Iraq
Shiites in Iraq show restraint as Sunnis keep attacking
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Indonesian police confirm Noordin Mohammed Top is alive
DNA tests proved the leader of a Jemaah Islamiyah and al Qaeda-linked terror group was not killed during last week’s raid in Java. Another terrorist who aided in the attacks was the man killed by police.
Afghanistan
US Marines assault Taliban town in Afghanistan
Iran
Iran says Paris ignored offer to teacher on trial
Indonesia
Indonesian police said DNA tests prove that Noordin Mohammed Top, Southeast Asia’s most wanted terrorist, was not killed during the July 7 shootout at a farmhouse in Java. The person killed was a man named Ibrohim, who worked at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton and aided in the July suicide attacks at the hotels.
Afghanistan
US Army brigade retools for new Afghan mission
Iran
The Justice Ministry admitted more than 4,000 people were detained during post-election protests; more than 3,700 have been freed, including a French embassy worker. The opposition claims 69 people were killed by security forces during protests. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated President Ahmadinejad for his re-election victory.
Pakistan
Musharraf faces arrest if he returns to Pakistan
Pakistan
A US airstrike in South Waziristan killed 14 Taliban fighters. Twenty-one fighters were killed in a Taliban turf war in Arakzai. Security forces killed 17 Taliban fighters in Khyber. The Taliban killed three people in a rocket attack in Peshawar and a tribal elder in Mohmand, and torched nine schools in Buner and five more […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Anti-corruption ‘Mr Bean™ candidate Ramazan Bashardost eyes presidency
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban chief alive according to group’s spokesman
Iraq
Insurgents killed 10 Iraqis and wounded 18 more in three bombings in Baghdad, and wounded three policemen in an IED attack in Fallujah. Security forces detained 15 wanted men in Basrah and captured two Iranian “infiltrators” in Khanaqin in Diyala province.
Iraq
Mosul attacks reflect al-Qaida™s plan, commander says
Pakistan
Rockets hit NW Pakistani city; militants attack
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s presidential election campaign an exercise in peril
Pakistan
McChrystal: Give Taliban Fighters A Political Voice
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians in the Maiwand district in Kandahar province. The Taliban killed three US Marines in southern Afghanistan, three Afghan soldiers in Ghazni, and one ISAF soldier in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan troops killed 12 Taliban fighters in Zabul, and killed two Taliban fighters and detained 18 suspects after a clash in […]
Pakistan
Swat feasts over Mehsud’s death – Pakistan
Iran
President Ahmadinejad purged four senior members of the Intelligence Ministry after some officials refused to back the government’s claim that the post-election protests were designed to overthrow the government. The officials also reportedly were opposed to airing confessions of protesters on TV. The former chief of the Intelligence Ministry was fired on July 26.
Kuwait
The interior ministry detained six Kuwaitis who were part of an al Qaeda-linked cell assigned to attack US forces in the country. The cell members reportedly confessed to plotting to build a truck bomb and attack Camp Arifjan, a large US logistics base south of Kuwait City.
US kills 14 in strike on Taliban training camp in South Waziristan
The attack took place in the Ladha region, where the Taliban reportedly have been meeting.
Pakistan
Rival claims leave Taliban leadership uncertain
Yemen
One of Yemen™s 3 insurgencies flares up
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‘Muslim Camp™ draws UK teens to combat extremism
Pakistan
The Taliban claimed 32 troops were killed in an ambush in North Waziristan; the military said 11 Taliban fighters were killed. The military killed four children during shelling in Khyber. Security forces detained seven terrorists in the districts of Bhakkar, Sargodha, and Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab.
Taliban, Pakistani military clash in North Waziristan
The Taliban claimed 32 troops were killed during the battle; the military said 11 Taliban fighters were killed.
Somalia
Residents in Marka reported that Shabaab is pulling teeth because the group views gold and silver fillings as sinful. Shabaab in Mogadishu ordered businesses to close during prayer and said women must wear the veil. President Sharif asserted that opposition groups were proxies for al Qaeda in Somalia. Somali pirates claimed $4 million in ransom […]
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US Air Force to train more remote than actual pilots
Kashmir
Indian troops killed four terrorists as they attempted to infiltrate across the Line of Control from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. On Aug. 8, three more terrorists were killed as they attempted to infiltrate from the Pakistani zone. Nine infiltration attempts have been foiled since Aug. 1.
Iran
Iran: It™s the media!