Canada
Renewed war on terrorism brings new challenges to Canadian police
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Pakistan
The Pakistani military claimed it killed 30 Taliban fighters, including a commander named Daud Matta, in airstrikes in North Waziristan. The US added South Waziristan Taliban commander Khan Said to the list of global terrorists. The Taliban in Bajaur threatened polio vaccination workers. The Taliban in Khyber threatened to destroy the homes of tribesmen who […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four soldiers in an IED attack in Kabul. The Ministry of Defense said that 950 soldiers were killed while fighting the Taliban in the past six months. The military claimed it killed 38 Taliban fighters during operations in Kandahar. Last year, poppy cultivation in Afghanistan reached an all-time high.
Iraq
The Islamic State killed 18 Iraqis in three IED attacks in Baghdad. Yesterday, the Islamic State launched a series of attacks against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, including a suicide bombing that killed six Peshmerga near the Mosul Dam, and killed 15 more people in car bombings in Karbala. The US launched three airstrikes against […]
Canada
Canada police say they were tracking man who killed a soldier
Islamic State
Syria tribal revolt against Islamic State ignored, fueling resentment
Iraq
Officials: ISIS forces launch multiple attacks in Iraq
State Department adds Osama bin Laden’s doctor to terrorist designation list
Ramzi Mawafi was added to the US government’s list of specially designated global terrorists today. Mawafi has been publicly identified as the emir of al Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula, which serves as a platform for funneling al Qaeda’s assistance to allied jihadist groups.
US State Department adds Pakistani Taliban leader to list of global terrorists
Khan Said, who is also known as Sajna Mehsud, “stated his continued commitment to terrorist activity” after parting with the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan earlier this year, the State Department said.
US supply drop to Kurds in the hands of the Islamic State
At least one of the 27 dropped US supply bundles has been captured by the Islamic State.
Canada
Martin Couture-Rouleau a.k.a. Ahmad Rouleau, a Muslim convert from a Montreal suburb, was shot and killed by police after running down two Canadian soldiers in the parking lot of a suburban mall. Described by the police as “radicalized,” Rouleau had previously posted jihadist propaganda online.
Ansar al Sharia
Holder Decision on Benghazi Case Reverberates
China
A Western news report emerged that Uighur attackers armed with knives and explosives stormed a farmers’ market in Kashgar prefecture in Xinjiang province on Oct. 12, where they killed at least 22 ethnic Han merchants and policemen. Chinese news outlets have not reported the attack.
Islamic State
Turkey Says It Will Aid Kurdish Forces in Fight for Kobane
Iran
Appointment of Iraq’s new interior minister opens door to militia and Iranian influence
AQAP claims credit for series of attacks in Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed credit for 16 attacks over the past several days as it battles Houthi rebels for control of central Yemen.
Denmark
Denmark tries a soft-handed approach to returned Islamist fighters
Afghanistan
The US reportedly killed Abu Bara al Kuwaiti, a leader in al Qaeda’s General Command, in an airstrike in Nangarhar province. Abu Bara was at the home of Abdul Samad Khanjari, al Qaeda’s military commander in the province. The Taliban denied that Anas Haqqani and Anas Haqqani and Qari Abdul Rasheed Omari were members of […]
Iraq
An Islamic State suicide bomber killed an Iraqi Army brigade commander and two aides in Amriyat al Fallujah. The police chief for Salahaddin province was wounded in an IED attack. Another Islamic State suicide bomber killed 18 people at a Shia mosque in Baghdad. The US launched 10 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Fallujah, […]
Boko Haram
Boko Haram suspected in deadly attacks after Nigeria cease-fire to free schoolgirls
Islamic State
Turkey opposes transfer of US arms to Kurds fighting Islamic State
Germany
Islamic State attracts Kurds from Germany to join jihad
Islamic State
Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town
Taliban claims captured Haqqani leaders visited ex-Gitmo detainees in Qatar
The Taliban claims that two recently captured Haqqani operatives had recently met with members of the “Taliban Five” in Qatar. The Taliban Five is a group of senior Taliban leaders who were exchanged for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl earlier this year.
TTP denies its spokesman defected to Islamic State
The group said “Shahidullah Shahid” is a nom de guerre used by all spokesmen and that former spokesman Shaykh Maqbool was not a member of the group when he defected.
Senior al Qaeda leader reported killed in US airstrike in eastern Afghanistan
Abu Bara al Kuwaiti is a member of al Qaeda’s General Command and was mentored by Atiyah Allah. The US killed Abu Bara in Nangarhar province, yet another indicator that al Qaeda is not confined to Kunar and Nuristan.
Egypt
Jihadists killed six Egyptian security personnel in an IED attack in Al Arish in the Sinai Peninsula. The attack took place in the same area where two policemen were killed in an ambush with RPGs three days ago.
Islamic State patrols town north of Baghdad
A town in the key northern Baghdad belt has fallen back under control of the Islamic State.
Al Nusrah Front releases video of training camp in Idlib
The Al Nusrah Front has been running training camps in Syria since at least December 2012.
Discord dissolves Pakistani Taliban coalition
The spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban announced that he and five other leaders had defected to the Islamic State this week. The bulk of the organization had already broken off earlier this year.