Hezbollah
Intelligence Briefing: Israel Attacked from the North
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Israel
Hezbollah denied involvement in the rocket attacks launched from Lebanon into northern Israel. Hamas fired 23 rockets and mortars into southern Israel. The IDF found a Hamas map of booby-trapped homes in Gaza. The Red Cross said the IDF is allowing children in Gaza to starve.
India
US in talks with India for providing missile defence: Report
Rockets fired from Lebanon into northern Israel
At least three Katyusha rockets are reported to have struck in western Galilee, wounding two Israelis; IDF returns fire. Israeli troops are poised to strike in southern Gaza.
Mumbai handlers in Pakistan cheer after ordering murders over phone
Six Pakistani handlers are recorded giving orders to murder civilians, being asked to remain on the phone, and cheering after the killings, according to the Indian dossier. Former ISI chief Hamid Gul is one of the handlers.
Pakistan
Pakistan sacked its national security adviser for admitted the lone surviving Mumbai terrorist is Pakistani. The Taliban murdered two more “US spies” in North Waziristan and killed three policemen in Hangu. Police arrested four al Qaeda operatives in Panjgur near the border with Iran.
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Powerline cited Thomas Joscelyn’s article on the danger of releasing the detainees held at Guantánamo Bay.
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National Review Online cited Thomas Joscelyn’s article on the Uighurs in US detention.
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USA Today quoted and cited Thomas Joscelyn in a report on the closing of Guantanamo Bay.
Pakistan sacks senior adviser for disclosing Mumbai attacker’s identity
Prime Minister Gilani fired his national security adviser after he went of Indian television and confirmed the captured Mumbai attacker is a Pakistani citizen.
Iraq
Muqtada al Sadr urged Iraqis to attack US troops for Israel’s operation in Gaza. No major security incidents were reported during today’s Ashura procession. Iraqi security forces detained 28 wanted men and insurgent suspects in Basrah.
All the news that fits
The story of Muhammad Saad Iqbal, a former Guantanamo detainee, is far more complicated than The New York Times lets on.
Israel
Fighting in Gaza resumed after a three-hour truce to allow in humanitarian aid into the war zone expired. Israel views the proposed Egyptian-French cease-fire “favorably.” Hamas said it rejects any permanent truce with Israel. A UN official said Hamas was not firing from the school that was attacked yesterday, but two witnesses said Hamas fighters […]
Hezbollah
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah was prepared to fight Israel and attacked Arab states for failing to support Hamas. “The Zionists will discover that the war they had in July (2006) was a walk in the park if we compare it to what we’ve prepared for every new aggression,” he said.
United Kingdom
MI5’s spymaster Jonathan Evans comes out of the shadows
Palestinian Territories
Inside the covert world of Gaza’s rocket factories
Israel
Israel halts offensive to allow aid into Gaza
Israel
In Gaza fight, Iran lurks in background
Afghanistan
US troops killed 23 Taliban fighters during a raid on a bomb-making factory in Laghman province. NATO rejected claims that its soldiers killed civilians during an operation against the Taliban in Helmand province. Four terror suspects held at a US base in Afghanistan are asking a US federal judge for the right to sue for […]
Afghanistan
Detainees in Afghanistan seeking right for release
Pakistan
What price Russian cooperation on Afghanistan?|
Pakistan
National Security Adviser Says Pakistan Is Top US Challenge
Al Qaeda
Pakistan-based Al Qaeda may strike on UK: Director MI5
India
Terror evidence in Indian dossier credible: US
Ex-Guantanamo detainee suicide bomber fought at Tora Bora
Al Qaeda operative Abdullah Salih al Ajmi was released from Guantánamo Bay in 2006 and detonated a massive suicide truck bomb in Mosul, Iraq in 2008.
Al Qaeda’s anthrax scientist
Malaysia released Yazid Sufaat, a dangerous terrorist and former detainee at Guantánamo Bay, from jail. The case highlights the dangers of turning over terrorists to their home countries.
All The News That Fits
The New York Times misses the story on Muhammad Saad Iqbal, a detainee at Guantánamo Bay from 2002 until late last year. Iqbal was released despite being strongly suspected of plotting terror attacks for al Qaeda.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda sniffs opportunity in Gaza
Israeli forces focus on northern Gaza
The operation may be expanded into southern Gaza. Israeli leaders are open to a political solution as reports indicate Hamas’ command and control is in disarray.
Al Qaeda
Ayman al Zawahiri vowed revenge for the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza on a newly released 10-minute audiotape. “We will never stop until we avenge the death of all who are killed, injured, widowed and orphaned in Palestine and throughout the Islamic world,” he said. He also blamed President-elect Obama and Egyptian President Mubarak for […]