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United Kingdom
Three al Qaeda-linked British Islamists who planned mass-casualty suicide attacks, Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, were given prison sentences ranging from 18 to 23 years; Rahin Ahmed, an associate, received a 17-year term. Several other members of the Birmingham-based cell were also sentenced. Radical Islamists Imran Mahmood, Jahangir Alom, and Richard Dart received jail terms of less than 10 years each for planning acts of terror. Mahmood had traveled to Pakistan for terrorist training, and the other two men had tried to do so. Alom’s efforts to acquire the training are tied to a Briton living in Pakistan.
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Afghanistan
Taliban set conditions to release foreingers held in Logar
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Afghanistan
Afghan Powerful Figures Facilitate Release of Arrested Kidnappers
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United States
Surviving Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told investigators that he and his older brother Tamarlan intended to drive to New York City and detonate additional explosives in Times Square after the Boston bombings. Tamarlan’s phone number was linked to two other terrorism investigations.
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Afghanistan
ISAF commander General Dunford said there is “improved security across the country.” Security forces captured eight Pakistani Taliban fighters in Panjwai district in Kandahar.
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Iraq
Thirty-one “militants” and 10 policemen were killed during clashes in Mosul; it is unclear if the militants are members of insurgent groups or Sunni protesters. Two policemen were killed in an attack at a checkpoint in Fallujah.
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Syria
Revealed: tragic victims of Syria’s nerve gas war
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Israel
The Israeli Air Force intercepted a drone five nautical miles off the coast of Israel near Haifa. Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel is prepared to deal with any threat posed by Syria or Lebanon in the air, land, or sea. The IDF will reportedly stop using white phosphorous as smokescreens in operations due to the negative publicity associated with it.
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Egypt
Authorities are questioning an 11-member jihadist cell that was apprehended last week. The cell, which is made up of Egyptian, Palestinian, and Lebanese citizens, was plotting to target an Egyptian military installation in Rafah. The Salafi Nour party said none of its members will take a post in the Egyptian cabinet, which is expected to be reshuffled next week.
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Palestinian Territories
A Palestinian watchdog group announced it is looking into claims of corruption by over 25 Palestinian Authority officials. Most of the allegations are tied to institutions overseen by President Abbas’ office. An Egyptian Salafist group arrived in the Gaza Strip following an invitation from a Gaza-based Salafi group.
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Iran
Illegal fishing crackdown in Somalia, 78 Iranians detained
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Syria
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said that the military has evidence that the Syrian government has used sarin twice “on a small scale.” Young men from Kyrgyzstan are beginning to join rebel groups in Syria.
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Nigeria
Five Boko Haram fighters and two policemen were killed after the Islamist group attacked a police station in Yobe. Security forces imposed a curfew in Yobe after the attack.
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Canada
Canada tried, failed to deport VIA rail terror suspect nine years ago
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Syria
Obama Looking for Reasons to Delay Response to Syria’s Chemical Weapons Use
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United States
Boston bombs showed some expertise
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Israeli Air Force intercepts Hezbollah drone off coast of Israel
The Israeli Air Force intercepted a drone, which it said belonged to Hezbollah, off the coast of Israel near Haifa. This is the second such interception of a Hezbollah drone by Israel in seven months.
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Egypt
Al-Qaeda leader’s brother rejects Morsi
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Syria
Syria Campaigns to Persuade U.S. to Change Sides
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United States
Tamerlan Tsarnaev vowed to die for Islam
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Canada
Terror suspect Chiheb Esseghaier met with Al Qaeda operative abroad, sources say
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Algeria
Security forces have arrested four persons in Chlef province linked to the Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) who are accused of recruiting for the Al Nusrah Front in Syria. One of the four suspects is the leader of the AIS, the armed wing of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS); he is also believed to have links with Libyan and Tunisian jihadist groups. Authorities have been cracking down on jihadist recruiting networks in Algiers, Ghardaia, Tebessa, Tlemcen, Oued Souf, Djelfa, Tiaret, Biskara, and IIlizi.
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Syria
U.S. Sees No Conclusive Evidence of Chemical Arms Use by Syria
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Russia
2 US Agencies Added Boston Bomb Suspect to Watch Lists
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Canada
Man charged in VIA derailment plot fled Germany after family ‘terrorized’ by anti-immigrant groups: documents
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Afghanistan
Civilian casualties have risen by 30 percent over the past three months when compared with last year. Sixteen Taliban fighters and five policemen were killed in Faryab. The Taliban killed five children in a bombing in Kandahar. Turkey will keep some troops in Afghanistan after NATO pulls out at the end of 2014.
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Iraq
Eight soldiers, a policeman, and seven civilians were killed as Iraqi security forces clashed with Sunni protesters in Tuz Khurmatu and Baiji for the second day straight. Al Qaeda in Iraq is attempting to recruit children in Diyala to become suicide bombers.
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Syria
An Electricity Ministry official was killed by an IED attack on his car; several government officials have been assassinated in recent weeks. Two Syrian bishops abducted last week are still missing. Rebels have threatened to take the conflict into Lebanon.
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Israel
Why did the IDF’s top analyst drop his Syria WMD bombshell?
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India
Israel protests India’s feting of journalist accused of aiding Iran in New Delhi car bombing
