Monthly Archives: October 2013

Al-Qaeda Trying to Get Qaddafi’s Arsenal

By | 2013-10-27T00:41:40-04:00 October 27th, 2013|Reports|

Al-Qaeda terrorists are trying to get their hands on a weapons arsenal that was left behind by former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, Al Arabiya reported on Tuesday.   According to the report, Qaddafi’s arsenal which remains in an abandoned desert warehouse in southern Libya, includes 4,000 surface-to-air missiles, each capable of downing a passenger jet,

Iran Could Have a Nuclear Bomb Within a Month

By | 2013-10-27T00:17:25-04:00 October 27th, 2013|News|

Iran could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to build a nuclear bomb in as little as a month, according to a new estimate by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), considered one of the United States’ top nuclear experts.   ISIS made the estimate in a new report published on Thursday by USA Today.

Islamist politics based on attacking Christians for any reason – expert

By | 2013-10-23T15:06:32-04:00 October 23rd, 2013|News|

  Three people including 8-year old girl were killed when a gunman on motorcycle attacked a group of Coptic Christians outside the church in Cairo. People came under fire as they were leaving a wedding ceremony. Ashraf Ramelah, founder and president of the Voice of the Copts, commented on the violence against Christian Copts in

Boko Haram Islamists kill 19 in Nigeria’s northeast

By | 2013-10-20T18:16:10-04:00 October 20th, 2013|News|

Boko Haram gunmen dressed in military uniform on Sunday killed 19 people near the Nigerian border with Cameroon in the restive northeast where the Islamists have carried out deadly attacks, residents and a survivor said.   The motorcycle-riding gunmen armed with Kalashnikovs blocked the highway near the town of Logumani, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from

Islamist students protest in Cairo, attack Al Arabiya crew

By | 2013-10-20T17:50:07-04:00 October 20th, 2013|News|

  Egyptian police fired tear gas at Islamist students who pelted them with rocks during an anti-army protest in Cairo’s al-Azhar university on Sunday.   The students, who are supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammad Mursi, climbed on the campus fence and waved the four-fingered “Rabaa hand” salute, which represents protests at a previous site

Egypt’s FM to U.S.: Cut Off Aid and You Will Hurt Yourself

By | 2013-10-19T21:25:04-04:00 October 19th, 2013|News|

Egypt’s Foreign Minister said on Thursday that his country will “find other sources” of funding after the U.S. announced it would suspend its military support to Egypt.   At the same, Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy warned in an interview with CNN that the U.S. would hurting itself if cut off aid to Egypt.   “If

Tunisia says nine ‘terrorists’ killed, bombs seized

By | 2013-10-19T20:38:21-04:00 October 19th, 2013|News|

Tunisian forces have killed nine “terrorists” and seized two tonnes of explosives in the north of the country where policemen died this week in a jihadist attack, officials said Saturday.   The suspected “terrorists” were killed in the Mount Taouyer area of the Beja region, 70 kilometers (40 miles) west of Tunis, defense ministry spokesman

Car bomb hits Egyptian army intelligence building in Ismailia

By | 2013-10-19T15:25:46-04:00 October 19th, 2013|News|

  At least five people were wounded after a car bomb exploded outside a military intelligence building in Egypt’s Suez Canal city of Ismailia on Saturday, security and medical sources said. Egyptian security forces stopped three suspects allegedly involved in Saturday’s explosion, according to media reports.   The blast caused one of the building’s walls

Experts Warn of Al Qaeda Biological Weapons Threat

By | 2013-10-19T14:59:53-04:00 October 19th, 2013|News|

  As international attention in Syria focuses on efforts to dismantle the Assad regime's chemical weapons stockpile, British experts are warning of another, potentially more lethal threat.   Experts from the Henry Jackson Society (HJS) have issued a stark warning over what they say is the "clear and present danger" of Al Qaeda gaining possession