and six policemen in Baghlan defected to the Taliban. The Taliban warned clerics in Nangarhar not to give funeral prayers for slain Afghan security personnel.
At least 10 policemen and six civilians were killed in an attack in Kunduz City. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan likely carried out the attack.
Insurgents killed three Awakening fighters during an attack at a checkpoint in Dujail. The governor of Dhi Qar province said that 18 men detained for bombings in Nassiriyah are connected to Vice President Tareq al Hashemi.
Car bombs exploded in a government-controlled district of Aleppo, killing 27. The UN’s new envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, began his mission by visiting Cairo. Egypt planned to host a regional meeting to discuss Syria. A defecting Syrian general said French agents helped him escape.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula deputy emir Said al Shihri is reported to have been killed in the Sept. 5 drone strike in Hadramout. A senior Sunni cleric denounced US drone strikes in Yemen. Security forces disrupted three car bomb plots in Sana’a, Aden, and Hadramout.
Paktia residents up in arms against insurgents
AIHRC Uneasy Over Rise of Armed Groups in Ghor
Records Missing on Afghan Army Fuel Costs
The Yemeni military claimed that Said al Shihri, a former Guantanamo detainee and the current deputy emir of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed. The report has not been confirmed; Yemeni officials have claimed in the past that he has been killed and captured.
Turkey cracks down on Syrian refugees
Syria Criticizes France’s Support of Rebels, as Fears Grow of Islamist Infiltration
Swedes Schibbye and Persson ‘pardoned’ by Ethiopia
Afghanistan: US hands over controversial Bagram jail
Saudis stage rare protest over security detentions without trial