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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Syria
Secularists fear an Islamist takeover in Tunisia
European Union
Islam Europe’s reality: Turkey’s EU minister
Afghanistan
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
Libya
Libya security problems persist
Social Media Jihad: Soccer fanatics with a ‘jihadist mentality’
Members of an Egyptian ultras group market a t-shirt featuring Osama bin Laden and other jihadist leaders on Facebook to their fellow soccer fans. These same fans fly a flag with bin Laden’s face on it before and after soccer games.
US special operations forces kill Panjwai shadow governor
Abdullah Wakil was ISAF’s top priority target in the district, and he was responsible for a number of high profile attacks in Kandahar province.
Afghanistan
Karzai Orders Jailed Mullahs to be Investigated
United States
Obama image machine whirs as press access narrows
Afghanistan
The US killed nine insurgents, including “Iranian and Arab” fighters, in an airstrike in Farah. An Afghan teenager stabbed and killed a US soldier in Nangarhar. A policeman gunned down a police chief in in Faryab.
Iraq
An al Qaeda suicide bomber rammed a truck packed with explosives into a police station in Tikrit, killing nine Iraqis. Two policemen and a civilian were gunned down in Baghdad.
Yemen
Protesters have gathered outside of the US Embassy in Sana’a to call for the release of more than 90 Yemenis being held at Guantanamo for links to al Qaeda. Switzerland has withdrawn all of its personnel after a Swiss hostage was freed.
Egypt
Egypt hit by spate of mob killings
Russia
A former militant alleged that Ingushetia Prime Minister Musa Chiliyev pays $1 million per month to the Caucasus Emirate terrorist group so it will not to kill him. Ingushetia is currently embroiled in a border dispute with Chechnya as well internal political dissensions.
Egypt
Imprisoned, Tortured, Killed: Human Trafficking Thrives on Sinai Peninsula
Libya
A senior assistant to Prime Minister Zeidan was kidnapped at a checkpoint outside Tripoli. Zeidan condemned an attack on the Justice Ministry, blamed the attack on the Tamarhind military airbase on cross-border smugglers, and dismissed reports of “large convoys” of smugglers. Unknown attackers bombed the courthouse in Derna; the judiciary suspended work there in December […]
Morocco
Some 30,000 protesters in Rabat on yesterday called for the downfall of the government of Islamist prime minister Abdel Ilah bin Kiran. The protest was organized by two of the largest labor unions and focused on unemployment, the economy, and human rights.
Mali
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb took credit for the weekend’s suicide attack in Timbuktu, stating on a Mauritanian website that the bomber was an Algerian from the Yusuf bin Tashfin brigade, formerly commanded by Abou Zeid. French and Malian forces, which are going door-to-door to root out remaining Islamist militants, have killed 11 militants […]
Netherlands
Police arrested four suspects for concealing or selling the deadly nerve agent sarin. A man and a woman were arrested outside Maastricht, and two men were arrested in nearby Heerlen. One of the suspects has dual Dutch-Turkish citizenship; the other three are Dutch citizens.
United Kingdom
Lieutenant-General Nick Carter, the UK’s senior commander in Afghanistan, warned against British troops cuts that could endanger the progress made in the last three years. The massive airlift of military equipment back to the UK from Afghanistan has begun.
United States
Top ISAF commander General Dunford said conditions in Afghanistan are not yet such that “al Qaeda and other international extremist groups will not be able to conduct attacks on the West.” Defense Secretary Hagel is expected to announce significant cuts to defense spending. The US deployed F-22 stealth bombers to take part in defensive military […]