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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Afghanistan
Face-to-face with the Taliban: ‘It is my holy obligation to fight’
Al Qaeda
Ali Mohammed al Fakheri, who is also known as Ibn al Sheikh al Libi, committed suicide in a Libyan jail after being transferred from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Fakheri ran the Khalden training camp in Afghanistan prior to the fall of the Taliban in late 2001. He was captured while attempting to flee to […]
Iraq
Security forces detained 21 wanted men in Basrah, 11 al Qaeda fighters in Diyala, and a Sadrist leader in Dhi Qhar, and raided the home of a Sadrist cleric in Baghdad. US troops reportedly killed one civilian by accident during a detonation of an IED in Mosul. An Awakening leader in Taji was killed in […]
Somalia
Twenty-five people were killed during heavy fighting between Hizbul Islam and government forces in Mogadishu. Islamists are attacking the homes of members of parliament. Shabaab and Hizbul Islam have advanced in the capital, capturing the former defense ministry and a police station.
Afghanistan
Karzai set to deal with warlord Hekmatyar
Afghanistan
Petraeus: Al Qaeda no longer operating in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Two suicide bombers killed 20 civilians, policemen, and soldiers in a coordinated attack in the Gereshk district in Helmand province. Eight civilians were killed in an IED attack in Nangarhar province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed one Taliban fighter in Paktika province and detained seven more in Nangarhar. General Petraeus said al Qaeda’s senior leadership […]
Afghanistan
US adviser holds firm on airstrikes in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Villagers trapped between Taliban and Pakistan’s war machine
Pakistan
Al-Qaeda™s global base is Pakistan: Petraeus
Pakistan
Forces to go after Swat Taliban commanders
Pakistan
Inside the Taliban’s besieged Swat fortress as battle rages
Pakistan
Pakistan again faces a test it has often failed before
Pakistan
The military claimed 55 Taliban fighters were killed in Swat, 25 were killed in Dir, 18 were killed after attacking a convoy in South Waziristan, and five more were killed in Peshawar. A US strike targeted Baitullah Mehsud’s fighters in South Waziristan. President Zardari said the Swat offensive “will not be withdrawn.”
Somalia
Seven people were killed after government forces attacked a police station in Mogadishu that is under the control of Hizbul Islam. Two ICU fighters were killed in a market. Fifteen Somalis were killed during fighting in the capital yesterday. Shabaab chopped off the hand of a thief in Kismayo.
Iraq
Insurgents assassinated a police general in Basrah, killed one policeman and wounded three civilians in an armed attack on a police station Mosul, and wounded five civilians in an IED attack in Saadiya. Iraqi forces detained 18 insurgents in Fallujah, ten wanted men in Basrah, and an al Qaeda fighter in Baghdad.
Afghanistan
A Coalition airstrike killed 20 Taliban fighters after they attacked a police station in the Ahmadkhail district of Paktia province. Three Taliban fighters were detained while planting IEDs in Helmand province. An investigation determined an unknown number of civilians were killed as the Taliban used them as human shields in last week’s battle in Helmand […]
Pakistan
Pakistan reinforcing Army in Taliban battle
US strike targets Baitullah Mehsud territory in South Waziristan
Today’s strike is the eighth recorded attack against Baitullah’s fighters since the campaign heated up last summer.
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Moro Islamic Liberation Front commanders live in luxury
Pakistan
The military claimed 143 Taliban fighters and seven troops were killed in Swat and another 15 Taliban fighters were killed in Dir. More than one million people have fled the Malakand region. The deputy inspector general of police in Kohat has been kidnapped. The Taliban bombed a shrine in Peshawar.
Pakistani government signals fighting limited to Swat region
The military claimed more than 140 Taliban fighters and three commanders along with seven soldiers were killed during fighting in Swat.
Iraq
(Al Qaeda in Iraq) Emirate of confusion
Iraq
Security forces detained five members of the Naqshabandiya group and 16 other insurgents during raids in Diyala province and four wanted men in Maysan. Three policemen and a civilian were wounded in a bombing in Mosul.
Philippines
Heavily-armed Abu Sayyaf fighters ambushed police, killing four police officers, including the chief of police in Sulu. Four Abu Sayyaf fighters were killed in the ensuing firefight. Two fishermen were wounded in Sarangani by suspected Moro Islamic Front rebels who indiscriminately attacked a coastal village.
Afghanistan
Afghan forces killed seven Taliban in Helmand province and detained a Taliban commander in Badakshan province. The May 7 suicide attack in Hemand resulted in 21 civilians and two British troops killed.
Iraq
Concerns mount on preparedness of Iraq™s forces
Somalia
Shabaab and pro-government militias are battling in Mogadishu. Former Hizbul Islam Leader Sheikh Amy and Yusuf Indhoaade vowed to support the government. Islamic Courts forces detained 40 Somalis in Beledweyn.