Iraq
Iraq troop withdrawal decisions delayed
Yearly Archives: 2009
Al Qaeda threatens India with ‘humiliation’ if Pakistan is attacked
Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s commander in Afghanistan, said India will “pay a heavy price” if it attacked Pakistan. This is Yazid’s fifth propaganda tape since the Pakistani military insisted he was killed last summer.
Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb issued a scathing statement on the case of the US CIA station chief who is accused of drugging and then raping Algerian women. “Is this scandal not an evidence that Bouteflika and his government is no different from his … other brothers the traitor (Muslim) presidents?” the statement said. […]
Hezbollah
The assassination of military commander Imad Mugniyah was facilitated by the interrogation of Hezbollah operative Ali Moussa Daqduq, who was captured in Iraq in 2007. The interrogation revealed Mugniyah’s operating habits and close contacts. Israeli intelligence executed the attack after finding out Mugniyah was going to attend a party without his usual security detachment.
Pakistan
Beheading by Pakistani militants horrifies Poles
Iraq
Iraqi forces detained 11 wanted men in Hillah, six in Basrah, four in Wasit, and two in Baghdad. Four members of the Naqshabandiya group surrendered to police in Kirkuk. In Mosul, two policemen and a civilian were wounded in a suicide car bombing, and two children were wounded in an IED attack.
Pakistan
Taliban finds fertile recruiting ground in Pakistan’s tribal refugee camps
Afghanistan
Planning victory in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Deputy to Pakistani Taliban chief injured in remote control bomb blast
Al Qaeda
Four Iraqis who were in custody at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility have been transferred back to Iraq. The four men were captured in Afghanistan and have been interrogated by Iraqi intelligence officials.
Israel
Israel warplanes bomb Gaza after rocket attacks
Pakistan
Taliban kill Afghan ‘spy’: local official
Pakistan
Suicide bomber kills five in Pakistan: police
Afghanistan
Fanatical Taliban wing moves into Kandahar
Somalia
Recruited for jihad? What happened to Mustafa Ali?
Al Qaeda’s paramilitary ‘Shadow Army’
The ‘Lashkar al Zil’ or Shadow Army is comprised of al Qaeda, Taliban, and allied terror groups, and operates as a paramilitary force in Pakistan’s northwest and in eastern Afghanistan.
Iran
Iran building four more satellites, report says
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Former Iran president Khatami to run again
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Karzai offers peace to ‘friendly Taliban’
Israel
Gaza rocket hits southern Israel
Yemen
Yemen released 170 al Qaeda suspects after they signed pledges not to engage in terrorism, according to an anonymous Yemeni official. The release comes two weeks after al Qaeda in Yemen announced its merger with the Saudi branch and just as the government said it would attack al Qaeda strongholds in the northern city of […]
Somalia
President Ahmed is meeting with Islamic clerics with connections to the Islamist insurgents. The powerful Hawiye clan complained about anti-government statements from the newly formed Hizbal Islam. Shabaab forces attacked African Union troops in Mogadishu. Fromer Somali officials are requesting asylum in Kenya.
Pakistan
Pakistani Britons threat to US: CIA
Pakistan
Security forces killed 22 Taliban fighters in Bajaur. The Taliban killed a driver in Baluchistan who was carrying supplies for NATO. Seven Pakistanis were killed in violence in Swat. Villagers in Peshawar have armed after killing nine Taliban fighters.
India
India’s Army chief said surgical strikes into Pakistan “are definitely feasible.” The chief minister of Gujarat province said the Mumbai terror attacks could not have been carried out without internal help. FBI officials may be witnesses in the trial of the captured Mumbai terrorist.
The Taliban
The Taliban released a videotape of the beheading of Polish engineer Piotr Stanczak. The Taliban murdered Stanczak after the Pakistani government refused to release 60 Taliban fighters. Before he was beheaded, Stanczak appealed for Poland to withdraw from Afghanistan and cut ties with Pakistan.
Afghanistan
The commander of NATO said targeted raids against drug kingpins will begin within days. Two US soldiers were killed while trying to dismantle an IED. France will not add additional troops to Afghanistan.
Iraq
One policeman was killed and another was kidnapped in Sinjar. A soldier was wounded in an IED attack in Mosul. US troops killed a gunman in Mosul and accidentally killed a woman in Diwaniyah. One civilian was killed and 20 were wounded in three IED attacks in Baghdad.
Thailand
Former insurgent informant shot dead in Narathiwat
Thailand
Two soldiers beheaded in Muslim southern Thailand