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Somalia
Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a said the alliance with the transitional government has collapsed. Shabaab executed a man accused of blasphemy in Hudur. Hizbul Islam banned Somalia’s Independence Day celebrations; Shabelle has boycotted the ban.
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India
LeT harbours ambitions beyond India: Adm Mullen
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Afghanistan
Karzai approves plan for Taliban reintegration
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Al Qaeda
New estimate of strength of Al Qaeda is offered
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41 killed in triple suicide attack at Sufi shrine in Lahore
Three suicide bombers detonated just minutes apart in an effort to maximize civilian casualties. The attack is the 22nd major terror strike against religious institutions in Pakistan since December 2007.
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Pakistan
US – Flournoy notes India™s growing role as security partner
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Iran sells advanced radar system to Syria
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Iran allegedly sold Syria an advanced radar system in an arms transfer that took place in mid-2009. The article did not disclose the name of the radar technology, but did say that the arms transfer was confirmed by both Israeli and American intelligence officials. The radar transfer is yet another episode in the ongoing Iran-Syria-Hezbollah defense alliance. It also demonstrates that the 2007 United Nations Security Council resolution banning Iranian arms sales to foreign nations is indeed feckless. If this report is accurate, the radar transfer will benefit all three players in this…
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Mottaki cheers US, English, and French losses in World Cup
Who ever said that politics has no place in the World Cup? After the dramatic US loss to Ghana in the World Cup last weekend, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said the following to Tehran Emrouz newspaper: In this World Cup you see a meaningful correlation between politics and diplomacy and football…. Those who played a key role in new sanctions against Iran such as America, England and France were eliminated in the early stages and some countries that were somehow involved in sanctions did not get into higher rounds. Ironically, this comes from the foreign minister of a country…
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Pakistan
Pakistan and Iran ‘backing Afghan attacks on British troops’
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China
Risk-tolerant China investing heavily in Iraq as US companies hold back
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Afghanistan
Security forces killed 31 Taliban fighters and captured a district level Taliban commander in Helmand. Security forces also detained a Taliban facilitator and several Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in Kandahar, Khost, and Logar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
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Syria
Syria courts Latin America for oil, trade, and expats
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Nigeria
The deputy leader of Boko Haram has released a 25-minute video interview with a journalist in his hideout. Imam Abubakar Shekau was the second in command to Mohammad Yusuf and is now thought to be hiding in Maiduguri. He has “assumed leadership to continue in the pursuit of religious knowledge.”
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Al Qaeda
Vengeful new militant group emerges in Pakistan
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Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ambushed and killed 11 Algerian police officers near the border with Mali. AQIM attacked the police convoy near Tinzaoutine (1,200 miles from Algiers) in Tamanrasset province, which hosts the Sahel regional joint anti-terror headquarters.
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Afghanistan
US chief Petraeus vows to protect Afghan civilians
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Somalia
Somalia at 50: From heaven to hell
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Afghanistan
US – Congress cuts off $4bn of Afghan aid
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Al Qaeda sleeper agent tied to 2009 NYC subway plot
Federal officials said Adnan Shukrijumah, a one-time al Qaeda sleeper agent groomed by senior terrorists to launch attacks on America after 9/11, was involved in Najibullah Zazi’s plot to bomb NYC subways last year. Shukrijumah cased targets in NYC in 2001.
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Coalition, Afghan forces capture Taliban commander in Helmand
A raid in the Taliban-controlled district of Baghran resulted in the deaths of 31 Taliban fighters and the capture of the district leader for Now Zad.
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Iran
US officials said that Tehran sold Syria an advanced radar system to stymie an Israeli surprise air attack. The top IAEA inspector will resign after 30 years of monitoring fissile material. Tehran issued death sentences for those indicted in a prison torture scandal.
