Pakistan
Pakistan – Taliban backing criminals in Dera Ismail Khan
Yearly Archives: 2009
Pakistan
Pakistani police ill-equipped in war against Taliban
Philippines
A bomb packed with nails exploded outside a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cotabato City, killing five people and wounding 30 during a mass presided over by an archbishop. The Pope condemned the attack; President Arroyo also ordered an anti-terrorism task force dispatched to Catabato City to hunt down those responsible.
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Fresh troops dispatched to rescue Italian hostage in Philippines
Somalia
Ten Somalis were killed during mortar attacks in northern Mogadishu. Government officials in Hiran defected and joined Hizbul Islam. Ahlu Sunna Waljama claimed it took control of southern Galka™yo.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two policemen in separate attacks in Mosul and wounded 23 civilians in bombings in Diyala and Mosul. Security forces detained eight wanted men in Diyala, a terror cell leader in Kirkuk, and two insurgent cell members in Bayji and Hawijah.
Afghanistan
US Marines and Afghan troops killed 15 Taliban fighters and took control of the Nawa and Khanshin districts in Helmand province. Two British soldiers were killed during separate clashes in the Gereshk district in Helmand province. US troops captured a Haqqani Network commander in Logar province. The Taliban killed two Afghan soldiers and kidnapped 16 […]
Afghanistan
Mehsud fighters prepare for Pak. govt assault
Al Qaeda
Details emerge on woman accused of al Qaeda ties
Russia
Prague Watchdog conducted an exclusive phone interview with Doku Umarov, confirming he was not killed during recent fighting. Doku said his forces will attempt to avoid civilian targets, “but for me there are no civilians in Russia.” He also said “even bigger operations” than Beslan will be carried out.
Iran
The country’s leading religious group called the presidential election and new government illegitimate. The government planned to release another British embassy employee. A British-Greek journalist held for more than two weeks for reporting on the protests was freed.
Hizb ut-Tahrir
Hizb ut-Tahrir admitted it is seeking to foment a “bloodless coup” by turning to Pakistani military officers. “…[W]e are asking them to give their allegiance to Hizb ut-Tahrir,” the group™s official spokesman in Karachi said. “I can™t explain to you in detail how we are trying to influence the military … we never disclose our […]
Saudi Arabia
Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran
Pakistan
British Islamists plot against Pakistan
Pakistan
‘Insiders biggest threat to Pak nukes’
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Six reasons insurgencies lose
Morocco
Morocco arrests brother of top Islamist group member
Iran
Iran will place British Embassy staffers on trial for inciting protests. A conservative newspaper accused Mir Hossein Mousavi of being a “US agent” and advocated he be tried for treason. The new IAEA chief said there is no hard evidence Iran seeks to build nuclear weapons. Iran publicly hanged 20 people for drug trafficking.
Pakistan
The military said 12 Taliban fighters were killed during airstrikes near the helicopter crash in Arakzai. Nine lashkar fighters and three Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Mohmand. A Taliban fighter was killed after the Taliban ambush a lashkar in Dir. The military shelled Taliban hideouts in Lakki Marwat.
Iraq
US could end engagement in Iraq if volence erupts, Biden warns
Iraq
Sheikh Safi pushes for Iraq sovereignty
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in Kirkuk, a civilian in Baghdad, and an Iraqi contractor in Mosul. Security forces detained nine wanted men in Jalawlaa, an al Qaeda fighter in Wasit, a mufti for the Islamic State of Iraq in Buhriz, a car bomb cell member in Kirkuk, and a Special Groups leader in Al Kut.
Pakistan
Pakistani warplanes strike Taliban positions
Afghanistan
Twenty-two Haqqani Network fighters and two US soldiers were killed during a complex assault on a US combat outpost in Paktika province. Seven policemen were killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province. An ISAF soldier was killed during an IED attack on July 3. Afghan police will launch an operation against the Taliban in […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Poppy cultivation falls down in Uruzgan
US forces repel Taliban suicide assault, kill 22 Taliban fighters
The complex assault on a base in Afghanistan’s Paktika province was stopped short by US troops, who then hunted down the Haqqani Network fighters behind the attack.
Russia
Nine Chechen police were killed in Ingushetia when insurgents opened fire on their convoy from a forested area. Nine more police were injured in this attack; two troops from the Russian Interior Ministry died the previous day as a result of three separate blasts in Chechnya; five more servicemen were wounded in the blasts.
Serbia
A special terrorism court in Belgrade sentenced 11 members of a radical Islamist group for plotting terror attacks and possessing weapons. Senad Ramovic, the group’s leader, was sentenced to 13 years in prision while the others received terms of between six months to eight years in jail.
Malaysia
Police detained three suspected members of Jemaah Islamiyah in southern Johor last week. The men are believed to have met Mas Selamat bin Kastari, the leader of the Singapore cell of Jemaah Islamiyah. Kastari escaped from prison in Singapore in January 2006.
Yemen
Yemen: Tribes condemn abduction of foreigners