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Muslim insurgents launch raid on Thai military base; 16 militants slain
NBCNews.com 14 February 2013
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre
A pre-dawn raid on a Thai military base ended with 16 militant Muslim insurgents killed on Wednesday in the deadliest violence in the country's south in nine years, marking a 
France bombs Islamist targets in northern Mali
Middle East Online 12 February 2013
By Serge Daniel
France bombed Islamist targets in northern Mali on Monday following a string of guerrilla attacks by the extremists a month after Paris launched an offensive to drive them from
Fresh clashes between Malian troops and Islamist extremists
Zee News 11 February 2013
Gao: Severe ongoing clashes were reported between Malian troops and suspected Islamists extremists here as per reports. The clashes between the two sides began near the central
France: Hundreds of Islamist militants killed in Mali
BBC News 6 February 2013
French forces have killed several hundred Islamist militants in Mali in a month-long conflict, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said. The militants were killed
France bombs Islamist targets
Independent Online 5 February 2013
By Marc Bastian
France said it carried out major air strikes on Sunday near Kidal, the last bastion of armed extremists chased from Mali's desert north in a lightning French-led offensive,
Somali Islamist insurgents return to Twitter
FRANCE 24 5 February 2013
Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents have returned to Twitter with a new account, less than two weeks since they were suspended after posting photographs of a French
Malians tell of jihadi horror as French push on
The Sydney Morning Herald 4 February 2013
By Marc Bastian and Boureima Hama
TIMBUKTU: France says it has carried out air strikes near Kidal, the last bastion of armed extremists in Mali's desert north, as residents of Gao, the largest town previously
IDF arrests number of senior Hamas figures in the West Bank
JPost.com 4 February 2013
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian sources say Hamas officials, including legislators and top figures, were arrested in pre-dawn raids on their homes in Nablus, Hebron; arrests follow Palestinian
Al-Qaida-linked militants free 2 Filipino hostages
Salon 4 February 2013
Abu Sayyaf gunmen have freed two Filipino crewmen of a Jordanian TV journalist who were kidnapped last year but the al-Qaida-linked militants continued to hold the reporter and
The North African Threat to Europe
Algemeiner 1 February 2013
By Dore Gold
Not long after the French offensive against African jihadists in Mali got underway, a leader of one of the offshoots of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) declared that his organization would "strike at the heart of France.”
AQIM attacked French embassies and most recently a gas facility in Algeria, where it took hostages. But was it ready to move its war against the West to the territories of the European states as well and thus pose a real threat to their security?
Syria Crosses Israel’s WMD Red Line
FrontPage Magazine 1 February 2013
By Daniel Greenfield
On Sunday, Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom told Army Radio that the country’s top security officials had held a special meeting and warned that the transfer of Syrian chemical weapons to Hezbollah would be crossing a line that would mean action.
It was not the first time that Israel had warned Assad not to follow in the footsteps of his former ally, Saddam Hussein, but it was the sharpest warning to date. The warning was clearly meant to head off a specific course of action by Syria. But true to form, Bashar Assad did not listen.
With paint and patrols, Mali's Gao erases Islamist trace
Expatica Netherlands 1 February 2013
Armed with fresh paint and patrols, Mali's key northern city of Gao is trying to wipe out the traces left behind by the Islamists who ruled it until French and Malian forces
Israeli strike indicates Syria, Hezbollah may have crossed its 'red line'
Christian Science Monitor 1 February 2013
By Nicholas Blanford
Israeli jets reportedly carried out an unprecedented airstrike along the Lebanon-Syria border today against an arms convoy carrying advanced anti-aircraft missiles to the
Mali: Britain Sends in the Troops to Bolster Fight Against Islamist 'Terrorists'
IBTimes.co.uk 30 January 2013
By Umberto Bacchi
The UK is ready to deploy up to 330 military personnel in Mali and other West African countries to support the French and international efforts against Islamist groups in the
‘Cultural Crime:’ Mali Rebels Burn Thousands of Ancient Texts in Timbuktu
The Epoch Times 29 January 2013
By Alex Johnston
The mayor of Timbuktu said Monday that Islamist rebels burned a library containing ancient and priceless texts and manuscripts as French and Malian troops surrounded the fabled
French raids on Islamist bases in Mali
SBS 28 January 2013
The home of the head of an al-Qaeda-linked group was destroyed in raids by French fighter jets bombing Mali's far northern Islamist stronghold. French fighter jets
Selections from Hamas charter
faithfreedom.org 28 January 2013
Hamas follows Islam to the letter. Here are some selections from its charter:
Selections from Hamas charter articles
Part III – Strategies and Methods
US agrees to refuel French warplanes
BigPond News 28 January 2013
The Pentagon has agreed to refuel French warplanes that are currently conducting operations against Islamist militants in Mali. President Barack Obama's administration had
Hamas to establish military academy to train Palestinians
Times of India 28 January 2013
Islamist Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip and swears to the destruction of Israel, is planning to establish a military academy for training and educating schoolchildren as
Video: Angry Turks chase NATO German Soldiers on the Streets of Iskenderun
thegatewaypundit 24 January 2013
By Jim Hoft
German soldiers manning Patriot missile batteries on the Turkish-Syrian border were attacked by an angry mob of nationalist protesters. The Turks thought the soldiers were
