United Kingdom
Minister beaten after clashing with Muslims on his TV show
Yearly Archives: 2009
Pakistan
Pakistani police, protesters clash in Lahore
Afghanistan
Four NATO troops were killed in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. Two Afghans were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul. The mayor of Kandahar survived a suicide attack that killed one civilian. One British soldier was killed in an IED attack in Helmand province.
Taliban attacks NATO trucking terminal in Peshawar
More than 20 NATO vehicles are destroyed after a Taliban rocket attack set a terminal ablaze.
Pakistan
Pakistan: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif under house arrest
Pakistan
As the government claims to seek reconciliation with Nawaz Sharif, 100 lawyers and 20 of Sharif’s followers were arrested, and house arrest orders were approved for Sharif and two other political leaders. The Taliban destroyed more than 20 NATO vehicles in a rocket attack on a terminal in Peshawar. The Taliban in Darra Adam Khel […]
Somalia
At least two security guards of the Wadjir District commissioner have been killed, and seven other people, including the district commissioner, have been injured, by a roadside bomb that targeted his car. Sheik Mohamed Muhumad Isma™il stated an order to the people of Barre to legalize their guns.
Pakistan proposes integration of Taliban into security forces
The Malakand Division Commissioner wants the Taliban to round out the area’s police and tribal Levies forces.
Al Qaeda
In his latest audiotape released on the Internet, Osama bin Laden accused Arab leaders of conspiring with the West against Muslims and the Palestinian people. “The hearts of our rulers [Muslim leaders] are like those of the enemies, ” bin Laden said.
Iraq
Two Iraqi soldiers were killed in a bombing in Diyala and one policewoman was killed in a shootout in Mosul. Security forces detained 41 wanted men in Baghdad, 40 more in Basrah, and three Egyptians in Babil.
Bangladesh
Police have filed sedition charges against nine of 15 members of the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir for involvement in the border guards’ revolt. Immigration police arrested a suspected member of Jamaat Mujahideen Bangladesh as he attempted to enter the country from India.
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Insurgents torch two schools in Thailand’s south
Hezbollah
We’ll never recognise Israel: Hezbollah leader
Hezbollah
America angered by Britian’s ‘secret’ talks with Hezbollah
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Russian region tries new tactics to quell insurgency
Pakistan
ISI must cut ties with extremists, US to Pakistan
Pakistan
President Zardari ordered Geo News to shut down for broadcasting the Long March; the information minister resigned in protest. Yesterday’s strike in Kurram killed 24 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters. The Taliban killed two “US spies” in Arakzai and beheaded three tribesmen in Bajaur. An official in the Northwest Frontier Province advocates including Taliban fighters […]
United States
The Obama administration has radically altered US policy on detentions. The new policy “draws on the international laws of war to inform the statutory authority conferred by Congress,” the Justice Department said. “It provides that individuals who supported Al Qaeda or the Taliban are detainable only if the support was substantial. And it does not […]
Europe
Dutch police detained six men and one woman who were plotting terrorists attacks in Amsterdam. “Men were planning to put explosives in the shops and wanted to cause casualties in busy places,” the city’s mayor said. One of those detained is related to one of Madrid bombers.
Iran
Iran dismisses sanctions, launches gas project
Iraq
Three members of Iran’s Qods Force were detained in Khalis. Security forces detained 15 al Qaeda fighters in Sinjar, four in Wasit province, two more in Diyala, and four wanted men in Maysan province. One woman was killed and seven Iraqis, including four policemen, were wounded in bombings in Baghdad.
Thailand
Thailand: The war you’ve never heard of
Three Iranian Qods Force agents captured in Iraq
The Qods Force operatives were detained in Diyala province, where a senior Qods Force officer was captured three months ago.
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Surge in kidnappings in Philippines worries official
Thailand
One day after the government announced a deployment of 4,000 more troops to Thailand’s southern provinces, three soldiers were killed and one was wounded in an ambush on their motorcycle patrol in Narathiwat province.
Iraq
US makes last payment to ‘Sons of Iraq’
Pakistan
Pakistan blocks anti-government demonstrators
Pakistan
Taliban demand $375,000 to free captive Canadian
Death toll rises in attack on Shadow Army training center in Kurram
More than 24 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters were killed and more than 50 were wounded in yesterday’s strike on a Shadow Army training facility and logistical hub.
Afghanistan
US seeks new Afghan supply routes, even in Iran