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Boko Haram attacks 2 churches in northern Nigeria, kills 12
Image captures the smoldering wreckage of St. Theresa Catholic Church at Madalla, Suleja, just outside Nigeria's capital of Abuja on Dec. 25, 2011. Militants launched a series of arson attacks and...
View ArticleTaliban suicide bomber attacks US base in Khost
The Taliban claimed credit for a suicide attack outside of a US base in eastern Afghanistan that is known to house CIA operatives who are hunting al Qaeda and other terrorist leaders across the border...
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Jihadist identifies 2 AQAP fighters killed in recent drone strike
Nabil al Kaldi and Abdullah Bawazir. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. A Yemeni jihadist has identified two of the five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula members who were killed in a US drone...
View ArticleUS drones strike in Pakistan's Shawal Valley
The US launched another drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today. Five "militants" are said to have been killed in the latest strike in an area known to...
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Al Nusrah Front emir denounces US terrorism designation, praises foreign...
Banner for the Al Nusrah Front, a jihadist group in Syria. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda's branch in Syria, has released a...
View ArticleUS drones kill 2 AQAP fighters in eastern Yemen
US drones struck for the third time in Yemen in five days, killing two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in an attack in eastern Yemen today. The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly...
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Pakistani Taliban release video refuting rumors of leadership rift
Waliur Rehman Mehsud (left) and Hakeemullah Mehsud (right), from their latest propaganda tape. Image from Dawn. The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan released a videotape today that refutes the...
View ArticleUS drones kill 3 AQAP fighters in central Yemen
US drones struck for the fourth time in Yemen in less than a week, killing three al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in an attack in central Yemen today. The remotely piloted Predators or the...
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Sudanese jihadist media front releases video detailing prison escape of...
Four suspects sentenced to death for the January 2008 assassination of a US diplomat and his driver in the Sudan are depicted escaping from a maximum security prison during the summer of 2010. The...
View ArticleTaliban execute 21 Pakistani policemen in Peshawar
The Taliban executed 21 Pakistani policemen last night after capturing them during a series of raids at checkpoints outside the northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar last week. The Taliban have...
View ArticleISAF kills 'several' al Qaeda-linked fighters in Kunar raid
The International Security Assistance Force announced today that "several" insurgents were killed during an Afghan and Coalition force raid in Taliban-infested Kunar province. Following an inquiry by...
View ArticleAfghan troops attack Spanish soldiers on New Year's Eve
Two Afghan soldiers opened fire on Spanish and Afghan troops patrolling in the western Afghan province of Herat last night. The insider (or 'green-on-blue') attack, in which Afghan security forces...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills 5 'militants' in South Waziristan
The US conducted its first strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal areas this year, killing five "militants," according to reports. The remotely piloted Predators or the more deadly Reapers,...
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'Good Taliban' leader Mullah Nazir killed in US drone strike
South Waziristan Taliban leader Mullah Nazir [bottom-center]. The US killed a senior Taliban leader in one of three drone strikes that took place in the Pakistani tribal areas over the past 24 hours;...
View ArticleUS drone strike kills local AQAP commander, 2 fighters in central Yemen
The US killed a local al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander and two fighters in the first recorded drone strike in Yemen so far this year. The US stepped up the Predator and Reapers strikes in...
View ArticleTaliban name Mullah Nazir's replacement
The Mullah Nazir Group, a Taliban faction in South Waziristan, has named a successor after its leader was killed in a US drone strike yesterday. The new emir of the group maintains close ties to al...
View ArticleTaliban promise 'sacred jihad' if US forces remain in Afghanistan past 2014
The Taliban have vowed to continue their "sacred jihad" if the Afghan government agrees to allow the United States to keep forces in Afghanistan past 2014. The Taliban made the statement as the Afghan...
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Omar Hammami's personal dispute with Shabaab
Over the past week, a jihadist who calls himself "@abuamerican" and "Abu M" on Twitter launched into a tirade against Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia. Abu M, who describes himself as a...
View ArticleUS drones strike again in South Waziristan
The US again launched airstrikes in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan today, killing 17 people. The drone attack is the fourth this year, and the first since the US killed...
View ArticleUS drones launch 2 strikes in North Waziristan
The US conducted two more airstrikes in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today, killing eight "militants" in an area known to host al Qaeda and other foreign terrorist...
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