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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Iraq
Security forces detained 10 al Qaeda fighters in Diyala, five wanted men in Miqdadiyah, three Special Groups fighters in Al Kut, and a Naqshabandiya leader in Khalis. The Iraqi Army said 38 soldiers were wounded and none were killed in yesterday’s suicide attack at a military base in Habbaniyah. A woman planning to conduct a […]
Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces killed Eight Taliban fighters and detained five more during operations in Farah, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Paktia, and Logar provinces. Taliban fighters killed three civilians while targeting a cabinet member in Nimroz province, and one ISAF soldier in an IED attack in northern Afghanistan.
Morocco
A Moroccan court sentenced 43 members of an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb cell to jail terms between two to 20 years. Abdelkrim Makhloufi, the leader of the cell, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Sa’id Ali Jabir Al Khathim Al Shihri urged Somalis to step up attacks on ships transiting the Somali coast. “The crusaders, the Jews and the traitorous rulers did not come to the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden except to wage war against you in Somalia and […]
Afghanistan
Turning tables, US troops ambush Taliban with swift and lethal results
Pakistan
Taliban exploit class rifts to gain ground in Pakistan
Taliban moving on Mardan
The Taliban murdered two women, an aid worker and a councilor, in the latest attacks in a region being eyed for takeover.
Pakistan
Maulana Abdullah Aziz has been freed from jail and will preach at the Red Mosque in Islamabad. He also called for the enforcement of sharia countrywide. The Taliban murdered two women in Mardan, bombed three shops in Dir, and have refused to leave Dir.
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Russia ends Chechnya operation
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Ex-Guantanamo cleric urges dialogue with Taliban
Somalia
A senior Islamic Courts commander allied with the interior minister was killed along with four others in fighting in Mogadishu. Shabaab rounded up 25 young men in Baidoa for “violating orders” and destroyed 100 Indian graves in Kismayo.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 18 soldiers and wounded 40 in an attack on a military base in Habbaniyah. One policeman was killed in an attack in Mosul. Security forces detained 91 wanted men in Basrah and 43 more in Dhi Qhar, and six Naqshabandiya members in Kirkuk and four more in Diyala.
The Taliban
The Taliban said Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who has been nominated as the next NATO Secretary General, is an “enemy of Islam” for backing the cartoonist who draw images of Mohammed. “The cartoonist provoked the resent and anger of millions of Muslims” the Taliban said in a statement on their website.
Afghanistan
An ISAF soldier was killed in Eastern Afghanistan. Afghan and coalition forces captured two Taliban fighters in Kunar province. An investigation into an April 13 raid in Kunar determined that four Taliban fighters and six civilians were killed.
Spain
Judge Baltasar Garzon of Spain is inquiring with the US, Britain, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, and Spain on the whereabouts of Mustafa Setmarian Nasar (AKA Abu Musab al Suri), an al Qaeda strategist and writer who was detained by Pakistan in 2005. Nasar is believed to be involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
Afghanistan
US troops confront disciplined, wily, mobile Afghan insurgents
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US ready to help in Philippine hostage crisis
Maulana Aziz returns to Islamabad in triumph
The man behind the 2007 insurrection in Islamabad has been released from custody and will preach this Friday’s sermon at the scene of his rebellion.
Pakistan
Signing of Pakistan shari’a legislation prompts fears of Taliban expansion
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 18 people, including nine policemen, in an attack on a police checkpoint in Charsadda. The Supreme Court released the former leader of the Red Mosque on $2,500 bail. President Zardari claimed that sharia is not being enforced in the Malakand Division.
Somalia
An Islamist member of parliament was assassinated in Mogadishu. Shabaab ordered women to wear the veil and businesses to close during prayer time in Baidoa. Nine people were wounded during clashes between government security forces in Mogadishu. A Puntland court sentenced 37 pirates to jail terms of three years each.
Iraq
Eleven Iraqis were killed and 23 more were wounded in a bombing in Kirkuk. Security forces captured 149 insurgents in Basrah and detained two “gunmen” in Al Kut. US troops killed one insurgent and captured two more near Kirkuk.
Major attacks against Pakistani security forces
Today’s suicide attack against a police checkpoint in Charsadda is the latest in a series of major attacks against the police, the Army, the Frontier Corps, and other Pakistani security and intelligence services since July 2007.
Afghanistan
More than 300 women were assaulted while protesting outside the mosque of a cleric who sponsored the controversial marriage law that legalizes rape. The United Nations admits it misspent more than $26 million in US aid money between 2003 and 2006.
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Muslim cleric seeks the release of Abu Sayyaf hostages
Pakistan releases Red Mosque leader who led insurrection in capital
Maulana Abdul Aziz, the leader of the radical Lal Masjid who led a revolt in the heart of Islamabad, is released on bail by Pakistan’s Supreme Court after serving less than two years in jail.
Pakistan
Video of Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) terrorist training camp in Pakistan
Al Qaeda
Algerian militants strike from eyries
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda thrives in the Sahara deadlock