Iraq
Iraq troops detained 58 wanted men in Karbala and 10 more in Basrah. Iraqi and US troops detained 7 “criminals” in Baghdad. In separate incidents in Mosul, one policeman was killed and one was wounded, and two Iraqis were wounded.
Yearly Archives: 2009
Afghanistan
Afghan forces killed 11 Taliban fighters during an attack on a hideout in Zabul province. One British soldier were killed in an IED attack in Helmand province. Ten security guards were killed in two separate bombings in Paktia province and another five were killed in Kandahar province.
Iran
Jundallah killed one civilian and wounded two others in an attack on a bus west of Zahedan, where violence has broken out over the past week. Israel’s foreign minister said his country has no intentions of bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities. President Ahmadinejad called the Holocaust a “big deception.”
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden released an audiotape to coincide with President Obama’s visit to the Middle East. “Obama and his administration have sowed new seeds of hatred against America,” bin Laden said, chastising the US for its support of Pakistani operations in Swat. Yesterday Ayman al Zawahiri released a tape, also criticizing Obama for visiting Egypt.
Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters ambushed a convoy of teachers in Timezrit. An IED was followed by gunfire; two teachers and eight policemen were killed in the attack. An Algerian extradited from Britain has fled to the Afghanistan/Pakistan region and is thought to have rejoined al Qaeda.
Mali
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb killed a British hostage on May 31 after Britain refused to release Abu Qatada, the spiritual leader of al Qaeda in Europe. “The British captive was killed so that he, and with him the British state, may taste a tiny portion of what innocent Muslims taste every day at […]
Afghanistan
Uncertainty clouds British report of Taliban leader™s death
Iraq
Commander says US troops on schedule to leave all Iraqi cities
Somalia
Government forces took control of two police stations in northern and southern Mogadishu after battling Hizbul Islam and Shabaab. Ten Somalis were reported killed in the fighting. Somali troops moved into the town of Beledweyne. Gunmen kidnapped a TV director outside of Mogadishu.
Philippines
Exchanging their firearms for monetary reward, 19 Moro Islamic Liberation Front insurgents surrendered at a military encampment in lligan City. In the village of Bulanan in Maguindanao province, three MILF fighters were killed by an Army patrol. Despite the violence, the Philippine government reiterated its support for a peace treaty with MILF, with the assistance […]
United States
New US Afghan strategy will cost billions, take years
United States
Pakistan: US seeks sustained military effort in FATA
Iraq
Oil trade a tool in anti-terror fight
Pakistan
Pakistan: 81 Razmak students, teachers rescued, 37 still missing
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda deputy criticizes Obama’s Egypt trip
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Extra troops to defeat mounting insurgency
United States
Yemeni prisoner in Guantanamo found dead
United States
Uyghur detainees at Gitmo compare US to Hitler
United States
Muslim suspect pleads not guilty in recruitment center shooting
Pakistan
Pakistan engineered Saeed Hafiz’s release with a weak case
Pakistan
Pakistan’s victories over the Taliban: Less than meets the eye
Pakistan
Hafiz Saeed verdict: Pakistan tells India not to interfere
Pakistan
US cancels trips to Peshawar over ‘threat™
Azerbaijan
A court is secretly trying two Lebanese men and four Azerbaijanis for involvement with a terror plot to attack the Israeli and US embassies, and the Gabala missile-detection radar station in the country’s north. The six men are accused of being “connected to” both Hezbollah and al Qaeda, a court spokesman said.
Afghanistan
US ‘must reduce Afghan deaths’
Iran
A senior Iranian official said that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini, and not the elected president of Iran, will decide on the direction of the country’s nuclear program and relations with the US. More than 30 people were detained after unrest in the southern city of Zahedan that resulted in the deaths of 10 people.
Hezbollah
Petraeus: Hezbollah will have no reason to exist
Iraq
You™ll never take me alive: fugitive Saddam deputy
Pakistan
The military said 21 Taliban fighters and three soldiers were killed in Swat. The interior minister claimed 1244 Taliban fighters including 26 commanders, and 89 soldiers have been killed in the operation in Swat, Dir, Buner, and Shangla. The military said 80 students and a teacher were freed in North Waziristan, while another 20 are […]
Lashkar-e-Taiba
The Lahore High Court ordered the release of Hafiz Saeed despite the government’s presenting evidence linking him to al Qaeda. Pakistan said India’s disappointment at Saeed’s release is “misplaced” and claimed India did not provide evidence that allowed Saeed to be detained. Saeed denied that his group has any links to the Mumbai assault.