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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has released a video with an audio voice-over by the kidnapped French national, Michel Germaneau. In the video, Germaneau’s picture and identification card are visible and he verbally authenticates AQIM’s abduction. AQIM is demanding a prisoner swap for the release of the Frenchman.
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Afghanistan
US ‘will not destroy Kandahar to save it from Taliban’
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Pakistan
Father calls son™s arrest in Chile a trap
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Pakistan
Security forces killed 10 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber and detained a suspect in the failed Times Square bomb attack. An anti-terrorism court acquitted nine suspects accused of killing a senior Army general and seven others in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi.
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Iraq
Two Iraqi soldiers were killed while defusing an IED in Baghdad. Security forces detained 18 wanted men in Basrah, four al Qaeda operatives south of Baghdad, and a suspected Iranian operative in Khanaqin.
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Al Qaeda
It’s Pak-Pak not Af-Pak stupid!
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda still in Iran
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Afghanistan
Top soldier in southern Afghanistan warns against Taliban ‘impunity’
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Afghanistan
Five fronts in the war in Afghanistan
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Somalia
Ten people were killed in clashes between Hizbul Islam and government forces in Mogadishu. A former mayor of Mogadishu escaped an assassination attempt in the capital. Hizbul Islam is establishing an administration in the Mudug region in central Somali.
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Afghanistan
Clinton to Afghan women: ‘We will not abandon you’
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Russia
Police killed three men suspected of providing assistance to the Moscow Metro suicide attacks on March 29 that killed 41 civilians. Police did not disclose where the three men were killed.
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Indonesia
Police killed five terror suspects and detained one more on May 12 during a raid in in Cawang in East Jakarta. Police arrested three terror suspects during a raid on a safe house in Sukoharjo district in Central Java.
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Afghanistan
Afghan and US security forces killed 41 Taliban fighters in Kunduz and 14 more in Ghazni, and detained 40 Taliban fighters in Helmand. Police killed a suicide bomber in Laghman.
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41 Taliban killed in heavy fighting in Afghan north
Joint Afghan and US special operations teams captured a Taliban commander during raids in Kunduz province.
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FBI raids in connection with Times Square plot, two Pakistanis detained
Two men were arrested on immigration violations after warrants were executed in Boston, New York, and New Jersey. The raids may be related to the financial network that supported Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzaz.
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Russia
Russian security forces kill three Metro bomb suspects
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Al Qaeda
Indonesia steps up pressure on Islamist militants
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North Korea
North Korea arms plane ‘bound for Hezbollah™
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan opium poppies hit by mysterious disease
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Yemen
An al Qaeda group calling itself the Brigade of Sheikh Abu Omar al Baghdadi has claimed the failed suicide attack that targeted Britain’s Ambassador to Yemen in Sana’a on April 26. The suicide bomber was identified as Othman Nouman al Salawi.
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United States
The FBI has executed search warrants in connection with the failed Times Square bombing in locations in the Northeast. Homes and a gas station have been searched, reportedly for cash connections to the plot. Two have been taken into custody for immigration violations.
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Somalia
Somalia – Middlemen negotiate pirate ransoms
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Russia
Terrorists ambushed a communications tower repair crew in the Sergokalinsk region in Dagestan, killing eight people. The police-escorted convoy was hit by an IED and then fired upon. The communications tower was bombed the night before.
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Iran
US intelligence officials believe Iran is allowing al Qaeda operatives based in the country to move freely into neighboring countries. Members of al Qaeda’s top leadership circles based in Iran, including Saif al Adel, al Qaeda’s top strategist, are thought to be free to travel to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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France
French antiterror effort: Action, not defense
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Iraq
Are Sadr militias rearming in Iraq’s south?
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Al Qaeda
Europe’s antiterrorism agencies favor human intelligence over technology
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United States
Military response to cyber attack possible: Pentagon
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Afghanistan
Distrust of Afghan leaders threatens US war strategy
