Monthly Archives: June 2013

Analysis: Zawahiri’s letter to al Qaeda branches in Syria, Iraq

| June 10, 2013

Al Jazeera has published a letter purportedly written by Ayman al Zawahiri to al Qaeda’s franchises in Iraq and Syria. Two US intelligence officials say the letter is genuine. In the letter, Zawahiri rules on a dispute between the two al Qaeda branches and appoints a new representative in the region.

Hamas

| June 10, 2013

With ties to Iran in shambles, Hamas finds new ways to rearm

Israel

| June 10, 2013

The Palestinian “Popular Resistance” and Its Built-In Violence

Israel

| June 10, 2013

Intelligence Minister Steinitz said Bashar al Assad may prevail in the ongoing civil war in Syria. Former Foreign Minister Lieberman slammed the EU for not yet designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Prime Minister Netanyahu said Palestinian preconditions for negotiations are “an insurmountable obstacle.”

NSA

| June 10, 2013

Inside the ‘Q Group,’ the Directorate Hunting Down Edward Snowden

Tunisia

| June 10, 2013

Three Salafists were arrested in Nabeul yesterday for attacking an imam at the Al Fateh mosque. He was attacked while giving a lesson on prayer.

United Kingdom

| June 10, 2013

United Kingdom – Fresh concerns over radicalising influence of gym used by Islamic terror group

Libya

| June 10, 2013

Following clashes in Benghazi over the weekend between militias and government forces in which 31 people were killed and over 100 wounded, the head of the Libyan army, General Yussef al-Mangoush, resigned. Congress is demanding a plan for the integration of all militias into the armed forces. Libya is seeking to recover more than $1 […]

Germany

| June 10, 2013

The annual report of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency noted that the number of Islamists surged last year; membership in Milli Görüs, the largest Islamist organization in the country, or Hezbollah in Germany, rose to 42,550 in 2012 from 38,080 in 2011, and the number of Salafists rose to 4,500 from 3,800 during the same time […]

France

| June 10, 2013

An exhibition called “Death” at the Jeu de Paume museum of contemporary art in Paris is displaying photographs of Palestinian suicide bombers. The bombers featured are mainly from three groups banned by the EU for terrorism: the Fatah-affiliated al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, Hamas’ Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. […]

United Kingdom

| June 10, 2013

A judge sentenced six Islamists from Birmingham to jail terms of nearly 20 years each for plotting a terrorist attack on an English Defence League meeting. The nearly 18,000 items of radical Islamist material found on the defendants’ phones and computers were of “continuing significance,” the judge noted.

Afghanistan

| June 9, 2013

Security forces killed two Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan fighters in Sar-i-Pul and captured four Pakistani fighters in Panjshir. ISAF denied that its forces killed children in an airstrike that targeted a Taliban commander in Badakhshan.

Yemen

| June 9, 2013

The US killed an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander and five fighters in a drone strike in Al Jawf province. Security guards killed seven Houthis outside of a intelligence headquarters in Sana’a.

Israel

| June 9, 2013

Prime Minister Netanyahu said Iran has increased its cyber efforts against Israel. Hamas and Hezbollah have also tried to conduct cyberattacks against Israel, Netanyahu said. The Navy recently concluded an exercise dealing with maritime terrorism.

Egypt

| June 9, 2013

A counterterrorism officer was killed by Islamist militants operating in the Sinai Peninsula. Hamas denied that it was involved in prison escapes during the uprising against Hosni Mubarak.

Kenya

| June 9, 2013

Seven people were wounded in a grenade attack at a church in Mombasa. Three more people were wounded in a bombing in the Eastleigh neighborhood, an area in Nairobi that is know to have Shabaab sympathizers.