Al Qaeda
Italy: Al Qaeda threat against MP sparks Muslim support
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Pakistan
Assessing stability in Pakistan’s heartland Punjab
Pakistan
Pakistan – Jihad and the state
Thailand
A roadside bomb detonated in the town of Yarang in Pattani province, killing a soldier and wounding five others as a military patrol escorted schoolteachers to work. Also in Pattani province, police discovered the body of a Muslim man shot by insurgents and dumped in a pickup truck.
Afghanistan
Roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan shatter record
Egypt
Security forces detained 25 members of an al Qaeda cell led by a Palestinian and manned by Egyptians. The cell was planning to conduct attacks against shipping in the Suez Canal and oil pipelines, and received funding from overseas contributions and robberies.
Tajikistan
A large force of 300 fighters attacked a police station near the eastern town of Tavil-Dara in Tajikistan. The group is thought to have been led by Mullah Abdullah from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, who reportedly crossed the border from Afghanistan several weeks ago.
Afghanistan
More mine-resistant vehicles flow to Afghanistan
Somalia
Fighting has again broken out in the capital of Mogadishu. Young Somali men are fleeing Mogadishu to avoid being pressed into militias. The US is shipping arms to the Somali government through Uganda. Egypt will mediate between President Sharif and Hizbul Islam leader Hassan Dahir Aweys.
Al Qaeda
New Al Qaeda book on ‘Muslim Spies’ paints picture of weakened group, experts say
Pakistan
Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters during airstrikes in South Waziristan and seven more in Arakzai, and detained 23 Taliban fighters in Swat, 20 in Mohmand, and four Afghans and Uzbeks in Dera Ghazni Khan. The body of a Taliban commander was also found in Swat. The Taliban killed five security personnel in Jaccobabab in […]
US releases Iranian Qods Force agents
The release of the Irbil Five follows the release of Laith Qazali. “You’d better get used to it,” US officials said.
Iraq
Terrorists conducted a bombing campaign in Iraq. Thirty six Iraqis, including 12 security personnel, were killed in a dual suicide attack in Tal Afar; 14 Iraqis were killed in dual car bombings in Mosul; six Iraqis were killed in two car bombings in Sadr City and another was killed in a bombing in southern Baghdad; […]
Afghanistan
A massive Taliban truck bomb killed 25 Afghans in the Mohammmad Agha district in Logar province. Most of those killed were children and policemen. An ISAF soldier was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan. President Karzai pardoned five heroin traffickers.
Iran
Iranian exile speaks out against militia he once supported
China
The OIC asked China to address the “root cause” of the communal unrest in Xinjiang province. CPC leader Zhou Yongkang vowed that the government will severely punish the outlaws in the Xinjiang riot. Turkey called for a boycott of Chinese goods; a dissident Uighur leader might visit Turkey.
Iran
Government authorities said that any additional protests are illegal and will be met with a “crushing response.” Ali Akbar Velayati said that government will not back down, “even one step” from its nuclear ambitions. Five Iranian detainees held by the US were released to Iraq. Jundullah leader Abdulmalik Rigi claimed to have received $100,000 from […]
Video: Taliban execute Swat tribal leader
Pir Samiullah was one of the few tribal leaders to put up significant resistance to Mullah Fazlullah and Ibn Amin. He and his lieutenants were brutally murdered and mutilated while the Pakistani Army stood by.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Car bomb kills a dozen school children in Logar
Afghanistan
Briefing with Brig. Gen. Nicholson from Afghanistan
Pakistan
Class rifts help jihadis grow in Pakistan
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United Nations cancels aid missions to southern Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Saudi courts tried 330 terrorists for involvement in al Qaeda attacks from 2003 to 2006. An unknown number were convicted; one was sentenced to death. A senior Saudi cleric condemned al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Waziristan residents asked to shift
Pakistan
More than 33 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters were killed during Predator attacks in South Waziristan. The military said Mullah Fazlullah was critically wounded in Swat and the operation there is over, and two Taliban fighters were killed in Bajaur. A suicide bomber was killed before he could reach his target in Peshawar. The Taliban […]
Al Qaeda
CIA drone targeting tech revealed, Al Qaeda claims
Afghanistan
Afghanistan operation shows early gains, but more Afghans needed
Iraq
Nine Iraqis were killed and 22 more were wounded in two bombings in Mosul. Two Iraqis were killed and seven more were wounded in a rocket attack in Fallujah. Police detained an Iranian-trained labor activist accused of being a Special Groups leader.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Abu Omar Baghdadi, the leader of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq, advocated for continued attacks against US forces and called for members of the Awakening to rejoin the insurgency. “We tell them ‘Come back to your senses … Nothing better than repent and return to the ranks of jihadists and to leave the infidels,” […]
Afghanistan
Twenty-one Taliban fighters and eight policemen were killed after the Taliban attacked government buildings in Nuristan’s Barg Matal district. US and Afghan forces killed “several” Haqqani Network fighters and detained six more during raids in Ghazni province; one woman was accidentally killed. A US Marine was killed during a firefight in Farah province.