Nigeria
Eighteen people were killed and scores more were wounded in a suicide attack on the UN headquarters in Abuja. Boko Haram claimed to have carried out the attack.
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Somalia
Shabaab has beheaded 11 Somalis in Mogadishu over the past several weeks. Ugandans serve as top commanders in Shabaab’s military forces.
Suicide bomber hits UN office in Nigerian capital
At least 18 people have been killed. Boko Haram claimed it carried out the attack.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers in two IED attacks in the south and three civilians in a rocket attack in Paktia. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Khost, Logar, Kabul, and Kunduz.
Yemen
Eight Ansar al Sharia fighters were killed in an airstrike in southern Yemen. A commander named Abu Jaber al Sanaai was among those killed.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in a bombing in Mosul. The commander of the 7th Iraqi Army Division dodged an IED attack in Anbar; his driver was killed in the attack.
Faqir Mohammed broadcasting on jihadi radio
The Bajaur Taliban leader is operating an illegal FM radio channel and apparently is broadcasting from Afghanistan.
Commander who liberated Tripoli was LIFG leader
Abd al Hakim Bilhaj claimed to have renounced violence and jihad after he was freed by Saif al Islam during an amnesty program in 2010.
Video shows Taliban executing Afghan police commander with recoilless rifle
The Taliban shouted “Allahu Akbar” after using an 82mm recoilless rifle to execute a police commander in Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan.
ISAF targets IMU military commander in Kunduz
Special operations forces have targeted the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan three times this month during raids in the northern Afghan province.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three policemen in Balkh and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Paktika, Nangarhar, Wardak, and Faryab. President Karzai pardoned five would-be suicide bombers.
Pakistan
Ten Lashkar-e-Islam fighters were killed in a bunker that was occupied and then mined by the Taliban in Khyber. The Lashkar-e-Khorasan executed a ‘US spy’ in North Waziristan. Police in Lahore arrested three men thought to be involved with the kidnapping of an American.
Iraq
Insurgents killed 12 Iraqis in attacks throughout the country, including six policemen in a suicide attack in Ramadi. Security forces arrested nine terrorists in Iskandariyah.
Yemen
Thirty-nine al Qaeda fighters and 11 Yemeni soldiers were killed during fighting in the southern province of Abyab. Fighting was reported in the cities of Zinjibar and Jaar, and the district of Maysameer.
Somalia
Shabaab executed three government “spies” in Mogadishu and detained three more in Barawe. Sierra Leone said it would send a battalion of 850 troops to Somalia in April 2012.
AQAP’s Ansar al Sharia releases video of suicide attack
The political front for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula published a videotape of the July 25 suicide attack that killed five Yemeni soldiers and wounded 25 more.
Lashkar-e-Khorasan executes a ‘US spy’
The terrorist counterintelligence unit killed an Afghan accused of working for the Americans in North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two Afghan soldiers in Kunar and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia, Kapisa, and Wardak. Two German climbers have gone missing in the north.
Iraq
Turkey claimed it killed nearly 100 PKK fighters in airstirkes in northern Iraq. Insurgents killed a councilman and his son in Hit, and a tribal leader and his son in Ninewa.
Yemen
The military claimed it killed four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Abyan. The head of the Shura Council died from wounds suffered in the June 3 assassination attempt that targeted President Saleh.
Libya
President Gaddafi’s son, Saif al Islam, appeared at a hotel in Tripoli to disprove reports from rebels that he was captured last weekend. Saif claimed that government forces are still in control of the capital and have lured the rebels into a trap.
Egypt
The US is investigating if a group calling itself al Qaeda in the Sinai was involved in last week’s attacks in southern Israel that killed eight Israelis. The Gaza-based Popular Resistance Committees or the al Qaeda-linked Army of Islam may have been involved in the attacks.
US Predators kill 4 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan
The strike took place in the Mir Ali area, a known haven for a number of terrorist groups.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Paktika, Kapisa, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed two civilians in Helmand and an ISAF soldier in the south.
Pakistan
US Predators killed four “militants” in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. The Taliban torched 19 tankers in Baluchistan that were carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a police officer in Mosul. “Gunmen” kidnapped a Navy officer in Basrah. Security forces arrested 20 members of an assassination gang in Baghdad.
Iran
Iran has begun to transfer uranium enrichment centrifuges from the facility in Natanz to an installation in Fordow, near Qom. The IAEA said the move was a “further deviation” from UN Security Council sanctions.
Somalia
Thirty people were killed during fighting between Shabaab and Somali forces in Buzar. Shabaab forces looted eight trucks carrying food to famine victims south of Mogadishu. A military official said the government would launch an offensive against Shabaab in Lower and Middle Jubba.
Spain
Police arrested Abdellatif Aoulad Chiba for plotting to poison water supplies. Chiba, a Moroccan, obtained manuals to make poisons and explosives on Islamist web forums.
Philippines
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front expelled a commander just hours before negotiations with the government began. MILF said it would not provide support to Ameril Ombra Kato, the leader of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.