The police force issued a red alert and recalled all its officers from leave after warnings that Shabaab is seeking to execute a Westgate-type attack in Uganda. A police spokesman said that “[o]ur intelligence and that of the Americans show an imminent terror attack is likely.”
U.S. Prepares to Train African Forces to Fight Terror
The Chief of Libya’s Military Police, Colonel Ahmed Mustafa Al-Barghathi, was assassinated outside his home in Benghazi by masked gunmen. Two policemen were wounded in Tripoli after gunmen attacked a checkpoint; four members of a militia were arrested.
Police are investigating Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow, 23, a Norwegian citizen born in Somalia, for possible links to the Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi. A person with the same name was acquitted in March of murdering a Somali journalist in Mogadishu. Dhuhulow is thought to be one of four men seen on CCTV video of the […]
How Hamas dug its Gaza ‘terror tunnel,’ and how the IDF found it
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Mali’s fight with militants is far from over
In Afghanistan, army struggles to wage war with damaged equipment, poor logistics
Authorities gave police protection to two prominent British Muslims who have denounced terrorism. Police warned of credible threats to the two men after Shabaab, al Qaeda’s Somali affilate, released a video praising British jihadists and the killing of a UK soldier this summer in Woolwich. Scotland Yard is investigating the video.
Afghanistan – Ulema Council Denounces Jamal Assassination as ‘Un-Islamic’
Pakistan – Enhancing security: K-P government to form Anti-Terrorism Force
Exclusive: U.N. Uncovers ‘Credible’ New al-Shabab Terror Plot
Recent press reports say that over the past three years Turkey has provided Iran with sensitive Israeli and US intelligence. In one case, Turkey allegedly burned 10 Iranians working on behalf of Israel in Iran. If true, it is a “despicable act,” according to former Mossad chief Danny Yatom.
Erdogan, Syria Rebels’ Leading Ally, Hesitates, 31 Months In
Al Qaeda killed 61 Iraqis in a series of suicide and car bombings throughout the country. Three policemen were killed in a clash with al Qaeda in Mosul. An Awakening leader in Madain and his driver were killed in an IED attack.
A rebel sniper killed senior Syrian general Jama’a Jama’a in a battle in Deir Azzour with fighters that included al Qaeda forces. He was head of military intelligence in Deir Azzour, and had been blacklisted by the US in 2006. A Canadian lawyer who worked for the UN observer force along Syria’s Golan Heights border […]
Insight Into How Insurgents Fought in Iraq
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released a video that detailed the Sept. 20 suicide assaults that targeted three military camps in Shabwa. AQAP gunned down a police officer in Hadramout; two security guards were shot and killed in Lahj on Oct. 15.
The video details the raids that targeted three Yemeni military bases in Shabwa province on Sept. 20.
Responding to allegations that Turkey blew the cover of a number of Mossad contacts in Iran, former Mossad chief Danny Yatom said the move, if true, was an act of betrayal. US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said the recently discovered terror tunnels from Gaza into Israel were “simply shocking.” A Palestinian who tried to […]
Six Islamist militants were killed as security forces thwarted their plot to target an airport in el Arish. The Muslim Brotherhood called for new protests on Friday. The Justice Ministry is reportedly looking to draft an anti-terrorism law with the potential penalty of execution.
Hassan Ghul served as Osama bin Laden’s emissary to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, and later disclosed key information that led to the killing of bin Laden. The US captured Ghul in Iraq in 2004 and transferred him to Pakistan in 2006, where he was freed one year later, only to rejoin al Qaeda.
Behind the Smiles in Geneva, No Concrete Progress in Iran Negotiations
Ugandan authorities beefed up security after receiving warnings that Shabaab may try to execute a Westgate Mall-type attack in Kampala. The US Embassy in Kampala issued a warning on Oct. 15 about the plot. Ugandan police warned on Oct. 2 that wanted Shabaab terrorist Andreas Martin Mueller a.k.a. Ahmed Khaled traveled to Kampala from Limulu, […]
Amid new attacks, Egypt’s Copts preserve heritage
Sixty-six units in the south split from the FSA and the Syrian National Coalition. One of the brigades has fought with the Al Nusrah Front in the past.
Investigators recovered four AK-47s and a human skull from the Westgate Mall site. Newly released CCTV footage shows attackers using their cell phones during the siege. Police are said to be holding three prime suspects, who are to be arraigned next week; over 60 suspects have been arrested, interrogated, and released. The US donated bomb […]
Armed Salafists from a group currently being pursued in the mountains attacked a checkpoint in Beja, about 45 miles west of Tunis, killing two National Guardsmen and injuring a third. Another attack was reported yesterday at a post in Jenduba near the Algerian border.
A local army commander was assassinated in Derna, considered one of the most dangerous places in Libya. A Benghazi Joint Operations Room spokesman claimed that an explosion near a police station actually targeted a plant nursery. A recent explosion that killed four Ansar al Sharia militants at a camp in Sirte is rumored to have […]
The UN’s Mali envoy asked the Security Council to provide more troops and equipment for the MINUSMA peacekeeping force, which faces “severe” challenges. Of the 12,600 troops mandated for the mission, only about 5,200 are on the ground. Mali’s military chief for the northern region said sleeper cells exist in the area with jihadists from […]