Iran
Iran dismisses sanctions, launches gas project
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Iraq
Three members of Iran’s Qods Force were detained in Khalis. Security forces detained 15 al Qaeda fighters in Sinjar, four in Wasit province, two more in Diyala, and four wanted men in Maysan province. One woman was killed and seven Iraqis, including four policemen, were wounded in bombings in Baghdad.
Thailand
Thailand: The war you’ve never heard of
Three Iranian Qods Force agents captured in Iraq
The Qods Force operatives were detained in Diyala province, where a senior Qods Force officer was captured three months ago.
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Surge in kidnappings in Philippines worries official
Thailand
One day after the government announced a deployment of 4,000 more troops to Thailand’s southern provinces, three soldiers were killed and one was wounded in an ambush on their motorcycle patrol in Narathiwat province.
Iraq
US makes last payment to ‘Sons of Iraq’
Pakistan
Pakistan blocks anti-government demonstrators
Pakistan
Taliban demand $375,000 to free captive Canadian
Death toll rises in attack on Shadow Army training center in Kurram
More than 24 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters were killed and more than 50 were wounded in yesterday’s strike on a Shadow Army training facility and logistical hub.
Afghanistan
US seeks new Afghan supply routes, even in Iran
Somalia
ICU calls for Somali government to implement Sharia law
Afghanistan
Taliban poised at the gates of Kabul
Somalia
Report: Ayman Al-Zawahiri Seen In Somalia
Pakistan
A US airstrike on a Taliban training camp in Kurram killed more than 15 fighters. Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters in Mohmand and detained nine ‘foreigners’ in South Waziristan. A suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on a fort in Khyber and bombed 20 shops in Nowshera and an internet cafe in […]
Bangladesh
The government claimed that al Qaeda-linked Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh was involved in the coup attempt by the border police that resulted in the murder of 73 officers. “Not all BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) men were involved (in the mutiny) … and some JMB (Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh) links have been found,” the commerce minister said.
Pakistan
Al Qaeda-Taliban’s links with LeT worry India
Iraq
Three Iraqi soldiers and two policemen were killed in three separate attacks in Mosul and Ninewa province. A Sunni cleric was gunned down in Basrah. Security forces detained 20 wanted men in Maysan province, two Naqshabandiya members in Makhmour, and an al Qaeda leader in Diyala.
Somalia’s rising tide of extremism
Four high-level US officials discussed the terrorist threat emanating from Somalia, as well as the Somali terrorist recruiting network on American soil, this week. The officials confirmed that al Qaeda and its allies are growing stronger by the day in East Africa.
Iran
Iran: Bluff and blackmail
Afghanistan
The US appointed General Karl Eikenberry the new US Ambassador to Afghanistan. A British bomb squad was ambushed in Helmand. Afghan journalists marched in Kandahar to protest poor security.
US missile strike in Kurram agency levels Taliban training camp
The latest cross-border strike targeted a Taliban hideout and camp in the second attack in Kurram since the Predator campaign heated up last year.
Afghanistan
Afghan envoy assails western allies as halfhearted, defeatist
Pakistan
Pakistan: Police clash with lawyers in protests
Iraq
Iraqi PM says terrorists are losing capability
Hezbollah
Hezbollah must ‘recognize Israel, halt violence’ prior to US talks
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Thailand to deploy more troops to troubled southern provinces
New Bajaur peace deal identical to failed 2007 agreement
A 28-point peace agreement calls for the Taliban to end fighting, lay down weapons, and stop sheltering al Qaeda. The same agreement in 2007 led to the Taliban dominance of Bajaur.
Afghanistan
Taliban operate freely from Quetta: US
Pakistan
The Chief Minister of the Northwest Frontier Province escaped an assassination attempt in Peshawar. The Zardari government had hundreds of members of the political opposition arrested in an attempt to disrupt the Long March. Security forces detained 45 suspected Taliban fighters in Hangu. A NATO supply truck was torched near Quetta.