North Korea
The UN Security Council unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea over its recent nuclear tests. North Korea threatened a preemptive nuclear attack on the US.
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Malaysia
Malaysian security forces continued attacks against Filipino militants occupying villages in eastern Sabah, killing 31. Malaysia’s Prime Minister rejected a ceasefire offer from the group and demanded unconditional surrender.
Pakistan
Five Taliban fighters and one security official were killed in fighting in Arakzai. The Taliban released a video of a university chancellor who was kidnapped in Peshawar two years ago. Pakistan will build a gas line to Iran despite US objections.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 14 Taliban fighters during operations throughout the country. The Taliban killed three policemen in an IED attack in Farah. CENTCOM commander General Mattis said the US would equip the Afghan military with drones.
Bulgaria
EU not ready for sanctions against Hezbollah: EU’s Barroso
Bulgaria
A nifty conceit: the EU, Hezbollah, and Lebanon
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Security woes: Military chiefs raise red flag over Karachi unrest
Egypt
US postpones award for Egyptian woman over anti-Semitic tweets
Why couldn’t the US prosecute Musa Ali Daqduq?
If the Obama administration is able to transfer al Qaeda propagandist Suleiman Abu Ghaith and prosecute him in federal court, why couldn’t it do the same for Musa Ali Daqduq, the Hezbollah commander who was in US custody?
Russia
Russian forces claimed to have killed Chechen Islamist leader Adam Khushalayev, a.k.a. Abu-Malik, in a gunbattle in Chechnya’s Vedeno district; he had been wanted by the authorities for 10 years. Two other militants were also killed in the clash.
Al Qaeda
Interview: How Al-Qaeda Functions Online
Cyprus
Palestinians get embassy status in Sweden
Former bin Laden spokesman in US custody
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith served Osama bin Laden as a spokesman, threatened mass casualty attacks against America, and recruited the al Qaeda cell responsible for a 2002 attack on US Marines in Kuwait. He lived under a loose former of house arrest in Iran for years before being reportedly freed in 2010.
Iraq
The Sunni rise again: Uprising in Syria emboldens Iraq’s minority community
Iraq
Iraq 10 years on: The Shia are in power in Iraq – but not in control
Egypt
Egypt’s new order creates identity crisis for police
Syria
Civil war leaves Syrian minorities stuck between brutal regime and fears of rebel Islamism
Iran
Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei criticized Western powers for not offering concessions in last week’s talks over Iran’s nuclear program. He said the West was using the program as a pretext to impose economic sanctions.
Malaysia
The Philippines and Malaysia: Intrusion confusion
Syria
UN and Arab League officials began negotiating with Syrian rebels over their seizure of 21 UN peacekeeper in the Golan Heights. Government jets continued air raids against the city of Raqqa, captured by rebels two days ago.
Palestinian Territories
A senior Hamas official denied that Hamas had received requests from Egypt to end its “armed resistance” against Israel. Islamic Jihad is preparing to release a video detailing the group’s “achievements” during the November war with Israel. Palestinian Authority was found liable for the 2003 murder of a 15-year-old Israeli.
Israel
A court in Nazareth convicted two Israeli Arab brothers for helping Hamas plan terror attacks against Israelis. Israel warned its citizens in the Sinai to “leave immediately and return to Israel” in light of a high and concrete terror threat. Israel began a two-week naval exercise with Greece and the US.
CAIR
Using Billboards to Stake Claim Over ‘Jihad’
Yemen
Security forces killed an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighter as he was planting a roadside bomb in Lawder in Abyan province. The Yemeni coast guard seized another Iranian ship, the Jihan 2, as it was transporting weapons.
Egypt
Two British tourists were held for a few hours by Sinai tribesman demanding the release of prisoners involved in arms smuggling. Egyptian police officers are planning protests across the country. Among their demands is the dismissal of the head of the Interior Ministry.
Somalia
The United Nations Security Council extended the African Union’s mandate in Somalia for one year. The UNSC also partially lifted the arms embargo on Somalia; government forces would be able to purchase light and medium weapons, but not “heavy weapons, such as surface-to-air missiles.”
Israel warns citizens of threat of ‘global jihad’ and Iranian-sponsored attacks
The Counterterrorism Bureau at Israel’s National Security Council has warned Israeli citizens that Iran and Hezbollah are still plotting attacks against Israelis abroad. In addition, the bureau warned of an increasing threat “of global jihad attacks in Africa.”
Libya
Some 500-600 armed demonstrators held the General National Congress hostage all day, demanding the passage of a law prohibiting any member of the National Transitional Council from holding political office; one congressman was attacked and wounded. The army, backed by militias, moved in to secure an oil complex west of Tripoli, after two days of […]
Pakistani American indicted for supporting al Qaeda suicide bomber
Reaz Qadir Khan was arrested two days ago by the FBI and charged with providing material support for an al Qaeda suicide bomber who participated in a suicide assault in Lahore, Pakistan in May 2009.
France
Bouchra Bagour, 35, was charged with a hate crime for sending her 3-year-old son Jihad to nursery school in Avignon last September wearing a T-shirt that said “I am a bomb” on the front and “Jihad, born on 11 September” on the back. The boy’s uncle, who had given him the T-shirt, is a co-defendant.