Afghanistan
Gates to meet with allies on Afghanistan, wants progress within a year
Yearly Archives: 2009
Yemen
Yemeni prosecutors are demanding the death penalty for 11 Yemenis, four Syrians, and a Saudi currently on trial for carrying out 13 strikes against oil facilities, foreign tourists, and government institutions over the past two years. The verdict is expected on July 13.
Germany
German intelligence believes al Qaeda will attempt to strike inside the country and against Germans overseas prior to the upcoming national election scheduled for Sept. 27. The North Africa-based al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has been tasked with carrying out the strikes.
Pakistan
A Taliban assault team killed 11 people in a complex suicide attack on a hotel in Peshawar. The Pakistani military killed 20 Taliban fighters during an operation in Bannu, killed 27 Taliban fighters in Dir and Swat, and detained the Swat emir of the TNSM in Peshawar. The Taliban killed three people in attacks in […]
Al Qaeda
Abu Haakim, a bodyguard for Osama bin laden, was killed, possibility during fighting against Coalition forces in Afghanistan, according to a martyrdom release published by Elif Media on Turkish jiahdi websites. The statement was not clear about the circumstances of Abu Haakim’s death.
United States
US talks to Palau about taking Uighur inmates: Source
Taliban suicide team strikes Peshawar hotel in latest complex assault
Eleven people were killed and more than 70 were wounded in a suicide assault at the luxury Pearl Continental Hotel. The attack is the latest in a series of complex assaults in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India.
Afghanistan
US: New forces in Afghanistan to be ‘game changer’
United States
Gates expresses confidence in US missile defenses
Somalia
Arms dealers revel in Somali war business
North Korea
Russia source says North Korea readying launches: report
Pakistani military launches operation in Bannu
More than 20 Taliban fighters have been killed in two tribal areas just outside of North Waziristan. The move may be a prelude to an operation into Waziristan.
Pakistan
India PM willing to meet Pakistan ‘more than half way™
Iraq
The US has released Asaib al Haq leader Laith al Qazali as part of a prisoner exchange for British hostages. Security forces detained seven wanted men in Basrah, six al Qaeda fighters in Fallujah, three gang members in Karbala, and two insurgents in Mosul. Two policemen were wounded in an IED attack in Fallujah.
Afghanistan
Iranian weapons getting through to Taliban
Al Qaeda
Gitmo detainee wants to keep military counsel for trial
Afghanistan
Taliban fighters killed two civilians and wounded 52 more, including many children and three US soldiers, in a grenade attack in Kunar province. Afghan and Coalition forces detained nine Taliban fighters in Helmand province, four in Khost, and two more in Paktia.
Afghanistan
New US commander to review strategy in Afghanistan
Iran
US frees suspect in killing of 5 GIs
US releases Iraqi Shia terror group leader
Laith al Qazali, the brother of Qais Qazali and a leader of the Qods Force-backed League of the Righteous, a Mahdi Army splinter group, was set free as part of negotiations to secure the release of five British hostages.
Caucasus
Chechen leader says rebel chief badly wounded
Iran
Iran’s main nuclear plant expanding rapidly, says IAEA
Afghanistan
British troops seize ｣65 million of Taliban drugs
Al Qaeda
CIA creates paramilitary unit to fight terrorists
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Philippine military pledges to continue fight against rogue MILF rebels
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Thai Prime Minister: Fight insurgency with development
Afghanistan
Canadian-Afghan leader sees hope and future in fruit, not poppies
Pakistan
The military said 21 Taliban fighters were killed in Swat, Dir, and Buner and six more were captured in Darra Adam Khel. Police detained members of the Punjabi Taliban in Sargodha. The Taliban killed a policeman in an IED attack in Peshawar and took more than 100 TNSM members hostage in Bajaur. Twelve people were […]
Thailand
Muslim terrorists stormed a mosque in Narathiwat province, sprayed the worshipers with gunfire as they prayed, and murdered 11 civilians, including an Imam. A Muslim man was murdered by insurgents in Yala province.
United States
Bearish oil market prompts shift in Iraqi security agenda