Monthly Archives: May 2009

Pakistan

| May 15, 2009

US has plan to secure Pakistan nukes if country falls to Taliban

Afghanistan

| May 15, 2009

The Afghan Army said three commanders were among 22 Taliban killed during fighting in the Nawa district of Helmand province. Three Taliban fighters and a security guard were killed in a firefight in Ghazni province. Two ISAF troops were killed in eastern Afghanistan and a British Marine was killed near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. […]

Russia

| May 15, 2009

One security officer and four combatants have been reported killed in the ongoing counterterrorism operation in Dagestan’s Khasavyurt District. Among the dead is Arsen Asulbekov, rebel leader of the Khasavyurt group. A suicide bomber killed two police officers near the Interior Ministry in Grozny, Chechnya. The head of a detention center in Nalchick, capital of […]

Pakistan

| May 14, 2009

The military claimed 65 Taliban fighters and nine security personnel were killed during fighting in Swat, Dir, Buner, and Shangla. Three soldiers and five Taliban fighters were killed in an IED attack and clash in North Waziristan. Four Taliban fighters were killed during fighting in Darra Adam Khel. Nine policemen were wounded by three grenade […]

Somalia

| May 14, 2009

President Sharif officially signed the shariah bill into law. General Said Mohamed Hersi, the chief of Somali forces, resigned and was appointed the chief of the president’s security detail. Shabaab leader Sheikh Muktar Abdirahman released an 11-minute audiotape railing against the government.

Pakistan

| May 14, 2009

Worst is yet to come in assault on Taliban in Swat valley

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| May 14, 2009

UN official: Civilians displaced as fighting escalates in the Philippines

Philippines

| May 14, 2009

The Philippine government formally requested that Malaysia extradite four Abu Sayyaf suspects wanted for taking part in the kidnapping of ten European tourists and eleven Asian workers in 2000. The Abu Sayyaf members have been detained by the Malaysian government for non-terrorism charges, including violating immigration law.

Afghanistan

| May 14, 2009

Why America’s commander in Afghanistan was fired – A general’s marching orders

Afghanistan

| May 14, 2009

Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban fighters in the Batkhela district in Paktika province. A suicide bomber wounded four members of the border police in Kandahar™s Spin-Boldak district. Members of Parliament said the Taliban are expanding their control of Helmand province.

Iraq

| May 14, 2009

The swift rise and fall of Iraqi cleric Nadhim Khalil

Iraq

| May 14, 2009

One Awakening fighter was killed in an attack in Kirkuk, two Iraqis were killed in attacks in Touz Khormato and in Baghdad, and four more were wounded in an IED attack in Mosul. Security forces detained 23 wanted men in Basra and five more in Wasit.

Russia

| May 14, 2009

A counterterrorism operation is in effect in the districts of Khasavyurt and Kazbekovski in Dagestan. Dokku Umarov recently stated the annexation of Ossetia into Ingusetia, without any specification concerning the North or South provinces. Earlier reports indicated that South Ossetia is to be included into the Emirate; therefore, it may also be recognized as an […]

Iraq

| May 14, 2009

Spike in suicide attacks: Is Al Qaeda in Iraq coming back?

Pakistan

| May 14, 2009

Officials: US Drones Not Carrying Out Missions in Pakistan

Morocco

| May 14, 2009

Security forces broke up an eight-man cell run by the Salafia Jihadia movement that operated in the towns of Laâyoune, Guelmim, and Boujdour. The eight cell members were planning attacks inside Morocco. They were detained after being watched for months.