Violence in Thailand’s troubled southern provinces dropped dramatically from 2007 to 2008, with the number of injuries reduced by 50%. The total number of bombings also declined by more then 50%, with a total of 157 bombings in 2008 compared to 394 incidents in 2007. The most dramatic drop was in IED attacks, with only […]
A military document indicated that Abu Sayyaf kidnappers demanded a $5 million ransom for the release of the three Red Cross workers held on Jolo island. The military denied paying any ransom for the one hostage who has been released and maintained that the government will continue to abide by a no ransom policy.
The Yemeni military uses terrorists to battle terrorists in the city of Ja’ar and prepares for clashes with the southern opposition movement.
Pakistan’s ISI has contacts with extremists: Gates
Fourteen Chinese Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay petitioned the Supreme Court for their release. A poll indicates that 75 percent of Americans oppose the release of Guantanamo detainees in the United States; only 13 percent support it.
Four USAID employees were killed in Mansehre. The Bajaur Taliban announced an amnesty for all anti-Taliban tribal elders. The Taliban killed a member of a militia in Buner. The interior ministry said it would create an anti-terrorism force numbering 100,000 personnel. Police detained two plotters behind the April 5 suicide attack in Punjab.
US studies Hezbollah tactics to prepare troops for war
Gates pushes for radical overhaul of Pentagon arsenal
Pentagon chief rips heart out of Army’s ‘Future’
Afghan soldiers killed two Taliban fighters in Tarin Kowt in Helmand province and captured another Taliban fighter in the Gardez district in Paktia province. Four Haqqani Network fighters were killed in a premature detonation at their bomb factory in Khost province. An Afghan soldier and a border policeman were killed in an IED attack in […]
Two American members of Shabaab who are based in Kismayo held a press conference to explain why they joined the group. Eight women were wounded in a mortar attack by Islamist fighters in Mogadishu. Pirates have seized five ships over the past two days.
Pakistan’s counter-terrorism confusion
All roads lead to Pakistan
BBC: Into Thailand’s red zone
Red Cross denies interfering with hostage talks
Seven men related to Abu Sayyaf spokesman Albader Parad, including three police officers, were arrested in connection with the abduction of three Red Cross workers, two of whom are still being held captive on Jolo island. Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen attacked a truck carrying coconut plantation workers in Basilan, killing seven and wounding three.
Arab Extremists Invading Indonesia
Algeria’s security tied to political freedom
Pakistan could collapse within six months: Report
Pakistan – NWFP police gives report on Qaeda, Taliban to federal government
Thirty-four Iraqis were killed and scores were wounded in six car bombings in Baghdad. Seven soldiers were wounded in a suicide attack in Dalouyia. Security forces detained 74 suspected insurgents in Basrah, 21 in Dhi Qhar, 15 in Kirkuk, two Special Groups fighters in Al Kut, two al Qaeda fighters in Wasit, and two doctors […]
A DC district court has ruled that detainee Hedi Hammamy was properly held at Guantanamo. Hammamy is alleged to have fought at Tora Bora, and worked for a network of al Qaeda cells in Europe that plotted against the 1998 World Cup tournament in France.
Pakistan grapples with slide in security
Six car bombs kill 34 across Baghdad
The budget crunch has halted the expansion of the Iraqi Security Forces. The purchase of major weapons systems is up in the air.
Europeans offer few new troops for Afghanistan
Time is short as US presses Pakistan, a reluctant ally
Security forces arrested 35 members of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb who come from Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania, and Mali. Al Qaeda warned Algerians against re-electing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and described him as a “ferocious enemy.”
‘Al Qaeda-Taliban combo has chemical weapon formula’
Terrorist eludes US in Iraq