Southeast Asia’s most wanted terrorist killed in Java raid
Police have confirmed that the elusive Noordin Mohammed Top has been killed along with three other terrorists during an assault on a safe house in Indonesia.
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Iraq
Iraq: Political parties looking towards 2010 elections
Al Qaeda
Somali rebels call for foreign reinforcements
Pakistan
Al Qaeda leaders Ilyas Kashmiri and Najmuddin Jalolov are thought to have been been killed during recent US airstrikes. The Pakistani Army captured a senior Swat Taliban commander and killed 11 fighters; eight more fighters were killed in Dera Ismail Khan, and six Taliban camps were destroyed in Hangu.
Iraq
Insurgents killed seven Iraqi civilian and security personnel and wounded 15 more in attacks in Fallujah, Baqubah, Mosul, Baghdad, and near Kirkuk. Security forces detained two Ansar al Islam fighters in Erbil.
United Arab Emirates
Security forces arrested 45 suspects thought to be involved with a plot to blow up the Burj Dubai, or Dubai Tower, the tallest building in the world. Palestinians, Syrians, and Lebanese were among those arrested. Iran is accused of being behind the plot.
Taliban
Why the Taliban is gaining ground in Afghanistan
Iraq
US military closes largest detention camp in Iraq
Two al Qaeda leaders reported killed in North Waziristan strike
Ilyas Kashmiri and Najmuddin Jalolov are said to have been killed during the Sept. 14 airstrike in the village of Turikhel near the town of Mir Ali in Taliban-controlled North Waziristan. The report is unconfirmed.
Afghans accompanied Somalia al Qaeda leader
Nabhan fires a rifle in a videotape produced by al Qaeda’s media arm. Image by Nick Grace. Click to view. Daniele Raineri, an Italian journalist who writes for Il Foglio and a friend of The Long War Journal, passed along a tip about the commando raid that resulted in the death of Saleh Ali Saleh […]
United States
Diversion of funds: US sends team to Pakistan
Afghanistan
EU election observers said more than 1.5 million of the estimated 6 million votes cast are “suspicious.” Security forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in Band-e-Sabzak and nine more in Kunduz. The Taliban killed three US soldiers in southern Afghanistan and a district police chief in Uruzgan.
Afghanistan
Air force shoots down runaway drone over Afghanistan
Pakistani Army captures wanted Swat Taliban military commander
Sher Mohammad Qasab is on the Pakistani government’s list of the 21 most-wanted in Swat; he commanded Taliban forces in the stronghold of Charbagh. Five of the top 21 are now in custody or are dead.
Iran
Presidents Obama and Sarkozy discussed Iran’s nuclear “compliance.” US Secretary of State Clinton stated that Iran must answer world’s concerns over its nuclear program. Tehran agreed to the new framework of agreements with the IAEA.
Russia
Six people were injured when a female suicide bomber detonated beside a law enforcement vehicle in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Suicide bombings have been on the rise since Doku revived the Riyad us Saliheen martyr brigade in late April. They have sporadically increased since the start of Ramadan, following Doku’s speech in which he […]
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda leader Mustafa Hamid has called for the Afghan Taliban to kidnap foreigners in response to the capture of al Qaeda members by the US and her allies. The edict was titled “The US Soldier in Afghanistan – the first step for the release of all prisoners of the war on terror.” Hamid said […]
Philippines
Jahid Susukan, an Abu Sayyaf leader with a large bounty on his head, was arrested at the port of Zamboanga on Sept. 9 on suspicion of involvement in the kidnapping of 21 tourists at a resort in Malaysia in 2000. The government announced that it expected peace talks with MILF to resume after Ramadan.
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Asia-Pacific importance increasing, commander says
United States
Patriot Act provisions extended
Australia
US urged to exonerate Hicks
Pakistan
Pakistani Army to start operation in Waziristan: ISPR
United States
Air Force on guard for terrorist plots against domestic drone bases
Afghanistan
UN chief Peter Galbraith is removed in Afghanistan poll clash
Afghanistan
US military chief wants more troops for Afghan war
Pakistan
The Pakistani Air Force killed five Taliban fighters in strikes in the Salarzai area of Bajaur. Security forces killed three Taliban fighters and captured 12 more in Swat. Police in Karachi stopped an attack on an oil storage facility near the main port in Kaemari; one security guard was killed. The Taliban destroyed a medical […]
Iraq
Three foreign fighters and two policemen were killed in a clash near Tal Abtah. Insurgents killed a policemen in Hillah and wounded one policeman in Mosul and three civilians in Kirkuk. Security forces detained nine policemen with links to the insurgency in Tal Afar, three wanted men in Basrah, two terrorists in Baghdad, and an […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: Fighter jets pound militants in tribal area
Iraq
Mortars hit Baghdad Green Zone during Biden visit
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US-Lebanese terror suspect in UAE complains of torture