The Somalian government will finally be able to purchase weapons in it’s fight against Islamic terrorists in the nation.
The United Nations Security Council announced they are partially lifting a ban on selling weapons to Somalia that has been in place since 1992. The lift will allow the country’s new government to purchase light arms to help in its battle to keep Islamic militants from taking over the country and to take back land under the control of the terrorists. Continue reading
Christians in Benghazi, Libya were captured and tortured last week by Islamists.
The 48 Christians were initially held on charges of proselytizing as Islamist Salafists claimed they had Christian icons in their marketplace stalls.
The Islamists shaved the heads of the Christians, beat them and in some cases used acid to burn tattoos of the cross off the bodies of the men. The men were eventually released but are going to be deported by the Islamic dominated government. Continue reading
Nigerian troops have killed 20 members of the Islamic terror group, Boko Haram, according to an army spokesman.
The terrorists had attempted to take over a military barracks in Monguno, in the extreme northern part of the country. In addition to killing 20 of the terrorists, the troops were able to capture weapons and ammunition from the assault force. No military members were apparently wounded in the assault. Continue reading
A day after the Thailand government signed a deal with Muslim extremists who had been committing terrorist atrocities across the southern part of the country, a bombing has wounded six people. Continue reading
Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, head of Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami Islamic group, has been sentenced to death after convictions on murder, torture and rape committed during the nation’s 1971 war for independence. Continue reading
A senior UN official has told the BBC that hundreds of thousands of Malian nationals who fled in the wake of Islamic terrorists taking over the northern part of the nation have refused to return out of fear the terrorists will regain control of the region.
The refugees cited a pattern of rape and amputations against women and children by the Islamists as the leading fears preventing their return. Continue reading
Terrorists attacked a police outpost in central Afghanistan has killed 11 policemen and 6 others.
The attack infiltrated a sleeping quarters in the compound where the 17 men were killed while they slept. The Islamists reportedly poisoned the men before shooting them. Police officials say the six who were not officers likely were visiting friends at the base when they were killed. Continue reading
A “manifesto” discovered by journalists covering the fighting between French forces and Islamic terrorists in Mali appears to indicate divisions between the terror groups trying to take over the nation.
A French newspaper published the paper allegedly written by Abdel Malek Droukdel, the head of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. AQIM is the leading terror group in the attempt to overthrow the Mali government. Continue reading
Islamic terrorists have launched a massive counterassault in the northern Mali town of Gao. Heavy gunfire is ringing through the city as the terrorists attempted to recapture the city hall. The resulting assault has left the courthouse in flames. Continue reading
The first French ground soldier has been killed in the battle against Islamic terrorists in Mali.
The soldier from the French Foreign Legion died as Special Forces were searching for terrorists in a mountain region in the Sahara Desert. The operation killed 20 terrorists according to the French defense ministry. Continue reading