Iran
Shadowy Iranian Vigilantes Promise Bolder Action
Yearly Archives: 2009
Pakistan
A US strike in South Waziristan killed 11 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters. The military said 34 Taliban fighters were killed in Swat and Upper Dir, and the Swat operation is nearly over. The Taliban killed two “US spies” in North Waziristan and bombed a school in Khyber.
Philippines
Philippine military shifts tactics against Abu Sayyaf
Thailand
Four militants were killed when over 100 Thai soldiers and police surrounded and cleared a village in Yala province. Prime Minister Vejjajiva stated that insurgents operating in southern Thailand have no connection to the al Qaeda network, claiming that the insurgents have little organization.
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Thai Muslims: Development aid will not end insurgency
India
India’s counterterrorism Multi-Agency Centre reported that there are 42 terror training camps inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir that are devoted to attacks inside India and Indian-held Kashmir. There are 17 “active” and four “holding or dormant” camps inside each of the two regions that train and house an estimated 2,200 terrorists.
Iran
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians joined presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in Tehran to mourn those killed during protests since last weekend’s election that was declared in favor of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mousavi urged the crowds to conduct peaceful demonstrations.
Pakistan
US drones kill 9 in Waziristan: Pakistan officials
Afghanistan
US concerned over reluctant Afghan police force
Pakistan
Battle against Pakistan’s top Taliban leaders demands specialized military tactics
Iran
Tech-savvy protesters battle Iranian government in cyberspace
Afghanistan
Two Kuwaitis get 5-year jail for sending youths to Afghan jihad
Somalia
A Shabaab suicide bomber killed the interior minister and a former ambassador during an attack outside a hotel in Beletwein that killed more than 20 people. Ten more Somalis have been killed during fighting in Mogadishu. The Hawiye clan denounced African Union troops for shelling in the capital.
Iraq
Security forces detained 25 wanted men in Basrah, 10 in Kirkuk, and six more in Dhi Qhar, an a al Qaeda leader in Ramadi, and a Special Groups leader in Wasit. One mortar shell landed in the Green Zone, no casualties were reported.
Afghanistan
Afghan Army to replace police on key highway
Afghanistan
Six Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed during fighting in Khost province. Afghan and Coalition forces detained five Haqqani Network fighters in Paktia province, two Taliban fighters in Kandahar province, and a Taliban leader in Farah province. The Taliban killed two civilians in an IED attack in Kandahar.
Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters killed 21 policemen in a complex ambush in the town of Bordj Bou Arreridj. The policemen were escorting Chinese engineers when the convoy was hit with an roadside bomb attack and then targeted with gunfire. The terrorists stole the policemen’s weapons and uniforms after the ambush.
Somali security minister assassinated in suicide attack
More than 20 people, including the security minister and the former ambassador to Ethiopia, were killed in a suicide attack in central Somalia.
US strikes target Mullah Nazir in South Waziristan
Separate Predator attacks targeted a training camp and a madrassa in the tribal areas run by the South Waziristan Taliban warlord.
Iraq
Iraq: Police arrest ‘Al-Qaeda commander’
Pakistani military facing tougher fight in northwest than reported
An Indian intelligence briefing obtained by The Long War Journal claimed that 370 Pakistani troops have been killed and 900 have deserted since the operation to root out the Taliban in the Swat Valley began in April.
Iraq
Killing of US soldier casts light on Mosul police
Iran
Demonstrations continue in Iran as the death toll of protesters killed by the police and Basij rose to 32. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps warned it would crack down on journalists and online media for publishing items that “create tension.” The government complained that the US is interfering with Iranian affairs.
United States
General ’90-percent-plus’ sure on US missile defense
Yemen
Yemen could be ‘another Afghanistan’ -EU official
Pakistan
Rival commander wants Baitullah eliminated now
Pakistan
Pak to pit victims against Taliban
Pakistan
Activities within Pakistan led to differences with Baitullah Meshsud: Qari Zainuddin
Pakistan
Strategist: Killer drones level extremists™ advantage
Pakistan
Pakistan: Tribe agrees to support govt in FR Bannu