Iraq
Iran’s leader blames US, Israel for Iraq attacks
Yearly Archives: 2009
Iraq
The military is conducting DNA tests to determine if Islamic State of Iraq leader Abu Omar al Baghdadi was captured. Security forces killed three al Qaeda fighters and detained a Saudi leader in Khanaqin, and killed an al Qaeda leader in Anbar. Iraqi forces also detained 19 wanted men in Basrah and 15 insurgents in […]
Afghanistan
Three suicide bombers attacked the Kandahar governor’s compound, killing five policemen. A joint Afghan-Coalition patrol killed between six and eight insurgents in the Chak district of Wardak province. A government official claimed 50 Taliban fighters and three commanders were killed in a large operation in Wardak. A two-day operation launched by Afghan and Coalition forces […]
Hezbollah
Investigators believe the Hezbollah cell in Egypt planned to carry out three major bombing operations in tourist areas of Egypt. The 49 suspects arrested in Egypt in connection to the cell will appear in court next week. Israel warned Israeli businessmen in Europe to return home because of the threat of a terrorist attack by […]
Somalia
Mortars fired at Somalia’s Parliament missed the building but hit a police unit inside the compound as well as a residential neighborhood, killing at least seven people. Somali pirates have seized a German ship transporting grain in the Gulf of Aden; all 17 crew members are unharmed. Two European aid workers taken hostage by gunmen […]
Pakistani military, Taliban maneuver for position in northwest
The Taliban stop a convoy in Swat as rumors of a military operation there are rampant. Taliban withdrawal from Buner is only partial.
Pakistan
Reports of Taliban re-entering Buner, Army set for assault
Pakistan
Islamic militancy and Pakistan’s rogue generals
Pakistan
General Kiyani and General Petraeus said the Pakistani Army has the will to fight the Taliban. Some Taliban foces have withdrawn from Buner. Malakand division commissioner Syed Mohammad Javed has been replaced. Taliban fighters fired rockets at an outpost in North Waziristan.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s dispersed nukes greater risk
Pakistan
Pakistan acts on US carrot and stick policy
Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 14 Taliban fighters and captured three more during a battle in the Sangin district in Helmand province, and detained three Taliban fighters in Kabul province. Four Afghan troops were killed in an IED attack in Paktia.
Pakistan
Taliban heading Swat, not Karachi: Muslim Khan
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban withdraws from key valley
Iraq
Two suicide bombers killed more than 60 Iraqis and Iranians and wounded more than 125 outside a shrine in Baghdad. Yesterday’s suicide attack in Diyala killed 56 people. Two Iraqis were killed in an IED attack in Diyala and a policeman was killed in Fallujah. Iraqi intelligence said Baathists are conducting suicide attacks.
Rangers deployed to secure Islamabad outskirts
Islamabad officials have moved paramilitary forces to block a potential Taliban advance into the nation’s capital. Taliban stop government forces in Buner. US officials question Pakistan’s ability to halt the Taliban.
Pakistan
The Islamabad government is deploying Rangers to halt a potential Taliban advance. The Taliban blocked a police deployment in Buner; one policeman was killed. Five NATO fuel trucks were destroyed in Peshawar. Pakistani helicopters killed seven children and two women in Khyber.
Yemen
Yemen dispute slows closing of Guantanamo
Al Qaeda
Court says Canada must seek return of Guantanamo detainee
Iraq
The leader of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq is reported to have been captured; the US has not confirmed the report. Suicide bombers killed 60 Iraqis in attacks in Baghdad and Diyala. Security forces detained 17 wanted men in Basrah, four al Qaeda fighters in Wasit, three Awakening fighters in Babil, and two Special […]
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Thailand’s insurgency: Deeply rooted
Philippines
Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno announced yesterday that the government had launched an offensive against Abu Sayyaf fighters on Jolo island. More then 5,000 troops are deployed to the island in order to secure the release of Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni, who is being held for ransom by Abu Sayyaf.
Afghanistan
Afghan Police killed one Iranian soldier and detained two more after the Iranians crossed the border in Nimroz province. Coalition and Afghan forces killed two Taliban fighters in Uruzgan province and captured four in Helmand province and three more in Logar province.
Iraq
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi allegedly captured
Islamic State of Iraq leader reported captured
Unconfirmed reports from the Iraqi Army said Abu Omar al Baghdadi was captured in eastern Baghdad. The US military has not confirmed the report. More than 60 Iraqis have been killed in two suicide bombings in Baghdad and Diyala.
Taliban advance eastward, threaten Islamabad
The Taliban are said to have entered the districts of Mansehra and Haripur, two regions until now largely spared from the Taliban insurgency. The districts are on the outskirts of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, as well as two crucial nuclear weapons facilities.
Afghanistan
Pentagon will make up civilian shortfall in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pakistani militants turn children into living bombs
Afghanistan
US says nearing key moment in eastern Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghan civilian casualties down 39 per cent, NATO says