Monthly Archives: August 2009

Al Qaeda

| August 27, 2009

9/11 plotters still alive and planning more attacks: Mullen

Nigeria

| August 27, 2009

Thirty members of Boko Haram have been captured outside Yola, the capital of the state of Adamawa. Ten members said they have received bomb-making training in Afghanistan. The Boko Haram members have eluded the police since the uprising in late July that was responsible for 800 deaths. Boko Haram has stated that it will avenge […]

Pakistan

| August 27, 2009

Pakistan: Taliban commander ‘target’ of drone attack

Pakistan

| August 27, 2009

A suicide bomber killed 22 border guards at the Torkham crossing in Khyber. A US airstrike killed eight Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. Four soldiers and nine Taliban fighters were killed in South Waziristan. Police killed seven Taliban fighters and detained four more in Buner. Security forces captured 31 Taliban fighters in Swat and Malakand. […]

Iraq

| August 27, 2009

One Iraqi was killed and 22 more were wounded in a string of bombings in Baghdad. A policeman and a civilian were killed in attack in Mosul. US troops killed one insurgent and wounded another in Kirkuk. Security forces detained eight wanted men in Basrah and two more in Kirkuk, two insurgents in Mosul, and […]

Saga of the sons of Sufi

| August 27, 2009

Yesterday the Peshawar High Court released on bail the three sons of Sufi Mohammed, the leader of the pro-Taliban Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammed [TNSM, or the Movement for the Enforcement of Mohammed’s Law] in Swat and Dir. Sufi engineered the Malakand Accord, which turned large tracts of Pakistan’s northwest over the the Taliban. The release of Sufi’s sons […]

Kashmir

| August 27, 2009

Indian army kills militant in gun-fighting in India-controlled Kashmir

Afghanistan

| August 27, 2009

US and Afghan troops killed 12 Taliban fighters and captured seven more, including a commander, during a battle in Paktia province. The Taliban killed four policemen in an IED attack in Khost and killed a British soldier in Helmand province. The release of the results of the Afghan election has been delayed for two more […]

Algeria

| August 27, 2009

Ten Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb members have surrendered to authorities. The AQIM fighters hope to take advantage of a general amnesty issued by President Bouteflika in 2006 that has expired but may be revived. Six of the surrendered fighters were members of Katibat Al-Mulathamin led by Mukhtar Belmukhtar, a prominent leader listed on […]

Philippines

| August 27, 2009

Police filed murder charges against 13 Abu Sayyaf and Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters in connection with the Aug. 12 battle with government forces that left 20 Marines and three soldiers dead. Despite the truce with MILF, police continue to hunt for three commanders who are wanted for attacks on civilian communities in Basilan and […]

Iran

| August 27, 2009

Grand Ayatollah Montazeri criticized the Ahmadinejad government over show trials and warned of a possible “regime fall.” Grand Ayatollah Khamenei claimed the riots were planned before the election. A member of parliament said the rapes of some election protesters who were detained have been proven. Tehran is worried that the Afghan insurgency might spill into […]

Russia

| August 27, 2009

The suicide bomber behind the Aug. 17 attack against a police station in Nazron has been identified as Said Abu Sa’ad, a well-known Islamic preacher with scores of followers in Russia. He has indoctrinated recruits into jihadist activities in the past, the latest example being a suicide bomber who attacked the concert hall in Grozny. […]

Indonesia

| August 26, 2009

Indonesian bombing suspect a jihad magazine publisher and webmaster

New Taliban chief threatens US

| August 26, 2009

Hakeemullah Mehsud said he would avenge Baitullah’s death and would strike at the US. He has a history of successfully carrying out high-profile attacks inside Pakistan.

Somalia

| August 26, 2009

Somali militants use many tactics to woo Americans