Monthly Archives: April 2009
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed eight Taliban fighters in clashes in Logar and Wardak provinces. Up to eight Taliban fighters were killed in a US airstrike in Kunar province; locals say that six civilians were killed in the attack.
Iraq
Security forces detained 27 wanted men in Dhi Qhar, 17 in Basrah, and 17 more in Karbala. A US soldier was killed an an IED attack south of Karbala. Insurgents murdered a mayor of a district in Eastern Mosul.
Pakistan signs sharia bill into law
President Zardari signs the Nizam-e-Adl regulation after a majority of parliament voted in favor of the legislation. The Taliban threatened violence if the law was not passed and said any member of parliament who refused to sign the bill was a non-Muslim.
Philippines
Abu Sayyaf militants beheaded one of two hostages captured last week on Basilan island. Abu Sayyaf continues to hold seven hostages in Basilan and two Red Cross workers hostage on Jolo island. The military announced the surrender of forty MILF fighters along with an arsenal of rocket-propelled grenades in Lanao del Norte.
Al Qaeda’s Shadow Army commander outlines Afghan strategy
LWJ exclusive: Abdullah Said, the new leader of al Qaeda’s paramilitary organization, explained his plan to defeat the Coalition in Afghanistan.
Taliban assassins gun down female provincial council member
Assassins shot dead Sitara Achekzai, a proclaimed champion of women’s rights, during a broad daylight shooting outside her home in southern Kandahar. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the shooting.
Pakistan
Taliban recruit followers, extend patrols in Buner
Pakistan
Security forces detained 513 people during sweeps in Islamabad and 18 more in Mianwali. The Taliban killed one security guard and destroyed 10 NATO transport trucks in Peshawar. The government released five Taliban fighters in Swat. The TNSM said members of parliament would be declared non-Muslims if they voted against the sharia regulations.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s new militias
Somalia
Somalia: Cargo ship captain is rescued
Somalia
Captain jumps overboard, SEALs shoot pirates, official says
Somalia
Somalia: Cargo ship captain is rescued
Pakistan
Ten Nato supply containers torched in Peshawar
Pakistan
Ghost in the terror machine
Al Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf survived US strike
Intelligence officials claimed Rauf was killed in a Nov. 2008 Predator strike in North Waziristan. Rauf is now thought to have directed the failed plots to attack major European cities, including bombings in England during Easter Weekend.
Al Qaeda
One of the 12 suspects arrested by the British police over a “very big terrorist plot” linked to al-Qaeda has been released as police quizzed the remaining 11 detainees, most of them Pakistanis. Police arrested 28 suspected members of the al-Qaeda terror network during simultaneous raids Thursday (April 9th) in the central Turkish province of […]
Iraq
Iraq Sunni anti-Qaeda leader eyes Shi’ite alliance
Iran
Iran president dismisses demand to halt atom work: report
Somalia
Warships track US hostage floating to Somalia
Hezbollah
Egypt state-controlled paper denounces Hezbollah
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Surviving Abu Sayyaf captivity
Iraq
Security forces detained 29 insurgents in Basrah. A US solider was killed in an IED attack in Tikrit. Seven civilians were wounded in a bombing in Baghdad. The leader of the Awakening is considering a political alliance with Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.
Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 22 Taliban fighters in Zabul province and killed another 18 in Kunar province. Afghan troops killed two Taliban commanders and seven Taliban fighters during a clash in Helmand province; seven soldiers were wounded.
Somalia
Somali pirates hijacked a US-flagged tug boat. French commandos rescued a family kidnapped by pirates, but one man was killed. Shabaab and the Ras Kamboni Brigade hailed the pirate attacks, said the pirates are “protecting the Somali coast,” and are “mujahideen.”
Iraq
Nine Awakening fighters and Iraqi soldiers were killed in a suicide attack on a checkpoint in Babil. One policeman was killed in a shooting in Mosul. Two civilians were killed in terrorist atacks in Hillah and Mandali. Security forces detained 12 wanted men in Dhi Qhar and two gunmen in Makhmour. The government will re-arrest […]
Pakistan
Prime Minister Gilani said Pakistan will not accept conditional aid from the US. The Taliban said some of its forces would leave Buner. The Taliban killed a tribal leader in Bajaur, attacked two checkpoints in Nowshera, and wounded three security personnel after ambushing a convoy in Swat.
Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters in Zabul province, detained four Taliban fighters in Helmand province, and prevented a suicide attack in Khost. General David McKiernan, the top US general in Afghanistan, told a group of tribal leaders he is studying the Koran.
Analysis: Pakistani TNSM serves as Taliban front
The government is promoting the TNSM as an honest broker in the Swat peace negotiations while a TNSM spokesman admits the pro-Taliban group can order the Taliban to take up arms against the state.
Philippines
Two people were killed as security forces pursued Abu Sayyaf leader Noor Hassan Jamiri, who is holding two hostages, in Isabela Province. The Navy warned residents in Sulu province against the increased risk of Abu Sayyaf bomb attacks during the Holy Week and as government forces continue to pursue Abu Sayyaf fighters who are still […]