US drones kill Saudi AQAP commander, fighter
Abu al Zubeir al Qassimi served as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s emir for Marib province, while Abdullah al Ali al Suweed worked for AQAP’s “media and administration” arms.
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Iraq
Al Qaeda fighters killed an Army lieutenant colonel, his pregnant wife, son, and brother in an attack south of Mosul. Security forces killed an al Qaeda emir in Khalis, and captured 11 al Qaeda fighters in Karma, and a financier and seven fighters in Rubaia,
Yemen
US drones killed an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander for Marib province and a fighter in recent strikes in Marib. “Militants” again bombed a major pipeline in Marib.
Pakistani al Qaeda ‘company’ commander praises Mumbai attacker
Asmatullah Muawiya said that the executions of Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru will fuel a new round of attacks on India, and that Kashmir will become a focal point for jihadists after the US abandons Afghanistan.
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq gunned down an Awakening leader and gravely wounded his sister in an attack at their home south of Mosul. Insurgents killed four Iraqis in Baghdad and five more in attacks in Kirkuk.
Al Nusrah Front claims 2 suicide attacks in Damascus
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria has claimed credit for 12 of the 13 suicide attacks that have been recorded in the country so far this year.
Somalia
Amnesty International urged the United Nations to maintain the arms embargo on Somalia, which has been in effect for 21 years. A military court in Puntland sentenced three Shabaab fighters to death by firing squad.
Pakistani Taliban execute, behead soldiers in South Waziristan
The deaths of the six soldiers had not been reported. Taliban emir Hakeemullah Mehsud also threatened to attack the US and Britain.
48 Syrian, 9 Iraqi soldiers killed in western Iraq ambush
The Iraqi government appears to point the finger at the Al Nusrah Front, which is al Qaeda in Iraq’s affiliate in Syria.
Afghanistan
Senior NATO and Afghan officials condemned the statement by the head Pakistani cleric that suicide attacks in Afghanistan are justifiable. Five Taliban fighters were killed in an uprising in Faryab. The Taliban killed a US soldier in the south on March 3.
Iraq
Forty-two Syrian soldiers and seven Iraqi troops were killed in an ambush in Anbar province. The Iraqi soldiers were escorting the Syrian troops, who left their country, to Baghdad.
Yemen
A suicide bomber killed 12 people and wounded 17 more in an attack on a pro-government militia’s headquarters in Lawder. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said it rejected the government’s efforts to negotiate a peace agreement.
Somalia
Shabaab emir Sheikh Abu Zubayr threatened to attack Kenya if it did not withdraw its forces from Somalia. “If you want peace, remove your military from the Muslim lands … you will not sleep safely in Nairobi and Mombasa as long as your military remains in the Islamic Administrations of Somalia,” he said.
Afghanistan
The Afghan military and police claimed to have killed 18 Taliban fighters in raids throughout the country. A Kazakh member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan was captured in Kunduz. ISAF apologized for killing two Afghan boys in Uruzgan.
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed an Awakening leader and three of his sons in Samarra. Insurgents killed seven Iraqis in a bombing in Diwaniyah and killed another in a blast in Hamdaniyah. Police arrested six al Qaeda fighters in Tharthar.
AQAP releases 10th copy of Inspire; features Adam Gadahn
The American traitor calls for the continuation of attacks against the West, while a cleric known as Ibrahim Yayha says the death of Osama bin Laden has invigorated al Qaeda.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released a new edition of Inspire magazine. The English-language magazine features an article by Adam Gadahn, the American traitor who works with al Qaeda’s core leadership cadre.
Somalia
A suicide bomber struck at a beachside cafe in Mogadishu; casualties are unknown. Shabaab claimed it killed nine “kuffars” in an attack in Janaale.
Pakistan
The military killed eight “militants” in airstrikes in Arakzai. “Gunmen” killed a journalist in North Waziristan. The Taliban bombed four schools in Mohmand.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed eight policemen and two civilians in an IED attack in Kunar. Security forces killed a senior Haqqani Network attack facilitator in Logar.
US to aid Syrian groups that support al Qaeda’s affiliate
The State Department will back the Syrian Opposition Coalition, which opposes the US’s designation of the Al Nusrah Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, and the Free Syrian Army, which fights alongside with and under the command of Al Nusrah.
Iraq
Insurgents killed 22 Iraqis in a series of bombings in predominantly Shia neighborhoods in Baghdad. Prime Minister Maliki warned that the civil war in Syria may spill over into Iraq and Jordan.
Somalia
A court in Puntland sentenced Shabaab emir Sheikh Abu Zubayr (Godane) to death for an assassination in Bosasso. African Union and Somali troops took control of Burhakaba after Shabaab forces fled the town.
Al Nusrah Front claims another suicide attack in Syria
The al Qaeda affiliate continues to use the suicide bomber as a major weapons system against the Syrian regime; 10 of the 11 suicide attacks in Syria have been claimed by the terror group.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 10 members of the Afghan Local Police and seven civilians in Ghazni after poisoning them, and killed a civilian in a bombing at a market in Nangarhar. A suicide bomber wounded seven soldiers in an attack in Kabul.
Iraq
Security forces killed two al Qaeda fighters in Abu Ghraib and detained an al Qaeda commander in Ninewa and two more fighters in Fallujah. US officials said Iraq is permitting Iranian aircraft to fly to Syria using Iraqi airspace.
American Shabaab fighter urges Muslims to join the ‘fronts’ of jihad
Abu Ahmed al Amriki implores Muslims to leave their lives of comfort and wage jihad in Somalia, Mali, Afghanistan, Iraq, or the “Islamic Maghreb” — North Africa.
Afghanistan
The military claimed that 35 Taliban fighters were killed during an operation in Herat. Ten Taliban fighters reconciled with the government.
Iraq
Wathiq al Batat, the leader of the newly formed Mukhtar Army, a Shia militant group, threatened to attack the Mujahideen-e-Khalq, an Iranian terrorist group. Camp Liberty, where MEK is sheltering, has come under rocket attacks over the past few weeks.
Emir of Ansar Dine added to US, UN’s terrorist lists
Iyad ag Ghali, the leader of Ansar Dine, threw in his lot with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the Movement for the Oneness and Jihad in West Africa to take over northern Mali.