Monthly Archives: August 2011


Al Qaeda

An Interview with Online Jihadist Abu Suleiman Al Nasser






Afghanistan

A four-man suicide assault team was killed while attempting to breach the PRT in Zabul. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Ghazni.


Iraq

A suicide bomber killed 28 people in an attack at a mosque in Baghdad. Terrorists killed a policeman in a bombing in Mosul.


Yemen

Yemeni military officials claimed al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninisula leader Nasir al Wuhayshi was killed in fighting in Dawfas in Abyan. Four soldiers and three AQAP fighters were killed in Dawfas. The navy claimed it foiled a small boat suicide attack off the coast of Abyan.




Iran

Israel “could not stop” nuclear Iran with one strike





Iran

A court sentenced an Iranian man to death for assassinating a nuclear scientist; Iran claimed he was an agent of Israel. Iran said it would defend Syria if NATO intervened. Iran “discreetly” provided food and medical aid to Libyan rebels.


Egypt

Mohamed Shawqi el Islambuli, the brother of the man who assassinated Anwar Sadat in 1981, was arrested after arriving in Egypt from Iran. Islambuli, a member of the Egyptian Islamic Group, was sentenced to death for his role in the Luxor massacre. He is linked to al Qaeda.


Al Qaeda

Arab spring has created ‘intelligence disaster’, warns former CIA boss


Iran

Iran Calls on Syria to Recognize Citizens’ Demands




Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed the suicide attack at a military academy in Cherchell that killed 16 soldiers and two civilians. AQIM said two suicide bombers, Abu Anas and Abu Noah, executed the attack.


Somalia

Security forces arrested six people in an area of Mogadishu formerly held by Shabaab. Famine victims claimed that Somali troops are looting food at refugee camps.



Iran

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashes out at Israel in Quds Day speech


Pakistan

The Taliban killed 25 Pakistani security personnel and overran two border outposts in an attack in Chitral; 20 Taliban fighters were also killed. Three Lashkar-e-Jhangvi fighters were arrested in Karachi.


Afghanistan

Taliban suicide bombers killed four civilians outside the governor’s compound in the capital of Helmand and killed three more in the capital of Kandahar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.


Turkmenistan

The government freed over 3,700 prisoners, including 30 foreigners, in a Ramadan gesture that was first practiced by the predecessor administration.


Iraq

Insurgents killed three people in Iskandariyah and a security official in Saadiya. A terrorist died in a premature detonation in Mosul. Security forces detained 12 wanted men, including an Islamic State of Iraq leader, in Mosul and five


Syria

The Arab League is considering calling for an end to the Syrian government’s five-month crackdown on protesters, in which, according to the UN, over 2,200 civilians have been killed. Syria claims “terrorist groups” are responsible and that 500 police and army have died in the uprisings. A cartoonist who criticized the government was attacked by […]