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Al Qaeda

Al-Qaeda-affiliated cell dismantled in Tunisia

Egypt

US treads warily as political turmoil in Egypt drags on

Egypt

A top elections official overseeing the referendum on a draft constitution resigned. Islamist groups planned a mass protest ahead of the second round of the referendum this weekend.

United States

Come plague, storm or bomb, most US states unprepared: report

Kenya

Two people were wounded in a pair of blasts at the Al Amin mosque in the Eastleigh neighborhood in Nairobi, a Shabaab stronghold. No group has claimed credit for the blasts.

Somalia

Shabaab gunned down a Somali judge in Baidoa and killed an aid worker in Mogadishu. Piracy off the coast of Somalia has dropped significantly; no ships have been hijacked in the past six months.

Libya

Six senior Islamists, including former Guantanamo inmate Sufyan Ben Qumu, have denied involvement in the assassinations of security officials in Benghazi. The inquiry into the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi has stalled due to the influence of militant groups. Without explanation, a court in Benghazi dropped the case of Abdul Fatah Younis, who […]

Tunisia

The League for the Protection of the Revolution, an Islamist group linked to the ruling Ennahda party, organized a “flash mob” demonstration in Sousse to protest the influence of Tunisia’s media. On Monday protesters in Sidi Bouzid, the cradle of Tunisia’s Arab Spring, threw rocks at Tunisia’s president and parliamentary speaker.

Libya

Benghazi review finds systematic security faults

United States

Pakistan will be reimbursed $688 million for maintaining troops for six months along the Afghan border. The Pentagon said Pakistan’s failure to crack down on militant safe havens and inderdict the flow of IED materials undermines the security of US, Coalition, and Afghan forces. AFRICOM created a quick reaction force.

Pakistan

“Gunmen” killed four medical personnel who were dispensing polio vaccinces in Karachi, and another in Peshawar. Ten people were wounded in a grenade attack outside an army recruiting center in Risalpur.

Afghanistan

Security forces killed a Taliban commander in Herat. Nuristan’s chief of police accused the Pakistani military of attacking police centers in conjunction with the Taliban.

Iraq

Kurdish troops fired on an Iraqi Army helicopter as it traveled north of Kirkuk; no casualties were reported. President Talibani has been hospitalized for a stroke.

Ansar al Sharia in Mali

A new Ansar al Sharia group has been established in Mali. According to press reports, the group’s leaders are “close to” the official spokesman for Ansar Dine.

Iran

Iran’s president said Western sanctions would not slow down its nuclear program. Iran’s nuclear chief said Iran would not stop enriching uranium to 20 percent. The US resumed efforts to curb Iran’s nuclear program.

Syria

Syrian rebels cut off Bashar al-Assad’s escape route

Syria

After days of heavy fighting, rebel forces took control of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp south of Damascus. The government massed forces to retake the camp. Large numbers of Palestinian residents fled. Rebels made further gains in central Syria.

Egypt

Opponents resumed protests over a draft constitution. Egypt’s public prosecutor, appointed by President Morsi, resigned.

Hamas

Human RIghts Watch criticises Hamas’s legal system

Kenya

‘Somali revenge attacks’ hit suburbs of Kenyan capital

Somalia

Shabaab dismissed Omar Hammami, the American jihadist who claimed his life was in danger earlier this year, as a narcissist. Somali and African Union troops seized control of Kudha and Madhawa from Shabaab forces. “Gunmen” killed a military officer in Mogadishu.

Libya

Assailants attacked two Benghazi police stations on Sunday in an attempt to free one or two prisoners linked to assassinations of security officials; four policemen were killed and several others were wounded. Assailants also attacked the Derna radio station, and fired at the police chief and a colleague. Fighter jets hit a smugglers’ camp near […]

Algeria

Salah Gasm, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s purported second in command, is rumored to have been captured outside of a restaurant of Cheurfa. The report is unconfirmed.

Russia

Russian naval sources said two assault ships, a tanker, and an escort ship were heading for the Syrian coast to prepare for a possible evacuation of Russian citizens from Syria. Yesterday two Russians and an Italian were kidnapped in Syria.

Denmark

‘Kaldet til Islam’ (The Call to Islam), a radical Danish Muslim group, regularly follows the sermons of Omar Bakri, a Syrian extremist cleric now imprisoned in Lebanon who has praised the 9/11 attacks and said anyone who insults the Prophet Mohammed should be killed. Parliament is beefing up security due to the rising risk of […]

Shabaab rebukes American commander Omar Hammami

hammamiauto560.jpgAl Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia has broken its nearly year-long silence on the American jihadist who has claimed that deep divisions exist between foreign fighters and local jihadists.