Clear and Present Danger
The Obama administration is about to discover that the terrorists detained at Guantanamo are there for good reason. Originally published in The Weekly Standard.
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Pakistan
Al Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf reported killed in North Waziristan strike
Reports are unconfirmed. Rauf is one of the architects of the failed 2006 London airline plot. His family is active in Pakistan’s jihadi community. He escaped from Pakistani custody in December 2007.
Afghanistan
US troops to surge in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Captors suspect Canadian `a spy’
US hits Taliban safe house in North Waziristan
Five have been reported killed in the latest strike inside Pakistan. Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadar threatened to renew attacks on Pakistani military if strikes continue.
Iraq
Iraqi general claims British troops allow insurgents to rule BasraH
Somalia
Somalia: 32 traditional dancers lashed in public
Pakistan
An IED attack on a funeral procession killed 10 civilians in Dera Ismail Khan. One policeman was killed and four were wounded in a rocket attack in Hangu. Two soldiers were wounded in an IED attack and two “US spies” were executed in North Waziristan. Thirteen Taliban were killed in strikes in Bajaur.
Pakistan
UN concerned over US attacks in Pakistan
Syria
Syria rejects more IAEA visits for nuclear probe
Lebanon
Shootout with Soldiers Kills 1 in North Lebanon
Iraq
Police captured an al Qaeda in Iraq leader and three cell members in Diyala. Iraqi troops killed one insurgent and captured three during an operation in Diwaniyah. US troops detained three “criminals” in Baghdad. Three civilians were killed and 19 were wounded in bombings in Baghdad.
Somalia
Islamists on trail of Somali pirates
Somalia
Eleven Shabaab fighters and 11 Ethiopian troops were killed in heavy fighting in Mogadishu. Kenya will deploy 800 peacekeepers while Nigera has delayed the deployment of 700 troops.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Al-Qaeda-friendly militants operating in Karachi, warns top advisor
Afghanistan
US details role for additional Afghan forces
Iraq
New joint security centre opens in Basrah
Afghanistan
A suicide car bomber killed three civilians and seriously wounded four soldiers during an attack on a base in Zabul. US forces killed four members of Hizb-e-Islami during a raid in Kapisa province and captured five Haqqani Network fighters in Khost. A US district court charged a contractor that killed an Afghan civilian with second-degree […]
Attack on funeral in Pakistan’s northwest kills 10
Al Qaeda-linked extremists followed up the murder of a Shia cleric in Dera Ismail Khan with a roadside bombing on his funeral procession.
Al Qaeda
Global Forecast by American Intelligence Expects Al Qaeda™s Appeal to Falter
Hezbollah
Generation Faithful – Hezbollah Seeks to Marshal the Piety of the Young
Shabaab Leader Sanctioned as Zawahiri Responds to Group’s Oath of Loyalty
The US Treasury sanctions three senior Al Shabaab leaders as the Somali terror group is close to being integrated with al Qaeda.
Pakistan
Nine tribal leaders were killed in a suicide attack in Bajaur. The military killed 24 Taliban fighters in Bajaur and 20 more in Swat. The Taliban beheaded two tribesmen in Arakzai. Hafiz Gul Bahadar threatened to end the peace agreement in North Waziristan if US strikes were not stopped. The Army is training its forces […]
US forces kill al Qaeda in Iraq’s leader in eastern Anbar
Hajji Hammadi, al Qaeda’s emir in Karmah and Abu Ghraib, was behind numerous deadly attacks, including the suicide bombing in June that killed a US Marine battalion commander. Hammadi is the fourth senior al Qaeda leader killed in the past six weeks.
Pakistan
Taliban warns of reprisals as Pakistan protests US drone attacks
Iran
Iraq steps up security on Iran border
Iraq
Coalition forces captured five al Qaeda operatives and detained 10 more. Iraqi forces captured four al Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq operatives in northern Iraq and detained two “wanted men” in Wasit province. Two al Qaeda suicide bombers died during premature detonations during a raid in Diyala province. An Iraqi soldier was killed while […]
Iran
Iran said to have enough nuclear fuel for one weapon
Gulf of Aden
Pirates are demanding a $25 million ransom to release the hijacked Saudi oil supertanker. Shipping companies are avoiding the route through the Suez Canal in order to dodge the rash of hijacking off the Somali and Yemeni coasts.