Pakistan
Pakistan: Mission not yet accomplished
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Philippines
Abu Sayyaf fighters ambushed a squad of Marines and National Police in Parang town in Sulu province, killing six troops and wounding ten. Police and militia rescued two abducted workers employed by a US-funded international development project in Mindanao within hours after they were abducted, thanks to prompt cooperation from local residents
India
India – Terrorists may have reached target cities: Intel sources
Pakistan
Pakistan – Taliban dupe 12-year-old into carrying bomb
Pakistan
Pakistan – Karachi in the eye of the Taliban storm
Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed victory crushes reform hopes in Iran
Al Qaeda
AL Qaeda – The Gadahn Factor
Pakistan
A US airstrike in South Waziristan killed five Taliban fighters. The Taliban killed nine civilians in a bombing in Dera Ismail Khan. The Pakistani military claimed 35 Taliban fighters were killed and 13 more were detained in Bannu, 30 were killed in airstrikes in Baitullah Mehsud’s hometown of Makeen, and nine more were killed in […]
Hezbollah
Hezbollah felicitates Ahmadinejad on vote
Iran
US Persian Gulf forces cautioned on Iran
Pakistan
Taliban tribesmen pledge to wipe out al Qaeda ally in Pakistan
Iran
Defeated Mousavi Asks for Cancellation of Iran’s Presidential Vote Result
Israel
Israeli aircraft target smuggling tunnels
Pakistan
Powerful Bomb Kills at Least 8 in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan orders offensive against Taliban chief
Philippines
Red Cross hostage alive amid clashes in Philippines
Yemen
Yemen says 7 Germans kidnapped in the north
Somalia
Somalia: Al Shabaab ‘TV ban’ controversy, expel WFP
Somalia
Three government soldiers were killed during infighting in Mogadishu. The Ethiopian government denied reports that its soldiers have reentered Somalia; Ethiopian troops inside Somalia said they are tasked with rooting out foreign fighters. Shabaab threatened to attack the Ethiopian troops.
Yemen
Security services arrested Hassan Hussein Bin Alwan, a Saudi Arabian national who served as al Qaeda senior financier in Yemen. Alwan was detained in Marib province and charged with forming a terror group.
Thailand
One person was killed and 13 wounded when two militants tossed a grenade on a bus in Yala city. Two Buddhists were killed in a drive-by shooting in the Bannang Sata district of Yala province. Human Rights Watch called for an investigation of the massacre of 10 Muslims in a mosque in the Joh Ai […]
Iraq
The police chief for Dhi Qhar province denied there are Special Groups training camps in the region after a senior official launched an investigation. Security forces detained two Special Groups fighters in Qadasiyah. A senior aide of Ayatollah Ali Sistani was targeted in an IED attack. Six civilians were wounded in separate attacks involving an […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Mirabad Operations Keep Pressure on Taliban
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Thai PM pledges more development aid to fight insurgency
Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces killed Taliban commander Mullah Dastgir and 14 fighters in Farah province, and killed four Taliban fighters in Badghis province. The Taliban killed four civilians in Paktia province, murdered a midwife and her husband in Farah, and killed a British officer in Helmand province.
US kills 5 in South Waziristan strike
Today’s strike targeted a vehicle in the Ladha region, which is controlled by Baitullah Mehsud; five terrorists are reported to have been killed. This is the first strike since May 16.
Al Qaeda
3 Guantanamo detainees sent to Saudi Arabia
Iran
Rioting has broken out in Tehran after supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi took to the streets to protest what they called rigged elections. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iranians should acknowledge President Ahmadinejad’s landslide victory, which he termed a “divine assessment.” There are rumors Mousavi has been arrested.
Somalia
Ethiopian troops entered Somalia and established bases in the town of Balanbal in Galgudud province. Hisbul Islam wanted pro-government factions not to organize in Gedo. Ahlu Sunna Waljama is conducting operations in Abudwak in central Somalia.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Dir lashkar struggles to dislodge holed-up militants