Somalia
Twenty-seven people were killed during clashes between Shabaab and Ethiopian forces in Hudur and Luuq. The Kenyan military said it would not negotiate with Shabaab.
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Nigeria
A Boko Haram suicide bomber killed six Christians during an attack at a church in Jos. Christians retaliated and killed three people during riots in the city.
Indonesia
Secular revenge in Indonesia
Boko Haram suicide bomber attacks Nigerian church
The Islamist terror group continues to deploy suicide bombers against Christian churches.
Pakistan
New Pakistan extremist movement leaves government powerless to act as it chants ‘Death to America’
Egypt
Insight: As government-in-waiting, Egypt’s Brotherhood finds voice
Al Qaeda
Syria referendum goes ahead amid military onslaught
United States
A Pennsylvania judge sided with the assailant and dismissed the harassment case of a parade marcher dressed as a “zombie Muhammad” who had been attacked by an irate Muslim. In Oregon, a Saudi Arabian man was jailed after disrupting a flight by fighting with passengers and crew while talking about Osama bin Laden. Guantanamo detainees […]
Afghanistan
An Afghan policeman killed two US Army officers in the Interior Ministry; ISAF has withdrawn its advisors from the Afghan ministries. Six Afghan soldiers were killed while attempting to defuse a bomb in Badghis. Security forces captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, and Nangarhar.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed credit for a suicide attack that killed 26 people, including 20 soldiers, at the presidential compound in Mukalla. President Hadi said at his inauguration that the country must continue to fight al Qaeda.
AQAP suicide bomber kills 26 Yemenis
The al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber struck the presidential palace in Mukalla just hours after newly sworn in President Hadi vowed to continue to fight the terror group.
Al Qaeda
No end in sight for Boko Haram’s onslaught in Nigeria
Afghanistan
Killings of US military advisers in Kabul ‘unacceptable’: Pentagon
Pakistan
Pakistan – Ahmadi worship centre in Rawalpindi: Locals demand removal of barricades, CCTV cameras
Somalia
Sheikh Mohammed Said Atom’s forces in Puntland, which have operated under the aegis of Shabaab for years, have officially declared allegiance to the terror group. Shabaab imposed a curfew in Afgoye.
Al Qaeda
New light on drone war’s death toll
Al Qaeda
Pakistan begins demolition of bin Laden’s compound
Somali Islamist group formally declares allegiance to Shabaab, al Qaeda
Sheikh Mohammed Said Atom’s forces in Puntland, which have operated under the aegis of Shabaab for years, have officially declared allegiance to the terror group.
Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters killed 10 civilians and two policemen during a series of bombings and armed clashes in Gombe last night. The terrorists failed to storm a prison and instead destroyed a police station.
Morocco
A terrorism court handed down sentences ranging from one to six years to 27 men accused of plotting terror attacks. The cell leader was identified as Hicham El Ba, and at least one member of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is among the group.
Egyptian Islamic Group plans to sue Interior Ministry over torture
The Gama’a al-Islamiyya was responsible for a wave of terror attacks in Egypt and abroad in the 1980s and 1990s, and was an original member of the al Qaeda alliance.
Al Qaeda
United Kingdom – Head of state ‘funded al-Qaeda and knew of 7/7 terror attacks’
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda attack overshadows Yemen power transition
Shabaab
Al Shabaab says extends reach into Somalia’s Puntland
Afghan troops kill 2 US Army officers in Kabul
NATO has withdrawn all of its personnel from the Afghan ministries after today’s shooting.
Pakistan
Secret US cable warned of Pakistani havens
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Hizb-e-Islami hails appeal
Pakistan
A suicide assault team from the Abdullah Azzam Brigade killed four policemen in Peshawar. Seven “terrorists” and three soldiers were killed during clashes in Khyber. The Taliban bombed a school in Swabi.
Afghanistan
Nine Afghans were killed during riots over the burning of Korans at a US base earlier this week; four were killed while attempting to storm the US consulate in Herat. Afghan forces killed 15 Taliban fighters in Laghman province. The NDS captured several men belonging to three Haqqani Network cells that were plotting attacks in […]
United States
On Jan. 3, US military prosecutors charged Ali Musa Daqduq, a Lebanese Hezbollah operative currently in Iraqi custody, with war crimes including terrorism. Daqduq worked with Iran’s Quds Force operatives to establish terror cells in Iraq, and is linked to the killing of five US soldiers in 2007. The US is seeking his transfer to […]