Iran
The US and Russia agreed to push Iran on its nuclear program. The IAEA issued its latest report on the status of Iran’s nuclear program. President Ahmadinejad said that his country’s right to nuclear energy is non-negotiable.
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Suicide bomber kills four in Peshawar
The attack took place near a police station and leveled a mosque. Another political leader was assassinated in the northwest.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Peshawar blast kills 4
Pakistan
Pakistan – Police return to former Taliban haven
Afghanistan
US to give Afghanistan 20 transport planes
Irish jihadi operates in Swat and Rawalpindi
The Sunday Times has an interesting and disturbing story of an Irishman who converted to Islam while in a Saudi jail and has left the UK to become a jihadi. Khalid Kelly, as he is now known, is of course training in Pakistan. Interestingly enough, he’s in the Swat Valley: After a period underground, Kelly […]
Afghanistan
French, Afghan troops push into hostile valley
Iran
Obama presses Iran on atomic deal, Tehran defiant
Philippines
Three MILF members were charged with kidnapping Irish priest Michael Sinnot, who was released from captivity on Nov. 12. MILF released a statement supporting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s appeal that the Philippine government should strike a peace deal with the group before President Arroyo leaves office in 2010.
Thailand
A bomb hidden in a motorcycle in Narathiwat exploded while a military truck filled with troops passed by, killing a soldier and wounding six others, including a civilian. The device contained approximately five kilograms of explosives and was activated with a mobile phone. Three civilians were killed in attacks in Yala and Narathiwat provinces.
Al Qaeda
Irishman wants to kill for Islam
Al Qaeda
Biometric tests to identify rebels in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters in Swat and five more in South Waziristan; seven fighters also surrendered in in Swat. The Taliban assassinated a tribal leader in Bajaur; three Taliban fighters were killed while attempting to assassinate a tribal leader in Peshawar. Police detained eight suspected terrorists in Peshawar.
Russia
The Caucasus Emirate claimed that a commander and nine fighters were killed in Saturday’s attack by Russian and Chechen forces. The leader was identified as Emir Islam, the commander of the Achkhoi-Martan sector of the Southwestern Front. The Chechen president said Doku Umarov may have been killed. Insurgents targeted a police checkpoint and a security […]
Iraq
Insurgents killed one child and wounded 12 Iraqis in attacks in Mosul, Ninewa, and Khanaqin. Security forces detained nine wanted men in Basrah and an al Qaeda operative near Kirkuk. Iraq and the European Union signed an agreement on counterterrorism, human rights, and trade.
United States
Gates blocks release of detainee abuse photos
Afghanistan
Clinton sets benchmarks for progress in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Paktika and detained five more in Wardak. Six Taliban fighters and five Afghan soldiers were killed in Nuristan. The Taliban killed a British soldier in Helmand province.
Taliban kill Bajaur opposition leader, target Peshawar leader
The Taliban continue their campaign to weaken the tribal opposition in Pakistan’s northwest.
Afghanistan
Afghan insurgency tests German troops
Somalia
Insurgents attacked an AMISOM base in South Mogadishu. Gunmen killed a former member of the Transitional government in Beledweyne. Somali troops are staging a large operation against insurgents in western Gedo region. The US AFRICOM has “no plans” to arm the unmanned planes that are carrying out reconnaissance flights off the coast of Somalia.
Al Qaeda
A web of lone wolves
Afghanistan
High costs weigh on troop debate for Afghan war
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: British troops in Helmand kill 80 Taliban in 10 days of fighting
United Kingdom
Tories investigate their own Muslim website
Pakistan
CIA says it gets its money’s worth from Pakistani spy agency
British advocate negotiations with the Taliban Quetta Shura
A British memo that advocates reconciliation with the Taliban – all the way to the top level with the Quetta Shura – has surfaced. The BBC has the report: “We must weaken and divide the Taliban if we are to reduce the insurgency to a level that can be managed and contained by the Afghan […]
Afghanistan
UK ‘backs Taliban reintegration’
Pakistan
US using drones after host states™ consent: Petraeus
Canada
Khaled Nawaya was freed after one month in jail. Nawaya, a Saudi-born Syrian citizen, was arrested one month ago at the border while trying to smuggle nearly $1 million in Canadian mint gold coins. Mounties found 9/11 videotapes and a Hezbollah ring in Nawaya’s possession. He was a flight instructor in Oakland, Calif., and was […]