Monthly Archives: July 2009

Philippines

| July 24, 2009

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front announced that it will not return to peace talks with the government unless a mediator is found, although the chief negotiator for MILF ordered his fighters to halt hostilities beginning this Saturday. Three people, including an infant, were killed when Abu Sayyaf terrorists gunned them down while they were riding […]

Pakistan

| July 24, 2009

Pak can use US aid only against Taliban and al Qaeda: Senate

Hizb ut-Tahrir

| July 24, 2009

Police arrested nearly 200 members of Hizb ut-Tahrir during simultaneous raids throughout the country. Police confiscated documents that linked the suspects to the banned group during the raids, which took place in 23 provinces.

Pakistan

| July 24, 2009

Twenty-one Taliban fighters and one soldier were killed during clashes in Dir and Swat. Security forces detained a Lashkar-e-Islam fighter in Khyber and an Indian national in Bannu. The interior minister said Baluch rebels are training in Afghanistan.

Iraq

| July 24, 2009

Prime Minister Maliki said the US may extend its presence in Iraq; President Obama said the troops would leave by the end of 2011. Security forces detained 30 suspected insurgents in Ramadi and two Special Groups fighters in Maysan. Insurgents killed one Iraqi soldier in Mosul and one civilian in Biaaj.

Afghanistan

| July 24, 2009

Afghan and Coalition forces captured a “key Haqqani facilitator” and five associates in Khost province and killed “several enemy combatants” in Ghazni province, and killed three more in Balkh province. The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers during attacks in southern Afghanistan.

Pakistan

| July 24, 2009

Delayed offensive wears at Pakistan’s antiterror credibility

Iran

| July 24, 2009

Government hardliners pressured for President Ahmadinejad to dismiss his top deputy. Iranian security forces disbanded a PJAK cell in Orumieh. The Iraqi trade delegation arrived in Iran for a three-day business tour.

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| July 24, 2009

Air Force Envisions an Expanded Use of Drones

Pakistan

| July 23, 2009

Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Swat and captured two men transporting weapons in Nowshera. A curfew has been imposed in regions in North Waziristan. Security forces are targeting Baitullah Mehsud™s network with “precision,” the interior minister said.

Philippines

| July 23, 2009

President Arroyo ordered the military to halt its offensives against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, to set the stage for the resumption of peace talks for the first time since last year. The military will continue to hunt down rogue MILF commanders, and has transferred hundreds of troops for a new offensive against Abu Sayyaf […]

Indonesia

| July 23, 2009

Police detained Ariana Rahma in connection with last week’s terrorist attack in Jakarta. Rahma is married to Malaysian explosives expert Noordin Mohammad Top, the leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah-linked Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad, who is suspected of providing the bomb-making materials for the attack. Police also released sketches of two male suspects, while Malaysian police detained […]

Iraq

| July 23, 2009

Maliki opens door to US military presence in Iraq after December 2011

Pakistan

| July 23, 2009

Pakistan should fight all terrorists with ‘same force’: India

Iraq

| July 23, 2009

Americas – Iraq PM admits US troops may stay