Shabaab claims killing of scores of African Union fighters in Mogadishu
Warning: The image shown is graphic. Shabaab displays the bodies of scores of men it claimed are African Union troops. The AU dismissed the claim as propaganda.
Warning: The image shown is graphic. Shabaab displays the bodies of scores of men it claimed are African Union troops. The AU dismissed the claim as propaganda.
The Kenyan Army is advancing on the southern port city from the south, and has taken control of Ras Kamboni.
An Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander said the assault team included “Turks, Tajiks, Arabs, Pashtuns, and Afghans.” IMU emir Abu Usman Adil said the group is dedicated to creating a global caliphate.
Today’s attack takes place as Kenyan forces are advancing on Shabaab strongholds in the south.
The IMU released photos of four of the suicide bombers that struck a US PRT in Panjshir last weekend.
Ahmed Omar Abdul Rahman, the son of the Blind Sheikh, may have been killed in the Oct. 14 strike in a village under the control of the Haqqani Network. Egyptians have been killed in the village in the past.
Ahmed Omar Abdul Rahman, the son of the spiritual leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group, was killed today, according to the terror group.
Predators targeted a compound in Mullah Nazir’s territory. The strike is the fourth in Pakistan’s tribal areas in three days.
Abu Abdullah al Muhajir, an al Qaeda “representative,” said he distributed the aid on behalf of Ayman al Zawahiri, and praised al Qaeda for waging jihad in Somalia for three decades.
The strike is the second in Danda Darpa Khel in two days. Yesterday’s strike killed Jan Baz Zadran, a top Haqqani Network leader.
US officials said that Jan Baz Zadran was killed in Miramshah in North Waziristan, where Predators struck today.
Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani has directed attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as aided al Qaeda.
One strike took place in a town that is in the Haqqani Network’s sphere of influence. A senior Haqqani “coordinator” was killed in the strike.
The US Treasury Department designated five Iranians who were allegedly involved in a plot to kill Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the US. One of the five planned a deadly assault on American soldiers in Karbala, Iraq in 2007.
The US Department of Justice has charged two Iranians, including a Qods Force officer, with plotting to kill the Saudi ambassador inside the US. One man is in custody.
In a statement released online, AQAP has confirmed that Anwar al Awlaki was killed in a US airstrike late last month. AQAP references the debate in the US over the legality of killing Awlaki, who was an American citizen.
Both Waliur Rehman Mehsud and Faqir Mohammed have recently stated that the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan is open to peace talks with the Pakistani government. Waliur Rehman said he would like Saudi Arabia to mediate.
Thirty Taliban fighters and one security officer were killed during the fighting in Upper Dir.
Ustadh Ahmad Farooq, the chief of al Qaeda’s propaganda efforts in Pakistan, was thought to have been killed in a Predator strike with Ilyas Kashmiri.
The US is known to have carried out nine airstrikes in Yemen this year. The campaign is focusing on AQAP operatives who pose a direct threat to the US.
Dilawar was the principal deputy to the top Haqqani Network commander in Afghanistan who was captured last week. He also was connected to al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
A propaganda outlet for the the Victorious Sect said that Abdul Fettah al Almani was killed. The report is unconfirmed.
Abu Du’a, also known as Abu Bakr al Baghdadi al Husseini al Qurshi, is now one of the top three most-wanted terror leaders in the world. The US has offered a $10 million bounty for information leading to his capture.
A suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives outside a compound where students were present. Shabaab claimed it was targeting government ministers and “informers.”
A Yemeni official told The Long War Journal that Ibrahim Hassan Tali al Asiri is alive, but named two other al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed in the strike.
Haleem Ullah was a deputy to Mullah Nazir, the Taliban leader who also claims to be a member of al Qaeda. The US has ramped up strikes in Nazir’s territories this year.
Haji Mali Khan served as the top Haqqani Network commander in Afghanistan. He established and ran training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan, supported operations, and served as a key link to the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
The Defense Ministry claimed Awlaki and Samir Khan were killed in an airstrike in Al Jawf, but tribal sources claimed he was killed in Marib. President Obama called Awlaki’s death “a major blow to Al Qaeda’s most active operational affiliate.”
The strike is the third in Pakistan this week, and follows a previous strike in the tribal agency on Sept. 27.
The al Qaeda-linked group claimed it would display the remains of the unmanned aircraft on Sept. 30.