China
Cambodia sends Uighurs back to China
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Iraq
Iraqi election workers targets for insurgents
Iraq
Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia remains a threat in Iraq
Pakistan plans to back ‘good Taliban’ in South Waziristan
Haji Turkistan Bhittani. According to this report in the Daily Times, the Pakistani government is planning on installing the Abdullah Mehsud and Bhittani groups, the so-called ‘good’ Taliban, into power in the Mehsud tribal areas in Sauth Waziristan as the military operation there winds down and civilians return to the region: “The real worry for […]
United States
Reality bites as US pushes Pakistan to finish off terrorists
Afghanistan
NATO welcomes Karzai’s new cabinet
Afghanistan
Civilians train in ‘Afghan City™ in the Midwest
North Korea
Arms seized by Thailand were Iran-bound
Al Qaeda
West warns that Somalia is becoming a haven for international terrorists
Afghanistan
Reforming the Afghan National Army
Pakistan
Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Buner and four Taliban fighters in Bajaur. The Taliban torched two NATO oil tankers in Baluchistan, destroyed a military base in South Waziristan, and bombed a private school in Peshawar.
Al Qaeda
Sheikh Saeed al Saudi, a member of al Qaeda’s executive council, was targeted in one of the Dec. 17 airstrikes in North Waziristan by the US after intelligence indicated he was attending a high-level meeting in North Waziristan. Al Saudi, who is Osama bin Laden’s brother-in-law, survived the strike.
India
‘Biggest 26/11 mystery is identity of handlers™
Bin Laden’s brother-in-law target of latest US strike in Pakistan
Sheikh Saeed al Saudi, a member of al Qaeda’s executive council, was targeted by the US after intelligence indicated he was attending a high-level meeting.
Iraq
Iraqi troops reoccupied the Fakka oil field after a brief Iranian incursion. Iraq security forces detained 36 wanted men in Basrah and 10 more in Babil, a wanted al Qaeda operative in Mosul, a Special Groups leader in Al Kut, and a Mahdi Army cell leader in Diyala. Insurgents wounded four Iraqis in two bombings […]
‘Good’ Taliban destroy Afghan Army base
Pakistani Taliban forces under the command of Mullah Nazir blew up a military base across the border in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Four Taliban fighters and a policeman were killed in fighting in Helmand. The Taliban killed a British and a Polish soldier. An Afghan battalion planned and launched its first independent operation in Kandahar.
Iran
Opposition cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri died at age 87. A presidential aide said Iran has mastered the ability to enrich nuclear fuel to 20 percent. The chief of Iran’s nuclear program said the safety of the Bushehr nuclear plant is the top priority. Military prosecutors said three people were tortured to death in […]
Iran
In Iran, nuclear issue is also a medical one
United States
US repatriates 12 Guantanamo men, including 6 Yemenis
Pakistan
Pakistani displaced find life hard in Karachi
United Kingdom
Police expect Mumbai-style terror attack on City of London
United States
US to make stopping nuclear terror key aim
Yemen
Four suspected al Qaeda operatives thought to have been wounded in the Dec. 17 airstrikes have been found in a hospital; 33 al Qaeda fighters have been detained since the operation. Saudi Arabia is attempting to determine if two of it 85 most wanted al Qaeda operatives were killed or wounded in the Dec. 17 […]
Russia
A suicide bomber targeted a group of policemen and soldiers in the city of Nazran in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia. The suicide bomber wounded 23 police, soldiers, and civilians after detonating his car bomb in the city.
Pakistan
The military killed 16 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and six more in South Waziristan. The Taliban attacked a Frontier Corps base in Khyber. A senior government official denied that terrorists are present in Punjab.
Afghanistan
Question time for Afghan district governor
Pakistan
One Pakistani institution places his faith in another
Philippines
Security forces surrounded the remote mountain hideout of Abu Sayyaf terrorists in Basilan who abducted a college professor from his home on Dec. 10. Yesterday, Abu Sayyaf beheaded a Filipino worker abducted from a plywood factory in November along with two other workers; the two workers, who are Chinese, are believed to be alive.
Somalia
Shabaab in Mogadishu reportedly split into two groups after a disagreement over the formation of an Islamic government in the capital. Shabaab issued a decree ordering men in Kismayo to grow beards. Hundreds of Ethiopian troops crossed the border and established a base at the strategic Kalaber junction.