Thailand
Two rebels, one civilian killed in Thai south: police
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Iraq
Logistics of a faster Iraq exit
Iraq
Two US helicopters crash in Iraq, killing 4
Yemen
US embassy in Yemen says gets threat of attack
Algeria
GSPC Founder Calls on AQIM Members to Lay Down Their Arms
Somalia
A key road in Mogadishu was reopened. Ethiopian troops are scheduled to leave from Baidoa. The African Union warns of possible further suicide attacks against peacekeeping forces in Mogadishu.
Pakistan
Mullah Fazlullah ordered 43 political and tribal leaders to stand trial in front of a Taliban court in Swat. Security forces ordered a shoot-on-sight curfew in Swat, where another school was destroyed. Five civilians were killed in a car bombing in Dera Ismail Khan.
Swat Taliban summon government officials to sharia courts
Mullah Fazlullah has ordered 43 political and tribal leaders to stand trial in front of a Taliban court and warned of “dangerous consequences” if they fail to show up.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
The provincial government of Punjab took control of Jamaat-ud-Dawa’s Markaz-e-Taiba headquarters in Muridke. A chief administrator will “supervise and monitor all activities at the [Jamaat-ud-Dawa’s] headquarters.” Jamaat-ud-Dawa is a front for the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Iran
Iran tests what it says is new air-to-air missile
Afghanistan
Thirteen Taliban fighters and five civilians were killed after a Taliban force attacked a tribal leader’s home in Badghis province. Two Taliban fighters were killed in Kandahar in a roadside bomb premature detonation. President Karzai said the US killed 16 civilians during a Jan. 24 battle in Laghman province.
United States
Fort Dix juror: ‘They were going to do it’
Iraq
Security forces detained 22 insurgents and al Qaeda fighters in Diyala province, nine wanted men in Basrah, and six more in Baghdad. Security forces also found 10 missile launch pads in Amarah and a rocket and IED cache in Nasariyah.
Return to Jihad
Two former Guantanamo detainees appear in an al Qaeda propaganda video. Both detainees have senior positions in al Qaeda in Yemen and have been accused of working with a charity operating in Iran.
Iraq
Iraq election highlights ascendancy of tribes
Somalia
With Ethiopian pullout, Islamists rise again in Somalia
Pakistan
Radio spreads Taliban™s terror in Pakistani region
India
Police killed two armed terrorists during a chase and shootout in a suburb outside of New Delhi. Before he died, one of the men admitted both terrorists were from Pakistan. “Police have found two AK-47s, 4 magazines, 120 bullets, 5 hand grenades, [money], detonators, 9 RDX rods and a rucksack” in the car, a police […]
Al Qaeda
Berlin takes Al Qaeda video threat seriously
Israel
US navy seeks arms bound for Hamas
Iraq
Iraq replaces ‘Sons of Iraq’ with its own auxiliary force
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Examining the implications of a Central Asian supply line for Afghanistan
Pakistan
An Egyptian al Qaeda operative named Mustafa al Masri was killed in yesterday’s strikes in Waziristan. Eight Taliban fighters and three civilians were killed in clashes in Quetta. Security forces leveled 105 homes and shops in Mohmand. Talibanization is spreading in Quetta.
Afghanistan
The US military said 15 Taliban fighters were killed in Laghman province; townspeople claimed 10 civilians were killed. Two civilians were killed in a suicide attack in Paktia province. An ISAF soldier was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan.
Syria
Hamas leader Khalid Meshal met with the leader of the Iraqi Sufi insurgent group Army of the Men of the Naqshabandi Order at his residence in Damascus, Syria. Mishan al Jabouri, a Sunni insurgent leader who broke with al Qaeda in Iraq in 2007, was seen on the TV broadcast while other leaders were masked.
Iraq
The Iraqi government is said to be negotiating for the release of five Britons kidnapped by Shia terrorists. The Iraqi Army claimed to have captured the “second man in al-Qaeda organization.” Insurgents killed two policemen in Fallujah and two Awakening fighters in Hillah. Iraqi forces captured five wanted men and two Iranians in Basrah, and […]
Suicide bomber targets African Union troops in Mogadishu
More than 13 civilians and security personnel were killed in the attack. Shabaab claimed credit for the strike.
Yemen
Yemeni al Qaeda military commander Abu Osama said more than 300 Yemenis volunteered to fight in in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia during 2008. President Saleh said 94 Yemenis will be released from Guantanamo Bay and sent back to Yemen over the next several months.
Sleeper Agent
What will the new administration do with the only enemy combatant held on US soil? Originally published at The Weekly Standard.
Iraqi Army Movements In Kirkuk and Salahadin
Kurdish press report Iraqi Army movements as a threat, but the purpose of these movements is to provide election support and the training of a new division headquarters and two new brigades.