Pakistan
Pakistan: A Q Khan network not totally closed down yet
Yearly Archives: 2009
Somalia
Shabaab claimed victory over the Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca in central Somalia after two days of fighting that claimed 25 lives. Shabaab ordered the assassination of members of parliament for “aiding the enemy.” Gunmen freed four UN aid workers after kidnapping them in southwestern Somalia.
Iraq
Iraq: Country headed in new direction
Iraq
Iraqis are overwhelmingly positive about the security situation, the future, and prospects for democracy. Iraqi forces detained 57 wanted men in Basrah, 16 al Qaeda fighters in Diyala, 12 Naqshabandiya group members in Kirkuk, and four members of a “murder gang” and two wanted men in Amarah. Iraq’s defense minister said the military will focus […]
Afghanistan
Russia™s Foreign Minister announced that Russian territory could be used as support routes by NATO. An Australian soldier was killed in a firefight with the Taliban in Uruzgan province. Coalition forces killed seven insurgents in a raid on a bomb-making facility in Kandahar province.
Senior leader of Somali terror alliance is Swedish citizen
Yasin Ali, a leader in Hizbul Islam, and two other Swedish citizens were arrested for funneling money to Shabaab but were freed after prosecutors had insufficient evidence to convict.
Yemen
Al Qaeda bomber behind Yemen attack trained in Somalia
Pakistan
President reinstates Justice Iftikhar as Chief Justice of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan: Alleged suicide bomber among 3 held in Charsadda
Pakistan
Pakistan: Swat Qazi courts formally start work
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 14 Pakistanis and wounded 17 more in an attack outside a restaurant in Rawalpindi. The Taliban attacked a trucking terminal in Peshawar and destroyed more than 30 trucks and containers. Sufi Mohammed told judges in the Malakand division not to show up in courtrooms.
Taliban attacks another NATO trucking terminal in Peshawar
More than 50 NATO vehicles and containers have been destroyed in two attacks in Peshawar over the past two days.
Yemen
The interior minister blamed al Qaeda in Yemen for the roadside bomb attack in Hadramot province that killed four South Korean tourists and wounded three others. Security forces detained 12 Islamists suspected of being connected to the attack.
Iran
Iran’s Khatami withdraws from presidential vote: allies
Afghanistan
The Taliban denied it was conducting peace talks with the government. A suicide bomber killed nine policemen and two civilians in an attack on a police headquarters in Helmand province. Two British soldiers were killed on March 15. Coalition forces detained a Taliban leader in Logar province.
Iraq
The US military and the Iraqi military both confirmed that an Iranian UAV was shot down east of Baghdad in late February. Iraqi forces detained 103 wanted men during a sweep in Basrah and five more in Kirkuk, and a policeman in Maysan. A US soldier was killed in Baghdad.
Iraq
US military confirms it shot down Iranian drone
Taliban deny reports of negotiations with Afghan government
A spokesman and a military commander both said that negotiations were not possible as long as NATO forces remain in Afghanistan.
Iraq
Dramatic advances sweep Iraq, boosting support for democracy
Iraqi ground forces ‘total force’ mobilization structure
A look at existing and planned ground components of the Iraqi Armed Forces at the end of Phase 3 development in 2020.
Somalia
Fifteen Somalis, including three civilians, were killed during fighting between Shabaab and Ahlu Sunna Waljama™a in the town of Wabho in central Somalia. The police have banned weapons in Mogadishu. Shabaab has reopened Hawalas in Kismayo.
The Taliban
The Taliban threatened to kill workers for non-governmental organizations operating in Afghanistan and said girls’ schools will not be allowed to operate. “Taliban aren’t allowing girls to go to schools because Taliban want women to preserve their respect by staying in their homes, not to work as laborers for others,” a Taliban spokesman said.
Yemen
Four tourists were killed and three more were wounded in a powerful blast in the city of Al Shibam. The four tourists killed were South Koreans, while the nationality of those wounded is unknown.
Pakistan
A US airstrike in Bannu killed two al Qaeda operatives and two Taliban fighters. The Taliban destroyed dozens of NATO trucks and shipping containers in an attack on a terminal in Peshawar. The government restored the chief justice deposed by former President Musharraf.
US launches second strike outside of Pakistan’s tribal areas
Two al Qaeda operatives and two Taliban fighters are reported to have been killed in an attack on a compound Bannu.
Pakistan
Taliban threatens Pakistani singers and actors with death
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Thai insurgency: Seeing it for what it is
Thailand
Muslim terrorists threw a petrol bomb at a school in Narathiwat province, setting it on fire. The attack sparked a brief gunbattle with government troops. Muslim terrorists also torched two schools in Pattani province.
Somalia
Rival Islamist groups clash in Somalia, 11 killed
Iraq
President Talabani will step down from office after his term expires at the end of the year. Security forces detained 36 wanted men in Basrah, five in Hillah, and four more in Wasit, as well as four al Qaeda fighters in Baqubah and one near Samarra. Four members of the Kurdistan Workers Party were killed […]