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United States
Two senior Marine Corps commanders were ordered to take early retirement as a disciplinary measure for failing to provide for adequate security at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province last year, where a Taliban attack killed two US Marines and damaged over $200 million worth of military aircraft. One the commanders, General Gurganus, had repeatedly asked for reinforcements prior to the attack but his requests had been denied.
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Afghanistan
Two Marine Corps Generals Are Forced to Retire Over Fatal Security Breach
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Afghanistan
The government claimed it retook a district in Badakhshan from the Taliban; the Taliban claimed they are still in control of the district. Police claimed to have killed 25 Taliban fighters in Helmand and 10 more in Helmand. The Taliban killed two policemen and three civilians in Herant, and a policeman in Balkh.
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Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed at least 55 Iraqis and wounded more than 150 in a series of coordinated bombings throughout the capital of Baghdad. More than 20 car bombs were detonated in mainly Shia neighborhoods throughout the capital. One blast occurred outside a Sunni mosque.
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United States
How the Government Shutdown Hurts National Security
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Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Turkey announces reforms to increase Kurdish rights
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Syria
Foreign Minister Mouallem told the UN that Syrian “terrorists” are being supplied with chemical weapons, and claimed there are no moderate militants in Syria, where jihadists from 83 countries are allegedly fighting. He likened the terrorism suffered by Syria to the 9/11 attacks. Syria said it would not sit at peace talks with the Syrian National Coalition. The Al Nusrah Front and rebels took over a checkpoint in Deraa. An Al Nusrah suicide car bomber detonated at a checkpoint in Reef Dimashq. Kurdish YPG forces in Raqqah clashed with Al Nusrah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and…
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Egypt
The al Furqan Brigades released video of recent shooting attacks against “criminals” and “apostates.” Unidentified gunmen shot and killed at least six security personnel in attacks in the Sinai. A court upheld a one-year sentence for former Prime Minister Hisham Qandil. Security forces allegedly arrested a ‘top jihadist’ operating in the Sinai.
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Israel
President Peres said Israel would consider joining the chemical weapons ban treaty. Prime Minister Netanyahu urged the US to keep up sanctions against Iran. IDF forces fired on two Palestinians who had approached the border fence with Gaza.
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Yemen
A platoon of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters overran a military headquarters in Mukallah, killing and capturing several Yemeni soldiers. Yemeni special forces retook the base, killing and capturing several AQAP fighters.
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Shabaab
Officials Struggle With Tangled Web of Financing for Somali Militants
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Russia
Russia has offered to guard sites in Syria where chemical weapons will be destroyed, but will not allow Syria’s chemical weapons to be transferred to Russia for disposal. Security forces in Dagestan last week killed five alleged militants, including a woman, in a shootout at a house in Derbent; and also killed Kadar insurgency leader Tagir Sulebanov, as well as his father and an associate, in Makhachkala. Daghestan Supreme Court Judge Mukhtar Shapiyev and his son were fatally shot in Makhachkala on Sept. 25.
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Kenya
Abu Sandheere, a Kenyan al Qaeda operative, is suspected to have planned the Westgate Mall assault, and is thought to have escaped into Somalia. A 20-member Shabaab assassination squad led by Salaad Hassan and Khadar Abdi Abubakar is thought to be at large in Kenya. The number of people missing from the siege has dropped from 61 to 39. The bodies of five terrorists are thought to be under the rubble of the collapsed mall, and no terrorists’ bodies have been recovered. The interior minister admitted that some of the terrorists may have escaped. Investigators are looking for cars the…
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United Kingdom
An appeals court upheld the seizure of the house of convicted terrorist Munir Farooqi, who had used the home to recruit fighters for the Taliban in Afghanistan. Farooqi also lost an appeal against his conviction, as did co-defendants Matthew Newton and Israr Malik. Farooqi had fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan and later turned his Manchester home into a terrorist propaganda center with over 50,000 pieces of extremist literature.
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Kenya
First images emerge from inside Nairobi’s Westgate mall
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Zawahiri’s man in Shabaab’s ‘secret service’
In a July report warning of “new and more complex operations in Kenya,” the UN also identified an al Qaeda operative who has been entrusted by Ayman al Zawahiri to train Somalis and other African recruits. The operative, known as “Hassan,” has also reportedly trained Boko Haram fighters.
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Egyptian jihadist group claims shooting attacks on ‘apostates’ and ‘criminals’
A unit within the al Furqan Brigades claimed responsibility for recent shooting attacks on Egyptians, including at least one security official. The al Furqan Brigades has previously claimed attacks on ships traveling through the Suez Canal.
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AQAP fighters storm Yemen Army base in east
Al Qaeda’s branch in the Arabian Peninsula remains both a local and an international threat despite a concerted Yemeni and US military campaign.
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Pakistan condemns latest drone strike in North Waziristan
Today’s attack in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan is the second by the US in two days. The strike took place in Datta Khel, a known hub of al Qaeda activity.
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France
French were ‘hours’ from military strikes on Syria before phone call from Obama
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Afghanistan
The Taliban seized control of the Karan wa Munjan district center in Badakhshan; Afghan security forces claimed to have regained control of the district. A suicide bomber killed four people in an attack outside a security headquarters in Marja in Helmand. Security forces captured a Taliban commander in Herat and 73 fighters in Wardak.
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Iran
Iran’s secret trade links to bypass sanctions
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Iran
Iran’s Holocaust-denial trickery may point to nuclear duplicity as well
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Al Qaeda
Qaeda Plot Leak Has Undermined U.S. Intelligence
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China
Shin Bet probe reveals scope of Hamas money laundering through Chinese banks
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Islamist Syrian rebels claim to capture crossing on Jordanian border
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Afghanistan
At American University of Kabul, a foreboding about the future as US pullout deadline nears
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Syria
Inspectors from obscure agency ready to destroy Syrian chemical weapons
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Israel
The Shin Bet announced the arrest of an Iranian intelligence operative sent to operate in Israel by the IRGC Qods Force. Prime Minister Netanyahu said he plans to tell ‘the truth‘ about Iran during his trip to the US. The Navy announced that it will soon receive three new Super Dvora fast patrol boats.
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Afghanistan
Afghan Senators Claim Local Officials Submit Fudged Security Reports
