Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed five policemen in separate IED attacks in Ramadi and Fallujah. Security forces captured two al Qaeda fighters south of Samarra. Tribal leaders in Diyala denounced al Qaeda.
Author Archives: Bill Roggio
US justifies Somalia raid under AUMF, which Obama seeks to repeal
The US Navy SEALs raid that targeted a Shabaab leader known as Ikrima was justified under the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force. President Obama has called for the repeal of the AUMF, and support to do so is gaining in Congress.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed two people, including a policeman, in an IED attack that targeted a polio vaccination team. The spokesman for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan said the Afghan branch supports TTP operations. Arfan Bhatti, a Norwegian extremist who disappeared on a trip to Pakistan in January, has been found by a Norwegian […]
Afghanistan
President Obama claimed that the US would continue to support Afghanistan even if no security agreement was signed between the two countries. Afghan officials said that 11 Taliban fighters, including a commander, were killed and eight more were captured during operations in Logar and Badakhshan.
Target of SEAL raid in Somalia tied to top al Qaeda leaders
Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, a.ka. Ikrima, was associated with al Qaeda leaders Fazul Abdullah Mohammed and Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, and communicates with al Qaeda’s general command in Pakistan. Ikrima was not killed in the SEAL assault.
Iraq
At least 38 Iraqis were killed in a series of 10 bombings throughout the capital of Baghdad. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (al Qaeda in Iraq) claimed credit for last month’s suicide assault in Irbil as well as attacks on police and military bases in Anbar.
Yemen
“Gunmen” killed a German embassy guard and kidnapped a UNICEF worker in separate incidents in the capital of Sana’a. The United Nations warned its staff in Sana’a to remain home after the attacks in Sana’a.
Somalia
The target of the Oct. 5 raid in Barawe by US Navy SEALs was Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, a.k.a Ikrima, who served as Shabaab’s external operations chief. He was plotting to conduct attacks in Kenya against the parliament, defense forces, and the UN. A Swedish and a Sudanese jihadist are said to have been killed in […]
Taliban: US ‘forced’ to ‘accept the existence and presence of the Islamic Emirate’ of Afghanistan
The Taliban also said the US is “openly declaring that they are quitting Afghanistan and want to bring the conflict in Afghanistan to an end through talks.”
Afghan Taliban support Pakistani branch, spokesman claims
Shahidullah Shahid, the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s senior spokesman, also said that Mullah Fazlullah is operating from the northeastern Afghan province of Kunar.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four US soldiers in a suicide bombing in Kandahar and a security official in an IED attack in Nuristan. Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters in operations throughout the country. German troops transferred control of a main base in Kunduz to Afghan forces.
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed at least 27 Iraqis in a series of suicide bombings in northern and central Iraq. In Qabak, a Shia Turkmen village near Tal Afar, two suicide bombers attacked an elementary school and a police station, killing 12 children, the principal, and two policemen. In Waziriyah, a suicide bomber killed 12 […]
4 US soldiers killed in Taliban suicide attack
The Taliban claimed credit for a double suicide attack in Zhari district in Kandahar, the cradle of the movement.
Libya
Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has contacted US officials and asked them “to provide an explanation” for the capture of longtime al Qaeda leader Abu Anas al Libi on Libyan soil. Assassins gunned down a Libyan Air Force colonel in Benghazi.
Afghanistan
The police claimed to have killed 18 Taliban fighters during operations in Kandahar, Helmand, and Farah provinces. The Taliban killed two policemen and two civilians in an attack in Laghman. Afghan officials claimed that ISAF aircraft killed five civilians, including three children, in Nangarhar. An Afghan security guard killed an ISAF soldier in the east. […]
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed at least 48 Iraqis in a series of attacks in Baghdad, Balad, and Mosul. In Baghdad, a suicide bomber killed 24 people, including four people, in an attack that targeted Shia worshippers. In Balad, a suicide bomber killed 13 people outside of a cafe.
Kenya names 4 jihadists involved in Westgate mall assault
A Sudanese man led the team, which also included a Kenyan and a Somali.
Somalia
Shabaab claimed that Western special operations forces launched a 2 a.m. raid in the Shabaab-controlled town of Barawe. Shabaab claims to have repelled the raid and one of its fighters were killed in the assault.
Shabaab claims it ‘repelled’ raid by Western special operations forces
Shabaab claimed that its fighters stopped a Western-led nighttime raid from the sea in the costal town of Barawe. The US special operations forces killed a top al Qaeda and Shabaab leader in Barawe four years ago.
Assad lashes out at Turkey for sheltering terrorists
Ironically, Assad backed the same terrorist groups in Iraq that have now turned on him.
Afghanistan
The newly appointed chief of police for Wardak province quit just two days after taking the job, citing continuous fighting with the Taliban. The Taliban killed two policemen and a road worker in Faryab province; a woman was also beheaded in the province.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed three Iraqi soldiers in an attack in Hit. Al Qaeda in Iraq killed an Awakening leader in an IED attack in Bayji. Security forces arrested nine wanted men in Baghdad.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed a Yemeni special forces colonel in an attack in Aden. The Yemeni military wrongly arrested a customs officer who they claimed was AQAP’s emir in Ghail Bawazir in Hadramout.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three policemen in an IED attack in Helmand. Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf, one of several Afghans who assisted Osama bin Laden with entering Afghanistan and who served as a mentor to Mohammed Atef, is running for president.
Iraq
Insurgents killed five people in a bombing at a soccer field in Madeen and two policemen and a civilian in attacks in Mosul. Security forces killed a suicide bomber in Mosul. Wanted members of al Qaeda in Iraq are joining the Al Nusrah Front in Syria.
Yemen
Yemeni military and police forces retook a military headquarters in Mukallah that was overrun by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula on Sept. 29. Ten soldiers and an undisclosed number of AQAP fighters were killed.
Photo of Mullah Sangeen in coffin published on jihadist forum
Haqqani Network commander Mullah Sangeen Zadran was killed in a US drone strike on Sept. 5 in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
Emir of Muhajireen Army denies reports of his death
Omar al Chechen granted a short interview in which he also denied permitting a meeting between the Northern Storm Brigade and a US senator.
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq shot down an Iraqi Army helicopter as the military was conducting an operation in the desert near Bayji; four Iraqi soldiers and were killed. Al Qaeda killed 14 Iraqis in attacks throughout the country. Security forces captured two insurgents as they planted an IED in Fallujah.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed four Yemeni soldiers in Hadramout and gunned down a military colonel in Taiz on Monday. A court sentenced five AQAP operatives to terms in prison of between two to 10 years for their involvement in last year’s suicide bombing in Sana’a that killed 86 soldiers.