Somalia
Somalia: Al Shabaab ‘TV ban’ controversy, expel WFP
Yearly Archives: 2009
Somalia
Three government soldiers were killed during infighting in Mogadishu. The Ethiopian government denied reports that its soldiers have reentered Somalia; Ethiopian troops inside Somalia said they are tasked with rooting out foreign fighters. Shabaab threatened to attack the Ethiopian troops.
Yemen
Security services arrested Hassan Hussein Bin Alwan, a Saudi Arabian national who served as al Qaeda senior financier in Yemen. Alwan was detained in Marib province and charged with forming a terror group.
Thailand
One person was killed and 13 wounded when two militants tossed a grenade on a bus in Yala city. Two Buddhists were killed in a drive-by shooting in the Bannang Sata district of Yala province. Human Rights Watch called for an investigation of the massacre of 10 Muslims in a mosque in the Joh Ai […]
Iraq
The police chief for Dhi Qhar province denied there are Special Groups training camps in the region after a senior official launched an investigation. Security forces detained two Special Groups fighters in Qadasiyah. A senior aide of Ayatollah Ali Sistani was targeted in an IED attack. Six civilians were wounded in separate attacks involving an […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Mirabad Operations Keep Pressure on Taliban
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Thai PM pledges more development aid to fight insurgency
Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces killed Taliban commander Mullah Dastgir and 14 fighters in Farah province, and killed four Taliban fighters in Badghis province. The Taliban killed four civilians in Paktia province, murdered a midwife and her husband in Farah, and killed a British officer in Helmand province.
US kills 5 in South Waziristan strike
Today’s strike targeted a vehicle in the Ladha region, which is controlled by Baitullah Mehsud; five terrorists are reported to have been killed. This is the first strike since May 16.
Al Qaeda
3 Guantanamo detainees sent to Saudi Arabia
Iran
Rioting has broken out in Tehran after supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi took to the streets to protest what they called rigged elections. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iranians should acknowledge President Ahmadinejad’s landslide victory, which he termed a “divine assessment.” There are rumors Mousavi has been arrested.
Somalia
Ethiopian troops entered Somalia and established bases in the town of Balanbal in Galgudud province. Hisbul Islam wanted pro-government factions not to organize in Gedo. Ahlu Sunna Waljama is conducting operations in Abudwak in central Somalia.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Dir lashkar struggles to dislodge holed-up militants
Somalia
Somali Islamist threatens “invasion” of Kenya
Pakistan
The military said 35 Taliban fighters were killed in Bannu and the Frontier Corps fort in Jani Khel was retaken. Seven Taliban fighters and six civilians were killed during airstrikes against Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan. One policeman and a civilian were killed in an IED attack in Kohat. Security forces detained 12 Taliban fighters […]
Al Qaeda
Adam Gadahn, the American-born al Qaeda propagandist, released a 35-minute-long videotape called “Let’s Continue Our Jihad and Sacrifice.” Gadahn accused President Obama of supporting Israel’s assault in Gaza and warned the Muslim world not to be tricked by Obama’s “deceptive and false talk.”
Iran
Exiled group says race on in Iran to build bomb
Pakistan
UN reviews its operation in Pakistan after Peshawar attack
Iran
Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli said that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the presidential election in a landslide with more than 62 percent of the vote. Westerners said the vote was rigged by Iran’s mullahs.
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed five soldiers and four drivers in an attack ona NATO fuel convoy in Helmand province. A British soldier was killed during fighting in Helmand. Afghan and Coalition forces detained a Taliban commander and killed one fighter during a raid in the Sharana district in Paktika province.
Iraq
Security forces detained 30 wanted men in Basrah and six more in Maysan, and captured three Special Groups fighters in Wasit, one in Baghdad, and another in Basrah. One US soldier was killed and three more were wounded while defusing an IED in Samarra. Two Iraqi police were wounded in an IED attack in Kirkuk.
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US military warns against detainee transfers
Pakistani military, Taliban clash throughout the northwest
Heavy fighting reported in Swat, Bajaur, Bannu, Mohmand, and South Waziristan. Seventy-nine Taliban fighters and 16 soldiers and policemen are reported to have been killed over the past 24 hours.
Somalia
Pirates expand to Oman’s waters
United States
US – Administration speeds overseas detainee relocation
Pakistan
The Taliban took credit for suicide attacks that killed 11 people, including an anti-Taliban cleric, at mosques in Lahore and Nowshera. Thirty-nine Taliban fighters and ten soldiers were killed in Swat; 21 Taliban fighters were killed in Bannu. Twelve Taliban and two soldiers were killed during fighting in Mohmand. The Taliban killed four policemen in […]
North Korea
UN imposes new sanctions on NKorea
Al Qaeda
Philippines
Eight Abu Sayaaf fighters and two soldiers were killed during a raid on a terrorist camp in the southern province of Sulu. Abu Sayyaf leader Albader Parad, who is said to be behind the kidnapping of Red Cross workers, was among 13 wounded. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the government is prepared for a new round […]
Iran
IRNA, Iran’s state-run news agency, said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is leading the presidential election with 66 percent of the vote, with more than 68 percent of the votes counted so far. Mir Hossein Moussavi, the so-called reform candidate, has 31 percent of the vote.