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Saudi Arabia
Former Gitmo detainee and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Mohammed al Awfi appeared on Saudi television and denounced al Qaeda. He also inferred that Yemeni security forces used al Qaeda to conduct attacks. “I have found there are those who … use the mujahid (holy fighter) as a political tool,” Awfi said.
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Pakistan
Ceremony marks end of US military’s Pakistan flood relief operations
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Iran
The IAEA complained about a lack of Iranian cooperation in the lead-up to Dec. 5 negotiations. Tehran will take further security precautions for nuclear scientists in country. Foreign Minister Mottaki said that Iran is a perfect model of a developing country.
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Saudis accuse Iran of harboring al Qaeda network
According to a leaked State Department cable, Saudi Prince Nayif bin Abdulaziz told John Brennan, President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, that Iran is harboring al Qaeda members who are targeting the kingdom. Among the al Qaeda operatives is Ibrahim bin Laden, one of Osama’s lesser-known sons.
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Lebanon
The al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades called on Sunnis in Lebanon to rise up against Hezbollah and accused the Lebanese Army of cooperating with the Shia terror group. The statement was made by Saleh bin Abdullah al Qaraawi, the group’s military commander, and released on the Internet.
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Pakistan
Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in Swat. The Taliban torched a NATO fuel tanker in Khudzar. Prime Minister Gilani said the government made the decision to take action on North Waziristan, and the timing of an operation is in the Army’s hands.
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India
Shahbaz Sharif ‘tipped off’ Mumbai terror group
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Pakistan
Pakistan’s flood aid ‘unspent and mismanaged’
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China
Media in China, Arab Middle East suppressing WikiLeaks coverage
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Al Qaeda
Terror-linked arrests in Spain and Thailand
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Afghanistan
Gulf states are more than willing to help Afghanistan
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US Special Forces teams deployed with Pakistani Army
Small teams have been secretly deployed to Pakistani military headquarters in the tribal areas to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support to units fighting the Taliban in Bajaur and in North and South Waziristan.
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Al Qaeda
Pakistan rejects fears over its nuclear weapons
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Al Qaeda in Iraq’s security minister captured in Anbar
Hazem Abdul Razzaq Al Zawi, the security minister of the Islamic State of Iraq, has disclosed the real names of al Qaeda’s top leaders in the country.
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Catch and release in Afghanistan
A State Department cable released by Wikileaks shows that the Afghan government has likely released dozens of Gitmo detainees, and many more from Bagram, instead of trying them.
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Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured scores of Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, and Kunduz. Twelve of 16 deminers who were kidnapped in Nangarhar have been released.
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Iraq
Insurgents killed two policemen in a bombing in Anbar and tortured and executed three young men kidnapped in in Balad. Security forces captured a car bomb maker in Mosul.
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Al Qaeda
Hamid Gul blamed to support Taliban against Nato forces
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Al Qaeda
Coalition ramps up air war over Afghanistan
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Iraq
US: Special forces operations down by half in Iraq
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Somalia
Shabaab’s governor in Kismayo ordered the city’s men to wage jihad against Somali and African Union forces in Mogadishu. The UN Security Council approves the expansion of the number of African Union troops in Somalia from 8,000 to 12,000.
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Pakistan
Wikileaks: Pakistan rejects US fears on nuclear arms
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Spain
Police arrested seven Pakistanis in Barcelona and the surrounding area. The Pakistanis are thought to be members of a support cell linked to al Qaeda and the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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Al Qaeda
Wikileaks: Pakistan privately approved drone strikes
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Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al Qaeda finds in Yemen a society ripe for infiltration
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Iran
Secretary of State Clinton said new talks with Iran should focus on Tehran’s nuclear program. Dubai’s director of economic development said his country will not curb trade with Iran. The government closed offices in Tehran due to heavy air pollution.
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Iran
In Iraq, a very busy Iran
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Afghanistan
Gen Petraeus hails Paras for precision attack
