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Egypt
Protesting in Egypt because they have nothing else
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Egypt
A video of police beating a naked man inflamed anger against security forces and the government. The opposition National Salvation Front called for President Morsi to resign.
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On the Ansar al Sharia Facebook pages
The Ansar al Sharia Facebook pages analyzed by The Long War Journal contain valuable information, in addition to bluster. Two Facebook pages we reported on have been taken down since our articles first appeared.
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Egypt
Thousands of protesters hurled stones and firebombs at President Morsi’s palace gates as security forces fired tear gas and water cannons; at least 48 people were injured. More demonstrations occurred across the country.
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Egypt
‘Black Bloc’ revolutionaries baffle Egyptians
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Egypt
Egypt’s rival factions, the secular National Salvation Front and the Islamic Muslim Brotherhood, met and pledged to counter the political violence that has killed nearly 60 people in the last week. Eighteen suspects were arrested for belonging to the ‘Black Bloc’ group.
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Egypt
Secular and Islamic groups met to try to defuse the political crisis. Protesters in Cairo rejected prosecutors’ decision to arrest members of the Black Bloc group on terrorism charges. Islamist parties said Black Bloc members must be killed.
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Egypt
Insight: Egypt is once again risking its futur
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Egypt
Black Bloc must die, say Jihad and Jama’a al-Islamiya
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Egypt
Egypt’s army chief warned that the current political crisis could cause the collapse of the state. In Port Said, thousands of protesters called for the downfall of Egypt’s president. Public prosecutors urged that members of the ‘Black Bloc” anti-President Morsi group be arrested.
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Egypt
Radical Past: Former Associate Calls Morsi a ‘Master of Disguise’
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Al Qaeda
Omar Abdel Rahman: The push to free the imprisoned Islamist extremist
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Egypt
Egypt’s transition to democracy put in doubt as ‘militias’ add to polarisation
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Egypt
Protesters and riot police clashed in Cairo and Port Said for a fifth day in spite of President Morsi’s declaration of a state of emergency on Sunday; 50 people have died in the violence so far. Morsi’s call for national dialogue was rejected by the main opposition alliance.
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Egypt
Washington casts wary eye at Muslim Brotherhood
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Egypt
Suez Canal official: Navigation unaffected by violence
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Egypt
Tens of thousands gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on the second anniversary of the revolt that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. The demonstration grew violent as protesters attacked government buildings and set fire to the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters. Emergency personnel said 110 people were injured.
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Mohammed al Zawahiri threatens West, condemns Mali intervention
The younger brother of al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri has called for jihad in Mali and threatened France, as well as other countries. He “organized” last week’s protest at the French Embassy in Cairo. Al Qaeda banners were on display during the protest.
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Shin Bet: Rise in attacks from the Sinai in 2012
A newly released report from Israel’s Shin Bet shows a rise in terror attacks originating in the Sinai in 2012. In addition, the report reveals that five attempted infiltrations by terrorists were thwarted last year.
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Egypt
Egypt: on 25 January, one anniversary but two commemorations
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Egypt
Egypt’s Revolution, Two Years On
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi
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Egypt
Egypt opposition leader aims to break Islamist dominance
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Egypt
President Morsi said he was against French intervention in Mali, saying it could create further unrest in the region. He wanted a more “peaceful and developmental” approach to the crisis. As part of a foreign aid agreement, the US began delivering F-16 fighter jets to Egypt.
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Ansar Dine
Is Qatar fuelling the crisis in north Mali?
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Algeria
How a pile of explosives I found in a Libyan field may have ended up in the hands of Algerian terrorists
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Egypt
In Egypt, coalition of groups opposed to Islamists is fracturing
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Egypt
Opposition groups called for anti-Muslim Brotherhood demonstrations for Jan. 25. Protesters clashed with police outside a courthouse in Alexandria where policemen are being tried for allegedly killing protesters. Police seized a truck carrying a ton of explosives that was on its way to Sinai.
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Rising concerns over foreign militants in the Sinai as more explosives seized
On Sunday, Egyptian authorities seized one ton of explosives in transit to the Sinai. Egyptian officials are increasingly worried that militants from Algeria and Libya are now operating in the Sinai Peninsula.
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Egypt
Brotherhood Struggles to Exert Political Power in Egypt
