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Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants attacked a mosque in Damboa town in Borno state, killing five worshipers and setting fire to the palace and residence of the district head; they were then repulsed by the military, which claimed to have killed 15 militants. “Hoodlums” among the estimated 30,000 attendees at Northern Youth Summit in Kaduna attacked campaigners for President Jonathan and event organizers, who escaped harm only because of their private security guards; hundreds of policemen refused to intervene.
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Central African Republic
14 killed in clashes in Central African Republic
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4 US soldiers killed in Taliban suicide attack
The Taliban claimed credit for a double suicide attack in Zhari district in Kandahar, the cradle of the movement.
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Libya
Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has contacted US officials and asked them “to provide an explanation” for the capture of longtime al Qaeda leader Abu Anas al Libi on Libyan soil. Assassins gunned down a Libyan Air Force colonel in Benghazi.
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United Kingdom
Home Secretary May said security has been heightened at shopping centers after the Westgate massacre in Nairobi, and noted that a number of potential terrorists have left the UK to fight in Somalia and Syria. The chairman of the UK’s Charity Commission warned that money raised to help Syrian refugees was “undoubtedly” going to extremist groups. A committee representing the UK’s largest charities has raised at least £20 million for Syrian relief since March and cannot guarantee that the money is not falling into the hands of terrorists.
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‘Core’ al Qaeda member captured in Libya
A senior al Qaeda operative, Abu Anas al Libi, was captured in Tripoli, Libya. Al Libi has served al Qaeda since the 1990s. According to a report published by the Library of Congress in August 2012, he was the “builder of al Qaeda’s network in Libya.”
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United States
US forces conducted raids against terrorists in Libya and Somalia. Defense Secretary Hagel said “most” of the furloughed Pentagon civilian workers will be soon called back to work. Secretary of State Kerry said the US is not abandoning its “pivot” to Asia.
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Senior ISAF member killed in green-on-blue attack in southern Afghanistan
In the third insider attack on Coalition forces since Sept. 21, a senior member of the International Security Assistance Force has been shot and killed in southern Afghanistan.
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Ahrar al Sham
Qaeda in Syria wants to dominate Iraq, Turkey border zones
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Afghanistan
The police claimed to have killed 18 Taliban fighters during operations in Kandahar, Helmand, and Farah provinces. The Taliban killed two policemen and two civilians in an attack in Laghman. Afghan officials claimed that ISAF aircraft killed five civilians, including three children, in Nangarhar. An Afghan security guard killed an ISAF soldier in the east. Former Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak will run for president.
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Iraq
Al Qaeda in Iraq killed at least 48 Iraqis in a series of attacks in Baghdad, Balad, and Mosul. In Baghdad, a suicide bomber killed 24 people, including four people, in an attack that targeted Shia worshippers. In Balad, a suicide bomber killed 13 people outside of a cafe.
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Kenya names 4 jihadists involved in Westgate mall assault
A Sudanese man led the team, which also included a Kenyan and a Somali.
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Turkey
Interior Minister Güler rejected opposition charges that the government had recently opened Turkish border gates in response to a threat from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. He also rejected the charge that ISIL was behind the Reyhanli border gate bombing that killed over 50 people; authorities have blamed the bombing on the Turkish Peoples Liberation Party/Front (THKP/C) and a faction, the Urgent Ones (Acilciler). The government also denied involvement in an alleged special forces raid against Shabaab in Somalia. The government aims to continue incursions into Iraq in pursuit of the Kurdistan Workers Party.
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Somalia
Shabaab claimed that Western special operations forces launched a 2 a.m. raid in the Shabaab-controlled town of Barawe. Shabaab claims to have repelled the raid and one of its fighters were killed in the assault.
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Kenya
The Kenyan military named four dead Westgate Mall attackers, including their al Qaeda-trained leader, Abu Baara al-Sudani. The three others are Omar Nabhan, a Kenyan Arab who had lived in Somalia; Khattab al-Kene, a Shabaab-linked Somali said to be “an associate of Ramzy from Mogadishu”; and a man identified only as Umayr. Kenyan authorities are said to be holding nine suspects and have said that five attackers were killed. Others may still be at large. Police searching for Shabaab militants raided a Somali-run hotel in Kitui town, but arrested no one. Police are said to be looking for a cleric,…
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Shabaab claims it ‘repelled’ raid by Western special operations forces
Shabaab claimed that its fighters stopped a Western-led nighttime raid from the sea in the costal town of Barawe. The US special operations forces killed a top al Qaeda and Shabaab leader in Barawe four years ago.
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Assad lashes out at Turkey for sheltering terrorists
Ironically, Assad backed the same terrorist groups in Iraq that have now turned on him.
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Libya
US special forces captured Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai a.k.a. Abu Anas al-Liby in Tripoli, wanted for his role in al Qaeda’s 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Nation Party head Abdulhakim Belhaj denied allegations that the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group led by Belhaj has conducted assassinations in Tunisia with Ansar al Sharia, including that of secular politician Chokri Belaid. Gunmen ambushed security forces at the Tarhuna-Bani Walid checkpoint, killing 15 troops and wounding four. Several brigades were authorized to protect the Tripoli suburb of Suq-Al-Juma after the police station was attacked. In Benghazi, a retired senior police…
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United States
Negotiations for a post-2014 US presence in Afghanistan are at an impasse; although an agreement has been reached to assure legal immunity for US troops, the US has rejected Afghan requests that the US guarantee Afghanistan’s security and that US troops refrain from searching for al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Afghan President Karzai has said he is in no hurry to reach an agreement.
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
The story of one jihadist on his way to Syria
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Afghanistan
The newly appointed chief of police for Wardak province quit just two days after taking the job, citing continuous fighting with the Taliban. The Taliban killed two policemen and a road worker in Faryab province; a woman was also beheaded in the province.
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Al Qaeda
Terrorism newest worry for cargo ships
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Christians under threat in Syria as Islamist extremists gain influence
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Magawir Battalions
Syrian Sufis Divided As Salafist Influence Grows
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Egypt
Ancient monastery closed to visitors amid Sinai unrest, but Bedouin neighbors protect it
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Syria
President Assad said Turkey would pay a price for allowing “terrorists” to use Turkey’s border for attacks in Syria. Diplomatic and intelligence sources say Hezbollah is withdrawing some of its troops from Syria, leaving only “a few thousand” in country. The UN said Syria has given the OPCW inspection team additional information about Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant issued a series of jihadist posters in English. The Al Nusrah Front has launched a website inviting questions and featuring an interview with its emir, Abu Muhammad al Julani.
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Iraq
A suicide bomber killed three Iraqi soldiers in an attack in Hit. Al Qaeda in Iraq killed an Awakening leader in an IED attack in Bayji. Security forces arrested nine wanted men in Baghdad.
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Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed a Yemeni special forces colonel in an attack in Aden. The Yemeni military wrongly arrested a customs officer who they claimed was AQAP’s emir in Ghail Bawazir in Hadramout.
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Danish Salafist leader said to have been killed in Syria
A martyrdom video for Kaldet til Islam leader Shiraz Tariq has surfaced, indicating that he died fighting with jihadist forces in Latakia last month.
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Afghanistan
Norway cuts Afghan aid in protest at graft
