WaPo: Al Qaeda affiliate ‘directing the fight’ in Mali
According to an article in the Washington Post earlier this week, AQIM is leading the jihadist coalition in Mali.
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Sidelined Pakistani Taliban commander back in good graces
The reconciliation between Faqir Mohammed and Abu Bakr, the new emir in Bajaur, shows that the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan is far from defeated and disorganized, as the Pakistani government has claimed. The Taliban’s leaders were able to convene the shura, send a delegation to Bajaur to mediate the dispute, and organize the reconciliation of the factions in the tribal agency.
Afghanistan
NATO Secretary General’s Annual Report 2012
Al Qaeda
Jyllands-Posten journalists honoured for reporting on former PET agent
Afghanistan
Drone Strike Lawsuit Raises Concerns on Intelligence Sharing
United States
Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a naturalized US citizen from Somalia, was found guilty of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction at a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore. He had been arrested by undercover agents posing as al Qaeda operatives. The US Ambassador to Pakistan said the Taliban can be part of Afghanistan’s future […]
Al Qaeda
Algerian gas hostage crisis: Wired to a suicide bomber
Mauritania
Dembra Ould Semane, the brother of Salafist prisoners Mohamed and El Khadim Ould Semane, was arrested on terrorism charges. Security forces have stepped up monitoring of Salafists who might be joining al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and affiliated groups. The popularity of Islamist parties and AQIM is rising in the country, where 59 percent […]