Egypt
Hamas Mitigates Fallout After Muslim Brotherhood Defeat
Monthly Archives: July 2013
United States
Boston bombing suspect photo taken by Massachusetts police photographer
Panama
Robert Seldon Lady, a former CIA station head in Milan, Italy, was detained by Panamanian authorities on July 17. Interpol had issued a warrant for his arrest; Italy is seeking his extradition after he was convicted in absentia in 2009 along with a number of other CIA agents for their roles in the 2003 rendition […]
Canada
Justice Minister Nicholson has indicated that Canada intends to extradite Sayfildin Tahir Sharif a.k.a. Faruq Khalil Muhammad Isa to the US to face trial on charges related to a suicide bombing in 2009 that killed five US soldiers at an Iraqi checkpoint. Mohamed Harkat, an Algerian-Canadian accused of being an al Qaeda sleeper agent, is […]
China
Drones increasingly opposed: Poll
Egypt
Weeks After an Ouster, Egypt’s Military and Islamists Are Far From a Deal
United States
The government is revising intelligence procedures in the wake of the Snowden affair to make sure all information is not accessible in one place, and to implement a “two-man rule.” Shelton Thomas Bell, of Jacksonville, Fla., was indicted for conspiring and attempting to provide material support to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a.k.a. Ansar […]
Afghanistan
Thirty-six Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed during a clash in Ghazni. The Taliban killed eight Afghan workers as they headed to a US base in Logar, and killed three policemen in Kunduz.
NSA
U.S. overhauling intelligence access in bid to prevent another Snowden
Iraq
Insurgents killed nine Iraqis in a series of bombings and attacks in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Wajihiyah, Dujail, and Balad. The government refused to reconcile with the Jaish al Mukhtar, a Hezbollah linked “outlawed militia.”
Somalia
Shabaab killed an Africa Union soldier and a civilian in an IED attack in Kismayo. The deputy mayor of BaIdoa was seriously wounded after government forces clashed in the city. Ethiopian forces withdrew from Baidoa just two days ago.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
French hostage killed in Mali was ‘shot in the head’
Salafists
Radicals fail to force Ramadan changes in Tunisia
Al Qaeda
Libyan weapons fuel Syria bloodshed
United States
Military to Deploy Units Devoted to Cyber Operations
Al Qaeda
Obama’s secret kill list – the disposition matrix
Syria
Kurdish and jihadist fighters clashed in Hasakah province after a convoy of female Kurdish fighters was attacked; at least 19 Al Nusrah Front fighters and 10 Kurdish fighters are said to have been killed. The head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said President Obama has asked him to determine whether the US “could” […]
European Union
Europeans to Decide on Push to Blacklist Hezbollah
Global al Qaeda: Affiliates, objectives, and future challenges
Testimony to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, on al Qaeda, the nature of the group’s central command and its relationship with its affiliates, and the future challenges the West faces in battling the terror organization.
Egypt
A military source claimed that Egyptian forces had killed 10 jihadists in the Sinai in the past 48 hours. Another source said that a major operation against jihadists in the Sinai will begin on Friday. Former president Morsi and a number of his aides reportedly had their diplomatic passports taken away. An army spokesman said […]
Palestinian Territories
Fatah called on Hamas to take steps toward a unity government; Hamas rejected a deadline for reconciliation. Palestinian officials said they want to make changes to Secretary of State Kerry’s plans for peace talks with Israel. Officials also said that Israel must meet a set of terms before the negotiations. The Mujahideen Shura Council in […]
Israel
Israel is reportedly preparing a number of “peace gestures” to encourage the Palestinian leadership to return to negotiations. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office denied reports that Israel had accepted a plan to use the 1967 borders as a basis for the resumption of peace talks. Military Intelligence Chief Aviv Kochavi is in the US for talks […]
1 year after Burgas: What do we know?
One year after the Burgas terror attack that killed five Israelis and one Bulgarian national, much is known about the Hezbollah attack, but a few questions remain.
China
Huawei spies for China, says ex-CIA head
MSC in Jerusalem issues condolence for AQAP deputy leader
The Gaza-based Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem issued a statement of condolence for the death of AQAP deputy leader Said al Shihri. Al Shihri’s death was recently confirmed by AQAP in a video statement.
Algeria
Two bombs were set by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in advance of Prime Minister Sellal’s visit to Tizi Ouzou; one bomb detonated but caused no injuries and the other was dismantled. In desert operations, security forces recently killed 22 militants from the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and Ansar […]
Argentina
Beware of Hez in NY
Nigeria
Unidentified gunmen attacked a divisional police headquarters in Kaduna state, killing two policemen. The government is said to be planning to pull some of its 1,200 soldiers out of the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, “because of the domestic situation in Nigeria.”
Syria
Momentum Shifts in Syria, Bolstering Assad’s Position
Al Nusrah Front
Aid workers ‘targetted by jihadists in Syria’