Afghanistan
Afghan supply chain a weak point
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Pakistan
Bombs kill 15 amid political crisis in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan: ‘My country is bleeding to death’
Afghanistan
Kyrgyz lawmakers vote to oust US allies from base
Pakistan
US drone believed crashed in Pakistan
Pakistan
Taliban cement rule, hard-line law after truce
Iran
Iran, militant groups support Sudanese president
Afghanistan
NATO supplies resume via Chaman
Car bomb kills 8 in Peshawar
Seven policemen, one civilian killed in the latest attack on police in the provincial capital.
Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle Update: March 2009
The dramatic drop in oil prices has created a budget crunch that may impact equipment purchases for the Army and police forces.
Pakistan
Pakistan suspects the Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore; LeT denied involvement. The Taliban murdered two “US spies” in North Waziristan, killed a political leader in Bannu, and bombed a school in Bajaur.
Somalia
Shabaab admitted having foreign members and links to al Qaeda, but said it is not part of the global terror group. Shabaab fighters detained more than 70 people during operations in Bardhere. Three civilians were killed in fighting between Burundian troops and Islamist fighters.
Pakistan
Officer leads old corps in new role in Pakistan
Iraq
Security forces detained 22 insurgents in Basrah and six more in Maysan, three weapons smugglers in Najaf along the Saudi Arabian border, and two Naqshabandiya fighters in Makhmour. Three civilians were wounded in a bombing in Balad Ruz. The Interior minister said al Qaeda in Iraq would not regain its power.
Banned Pakistani terror group suspected in Lahore attack
Pakistani investigators believe the Lashkar-e-Taiba was responsible for this week’s military assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team. Lashkar-e-Taiba denied involvement.
Iran
US says Iran expected to be included in Afghan talks
Pakistan
Gunmen who attacked cricketers in Lahore ‘had links to al-Qaeda’
Hezbollah
Hezbollah taking wait-and-see position on British contact
Syria
Syria™s delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency said his country will no longer allow inspection visits. Syria has demanded an end to the investigation of its nuclear program and requested the IAEA inspect Israeli nuclear sites instead.
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Judge tosses ex-sailor’s terror-support conviction
Singapore
Singapore man admits to 2001 airport terror plot
Pakistan
The government acceded to further Taliban demands in Swat. Sufi Mohammed asked Mullah Fazlullah to end attacks in Swat and lay down arms. A grenade attack in a mosque in Dera Ismail Khan wounded 25 worshipers. The Taliban bombed a Sufi shrine and CD shops in Mardan, and mortared a police station in Peshawar.
Pakistan denies India behind Lahore attack
One day after intimating that India was behind the assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team, Pakistan’s interior minister said there is no evidence of Indian involvement.
Israel
The Israeli Air Force struck smuggling tunnels in Gaza and killed three Islamic Jihad fighters after a Grad rocket attack struck a synagogue in Netivot. Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti may be part of the deal to free kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Hezbollah
Britain open to engaging in direct talks with Hezbollah
Iraq
Thirteen Iraqis were killed and 57 were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in Hillah. Insurgents killed one policeman in Baghdad and one soldier in Mosul. Security forces detained 16 wanted men in Basrah, seven more in Thi Qhar, and nine al Qaeda fighters in Baqubah.
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Philippine government halts pursuit of MILF commanders
Pakistan
Pakistan: State of emergency
Somalia
Sheik Abduqadir Ali Omar, the former leader of the Islamic Courts Union, has been appointed Minister of the Interior. The minister of fisheries and marine resources, who was a senior official of the Islamic Courts, has declared ‘war’ on the Somali media. Five hundred Burundian peacekeepers have arrived in Mogadishu.
Iraq
Car bomb in south Iraq livestock market kills 12