Terrorism
Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 05:53
A month has passed since the US Government killed Ahmed Abdi Godane, former emir of Al-Shabaab, with a targeted air strike. Godane’s replacement, Ahmed Diriye ‘Abu Ubaidah’, has yet to issue a statement about his intentions and vision for the militant group.
Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 05:52
Troops in northern Somalia have battled al-Shabab Islamist militants for the Galgala mountains, with both sides claiming to have won.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 12:57
If there's one thing we should have learned over the past 13 years of war, it's that war is good business for those in the business of war. Unfortunately, while profits for the Pentagon's contractors increase, so does the cost to taxpayers in billions in waste, fraud, and abuse. As America embarks on yet another war in the Middle East, Congress needs to act now to stop this unjustified bonanza for the Pentagon's contractors.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 08:26
Australian aircraft will begin flying over Iraq in support missions but the government is yet to finalise arrangements for participation in US-led air strikes against Isis, Tony Abbott has told parliament.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 07:35
Turkey signalled it may send troops into Syria or Iraq and let allies use Turkish bases to fight Islamic State, as coalition jets launched air strikes on Wednesday on insurgents besieging a town on its southern border with Syria.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 07:31
AS part of measures to tackle terror and the current insurgency in the north eastern part of the country, the Federal Government’s plan of setting up an elite Special Brigade Force (SFB) is laudable. The elite force, according to the president, will be charged with stemming “challenges of new threats in the environment and thereby aligning our armed forces greater citizen protection and national defence.” This is especially commendable as a scheme against future threats internally and externally to Nigeria’s sovereignty by any militant group.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 06:28
China is not signing up for the U.S.-led fight against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. But the Middle Kingdom has found a lot to cheer for in President Barack Obama's growing push to rally international support for a crackdown on the Islamic extremists flocking to Syria and Iraq to expand the group's self-proclaimed caliphate there.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 06:15
Iraqi military pilots mistakenly gave food, water and ammunition to enemy ISIS militants instead of their own soldiers, a senior security official and a brigadier-general told NBC News. The supplies were supposed to help besieged Iraqi army officers and soldiers who had been fighting Islamist extremists for a week in Saglawyah and the village of Al-Sijar in the country’s western province of Anbar.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 05:53
Uganda has intercepted communications between militants in the east African nation and al-Qaeda groups in north Africa requesting help in a planned attack on a major Kampala prison, the country's police chief has revealed.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 12:33
The mandate the Turkish government is seeking from the Parliament to authorize the army to send troops into Iraq and Syria to deal with growing threat of extremist jihadists does also include opening its bases to foreign troops, a senior government official has said, signaling about potential Turkish contribution to the international military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).