Terrorism

Drone strikes kills 'Qaeda militants' in Yemen

Agence France-Presse — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:47:25 +0000

Agence France-Presse

An apparent US drone attack has killed four suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen and destroyed an explosives-packed truck, tribal sources said on Saturday.

They occurred on Friday night in Al-Mahfad region in Abyan province, the sources said.

The truck was carrying grenades and explosive belts, and the attack destroyed the weapons and killed the vehicle's four occupants, "members of Al-Qaeda," one of the sources said.

A local dignitary confirmed to AFP that four people were killed but was unable to say whether they were Islamist militants.

Syria jihadists executed regime supporters

Agence France-Presse — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:15:18 +0000

Agence France-Presse

A video distributed Thursday by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights shows jihadists in the east of the country executing supporters of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

The Britain-based watchdog did not specify whether the men killed were combatants, nor did it say when the footage was shot.

The men killed by Al-Nusra Front, a jihadist organisation operating in Syria that the United States has classed as "terrorist" "are supporters of the Assad regime, but we cannot know whether they were regime troops", watchdog director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

Car bombs kill 9, wound 65 in Iraq's capital

Agencia EFE — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:00:27 +0000

Agencia EFE

Baghdad, May 15 (EFE).- At least 9 people died and 65 others were wounded Wednesday by six car-bombs in Baghdad, most of them exploding in predominately Shiite districts, an Iraqi police spokesman told Efe.

The first car-bomb blew up in Khadimiyah, in the northern part of the Iraqi capital, killing two people and wounding nine.

Khadimiyah is the target of frequent bomb attacks against the Shiite community living in that neighborhood.

Attacks kill 10 in Iraq

Agencia EFE — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:30:05 +0000

Agencia EFE

Baghdad, May 15 (EFE).- At least 10 people died and 13 others were wounded in two car-bomb attacks on government buildings Wednesday in Kirkuk, a city 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, an Iraqi police spokesman told Efe.

The deadlier attack was staged near the financial control department building in Al Khadra, a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the city.

The bomb killed six people, wounded eight and caused extensive damage both to the government building and nearby structures.

Iraq bombings kill 29 people

Agence France-Presse — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:25:09 +0000

Agence France-Presse

Bombings in Iraq, including a series of blasts mainly targeting Shiite areas of Baghdad, killed at least 29 people and wounded 70 on Wednesday, security and medical officials said.

Car bombs hit Kadhimiyah and Sadr City in north Baghdad, Saidiyah in the south and Mashtal and Baghdad Jadida in the east, killing at least 14 people and wounding at least 47, while a roadside bomb in the Zafraniyah area killed two police, officials said.

AFP journalists heard the sound of explosions in central Baghdad, and saw a number of ambulances on the street.

Egypt 'foils Qaeda-linked plot against Western embassy'

Agence France-Presse — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:04:07 +0000

Agence France-Presse

Egypt's interior minister said on Saturday police arrested three members of an Al-Qaeda-linked cell in an alleged transnational plot to bomb a Western embassy and other targets in the country.

The suspects were arrested with explosives intended to be used to bomb a Western embassy after an investigation showed threads in Pakistan, Iran and Algeria, Mohamed Ibrahim said at a news conference.

Police "have delivered a successful blow against a terror cell plotting suicide bomb attacks," said the interior minister.

Egypt says thwarts suicide attack on foreign embassy

Thomson Reuters — Sun, 12 May 2013 13:15:03 +0000

Thomson Reuters

By Tom Perry and Yasmine Saleh

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces thwarted an al Qaeda-linked group's plan to carry out a suicide attack on a foreign embassy and captured several militants, the interior minister said on Saturday.

Mohamed Ibrahim, speaking in a televised news conference, declined to say which embassy had been targeted. He named three suspected members of the cell now under arrest.

Busted Islamist cells 'planned attacks' in Morocco

Agence France-Presse — Sat, 11 May 2013 20:45:21 +0000

Agence France-Presse

Members of two radical Islamist cells dismantled at the weekend in northern Morocco wanted "to carry out jihadist attacks" in the kingdom and had contacts in Spain and Belgium, the interior ministry said on Thursday.

"The members of the two cells, indoctrinated with takfirist (extremist) ideology, had forged links with like-minded people abroad, in occupied Melilla and in Belgium," the ministry said.

Melilla is a Spanish enclave in northern Morocco.

Eight people suspected members of the cells were arrested on Sunday in Nador, a security source told AFP.

Egypt 'foils Qaeda-linked plot against Western embassy'

Agence France-Presse — Sat, 11 May 2013 17:30:55 +0000

Agence France-Presse

Egypt's interior minister said on Saturday police arrested three members of an Al-Qaeda-linked cell in an alleged transnational plot to bomb a Western embassy and other targets in the country.

Police "have delivered a successful blow against a terror cell plotting suicide bomb attacks," said the interior minister.

Egypt says foils Qaeda-linked plot to attack Western embassy

Agence France-Presse — Sat, 11 May 2013 14:31:31 +0000

Agence France-Presse

Egypt's interior minister said on Saturday police arrested members of an Al-Qaeda linked cell that plotted to carry out a suicide bombing against a Western embassy and other targets in the country.

Police "have delivered a successful blow against a terror cell plotting suicide bomb attacks," including a plot to attack a Western embassy which was in its final stages, Mohammed Ibrahim said at a press conference.

The minister did not identify the embassy.

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Egypt 'foils Qaeda-linked plot against Western embassy'

Agence France-Presse — Sat, 11 May 2013 14:31:00 +0000

Agence France-Presse

Egypt's interior minister said on Saturday police arrested members of an Al-Qaeda-linked cell that plotted to carry out a suicide bombing against a Western embassy and other targets in the country.

The minister did not identify the embassy.

Third suspect arrested in rail plot didn't enter U.S. from Canada: feds

The Canadian Press — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:00:36 +0000

The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - A terror suspect recently arrested in the United States did not enter that country from Canada, the federal government said Friday.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney suggested the Tunisian-born man, who had been studying in Canada, could not actually have been here when he entered.

"When we became aware of security concerns, he was back in Tunisia, and his study permit was not renewed," Kenney told a news conference.

Qaeda in North Africa urges hits on French interests

Agence France-Presse — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:40:41 +0000

Agence France-Presse

A leader of Al-Qaeda in North Africa has urged Muslims worldwide to attack French interests in retaliation for France's military intervention in Mali, a threat President Francois Hollande said is being taken seriously.

"It is your duty, all Muslims... to attack French interests everywhere," Abu Obaida al-Annabi said in a video message posted online.

Annabi, presented as the head of the council of dignitaries of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), called for "full mobilisation" to combat the "new crusade of France."

Hollande says France taking AQIM threat seriously after video

Thomson Reuters — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:50:26 +0000

Thomson Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande said France was taking seriously the threat from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) after a purported leader of the Islamist group called for attacks on French interests in a video on Tuesday.

"We are taking very seriously the threat from AQIM, which this reminds us of," Hollande told a news conference, when asked about the clip in which a bearded man named as Abu Obeida Yusef al-Annabi, a senior AQIM official, calls for attacks on French interests around the world.

France taking Qaeda threats 'seriously'

Agence France-Presse — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:30:26 +0000

Agence France-Presse

President Francois Hollande said France was taking seriously a call by Al-Qaeda's north African wing for Muslims worldwide to launch attacks against the country's interests over its military operation in Mali.

"We are taking seriously the threat by AQIM (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb)," Hollande told reporters, adding that despite considerable losses inflicted on Islamists in Mali, "the terrorist threat has not disappeared."

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