More signs al Qaeda in Mali orchestrated Algeria attack
January 25, 2013 | admin“The Obama Administration now believes the attack and hostage-taking at a natural gas plant in Algeria last week is the work of al Qaeda operatives based out of northern Mali.
U.S. officials say al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) was behind the attack and may also have operated a communications network from northern Mali. Despite the recent French intervention, large areas of Mali remain in the hands of jihadist groups.”
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France in the firing line of ‘new jihad’
January 23, 2013 | admin“France is enemy number one for the jihadists in North Africa, according to one of the country’s leading counter-terrorist judges.
Marc Trevidic told the BBC that jihadists had already been heading out to Mali and that French intervention would heighten the risk of lone wolf attacks in France.
However, he said the deployment of the French military was necessary to counter the dangers from Mali falling into the hands of extremists.”
Deadly blast in Pakistan’s Quetta
January 10, 2013 | admin“An explosion has ripped through a crowded area of the Pakistani city of Quetta in Balochistan province, killing at least 11 people, police have said.
The blast was caused by a bomb, and injured a further 27 people, the south-western city’s police chief said.”
Car explosion in Israeli city of Tel Aviv
January 10, 2013 | admin“There has been an explosion by a car in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
Reports say at least four people were injured in the blast, on Menachem Begin Street, a major thoroughfare.”