Saudi Arabia
Fahad al Ruwaily, a leader of al Qaeda in Iraq and one of Saudi Arabia’s 85 most wanted, has turned himself in to authorities. Ruwaily operated inside Syria and provided terrorists with weapons and documents needed to enter Iraq.
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Philippines
Pirates who kidnapped three school teachers in January turned over the hostages to Abu Sayyaf in Basilan province. The International Committee of the Red Cross appealed to the government to withdraw troops from Abu Sayyaf positions in order to ensure the safety of three captured Red Cross workers.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 11 pro-government tribesmen in Pakistan
Baitullah’s Mehsud’s Taliban movement took credit for today’s attack on a tribe that worked with the government to oppose the expansion of the Taliban.
Saudi Arabia
US claims Gulf donors fund Taliban fighters
Afghanistan
Iran to attend Hague Afghanistan conference: Dutch
Afghanistan
Number of students in Afghan schools continues to climb
Afghanistan
Nine policemen were killed and six more were wounded during Taliban attacks in Helmand and Ghazni provinces. Four Taliban fighters were killed near Kabul. Fifty Taliban fighters in Logar province surrendered to the government as part of a reconciliation agreement. A senior Taliban spokesman denied the group opposes polio immunization programs.
Iraq
IraqSlogger: Botched assassination leads to Qaeda in Iraq arrests
Iraq
Sixteen Iraqis were killed and 35 more were wounded in a car bomb attack in the Shaab neighborhood in Baghdad. Six civilians were wounded in bombings in Kirkuk and Babil. Iraqi security forces detained ten wanted men in Karbala and four more in Basrah, five members of a counterfeiting gang in Baqubah, and a Saudi […]
Pakistan
‘Mumbai terrorists’ say group will increase attacks on India
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Lashkar-e-Taiba took credit for the fighting in Kupwara and warned India of new atacks. “The gun battles should serve as a message to India that the struggle for Kashmir™s freedom is on with full vigour,” a Lashkar spokesman said. India’s Army chief said Lashkar still operates 40 to 50 camps in Kashmir and Pakistan.
Pakistan
US plans new drone attacks in Pakistan
Afghanistan
Saving Afghanistan
Latest US strike targets al Qaeda safehouse in North Waziristan
The second airstrike in 24 hours killed five Taliban and al Qaeda operatives. The attack took place outside of Mir Ali in North Waziristan, where Abu Kasha al Iraqi operates.
Pakistan
Taliban set for war against India from Pakistani soil
Pakistan
A US airstrike in South Waziristan killed eight Taliban and al Qaeda fighters. The US State Department put $5 million bounties out for Baitullah Mehsud and Siraj Haqqani. The Taliban have taken control of emerald mines in Swat. Police say they arrested the cell leader of this week’s suicide bombing in Islamabad.
Afghanistan
Further military commitment in Afghanistan may be toughest sell yet
Afghanistan
Ten Afghan civilians were killed and six more were wounded in a roadside bomb attack that targeted their minibus in Khost province. Three Australian soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Uruzgan province. A civilian cargo plane made a hard landing at an ISAF base in Paktika province.
Pakistan
Pakistan militants strengthen in heartland
Pakistan
Officials lay out details of how Pakistan™s spy agency supports militant groups
Iraq
US: Attacks rise south of Baghdad, fall nationwide
US places bounty on senior Taliban and al Qaeda leaders
The Department of State has offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Baitullah Mehsud and Sirajuddin Haqqani, and a $1 million bounty on Abu Yahya al Libi.
US airstrike kills 8 in Baitullah Mehsud’s hometown
The first attack inside Pakistan since March 15 killed eight “foreigners” in South Waziristan.
Iraq
Three children were killed and one was wounded in an IED attack in Baghdad. Iraqi security forces detained 20 wanted men in Baghdad, 10 in Basra, four in Amarah, and three more in Wasit. The Turkish Army hit PKK positions with artillery in border villages near Zakho.
Pakistan
US weighs Sharif as partner in Pakistan
Britain seeks release of the Guantanamo ‘professor’
British officials are once again seeking the release of a Guantanamo detainee named Shaker Aamer. US intelligence officials think that Aamer is a long-time jihadist and a member of al Qaeda who traveled to the US to meet with al Qaeda cells in 1998 and 2000.
Thailand
The army deployed hundreds of soldiers and police to pursue key insurgent leader Masoleh Dellamah and several of his followers in the jungle near the outskirts of Pattani. Dellamah is a skilled bombmaker and was behind the recent murder of a policeman.
Philippines
Abu Sayyaf threatened to behead one of three Red Cross hostages if the military did not withdraw troops from part of Jolo Island. The commanding general of the Army visited soldiers in western Mindanao to boost morale.
The Afghan Public Protection Force pilot program is underway
Afghanistan’s Ministry of the Interior has begun to train and field the Afghan Public Protection Force, the local tribal security forces that officials hope will tame the rising insurgency.
Bangladesh
Police arrested Maulana Sheikh Abdus Salam, a founder of the Harkat-ul-Jihad al Islami and the leader of the Islamic Democratic Party, for links to a bombing in 2001 that killed five people. The Rapid Action Battalion raided the Green Crescent Madrassa; two Islamist fighters were detained and a large cache of weapons and explosives was […]