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Bildt: Sweden in dark over US terror extradition
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Africa
Terror Threat Prompts US Rethink on Africa
Shabaab executes French hostage Denis Allex
“With the rescue attempt, France has voluntarily signed Allex’s death warrant,” the terror group said in an official statement. Shabaab later announced he was executed. The French intelligence agent has been held by Shabaab since July 2009.
Shabaab releases photos of French commando captured in failed rescue mission
Shabaab displayed the body and equipment of a French commando who was wounded and captured late last week following a failed hostage rescue in Somalia, and later died. The terror group also said the “fate” of hostage Denis Allex will be announced soon.
Al Qaeda
A Dane tells of his life as a spy inside the al-Qaida network
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Analysis: French early strike shakes up Mali intervention plan
France
Analysis: Mali – one African war France could not avoid
Shabaab kills, captures French soldiers during failed rescue mission in Somalia
French commandos from the General Directorate for External Security attempted to rescue Denis Allex, one of their operatives captured in 2009. The French said they believe Allex was killed in the raid; Shabaab denied the claim.
Osama bin Laden’s documents cited by Canadian intelligence
A recently declassified threat assessment authored by Canadian intelligence in April 2012 concludes that the al Qaeda network still leads the global jihad movement and remains the “primary threat.”
Omar Hammami’s personal dispute with Shabaab
The American jihadist’s rants against Shabaab indicate a personal feud with the al Qaeda affiliate, and not a wider split between Somali jihadists and foreign fighters.
Al Qaeda
Sahel security global threat, 8-14,000 Jihadists now in Mali, region, to double in year: Study
Nigeria
Nigeria Emerges as Center for Pirate Attacks
Djibouti
‘Swedes did not commit crime against America’
Al Qaeda
Alabama terror case could hinge on relationships
Kenya
‘Somali revenge attacks’ hit suburbs of Kenyan capital
Shabaab rebukes American commander Omar Hammami
Al 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.
Shabaab
‘Al-Shabab’ militants forced out of Jowhar
Boko Haram suicide bombs kill 11 at Nigerian military church
The al Qaeda-linked Nigerian terror group has carried out at least 19 suicide attacks this year. Boko Haram’s targets have included churches, mosques, newspapers, government officials, and security forces.
Shabaab
‘No civil war in Somalia’: Swedish Migration Board
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda resurgent?
Shabaab
Somali journalist on braving Mogadishu
Shabaab suicide bombers attack restaurant in Mogadishu
A security guard reportedly killed the two suicide bombers before they could enter a restaurant in the capital.
Shabaab threatens Britain over extradition of Abu Hamza al Masri
“The nightmare that surreptitiously looms on British shores is bound to eclipse the horrors of 7/7 and 21/7 combined,” Shabaab said on its Twitter account.
Omar Hammami says ‘friction’ exists between Shabaab, foreign fighters
In a dated tape, the American Shabaab commander appeals to influential clerics and jihadists to intervene to resolve tensions between foreign jihadists and local leaders in Somalia.
Al Qaeda
American jihadist struggles inside Somali militia
Shabaab
Minnesota trial could expose terror group recruiting
Shabaab abandons last major stronghold in southern Somalia
While Shabaab has been weakened by the Kenyan and African Union military operations over the past year, the group has experience in conducting a protracted insurgency.
Al Qaeda
Analysis: al-Shabaab will already be planning its next move
Al Qaeda
Somalia, allies batter al Shabaab, but gains may be fragile
Al Qaeda
In Somalia, UN charcoal purchases could be funding Al Shabab terror group