Iraq
Security forces detained 25 wanted men in Basrah, 10 in Kirkuk, and six more in Dhi Qhar, an a al Qaeda leader in Ramadi, and a Special Groups leader in Wasit. One mortar shell landed in the Green Zone, no casualties were reported.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Afghanistan
Afghan Army to replace police on key highway
Afghanistan
Six Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed during fighting in Khost province. Afghan and Coalition forces detained five Haqqani Network fighters in Paktia province, two Taliban fighters in Kandahar province, and a Taliban leader in Farah province. The Taliban killed two civilians in an IED attack in Kandahar.
Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters killed 21 policemen in a complex ambush in the town of Bordj Bou Arreridj. The policemen were escorting Chinese engineers when the convoy was hit with an roadside bomb attack and then targeted with gunfire. The terrorists stole the policemen’s weapons and uniforms after the ambush.
Somali security minister assassinated in suicide attack
More than 20 people, including the security minister and the former ambassador to Ethiopia, were killed in a suicide attack in central Somalia.
US strikes target Mullah Nazir in South Waziristan
Separate Predator attacks targeted a training camp and a madrassa in the tribal areas run by the South Waziristan Taliban warlord.
Iraq
Iraq: Police arrest ‘Al-Qaeda commander’
Pakistani military facing tougher fight in northwest than reported
An Indian intelligence briefing obtained by The Long War Journal claimed that 370 Pakistani troops have been killed and 900 have deserted since the operation to root out the Taliban in the Swat Valley began in April.
Iraq
Killing of US soldier casts light on Mosul police
Iran
Demonstrations continue in Iran as the death toll of protesters killed by the police and Basij rose to 32. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps warned it would crack down on journalists and online media for publishing items that “create tension.” The government complained that the US is interfering with Iranian affairs.
United States
General ’90-percent-plus’ sure on US missile defense
Yemen
Yemen could be ‘another Afghanistan’ -EU official
Pakistan
Rival commander wants Baitullah eliminated now
Pakistan
Pak to pit victims against Taliban
Pakistan
Activities within Pakistan led to differences with Baitullah Meshsud: Qari Zainuddin
Pakistan
Strategist: Killer drones level extremists™ advantage
Pakistan
Pakistan: Tribe agrees to support govt in FR Bannu
Pakistan
US denies giving combat assistance to Pakistan
Pakistan
Security forces and tribesmen killed 28 Taliban fighters in Swat and Dir. Police detained four terrorists in Karachi and Islamabad and another in Lahore. The Taliban killed a policeman in Peshawar and one solider and three women in Mohmand. The Peshawar airport was shut down after a terror threat.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Tribesmen on their own
Iraq
Security forces killed a suicide bomber in Baghdad and detained 20 wanted men in Basrah and a suspect in the murder of a senior Sunni parliamentarian in Baghdad. Courts will prosecute 115 Interior Ministry employees on various charges.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three Danish soldiers in an IED attack in Helmand province and murdered an Afghan official in Kunduz province. The National Directorate of Security freed two al Jazeera reporters after detaining them three days ago.
Pakistan
Pakistan troops battle Taliban in the Sakhra Valley
Spain
Spain could take 5 Guantanamo inmates: report
Afghanistan
General McChrystal’s new way of war
Analysis: Waziristan operation to focus on Baitullah Mehsud
The Pakistani military appears to have a limited objective in the pending operation in South Waziristan. The Haqqani Network and Taliban leaders Hafiz Gul Bahadar and Mullah Nazir are not being mentioned by Pakistani officials, and efforts are underway to keep them out of the fight.
Afghanistan
Help us or we’ll grow opium, say Afghan villagers
Mali
The Mali Army attacked an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb base in the Timetrine region along the border with Algeria. “There were several dead on their side and we seized ammunition, destroyed vehicles,” an Algerian security official said.
Iran
Israel: ‘Iran will have nuclear bomb by 2014’
Pakistan
Pakistani public opinion appears to turn against Taliban