Suicide bombers assault mosque in Rawalpindi, kill 40
Forty Pakistani worshippers were killed and 83 more were wounded when a suicide assault team opened fire in a mosque in the military garrison city. Two senior generals were killed in the attack.
Yearly Archives: 2009
Al Qaeda
Taliban detainee ‘met Bin Laden this year’
Former Guantanamo detainee now al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula’s Mufti
Former Gitmo detainee Ibrahim Suleiman al Rubaish has emerged as a leading ideologue for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Rubaish repeatedly attacks the Saudi government in his messages and has justified assassinations of Saudi officials. At Gitmo, Rubaish admitted he was a committed jihadist who had been trained in an al Qaeda camp.
Al Qaeda
Another spying scandal at Gitmo
Al Qaeda
Yousuf Raza Gilani: we are fighting the Taleban and reviving democracy
Lashkar-e-Taiba
The Lahore High Court rejected Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi’s petitions to dismiss the case against him for lack of evidence. Lakhvi is Lashkar-e-Taiba’s operations head and was one of the chief plotters in the November 2008 terror assault on Mumbai.
Pakistan
Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters in Swat and night fighters and a commander in Arakzai, and detained 10 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters and three commanders in Khyber. The Taliban wounded one person in an IED attack in Peshawar.
Russia
Russian police find car with explosives near railroad station
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YouTube War: Fighting in a world of cameras in every cell phone and Photoshop on every computer
Pakistan
Lahore High Court rejects Lakhvi’s plea against indictment over Mumbai
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US Military – Chairman explains significance of July 2011 target
Iraq
Iraq election decision postponed until Sunday
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Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy
Somalia
A Shabaab suicide bomber disguised as a woman killed at least 19 people, including three government ministers, in Mogadishu. The attack hit a hotel in the city during a crowded graduation ceremony for medical students from a local university.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed the chief of Salahadin’s anti-riot force and seven other Iraqis in an attack in Tikrit. Insurgents killed two Iraqi soldiers in Ninewa and a civilian in Baghdad. Iraqi security forces detained four wanted men in Kirkuk and four more in Salahadin, and a weapons smuggler in Baghdad.
Afghanistan
President Karzai said he is willing to talk with Mullah Omar. Afghan and Coalition forces detained 17 Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in Wardak and Khost provinces. Italy plans to send an additional 1,000 troops in late 2010.
Syria
Six people, including an Iranian pilgrim, were killed and several others were wounded in a bombing on a bus near a Shia religious shrine in Damascus. No group has taken credit for the bombing.
Iran
Iranian crackdown goes global
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Canadian troops to form ‘ring of stability’
Lebanon
Analysis: New manifesto reveals a more sophisticated, confident Hizbullah
Al Qaeda
Pakistan Prime Minister at odds with Gordon Brown over Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghans see sharp shift in US tone
Suicide bomber kills 3 Somali ministers
The ministers of health, education, and higher education, along with two reporters from Shabelle and Al Arabia were among 19 killed in a suicide attack at a graduation ceremony for medical students at a hotel in Mogadishu.
Iran
An Iranian man pleaded guilty to US arms trafficking charges. Tehran rejected allegations that it persuaded Hamas to to get involved in the Yemen conflict. President Ahmadinejad threatened to withdraw government subsidies on consumer goods.
Iran
Smuggler: Iran preparing for war with US
Afghanistan
The martyrdom of Abu Safiyya in Afghanistan (a.k.a. German national Javaid Siddiqi)
Afghanistan
Most new US forces for Afghanistan will be sent to Taliban stronghold in South
Afghanistan
Will Afghanistan’s military be ready?
Afghanistan
Afghanistan and Pakistan rattled by plan for drawdown
Pakistan
Pakistan: Taliban plans fresh assault in Swat