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## AFGHANISTAN/AFRICA/EU/FSU/MESA - Counterterrorism Digest: 22-23 October 2011 - RUSSIA/KYRGYZSTAN/AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN/INDIA/SYRIA/IRAQ/EGYPT/LIBYA/ALGERIA/KENYA/MALI/SOMALIA/SWEDEN/YEMEN/WESTERN SAHARA/TUNISIA/MAURITANIA/AFRICA/UK

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Date | 2011-10-23 17:11:15
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Counterterrorism Digest: 22-23 October 2011
The following is a round-up of the latest reports on Al-Qa'idah and
related groups and issues. It covers material available to BBC
Monitoring in the period 22-23 October 2011.
In this edition:
AL-QA'IDAH AFRICA
SOUTH ASIA
CENTRAL ASIA
AL-QA'IDAH
Mauritanian Al-Qa'idah commander said killed in air strike: A
Mauritanian air strike on Al-Qa'idah camps in the Malian Wagadou Forest
has killed Tayib Ould Sidi, a commander of the militant group,
Mauritanian independent news agency Al-Akhbar website reported on 21
October, citing a source. Ali, who was wanted in Mauritania in
connection with previous attacks, was preparing a new operation when he
was killed, the source said. (Al-Akhbar website, in Arabic 2127 gmt 21
Oct 11)
Iraqi ant-terror service arrests 100 gunmen "associated" with
Al-Qa'idah: The Iraqi Anti-Terrorism Service has announced the arrest of
one hundred militants associated with the Al-Qa'idah Organization,
London-based newspaper Al-Hayat website reported on 22 October.
According to the Service, the arrests were made amid information
suggesting that "terrorist elements were planning a bombing with
sectarian objectives similar to the two attacks on the Imam Al-Askari
shrine in Samarra, in order to reignite civil war in the country." The
Anti-Terrorism Service did not rule out the possibility of such a
bombing, but stressed that the "terrorists cannot reach the holy tombs
at present." The paper said that political sources had refused to
identify the places which were targeted, only confirming that the attack
would have been carried out in Baghdad. A source at the Anti-Terrorism
Service said that those arrested were members of three militant groups.
The source said: "! The first group was arrested in the area of
Al-Ghazalilyah (west of Baghdad), the second, larger group was captured
in Al-Radwaniyah (south west) while the third was arrested in Haifa
Street". The source said that the three groups were working "without
coordination" but were "all associated with the Al-Qa'idah
organization". (Al-Hayat website, London, in Arabic 22 Oct 11)
AFRICAWestern Sahara
Western Saharan authorities say two Spaniards, Italian kidnapped: An
Italian and two Spanish citizens working for European humanitarian NGOs
in the Saharan refugee camps were kidnapped on the night of 22 October
according to the Information Ministry of the Saharan Arab Democratic
Republic. A 23 October report on the official news agency of the Saharan
Arab Democratic Republic (SPS) website said that a Saharan security
guard was also taken during an exchange of fire. The official statement
said that the kidnappers "infiltrated from neighbouring Malian territory
to attack the reception site for foreigners in the refugee camps, south
of Tindouf (in Algeria's desert), using a four-wheel-drive vehicle and
firearms. (Sahara Press Service (SPS) website in French 1021 gmt 23 Oct
11)
Somalia
Somalia's Al-Shabab appeals to Kenyan extremists to join fighting:
Senior Al-Shabab figure Shaykh Muqtar Robow Abu Mansur has asked the
Somali people to forgive them for any wrongs they have done and support
them in the fight against what he said was a coalition of unbelievers
who have come to attack them, privately-owned Jowhar news portal
reported. Abu Mansur said Kenya has transgressed against their land and
called upon the students Kenyan militants Saleh Nabhaan (who killed in a
US air strike in September 2009) and Fadil Al-Qanawi to play their part
in the fighting. "We are calling them to their duty and asking them to
put their lessons into practise," Abu Mansur said. He went on to say:
"If Kenya has in the past formed a government for some of us, having
provoked us many times, a time will come when the Mujahidin form an
Islamic government for Kenya. We have Kenyan Mujahidin who are with us
here now". Abu Mansur said he was thanking the residents for the ! role
they played in the fighting and called upon the people of Bay and Bakool
Regions (south western Somalia regions) to play a similar role in the
fighting. (Jowhar website, Mogadishu, in Somali 22 Oct 11)
US planes reportedly join Kenyan battle against Somali Islamists: The
Kenyan army's advance into Somalia against Al-Shabab militants is being
supported by US drones according to a 23 October report in Kenyan
privately-owned newspaper Daily Nation website. The report said that
Kenyan troops were advancing towards four Al Shabab-controlled towns as
they launched a final push to capture the Kismaayo port and Afmadow in
central Jubbaland. Reports have suggested that at least 44 militants
were killed following a deadly attack by US drones on the southern town
of Raas Kaambooni, but could not be verified, the website said. (Daily
Nation website, Nairobi, in English 23 Oct 11)
Al-Shabab leader welcomes killing of Libya's Qadhafi: Al-Shabab's top
senior commander has welcomed the killing of Libyan leader Mu'ammar
al-Qadhafi, privately-owned Somali Shabeelle Media Network website
reported on 22 October. Shaykh Muqtar Abdirahman Abu Zubeyr, sent an
audio recording to the Al-Shabab controlled Radio Al-Andalus in which he
called Al-Qadhafi a ruthless dictator and urged the Libyan people not to
squander the opportunity that their uprising had presented. On recent
clashes in Mogadishu, he said that Al-Shabab had taught AMISOM an
unforgettable lesson, describing the capital as "a grave for all
colonialists". Al-Shabab had welcomed uprisings in Libya Syria, Yemen
Tunisia and Egypt, the report said. (Shabeelle Media Network website,
Mogadishu, in Somali 22 Oct 11)
Al-Shabab displays arms claimed to have been seized from AU troops: The
Al-Shabab movement has paraded arms and other military equipment which
they claimed to have seized from African Union's Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM) troops during the last two days of fighting in Mogadishu
district of Dayniile, Sweden-based Somali Dayniile website reported on
22 October. Al-Shabab paraded the arms at a public ground in the
locality of Calamada, Lower Shabelle, in southern Somalia. The group
also paraded identification cards on AU troops who had been killed in
the fighting, the report said. Al-Shabab spokesman Shaykh Ali Dheere
said: "We are warning Kenyan forces who have come into our country that
if they do not go back, they too will face a similar fate". AMISOM
troops had not commented on the claims at the time of the report.
(Dayniile website in Somali 22 Oct 11)
Al-Shabab appoints new administration in southern Somalia region: A
function was held in the town of Jowhar, Middle Shabelle, southern
Somalia on 22 October in which a new administration to be led by Yusuf
Shaykh Ciise alias Kabakutukade, a senior Al-Shabab official, was
formed, privately-owned Jowhar news portal reported. The website said
that it had been reported that the ceremony was held at the former
Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) offices and was
attended by senior Al-Shabab officials as well as religious scholars,
intellectuals and town residents. Kabakutukade is the former commander
of Galguduud Region (central Somalia) and takes over from Bukhari Adan
Abdi, the report said. The new commander reportedly said he would take a
firm grip of the region and accused residents of supporting militias
loyal to former warlord Muhammad Dheere against Mujahidin forces. This
is the third Al-Shabab administration to be formed in Jowhar since the
grou! p took control of the town in May 2009, the report said. (Jowhar
website, Mogadishu, in Somali 22 Oct 11)
SOUTH ASIAAfghanistan
Afghan interior minister survives attempt on his life in Parwan
Province: Afghanistan's minister of interior Besmellah Mohammadi
survived an attempt on his life in the northern province of Parwan on 23
October, Afghan Tolo News TV reported. A rolling screen caption report
said that security guards of the minister killed a would-be attacker who
was lying in ambush to kill the minister. The TV said that the terrorist
was killed in the Syedkhel District of Parwan Province. (Tolo News,
Kabul, in Dari 1200 gmt 23 Oct 11)
Eleven civilians said injured in missile attack on mosque in Afghan
east: A missile attack on Daimirdad District of Maydan Wardag Province,
eastern Afghanistan, has injured 11 people, Afghan independent Tolo TV
reported on 23 October. The spokesman for the governor of Maydan Wardag
Province was quoted saying that the missile hit the Daimirdad District
mosque the previous night. (Tolo TV, Kabul, in Dari 0630 gmt 23 Oct 11)
AfPak
Hillary Clinton says ISI facilitated Washington-Haqqani talks: US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told senior Pakistani
parliamentarians on 21 October that Pakistan's intelligence agency, the
ISI, had facilitated Washington's dialogue with the Haqqani network,
website of Pakistani daily The News reported on 23rd. Mrs Clinton told
MPs that the dialogue was suspended following the attack on the US
embassy in Kabul in September. The Secretary of State refrained from
mentioning the ISI's involvement in the dialogue in her public
statements, the report observed. After the recent Kabul attacks,
Washington is trying to influence Islamabad that the latter should
launch military operations against the Haqqani network on its side of
the Afghan border but the Pakistani political and military leadership
rejected all such demands in unison, the report said. It added that
while the ISI's contacts with the Haqqani network have been known to the
Americans for quite some ti! me, some official sources insist that
Pakistan must not fall into the Washington's trap of creating divisions
within the Afghan Taleban. The Haqqani network has recently made it
clear that it is not a separate entity but an integral part of the
Taleban, led by Mulla Omar, the "undisputed amir of Taleban", the report
said. (The News website, Islamabad, in English 23 Oct 11)
JI chief claims US trying to pressurize Pakistan into operation in
Waziristan: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hasan on 21 October
said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit was aimed at
pressurizing Pakistan to launch military operations against the Haqqani
network in North Waziristan for vested American interests, website of
Pakistani daily The News, reported on 22 October. Delivering the Friday
sermon at Mansoora, he described the Pakistani military resistance to
any military operation in North Waziristan as a bold stand. Hasan said
that in order to hide its defeat in Afghanistan, the US was putting
pressure on Pakistan to operate in North Waziristan. Munawar said that
the US should realize that it had lost in Afghanistan and refrain from
drawing Pakistan anymore into the war on terror. (The News website,
Islamabad, in English 22 Oct 11)
Pakistan forces destroy militant headquarters, arrest 30 suspects in
tribal area: At least 40 houses, the headquarters of the outlawed
militant group Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) and a market were destroyed, and
around 30 suspected persons arrested in the Bara Tehsil sub-district of
Khyber Agency on 22 October, website of Pakistani daily The News
reported from Bara, citing tribal and official sources. The sources said
that a large contingent of the security forces entered the Mandikas and
Nala areas from the east and west and demolished at least 40 houses and
a market. The security forces also destroyed the headquarters of LI in
Nala Khwar and recovered 34 mortar shells, 34 rocket shells, three
vehicles and a tractor during the operation. (The News website,
Islamabad, in English 23 Oct 11)
India-Pakistan
Mastermind says two Pakistanis carried out India court blast - paper:
The 7 September Delhi high court terror attack was carried out by two
Pakistanis from Lahore, according to Wasim Akram Malik, the mastermind
of the operation, website of The Times of India reported, citing
sources. Wasim identified the two men as Saifullah and Bilal but did not
indicate which groups they were affiliated to. The National
Investigating Agency (NIA) and the Jammu and Kashmir Police suspect that
the two could be linked with either Lashkar-e-Toiba or Jaish-e-Mohammed.
Wasim, has confessed to having masterminded the crime to deter
authorities from executing Afzal Guru, who was convicted of conspiracy
over the 2001 attacks on the Indian parliament. (The Times of India
website, Mumbai, in English 23 Oct 11)
India, Pakistan set up counterterrorism hotline between home
secretaries: India and Pakistan have begun work to put in place their
first counter-terrorism hotline between home secretaries of both
countries, independent Indian daily The Asian Age website reported on 22
October. Both the sides are currently working on a mutually acceptable
"encryption code" to ward off threats from attempts on either side or a
"third country" to compromise the telecommunication line, but have been
unable to agree so far, the paper said. An official source said that the
decision to set up the hotline has hit several "security" hurdles owing
to apprehensions and security concerns on both sides. The decision to
set up the hotline to share information in "real time" was made when the
home secretaries met in March 2011. (The Asian Age website, Delhi, in
English 22 Oct 11)
CENTRAL ASIAKyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz officials claim "terrorists", "extremists" want to disrupt polls:
Kyrgyzstan does not rule out the possibility of attempts to destabilize
the country's presidential election on 30 October, corporate-owned
Russian news agency Interfax reported form Osh on 22 October. "We are
working on a piece of information that some groups of people are
plotting to boycott the elections, to seize polling stations and block
roads," the chairman of the State National Security Committee, Keneshbek
Duyshebayev, was quoted saying. Duyshebayev also pointed out that there
was a "real danger from religious extremists and terrorists". He said
that "a lot of attention is given to the guarding of the country's state
borders because there is a danger of terrorist infiltrations". (Interfax
news agency, Moscow, in Russian 1259 gmt 22 Oct 11)
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