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Sweden

Female Swedish MPs subject to threats: report

Tunisia

Foreign Minister Jarandi said about 800 Tunisians are currently fighting with Islamist rebels in Syria; 132 Tunisians are said to have been killed in Aleppo in February alone. The Interior Ministry claims that border controls have kept some 1,000 Tunisians from traveling to Syria to fight. Police clashed with about 1,000 Salafists in Tunis who […]

Italy

Authorities announced the arrest of four Tunisians on April 30 from an Islamist terror cell in Puglia; the cell leader, Ben Hassen Hosni Hachemi, was arrested in Belgium. Two other cell members, a Tunisian and a Moroccan, are thought to have fled to Tunisia. The group recruited jihadists, trained on Mt. Etna, and planned to […]

Philippines

Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario recommended that the Philippines pull its 342 troops out of the UN peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights, following the recent abduction of four troops by the Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade, a Syrian rebel group that abducted 24 Filipino troops in March. He said the rebels are using the four troops […]

United States

White House documents show that the administration’s talking points on the September 2012 Benghazi attack were revised 12 times and scrubbed of references to CIA warnings and the al Qaeda-linked Ansar al Sharia group that perpetrated the attack. The US penalized additional entities for violating Iran sanctions. Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was already a […]

Pakistan

Pakistan – Terror threats: Taliban plotting major attacks, cabinet told

Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed three people in Kapisa. Fifteen Taliban fighters and a police commander were killed in fighting in Laghman. Police killed four Taliban fighters in Ghazni. The Taliban kidnapped 11 deminers in Nangarhar.

Iraq

Three people were killed in a bombing at a Sunni mosque in Mahaweel. Security forces captured two al Qaeda operatives involved in the assassination of Member of Parliament Aifan al Issawi. The government executed three al Qaeda operatives who were convicted on terrorism charges.

Somalia

More than 3,000 African Union soldiers have been killed while fighting Shabaab since deploying in 2009; Uganda and Burundi have made up the bulk of AU forces over the years. Shabaab and a pro-government militia battled in Kismayo.

Hamas

Gaza Salafists Accuse Hamas Of Harassment, Torture

Pakistan

Pakistan – KP government confirms that women vote blocked by political parties

Afghanistan

Afghan senate urge US to remove Pakistan military from Goshta

Egypt

The Muslim Brotherhood organized a demonstration in Cairo against Israel. During the protest, demonstrators chanted, “The people want destruction of Israel.” Salafists called on President Morsi to wage “a holy war in Palestine, Syria, Mali, and Afghanistan.” Following a trip to the US, an April 6 Youth Movement member was detained by Egyptian authorities.

Palestinian Territories

The Palestinian Authority increased diplomatic relations with Honduras and El Salvador. The Palestinian Authority is planning to apply for full membership in INTERPOL. During a sermon at a mosque in Gaza City, influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al Qaradawi called on Palestinians to continue “the resistance” against Israel.

Turkey

Authorities are investigating an alleged plot to assassinate Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, in Istanbul on May 29, the anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453. One suspect has been detained and two others are being sought. PKK militants have begun withdrawing from Turkish soil to […]

Tunisia

A Libyan man who was trying to smuggle 150 kilos of TNT into the country was arrested in the harbor town of Al Khetif in Ben Guerdane governorate. The explosives were found in the rigid inflatable boat he was using.

Libya

Scores of armed militiamen attacked anti-militia protesters in Tripoli, beating and kicking them and seizing a number of men including a Foreign Ministry official. Two police stations in Benghazi were bombed in coordinated attacks this morning; one person was injured. Britain evacuated some of its staff from the embassy in Tripoli due to ongoing security […]

Libya

The Benghazi Scandal Grows

Senegal

President Sall warned that the threat of Islamism remains in the Sahel even though it has been “seriously contained” in Mali. He praised France and the “synergy” that has arisen between France and north African countries battling the Islamist threat. Senegal currently has 815 soldiers deployed with the AFISMA mission in Mali.

Libya

Benghazi Talking Points Underwent 12 Revisions, Scrubbed of Terror Reference

Denmark

After being tipped off by Scotland Yard, Danish police arrested a man in Copenhagen linked to extremist cleric Abu Qatada, and are examining evidence seized during the arrest to see if it is banned extremist material. Last year jihadist material in Qatada’s name was published online by Al Nur Islamic Information, a Copenhagen company with […]

United Kingdom

Counsel for extremist cleric Abu Qatada said his client would voluntarily return to Jordan if it signs a recent treaty with the UK guaranteeing Qatada a fair trial. Qatada is currently in a UK jail for violation of bail conditions; a search of his home on March 7 found suspected extremist literature and 17 mobile […]

Follower of Mohammed al Zawahiri dies in attack in Mali

Abu Obeida Sharif Khattab, an Egyptian who appeared in at least two videos with Mohammed al Zawahiri, died in an attack along with three other Egyptians in Mali earlier this month. Mohammed al Zawahiri is the younger brother of al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri.

United States

Tunisian national Ahmed Abassi was indicted on visa fraud charges related to an alleged al Qaeda plot to bomb a passenger train traveling between Canada and the US. Three State Deptartment officials with firsthand knowledge of the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi testified that the administration should have done more to prevent the […]