Afghanistan
Afghanistan seizes 3,000 kgs of morphine: ministry
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Turkey
Police detained 37 al Qaeda suspects thought to be plotting attacks on foreign targets in Turkey. The raids took place in the provinces of Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Konya, and Adana. Today’s raid follows the detention of seven other al Qaeda suspects in Eskisehir earlier this month.
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Canada chides US for remarks on 9/11 plotters
Somalia
US takes new look at Somalia strategy
Somalia
Nine people have been killed as the Islamic Courts Union and Hizbul Islam battle for control of Beletwein. Seven were killed after Shabaab fighters attacked a clan outside Kismayo. A senior Islamic Courts commander was assassinated in Mogadishu; Shabaab has been blamed for the attack.
Afghanistan
US signs Afghanistan transit deal with Tajikistan
Somalia
World piracy doubles in first quarter 2009 due to Somalia
Kashmir
Nearly 100 militants may have sneaked into Jammu & Kashmir
Afghanistan
The father of the education minister was kidnapped in Wardak province. US troops destroyed two Taliban anti-aircraft guns in the Nadi Ali district of Helmand province. A US Predator UAV crashed in Paktika province. The government claimed it conducted negotiations with the Taliban; the Taliban denied the claim.
Iraq
Security forces detained 10 insurgents in Kirkuk, 109 wanted men in Basrah and 39 more in Karbala, Babil, Diyala, Salahidin, and Baghdad. Yesterday’s suicide attack in Baqubah killed three Iraqi police and wounded eight US soldiers; no US soldiers were killed as initially reported.
Iran
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps has deployed to the eastern borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan to counter an unnamed “enemy conspiracy.” Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are two of four US banks seeking to open branches in Tehran, according to a report.
The Uighurs, in their own words
The US Treasury Department and the UN have designated Abdul Haq as a terrorist with ties to al Qaeda and the Taliban. The designation may complicate the Obama administration’s efforts to relocate seventeen Uighur detainees currently held at Gitmo. Some of the Uighur detainees have openly admitted their ties to Abdul Haq.
Philippines
The government deployed more troops to help secure the release of 62-year-old Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni, bringing the total number of Marines, police, and village guards encircling Abu Sayyaf positions on Jolo island to more than 1,000. At least three Muslim clerics were also deployed to negotiate with Abu Sayyaf for the release […]
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Forgotten hostages in the Philippines
Afghanistan
US generals gauge where fight in Afghanistan is headed
Pakistan
Swat Taliban vow to extend sharia law to other areas
Pakistan
The Taliban kidnapped six Frontier Constabulary personnel in Swat, and banned political parties and bombed a boys’ school in Bajaur. Security forces killed three civilians while mortaring Taliban positions in South Waziristan, captured a would-be suicide bomber in Islamabad, and targeted Taliban bases in Jamrud in Khyber.
The Taliban
Muslim Khan, the spokesman for the Swat Taliban, invited Osama bin Laden and other terrorists to shelter in Swat and admitted to an alliance with other international and Pakistani terror groups. “Osama can come here. Sure, like a brother they can stay anywhere they want,” Khan told The Associated Press. “Yes, we will help them […]
Pakistan
Tiny weapons, jet engines in killer drone upgrades
Iran
Ahmadinejad prompts walkout from UN racism summit
Pakistan
Taliban in Pakistani ex-resort: `Welcome, Osama!’
Pakistan
Pakistan continues policy of state-sponsored terror
Pakistan targets dangerous Taliban commander
Hakeemullah Mehsud reportedly was the target of a series of air and artillery strikes against Taliban camps in Arakzai.
Afghanistan
Afghan and coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters in Kandahar province and two more in Uruzgan province. French troops have retaken the Tagab district in Kapisa province from the Taliban. A disabled suicide bomber killed himself in a failed attack in Herat province.
Al Qaeda
In a video released on the Internet, Ayman al Zawahiri said President Obama is continuing the policies of President Bush and the Afghan surge will fail. “America brought us a new face, trying to deceive us yet again,” Zawahiri said. “A face that calls for change, but it™s rather calling for us to change, to […]
Iraq
Three US troops and four Iraqi policemen were reportedly killed in a suicide attack in Baqubah; the US military has not confirmed the report. Two children were killed in an IED attack in Fallujah. A suicide bomber wounded eight US soldiers in Mosul. Security forces detained 15 wanted men in Amarah and eight more in […]
China
The US Treasury Department added Abdul Haq to the Specially Designated Global Terrorist list. Haq is the leader of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party / Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, which has extensive ties to al Qaeda and the Taliban. The terror group recently released a video of its training camps.
Afghanistan
Pinned down, a sprint to escape Taliban zone
Pakistan
Extremist tide rises in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan: No room for democracy in Islam: TNSM Chief