The Abdullah Azzam Brigades said that Majid bin Muhammad al Majid, a Saudi citizen on the list of 85 most-wanted terrorists, is the emir of the Middle Eastern terror group.
Two protesters were killed by Tuareg rebels from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad in Gao. Ansar Dine, an al Qaeda-linked group, released a video claiming its fighters defended the protesters from the MNLA attack.
Senegalese intelligence said that “specific threats of attacks” in the country from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb have emerged as Senegal plans to deploy troops to Mali. “It now regards Senegal as a hostile country.”
Mursi’s victory is “the strongest blow in the Middle East and the whole world to the American and Zionist expansionism,” the Taliban said.
The militia leader led an anti-Taliban lashkar of 1,500 fighters on the outskirts of the provincial capital.
The strike took place in the Shawal Valley, a known haven for al Qaeda and the Taliban.
US drones killed an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander and two fighters in a strike in Aden. Five AQAP fighters escaped from a prison in Hodeidah.
Somali and African Union forces took control of Balad as Shabaab fighters abandoned the district without a fight. Shabaab forces controlled Balad for three years before retreating. Combined forces are setting their sights on Jowhar next.
Musa supported both al Qaeda and the Taliban in the Waygal district in Nuristan. The airstrike also killed “numerous other insurgents.”
An unnamed al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader is said to have been killed in the strike in Aden.
Mullah Nazir said the vaccination program is being used by the US to gather intelligence and conduct drone strikes in the tribal areas. He follows Hafiz Gul Bahadar, who shut down the program in North Waziristan two weeks ago.
The Malakand Taliban crossed the border from Afghanistan and killed 17 Pakistani troops; seven were reportedly beheaded. ISAF commander General Allen will visit Pakistan tomorrow to review border security.
Six policemen and five Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Uruzgan. ISAF killed five Taliban commanders in an airstrike in Nuristan. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the west. The Taliban again poisoned more than 100 schoolgirls in Sar-i-Pul.
The Yemen Executive Mine Action Center said that 25 people, including three engineers, have been killed in land mines that have been planted in Abyan province by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Engineering teams have blown up more than 2,400 bombs and shells left by AQAP.
The Minister of Defense said the government would expand operations against Shabaab in Somalia. A judge was gunned down in Las’anod.
Boko Haram fighters freed more than 40 prisoners after storming a jail in Yobe. An IED blast near a pub in Bauchi wounded nine people. President Goodluck Jonathan said the government is seeking “new tactics” to combat Boko Haram.
The Malakand Taliban, which are commanded by Mullah Fazlullah, reportedly crossed the border from Afghanistan and killed 17 Pakistani troops.
The Interior Ministry said 20 Taliban fighters have been killed during operations. The Taliban killed two policemen in Nangarhar and an ISAF soldier in the south. Two ISAF soldiers and two Afghan civilians were killed in a road accident in Kandahar.
Two Yemeni soldiers and three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed during fighting in Marib province. The AQAP fighters were attempting to destroy a power line.
Ethiopia said it will extend its troop deployment in Somalia until the country ratifies its constitution and is capable of defending itself. Somalia will reportedly disband the transitional government in 60 days.
Police detained 15 Somalis who are suspected of being involved in a bombing in Mandera that wounded two policemen. Nine of the Somalis have since been released and six are still being held. Kenya denounced a recent US terror advisory as “economic sabotage” of Mombasa’s tourism industry.
The Joint Military Task Force killed four Boko Haram fighters during a raid in Kano; a car bomb was also seized in the raid. A bomb was detonated outside of a nightclub in Abuja; no casualties were reported.
The Taliban killed five members of a policeman’s family in Faryab, a district police chief and two policemen in Logar, two civilians in Nangarhar, and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters and detained 51 more. Ten insurgents reconciled in Herat. UNAMA is scaling back its operations.
The Yemeni military said it has regained full control of the city of Azzan in Shabwa province from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The terror group seized control of Azzan one year ago.
Somali and African Union forces took control of El-ma’an, a port east of Mogadishu, and the Esaley Airstrip. Three Somali military commanders were wounded in a bombing in a cafe in Mogadishu.
Muhammad Fazi al Harasheh, or Abu Hammam, waged jihad in Iraq in 2003 and 2005, and fought in Yemen for five months before being killed in a strike this spring.
A five-man Taliban suicide assault team took control of a lakeside hotel in Kabul for 12 hours; the five Taliban fighters and 18 Afghans were killed during the attack. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in separate attacks in the south.
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The tape is the second released by al Qaeda and its media arm, As Sahab, since al Libi was reported killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan on June 4.
Fourteen Iraqis were killed and dozens more were wounded in a pair of bombings at a market in a Shia neighborhood in Baghdad. Insurgents attempted to assassinate the head of the Sunni Endowment in Samarra.