Jordan
Eleven men went on trial for plotting suicide attacks on shopping malls and the US Embassy. All are accused of being members of al Qaeda.
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Mali
Inside the Islamic Emirate of Timbuktu
Philippines
Sulu: The islands home to Philippine militancy
Al Nusrah Front
Maghreb jihadists flock to Syria
Egypt
A four-person Israeli security delegation arrived in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials. The talks will reportedly focus on the stalled peace process, the security situation in the Sinai, and Israel’s recent strike on a weapons convoy in Syria.
Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate seizes control of another town
The Al Nusrah Front took control of the town of al-Shadadi in Hasakah province. Five Iraqi and Kuwati fighters were killed during the operation.
China
Iran’s bid to buy banned magnets stokes fears about major expansion of nuclear capacity
Al Qaeda
Telegraph finds al-Qaeda document in Mali
United States
Medal will honor troops engaged in cyber ops, drone strikes
Tunisia
Prime Minister Jebali said he will resign if a new cabinet he proposes on Feb. 16 is rejected. Factions from the Islamist Ennahda party vowed to protest changes in the cabinet. While some say Salafi jihadist groups in Tunisia are not yet plotting attacks within Tunisia, a Tunisian militant captured in the Id Amenas attack […]
Mali
A document found in bombed Islamist headquarters in Timbuktu shows a plan by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb to muscle in on efforts of other Islamist groups in Mali. French troops recovered a cache of some 1,700 pounds of explosive materials from a house in Gao, raising fears of more bombings by Islamist militants; […]
Mauritania
A court charged two Mauritanians with joining al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb to fight in Mali. One of the suspects, Brahim Ould Hmeida, is a brother of Abdallahi Ould Hmeida, a hostage-taker in the Id Amenas attack in Algeria. The other suspect, Mohamed Lemine Ould Cheikhani, had been arrested for terrorism in 2006 but […]
Spain
Spanish and French police conducted raids in Madrid, Torrejón de Ardoz, Murcia, and Barcelona, arresting six men, including a 65-year-old Swede, suspected of links with the PKK in Turkey. French police also arrested 16 people in France on similar charges and confiscated weapons and money.
United States
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama said the US would “lead the world” in responding firmly to threats such as North Korea’s latest nuclear weapon test. A former police sergeant wounded in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting is joining with dozens of others shot by al Qaeda-inspired Major Nidal Hasan in a […]
North Korea
NKorean Nuclear Test May Be Intelligence Windfall
Pakistan
Pakistan – Government lists ceasefire as talks precondition for Taliban
Australia
Exposure of alleged agent could have ‘dramatic implications’ for Mossad
Australia
Israel partially lifts gag order on case of dual citizen’s prison suicide
Iran
Iran’s flight of fancy as image of new fighter jet is ‘faked’
Afghanistan
Afghan officials said ISAF killed 10 civilians and four Taliban fighters in an airstrike in Kunar; ISAF claimed it killed two Taliban fighters in an airstrike in Kunar, and said no civilians were killed. The Taliban killed a tribal elder in Helmand, and denied it met with Fazl Rehman in Qatar.
Iran
The head of Iran’s atomic agency said Iran began installing a new generation of uranium enrichment machines last month. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Iran was nearing the red line he had drawn at the UN. A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency is seeking a deal that will enable it to visit […]
Iraq
“Gunmen” killed the head of Diyala province’s reconciliation council in an attack in Baqubah. Police captured three “terrorists” in Baghdad; the three men were dressed as women and were attempting to get through a checkpoint when captured.
North Korea
Analysis: North Korea nuclear-test drama rehashes old script
Syria
In a major engagement, government forces bombarded rebels in southeastern Damascus in an attempt to drive them out of the capital. The death toll has reached 70,000 in the two-year conflict. Qatar handed over Syria’s embassy to the opposition Syrian National Coalition.
North Korea
China Looms Over Response to Blast Test by North Korea
Afghanistan
UNAMA mission in Afghanistan changes after NATO pullout
Afghanistan
MOI Confirms All Private Security Dissolved in South Afghanistan
Denmark
Denmark – Copenhagen’s anti-hate campaigning focusing on gays and Jews
Al Nusrah Front, foreign jihadists overrun another Syrian military base
The al Qaeda affiliate, the Muhajireen Group, and the Free Syrian Army took control of the headquarters of the Syrian Army’s 80th Regiment near the main airport in Aleppo.
Report: Terrorist killed in Burgas attack is relative of living Canadian suspect
The exact relationship between the Canadian suspect and the operative who planted the bomb and was killed in the blast is currently unclear.