Al Qaeda
The Al Fida’ forum announced that Muhammad Abdallah Hasan Abu al Khayr, a jihadist who shares the same name as Ayman al Zawahir’s deputy and Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, was killed. The report is not confirmed.
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Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 19 civilians in two IED attacks in Helmand and two ISAF soldiers in an IED attack in the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Paktika, Logar, Sar-i-Pul.
Jihadist with same name as Zawahiri’s deputy reported killed
A jihadist who shares the same name as Ayman al Zawahiri’s deputy and Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law is said to have been killed. As the martyrdom announcement was not released through official al Qaeda channels, the report is unconfirmed.
North Waziristan Taliban leader Bahadar denies reports he expelled ‘militants’
Hafiz Gul Bahadar’s spokesman said reports that Bahadar ordered Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan leader Hakeemullah Mehsud and others to leave the tribal agency were “fabricated.”
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team killed 19 people in an attack on a government center in Uruzgan. The Taliban killed an ISAF solider in the east. Nine Taliban fighters and an Afghan soldier were killed during fighting in Ghazni. Security forces captured a Taliban district commander in Helmand. French troops accidentally killed two civilians in […]
Suicide bombers kill 15 Iraqis in Tikrit
The suicide team targeted policemen and soldiers as they lined up to collect their salaries.
Iraq
A pair of al Qaeda suicide bombers killed 15 Iraqis in an attack that targeted policemen and soldiers in Tikrit. Insurgents killed two Iraqi soldiers in Mosul.
Yemen
Yemen’s foreign minister said that civil war would break out if President Saleh was forced to step down. An Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander and four fighters were killed in an airstrike in Zinjibar.
Iran
Russia’s envoy to NATO said that the US may use the European missile defense shield as “a pretext for preparing an attack on Iran.” Iran said it would continue to attack PJAK bases until Iraq deploys forces to the border.
Somalia
Somali and African Union forces claimed to have taken control of neighborhoods in Mogadishu from Shabaab during fighting that resulted in four people killed. Several Shabaab suspects were detained in connection with the bombing in Mandera in Kenya that killed four soldiers.
Eritrea
A UN report said Eritrean intelligence officers were involved in the plot to carry out attacks in Addis Ababa in January 2011 to disrupt the African Union summit. The plot involved car bomb attacks at the AU headquarters, Africa’s largest market, and an area where dignitaries were housed.
Suicide assault team kills 19 in Uruzgan
A six-man suicide assault team hit the government center in Tarin Kot as well as the home of a key power broker in the southern Afghan province.
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber assassinated the mayor of Kandahar City. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, HIG, and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Wardak, Kunduz, and Jawzjan.
Iraq
Security forces killed an al Qaeda leader west of Mosul. President Talibani pardoned 50 Mahdi Army fighters and leaders. The Mahdi Army’s Promised Day Brigade claimed it carried out five attacks over the past week against US forces in Baghdad, Dhi Qar, Wasit, and Maysan.
Yemen
“Militants” linked to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula are demanding a $12 million ransom for three French aid workers. A Republican Guards and an Army division have abandoned the government and joined the protesters.
Iran
Iran has nominated a senior leader in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to lead OPEC. Two IRGC soldiers and 21 Kurdish rebels were killed during fighting near the Iraqi border.
Somalia
Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a claimed they killed five of Shabaab’s top leaders in the Galgudud region, including Shabaab’s governor. Shabaab arrested 30 women in Afgoye for failing to cover their faces.
Kenya
Four Kenyan soldiers were killed and eight more were wounded in an IED attack in the town of Mandera along the Somali border. Shabaab is suspected of executing the attack.
Taliban suicide bomber assassinates mayor of Kandahar
Mayor Hamidi, the fourth senior official in the south to be assassinated this month, was killed in a hallway near his office. The suicide bomber hid the explosives in his turban.
Afghanistan
Twenty-two Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed during fighting in Helmand. The Taliban killed two boys in an IED attack in Helmand and shot down a US helicopter in Kunar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Paktika, Laghman, and Jawzjan.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed a Pakistani soldier in an IED attack South Waziristan and bombed two government schools in Khyber. The Army completed an operation in South Waziristan.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Lashkar-e-Taiba/Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed said that suicide attacks against Muslims under the guise of jihad were against Islam. Saeed did not say if suicide attacks against non-Muslims were forbidden, however.
Iraq
An Al Qaeda bomb maker killed himself and two of his children in a premature detonation at his home in Kirkuk. Insurgents killed a doctor in Mosul and an Awakening officer in Kirkuk. Security forces detained al Qaeda’s “industry minister” in Fallujah.
Yemen
Yemeni military officers claimed an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander known as Ali Saeed Jamil was among 12 AQAP operatives killed during fighting in Zinibar. Yemeni officials also claimed a Saudi bomb expert carried out the suicide attack in Aden that killed nine soldiers.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Nasir al Wuhayshi, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, swore an oath of allegiance to new al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri. Wuhayshi also said his followers would wage jihad until the world was united under Islam.
Taliban shoot down US helicopter in Kunar
The Chinook was shot down just outside an Afghan base. No US soldiers were killed. The Taliban claimed two of its fighters were killed while shooting down the helo with RPGs.
Iran
General Dempsey said Iran would make a “serious miscalculation” if it attempted to carry out a mass casualty attack against US forces in Iraq. Iran’s chief of police blamed the West for the current rise in crime.
Lebanon
Five French peacekeepers who serve under the command of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon were wounded in an IED attack near Sidon. The attack is similar to another bombing that wounded six Italian soldiers near Sidon in May.
AQAP leader pledges oath of allegiance to Ayman al Zawahiri
“I give you allegiance of obedience in good and hard times,” al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Emir Nasir al Wuhayshi said in a audiotape released today. Wuhayshi also said that the groups’ “project is to institute the Shariah of Allah on Earth.”
Pakistan to send Umar Patek to Indonesia
The Jemaah Islamiya commander is said to have attempted to meet with Osama bin Laden before he was captured in Abbottabad earlier this year.