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China
Authorities announced the arrest of five Uighurs, described as Islamic jihadists, suspected of involvement in yesterday’s car crash in Tiananmen Square that killed five people and wounded 38 more. Rebiya Kadeer, president of the Munich-based World Uighur Congress, called for an independent investigation into the incident.
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Turkey
Hytham Qassap, the only Syrian among six men arrested in Adana in May and charged with trying to obtain chemical weapons materials for the Al Nusrah Front and the Ahrar al Sham, was released pending trial; the five other suspects, all Turks, were all released after tests showed the materials seized were not sarin gas, but ingredients used to make it. Qassap denied the charges against him but admitted to contacts with the Free Syrian Army. Syria’s Grand Mufti reportedly claimed that two Syrian bishops kidnapped in April are being held in Turkey; the Turkish Foreign Ministry denied the reports.
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Egypt
Islamic law, military fuel debate on Egypt charter
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Syria
Russia warned of the “huge threat” of an Islamist Syria in the event the Assad regime were overthrown militarily. Russia also expressed concern over a report that Islamists recently conducted a chemical attack in Hasakah. The Al Nusrah Front allegedly detained and killed a Kurdish civilian in Hasakah. Kurdish YPG forces continued to clash with Al Nusrah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, and allied rebels in Hasakah. The ISIS stormed a rebel battalion headquarters in Aleppo and detained several fighters. ISIS took over a television station in Aleppo, claiming it worked for the CIA. Rebels stormed an…
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Syria
Hopes fade for Syria peace talks next month
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Algeria
Algeria addresses mosque security
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NSA
Defending America in Cyberspace
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Iraq
The ISIS killed 24 people in a series of suicide attacks and bombings in Tarmiyah, Mosul, Abu Ghraib, and Baghdad; in Tarmiyah, a pair of suicide bombers killed 12 soldiers and Awakening members, and in Mosul, another suicide bomber killed three policemen and four civilians. Security forces captured six ISIS operatives in Babil.
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Yemen
Shia Houthi rebels killed four people in an attack on a Sunni mosque in Damaj in the north. More than 4,000 “Salafists” are said to have gathered in Saada to battle the Houthis. The military captured an al Qaeda operative involved in the assassination of a military academy’s deputy director.
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Iran
Syria footage sheds light on Iran’s involvement
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Social Media Jihad: Ansar al Sharia Libya’s new Twitter feed
Ansar al Sharia Libya has a new Twitter feed. In recent days, the group also showcased its first open event in the city of Derna.
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Ireland
Portrait of an Irish Jihadist as a Young Man
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Hezbollah
Does Hizbollah’s partial exit from Syria mean anything?
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Egypt
Authorities arrested senior Muslim Brotherhood figure Essam el Erian as part of the continuing crackdown on the organization. Unidentified gunmen fired on a checkpoint in Mansoura, the second such incident in recent days. Security forces clashed with students at al Azhar University. Authorities reportedly arrested Nasser Mohammed Ibrahim, a Muslim Brotherhood member suspected of coordinating with Hamas and Salafi jihadists in the Sinai.
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Libya
An assistant to the commander of Benghazi’s Rapid Intervention Security Force was murdered by gunmen outside a hospital, and an officer in the Benghazi Security Directorate escaped an assassination attempt as he drove to work. Masked gunmen killed two people and seriously wounded five more outside a Benghazi hotel in an attack on Ubaidi tribesmen who were calling for an investigation into the 2011 murder of Major-General Abdel-Fattah Younis. Algerian officials say Libya’s nearly 1,000- kilometer border with Algeria is guarded by some 14 Salafist Tuareg militias, not by Libyan soldiers.
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Tunisia
A suicide bomber detonated outside a hotel in the coastal city of Sousse, killing only himself; authorities are pursuing an additional suspect. Police foiled a suicide attack in Monistir, arresting a suspected bomber at the tomb of former president Habib Bourguiba. The suspects are said to be Tunisian Salafists. An Islamist hacking group called Fallaga took over the Facebook page and Twitter account of the Human Rights and Transitional Justice minister; one post by the group mentioned Kamel Gadhgadhi, a suspect in the murder of politician Chokri Belaid. Security forces protested in Tunis against growing insecurity in the country and…
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Russia
Two bombs targeting a liquor store in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, killed one person and injured at least 10 more. A shootout between police and suspected Islamist militants in Kabardino-Balkaria yesterday left one policeman and two militants dead.
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Pakistan
Pakistan: 3 percent of drone deaths were civilians
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Suicide bomber strikes in Tunisia
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the coastal city of Sousse earlier today. According to Tunisian officials, the bombing was part of a planned wave of attacks. No group has claimed the attack, but it comes after weeks of escalating violence between Ansar al Sharia and the Tunisian government.
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Al Qaeda
US commandos were poised for raid to capture Benghazi suspect
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Iran
If Iran Can Get This Reactor Online, Israel May Not Be Able to Bomb It
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Iran
Iran’s Nuclear Black Box
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Belgium
Prosecutors said Antwerp University was evacuated on Oct. 28 because of emails to faculty from a sender linked to a Muslim brotherhood who threatened to kill all unbelievers in Belgium. Last week a possibly related video surfaced, purportedly from Belgian jihadists in Syria. Suspected jihadist Jejoen Bontinck, who was recently arrested at his home in Antwerp after returning from Syria, remains in detention.
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Denmark
Police arrested but later released 15 people in Aarhus suspected of throwing rocks and flares at former imam Ahmed Akkari, who was on a speaking tour of troubled neighborhoods with a candidate for parliament. Police also seized 209 flares intended that were to be set off during the event. Akkari, who was protected by 40 policemen, said he would not back down despite harassment. Rocks were also thrown at the two men during a previous event in Odense. Akkari has been criticized by some in the Muslim community for distancing himself from the Prophet Mohammed cartoon controversy.
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France
Officials are denying that a ransom was paid for the recent release of four French hostages held captive for three years by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb; reports allege that a ransom of $26 million was paid. A negotiator from Niger, former Tuareg rebel Mohamed Akotey, is said to have been instrumental in securing their release. President Hollande said he has not forgotten about seven more French nationals still being held hostage; there are thought to be four in Syria, two in Mali or Niger, and one in Nigeria.
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China
Authorities suspect that three persons who crashed an SUV into Tiananmen Square in Beijing yesterday, killing five people and injuring 38 more, were suicide attackers from the restive western region of Xinjiang. Police are looking for eight persons, seven of whom are believed to be Uighurs, and named two likely suspects from Pishan and Shanshan counties.
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Syria
Regime forces, opposition fighters, and aid organizations cooperated to evacuate 1,800 civilians from the besieged town of Mouadamiya near Damascus, but thousands remain trapped inside. Syria’s deputy prime minister was dismissed for an unauthorized meeting with US officials to discuss peace proposals. The leader of the Omar bin al-Khattab battalion was assassinated in Deir Izzour. Video surfaced of a Syrian parliamentarian kidnapped by Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham in Deir Izzour; also kidnapped were 71 men from the village of al-Shamitiya. A Tunisian foreign fighter was filmed desecrating a statue of the…
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NSA
Officials Say White House Knew of Spying
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Somalia
Suspected Somali pirates captured by Navy-led forces after attack on supertanker
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Afghanistan
US Disrupts Afghans’ Tack on Militants
