Coalition forces killed five al Qaeda operatives and detained nine during raids in northern and central Iraq, and detained an al Qaeda leader in Baghdad. Coalition forces captured a Special Groups logistical adviser for Wasit province and detained one operative in Al Mashru. Iraqi security forces killed 10 al Qaeda fighters and captured 12 during […]
Saudi security forces arrested 56 al Qaeda operatives for plotting attacks inside the kingdom. The operatives were said to have received instructions from Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s second in command, and were in the final stages of conducting attacks.
Clashes between local tribesman and the Lashkar-e-Islam in Khyber agency resulted in 12 dead. The Lashkar-e-Islam raided the town of Shaikhan and set fire to CD shops as well as video centers, TV sets, VCRs, and cassettes. Security forces arrested three Taliban operatives in Swat, including a suicide cell leader.
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Missile attack occurred right on the southern border with Kenya. The target has yet to be identified, but three senior al Qaeda operatives are known to shelter in Somalia and have been targeted in the past. Hassan Turki ran a terror camp in the region.
Twenty Taliban fighters were killed during a Coalition raid in Sangin, Helmand province. The elderly governor of Helmand province, Assadullah Wafa, has been moved from his post. Afghanistan’s intelligence chief has rejected an assessment by the US who said 10 percent of the country is under Taliban control.
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Thirteen al Qaeda fighters and two police were killed in a clash in Tal Afar. Iraqi SWAT captured the leader of an assassination and IED cell and two others in Mosul. Coalition forces detained 20 al Qaeda operatives during raids in central and northern Iraq. Coalition forces also captured a Special Groups leader and three […]
Clashes in Mogadishu between Somali troops and Shabaab resulted in 17 killed and 80 wounded. Government troops broke into the Shabelle Radio office in Mogadishu, arrested the station director, and seized equipment. Forces loyal to the governor and deputy governor of the Middle Shabelle region clashed near the provincial capital of Jowhar.
A Taliban suicide bomber attacked a tribal meeting in Kohat, 40 were killed and more than 40 wounded. A Taliban suicide bomber killed two and wounded 24 in Bajaur on March 1. Three Taliban fighters were detained in Swat.
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The Taliban destroyed a second cell tower in Kandahar province, and possibly a third in Uruzgan province. A Canadian solider was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar. Afghan and Coalition forces detained six Taliban in a raid in Zabul province.
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More than 40 killed and 40 wounded after a suicide bomber struck a peace jirga in the city of Darra Adam Khel. This is the third major suicide attack in Pakistan since Feb. 25.
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The Sons of Iraq returned to patrolling in Baqubah after settling a dispute. US forces killed two Saudi al Qaeda operatives in Mosul and captured a suicide cell leader who recruited women bombers. Coalition forces captured a Special Groups facilitator three operatives in Baghdad. A British soldier was killed in a rocket attack on a […]
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Moroccan court remands 35 alleged Belliraj terror network members
Security forces are reported to have surrounded Abu Musab Abdulwadoud, the leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, in a mountainous area between the two eastern provinces of Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia. Four hundred al Qaeda fighters are believed to be operating in Boumerd
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The Israeli Defense Force launched a major air and ground offensive in Gaza; 63 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed during the fighting. The Israel Air Force targeted Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh’s Gaza headquarters. Six Israeli civilians were wounded after more than 40 rockets landed in Ashkelon. The Palestinian Authority suspended talks after […]
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