| Mon 7 Oct 2013 |
US vows ‘relentless’ terror fight after Somalia and Libya raids
South China Morning Post The United States pledged on Sunday to keep “relentless pressure” on terror groups following the daring capture of an al-Qaeda operative in Libya and the storming of an al-Shabab stronghold in Somalia. | The tough talk from Washington, however, w... |
The Fight Against Al Shabab
The New York Times The raid by Navy SEALs on the home of a senior Shabab commander in Somalia (his fate is unknown) and the capture by American commandos of a key terrorist suspect in Libya on Saturday were signs of a more assertive, targeted American role in trying to... |
Target in U.S. Raid on Somalia Is Called Top Shabab Planner of Attacks Abroad
The New York Times NAIROBI, Kenya — The target of the American commando raid in the Horn of Africa, a Kenyan of Somali origin known as Ikrimah, is one of the Shabab militant group’s top planners for attacks beyond its base in Somalia, an American official said Sund... |
After Somalia, Libya raids : US vows 'relentless' terror fight
New Straits/Business Times WASHINGTON : The United States pledged yesterday to keep “relentless pressure” on terror groups following the daring capture of an Al-Qaeda operative in Libya and the storming of a Shebab stronghold in Somalia. | The tough talk from Washington, h... |
After US raids in Africa, Pak ups security for A Q Khan
The Times Of India The images, transferred into celluloid in the movie Black Hawk Down, scarred America for many years. | Both the Pentagon and the state department confirmed the raids, the first such publicized incursions after commando operation that led to the killi... |
Somalia appeals for help to fight al-Shabab
Al Jazeera Somalia's defence minister says the government needs more international support to track down the armed group, al-Shabab. | The government has to rely on local military groups, many whom once fought alongside al-Shabab. | Al Jazeera's Peter Greste re... |
How the US nabbed a terrorist
Canberra Times Abdullah al-Raghie (R) and Abdul Moheman al-Raghie (L), the sons of al-Qaeda suspect Abu Anas al-Libi, show the car from which their father was taken by US special forces. Photo: AFP | The operation was as swift as it was inevitable. The whereabouts ... |
US steps up fight against Islamist militants
The Irish Times BORZOU DARAGAHI and | Twenty years after a botched commando raid on Mogadishu gave Washington pause for thought over policing African trouble spots, the US stepped up its fight against Islamist militants with simultaneous special forces operations ag... |
Libya, Somalia raids show U.S. reach, problems
Reuters TRIPOLI/MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Two U.S. raids in Africa show the United States is pressuring al Qaeda, officials said on Sunday, though a failure in Somalia and an angry response in Libya also highlighted Washington's problems. | In Tripoli, U.S. forc... |
Analysis: Risky incursions by US in Libya and Somalia likely to swell extremist ranks
The Irish Times Official US reluctance to identify the target of the failed Somali raid by Seal Team Six special forces commandos may stem from a wish not to further bolster the growing reputation of al-Shabaab’s shadowy leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, also known as Mu... |
Libya bristles at US military operation that captured al-Qaida militant
The Times Of India CAIRO/TRIPOLI: A suspected Libyan al-Qaida figure nabbed by US special forces in a dramatic operation in Tripoli was living freely in his homeland for the past two years, after a trajectory that took him to Sudan, Afghanistan and Iran, where he had b... |
US raids terror hideouts in Libya, Somalia
The Times Of India WASHINGTON: American commandos aided by the FBI and CIA carried out raids in Libya and Somalia to capture long-sought terrorist suspects using a template perfected in Pakistan, the motherlode of terrorists still humming with fugitives. | The Pentagon... |
Libya demands answers over US raid
Canberra Times Abdullah al-Raghie (R) and Abdul Moheman al-Raghie (L), the sons of al-Qaeda suspect Abu Anas al-Libi, show the car from which their father was taken by US special forces. Photo: AFP | Tripoli, Libya: A day after US commandos carried out raids in two... |
Terror groups hit in US raids
Hong Kong Standard US forces struck two militant targets in Africa, snatching a top al-Qaeda suspect from the streets of Tripoli and launching a pre-dawn raid against an al-Shabab leader's home in Somalia. | //--> Monday, October 07, 2013 | US forces struck two militan... |
4 Kenyan attack suspects named as probe proceeds
The Japan News The Associated Press NAIROBI (AP)—A military spokesman Saturday confirmed the names of four men implicated in the attack on an upscale mall in Kenya’s capital last month, an assault that turned into a four-day-long siege and killed at least 67 pe... |
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