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Sinai jihadists threaten to kill anyone found aiding Egypt’s security forces
Al Salafiyya al Jihadiyya threatened to kill anyone found aiding Egyptian security forces currently operating in the Sinai. The jihadist group also offered those aiding the security forces a chance to repent.
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Kenya
Terror in Westgate mall: the full story of the attacks that devastated Kenya
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Egypt
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with security forces and opponents. Two suspects believed to be behind the killing of two army conscripts near Ismailia were arrested. Some 100 Palestinians planning to travel to the Hajj were turned back by Egyptian authorities over security concerns. An army official claimed that authorities have destroyed 1,055 smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza since January 2011. Three terrorists were reportedly killed in separate incidents in the Sinai overnight. An army official reportedly contended that the Sinai ‘will be announced free of terrorism soon.’
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Kenya
After a popular hardline Islamist cleric was shot and killed along with three companions in Mombasa last night, rioting Muslims clashed with police, burned a church, and blocked a main road into the city. Militant Islamist Sheikh Abubakar Shariff a.k.a. Makaburi, who is already facing terrorism charges, appeared quickly at the scene and denounced the killing as a government assassination, and claimed Muslims are now justified to disobey Kenyan laws. Two weeks after the Westgate Mall massacre, only three bodies have been recovered from the rubble, despite claims of more missing. Intelligence officials think at least two of the terrorists…
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Iran
U.S. and Israel Share a Goal in Iran Talks, but Not a Strategy
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Pakistan
Insurgents increase attacks on Pakistani forces in quake-hit areas
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Syria
Turkey renews permit to send troops to Syria
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United States
Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian who once played professional soccer, was extradited to the US to face charges for plotting with al Qaeda to blow up a NATO base in Belgium. He already served 10 years in a Belgian prison, and was indicted by the US in 2006. The US and Japan agreed to modernize their defense alliance. The US sanctioned Central African Republic, Rwanda, Sudan, Burma, and Syria for their use of child soldiers, but gave waivers to several other countries. A memo from the Attorney General said Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev is a committed terrorist who was…
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Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three policemen in an IED attack in Helmand. Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf, one of several Afghans who assisted Osama bin Laden with entering Afghanistan and who served as a mentor to Mohammed Atef, is running for president.
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North Korea
The Yongbyon nuclear complex, which was shut down in 2007, appears to have started up again, according to a US research institute. In the past, North Korea has used the reactor to produce enough plutonium for as many as 12 atomic bombs.
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Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant clashed with Kurdish YPG fighters in Aleppo and Hasakah. Rebels in Reef Dimashq executed two men as sharia punishment and threw their corpses into a marketplace. Fighters from the Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al-Sham, Liwa’ al-Haq, al-Miqdad bin Aswad battalion, and other rebel factions stormed an Alawite village in Homs. Ahrar al-Sham, Suqoor al-Sham brigades, Jaish al-Islam, Tawhid brigade, al-Furqan brigades, and al-Haq brigade called for an immediate ceasefire in Azaz between ISIL and the Asifat al-Shamal brigade, and a resolution by sharia court in Aleppo City. Activists in Raqqah accused ISIL…
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Iraq
Insurgents killed five people in a bombing at a soccer field in Madeen and two policemen and a civilian in attacks in Mosul. Security forces killed a suicide bomber in Mosul. Wanted members of al Qaeda in Iraq are joining the Al Nusrah Front in Syria.
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Iran
The Rise of Persian Salafism
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Ennahda
Top Tunisia imam calls Eid strike
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Iran
Mojtaba Ahmadi, the head of Iran’s Cyber Warfare command, was found dead in a woods outside Karaj over the weekend. He had been assassinated at close range. Iran is preparing a proposal for upcoming talks on its nuclear program; the proposal will insist on the ability to enrich uranium domestically and to take advantage of nuclear technology.
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Yemen
Yemeni military and police forces retook a military headquarters in Mukallah that was overrun by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula on Sept. 29. Ten soldiers and an undisclosed number of AQAP fighters were killed.
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Israel
The Shin Bet reported that eight rockets and mortars were fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel in September. Justice Minister Livni, who is leading negotiations with the Palestinians, said Israel seeks a final status agreement. Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Iranian missiles could potentially reach the US. The IDF’s Judea and Samaria Division is taking steps to reemphasize the danger of entering certain areas of the West Bank after an IDF soldier was recently abducted and murdered by Palestinians.
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Egypt
Islamists called for renewed protests against the army on the anniversary of the 1973 war with Israel. A Muslim Brotherhood statement compared the army’s rule to that of Adolf Hitler. Authorities defused a bomb found near a gas station in Sharm el Sheikh. Security sources alleged that Egypt may target sites in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip if violence in the Sinai continues.
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Africa
Islamic fighters connect in Africa
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Al Qaeda
Man Who Brought Al Qaeda to Afghanistan Now Runs for President
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
CIA ramping up covert training program for moderate Syrian rebels
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Photo of Mullah Sangeen in coffin published on jihadist forum
Haqqani Network commander Mullah Sangeen Zadran was killed in a US drone strike on Sept. 5 in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
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Iraq
Exclusive: Iraq still using bogus bomb detectors – and thousands pay the price
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Syria
Missed Opportunity in Syria Haunts UN Official
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Russia
Russia backed a UN Security Council statement urging Syria to allow more humanitarian relief into the country. In three separate incidents in Dagestan, five policemen, three civilians, and four militants were killed. Officials named three suspects in the assassination of Ingushetia’s head of security. Two suspected Caucasus Emirate militants died in a shootout with security forces in Kabardino-Balkaria on Sept. 30.
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Mali
The government freed 23 rebels linked to the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, which pulled out of a peace accord last week. A group called the Imaratou Sahra battalion of al Qaeda of Jihad in the Islamic Maghreb claimed credit for the Sept. 28 double suicide bombing in Timbuktu; the MNLA blamed AQIM and MUJAO for the attack. The Red Cross is delivering food aid to half a million people in Kidal, Gao, Timbuktu, and Mopti.
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Libya
The extent and nature of the attack on the Russian embassy remains unclear, but no Russian personnel were harmed and they have been evacuated to Tunisia after the Libyan government told them it could not protect the embassy. Libyan officials claimed that one of the attackers was killed and four were wounded. An angry group torched the police station in Tripoli’s Suq-al Juma neighborhood.
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Nigeria
Fighter jets bombed suspected Boko Haram camps near Majari on the border between Yobe and Borno states. Security forces have arrested 15 suspects linked to last week’s massacre at an agricultural college. The death toll from an attack by alleged Fulani gunmen last week on Zanga village in Kaduna state has risen to about 100; the attackers also destroyed 500 houses. The attacks in the area began in March, when 14 people were killed, and four churches, two schools, and 247 houses were burnt. The army plans to destroy a large quantity of confiscated IEDS in Borno. The trial of…
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Emir of Muhajireen Army denies reports of his death
Omar al Chechen granted a short interview in which he also denied permitting a meeting between the Northern Storm Brigade and a US senator.
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Pakistan hands over suspected green-on-blue killer for trial
The difficult work of bringing green-on-blue killers to justice moves a step forward with the recent transfer of a rogue ANA soldier from Pakistan to Afghanistan. In the process, Coalition authorities are faced with the problems of Taliban influence and safe havens in Pakistan.
