US kills 25 Taliban in second Predator strike in South Waziristan
Predators attacked a Taliban convoy in an attempt to kill a high value target.
Monthly Archives: July 2009
China
Government security forces flooded Xinjiang province to instill calm after 156 people were killed during riots. Party officials in Urumqi promised to seek the death penalty for those responsible for the violence. President Hu Jintao returned to China after canceling a planned visit to the G-8 summit in Italy.
Iran
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mullen warned that the “window is closing” for preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. President Ahmadinejad claimed on national TV that June 12 elections were the “healthiest, freest, and the most beautiful worldwide.” The Majlis moved to pass a bill that would redistribute energy subsidies.
US Predator strike on Taliban camp kills 8 in South Waziristan
The strike targeted the Taliban camp in Karwan Manza, which was featured in a recent propaganda video.
Somalia
Shabaab leader calls for Somali soldiers to hand over their weapon with in 5 days
Pakistan
Sufi Mohammad is history: Pakistan
Afghanistan
Afghan Forces missing from Helmand offensive
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan surge, soldiers negotiate complex web of local loyalties
Afghanistan
As US troops move into south, Taliban strike elsewhere
United Kingdom
Anti-terror police facing first budget cuts since July 7 attacks
Afghanistan
Welsh Guards bear brunt as Afghan death toll rises
Iran
‘No green light’ for Iran attack
Afghanistan
Americans pessimistic about Afghanistan war
Afghanistan
Burqa losing favor as Afghan women opt for chador
Pakistan
Terrorists may be using Pak satphones to plot against India
United States
US government websites blocked by cyber attackers
Pakistan
Pakistani army capable of defeating militants: Mullen
Pakistan
Pakistan – Taliban, terrorists nurtured for short-term objectives: Zardari
Pakistan
Pakistan – 2500 fresh policemen being recruited in Swat to maintain law & order: Kaira
Pakistan
Philippines
Four separate explosions in Mindanao killed 6 people and wounded 56, the deadliest of which occurred outside a Catholic church in Sulu province. The government dispatched 200 additional police to Lligian City, and ordered the military on full alert until President Arroyo’s State of the Union Address on July 27.
India
India pledges to punish Kabul embassy bombers
Pakistan
A US airstrike on a Taliban camp in South Waziristan killed 14 fighters. The Taliban killed a soldier in an ambush in North Waziristan, killed one man in a shooting in Peshawar, and wounded five policemen and three civilians in a IED attack in Bannu. Security forces killed two Taliban commanders and two fighters, and […]
Marines push south in Operation Dagger
The Marines at the newly established Combat Outpost Payne in Khanishin are tasked with blocking the Taliban cross-border activity into Pakistan.
Iraq
Security forces detained 12 wanted men in Al Kut, 12 in Fallujah, and 10 more in Diyala, and arrested four kidnappers in Dhi Qhar. Insurgents killed a policeman in Mosul and wounded two policemen and a civilian in Baghdad.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Manipulated voting, power transfer causing instability
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Pakistan’s Supreme Court rejected the government’s appeal to re-arrest Lashkar-e-Taiba/Jamaat-ud-Dawa founder and spiritual leader Hafiz Saeed. The court denied the detention on a technicality; the government has refiled charges.
Afghanistan
Two Canadian soldiers and one British soldier were killed in a helicopter crash in Zabul province. One civilian was killed in an IED blast at a vegetable market in Khost province. US Marines established a new base in southern Afghanistan.
Iran
Reformist leaders called for the release of opposition detainees. The government said it will hold the US responsible if Israel attacks. Mousavi said he will lead the “legal opposition” to Ahmadinejad’s government. Shabestari said that China is Iran’s chief trading partner in Asia.
US Predator strike kills 16 Taliban and al Qaeda in South Waziristan
Six of the last eight US airstrikes in Pakistan have targeted Baitullah’s camps and safe houses in South Waziristan.