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ISAF captures al Qaeda ‘facilitator’ in Afghan east
ISAF appears to have been hunting the al Qaeda operative for seven months. The operative “served as a courier between Afghanistan and Pakistan and delivered supplies to insurgents.”
US, Pakistan differ on events leading to Mohmand strike
US officials claimed the Taliban may have provoked the incident, but Pakistan has shown no interest in getting to the bottom of what happened.
Philippines
The al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Group is responsible for yesterday’s bombing that killed three people and injured 27 others. The bombing took place during a wedding at a hotel in Zamboanga City.
Pakistan says ISAF attack in Mohmand may have been ‘deliberate’
Major General Athar Abbas also called the attack “unprovoked.”
Kenya
Shabaab fighters attacked a police outpost in Arabiya, seizing weapons and ammunition and burning down a communications tower. No one was reported killed.
Libya
Abdulhakim Belhaj, the head of the Tripoli Military Council and leader of the al Qaeda-linked Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, was briefly detained by a rival militia as he was traveling to the airport to fly to Turkey. Belhaj said he declined an offer to become interim defense minister.
Pakistan orders closure of key US airbase after ISAF troops conduct cross-border attack
The Pakistani government said the Shamsi Airbase in Baluchistan should be vacated within 15 days, and ordered the closure of NATO’s supply lines to Afghanistan after US helicopters killed 28 Pakistani troops in the Mohmand tribal agency.
Iraq
Insurgents killed 15 Iraqis in bombings and attacks in Baghdad and Anbar provinces. The US Army said the Iran-backed Asaib al Haq is stepping up attacks to “to give the impression that our forces are being chased and forced to leave.”
Yemen
The military killed more than 80 tribesmen who overran a Yemeni Army base in Arhab. Tribemen in Modia in Abyan captured al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s emir for the town and killed six fighters.
Somalia
Five people were killed in Galgudud as Shabaab forces battled a militia from the pro-government Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a. Shabaab took control of the town but was then driven out by ASWJ fighters.
Kenya
The military is investigating the deaths of four men who were killed at sea; the military said it believed the men were Shabaab fighters. Police arrested five suspected Shabaab fighters in Lamu.
US helicopters kill 28 Pakistani troops on Afghan border
US attack helicopters hit a military check post in Mohmand, Pakistani military officials claimed. In response, Pakistan has shut down NATO’s supply route through the Khyber Pass.
Report confirms 70 African Union troops killed in Mogadishu
Last month, the African Union dismissed Shabaab’s videotape from Mogadishu as “faked” propaganda.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 10 security guards during an ambush on a NATO supply convoy in Farah. Security forces captured several Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Khost and Logar.
Afghanistan
US Easing Out Of Nation-Building Business
Saudi Arabia
Two people were killed and three more were wounded during clashes with security forces in Eastern province. The Interior Ministry claimed that “foreign powers,” a reference to Iran, are responsible.
Yemen
President Saleh has signed an agreement to transfer power to his deputy. Five people were killed during clashes in Yemen. Three kidnapped Red Cross workers have been freed.
Somalia
Shabaab killed a Kenyan soldier in an IED attack in the south. The Kenyan military said it has blockaded the Shabaab-held port city of Kismayo.
Algeria
Security forces killed six “armed men” and detained 12 more during an operation in Tebessa in southern Algeria. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has strongholds in the area.
Mali
Gunmen kidnapped two French geologists from their hotel in Hombori in northern Mali. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is known to operate in the area.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Paktika, Logar, Nangarhar, Parwan, and Herat. Afghan special forces discovered an IED factory in Helmand. Afghan intelligence captured a Pakistani intelligence official in Kabul.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan ‘will be unable to fight Taliban after Western withdrawal’
Iraq
Insurgents stormed a police station in Hawijah and killed a pharmacist in Samarra. The government said Exxon violated the country’s laws when it struck a deal with the Kurdish Regional Government.
Al Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula
Continuing chaos in Cairo helps militant extremists who call themselves Al Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula
Al Qaeda only has two HVTs left. Really.
US officials are claiming the terror group is down to just two leaders in Pakistan: Ayman al Zawahiri and Abu Yahya al Libi. The claim is absurd.
IMU cleric urges Pakistanis to continue sheltering jihadis in Waziristan
Abu Dher al Barmi, an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan cleric and spokesman, said Pakistan is the greatest enemy of jihadists.
Yemen
President Saleh is in Saudi Arabia, where he is expected to sign an agreement to transfer power to his deputy. The Red Cross confirmed that three of their workers, including a French national, have been kidnapped in Lahj.
Somalia
Kenyan warplanes struck Shabaab camps in the Gedo region; no casualties were reported. Shabaab is suspected of murdering two boys in Mogadishu.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four civilians in Laghman and two ISAF troops in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, Pakitka, and Wardak.