Al Qaeda
Although splintered, al-Qaeda still poses threat to US interests
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Afghanistan
Only Afghan Govt Qualified for Direct Taliban Talks: MOFA
Israel
Problems with Israeli cellular networks prompt suspicions of cyber-attack
Mali
Timbuktu: the women singled out for persecution
Al Qaeda
Militants’ Goal in Algeria Gas Plant Siege: Giant Fireball
Hezbollah
Israeli Strike Into Syria Said to Damage Research Site
Israel
Israel’s defense minister suggested Israel was responsible for an airstrike in Syria that he said demonstrated Israel’s commitment to preventing Hezbollah from obtaining weapons from Syria. Syria’s President Assad accused Israel of attempting to destabilize Syria.
Tunisia
President Marzouki’s party, one of two secular parties that formed a coalition government with the Islamist Ennahda party, threatened to quit the government if the Islamist foreign and justice ministers are not dropped. The Unified Democratic Patriots Party said Salafists and Ennahda members attacked its meeting in El Kef on Feb. 2. In Tunis, 40 […]
Egypt
Arab Spring Countries Lag Behind in Press Freedom
Al Qaeda in Iraq launches suicide assault in Kirkuk
The tactic of the suicide assault is being employed with increasing frequency by al Qaeda and its affiliates and allies in all of the major theaters of the Long War.
Mali
French warplanes bombed Islamist camps in north Mali near Tessalit, close to the Algerian border and the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains, where the militants are said to have fled. Foreign Minister Coulibaly asked France to continue its mission in Mali so that the militants’ arsenals are destroyed. He also said armed groups in north Mali […]
Mali
War in Mali: Tuaregs fear reprisals
Israel
CIA report on Yom Kippur War: Israel had nuclear arsenal
Afghanistan
Alleged terrorism ties foil some Afghan interpreters’ US visa hopes
Syria
Syrian rebel fighters armed with cash storm Turkish military supply shops
Britain
Iran ‘faked British chemical weapons plot’
Al Qaeda
Timbuktu Training Site Shows Terrorists’ Reach
United States
Defense Secretary Panetta said that as the US is still in a war on terrorism, drone strikes must continue to be used against al Qaeda “where necessary.” He also affirmed the need for covert US action in some cases.
Philippines
Two Filipino members of a Jordanian journalist’s crew held hostage by Abu Sayyaf militants since June 2012 have been freed; the journalist is still in captivity. The militants had demanded a $3.1 million ransom for the three men. MNLF rebels claimed to have assisted with negotiations in order to “help the government clean up the […]
Algeria
Militants’ Goal in Algeria Gas Plant Siege: A Giant Fireball
Israel
Israel’s Defense Ministry faces NIS 4.5 billion cut in planned 2013-14 budget
Israel reportedly struck additional targets in Syria, regime releases video
Western intelligence officials say additional targets were struck in Syria by the Israeli Air Force earlier this week. On Feb. 2, Syrian state television aired footage that purported to show the damage caused by Israel’s airstrikes.
Pakistan
Thirteen security personnel, 12 Taliban fighters, and 10 civilians were killed after the Taliban launched an assault on a checkpoint in Lakki Marwat. The Taliban killed two more soldiers in an IED attack in Arakzai.
Europe
NATO chief urges European countries not to use Afghanistan drawdown as excuse to cut budgets
Afghanistan
Eastern Afghanistan residents wary of US departure
Germany
Report: German check bust man is ex-Iran bank head
Iran
Iran rial hits all-time dollar low
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Al Qaeda
Although splintered, al Qaeda finds new life in unstable areas
Iran
Biden: U.S. open to direct talks with Iran