Pakistan
Pakistan Vows Cooperation with Afghanistan on Terror
Yearly Archives: 2009
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three policemen and a cleric in separate attacks in Kandahar. Afghan and Coalition forces detained four Haqqani Network and Taliban fighters during raids in Khost and Zabul provinces. ISAF is investigating a reported incident of civilians being wounded by Coalition fire.
The Dirty Thirty: Fahed Abdullah Ahmad Ghazi
A profile of Fahed Abdullah Ahmad Ghazi, who is accused of being one of Osama bin Laden’s bodyguards.
The Takfiri: Adil Hadi Al-Jaza’iri Bin Hamlili
A profile of Adil Hadi Al-Jaza’iri Bin Hamlili, a takfiri who is accused of working with several terrorist organizations including the Taliban, al Qaeda, the Algerian GIA/GSPC and Takfir Wa Hijra.
The Trainer: Zamir Muhammad (Muhammad Noor Uthman)
A profile of Zamir Muhammad, who was an al Qaeda trainer at the Khalden camp in Afghanistan, worked for top al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah, and was allegedly slotted to take part in an attack against Israel at the time of his capture.
“I am studying airplanes!”: Abdul al Salam al Hilal
A profile of Abdul al Salam al Hilal, a Yemeni who is accused of having foreknowledge of the 9/11 attacks and facilitating the travel of al Qaeda operatives around the globe.
Padilla’s Accomplice?: Binyam Muhammad
A profile of Binyam Muhammad, who was allegedly plotting attacks inside the U.S. with Jose Padilla at the time of his capture.
Iraq
Security forces detained seven al Qaeda fighters in Diyala and two more in Touz Khormato. Border police in Trebil seized 50 kilograms of heroin. One civilian was killed and six more were wounded in an IED attack in Baghdad. Seven civilians were wounded in a bombing in Mosul.
Israel
Israeli troops have surrounded Gaza City and are advancing on Khan Younis and Dir el Balah. Thirty Palestinian civilians were killed after IDF tank shells struck a UN school. The IDF killed the chief of Hamas’ rocket program and two other military commanders. Hamas fired more than 30 rockets into southern Israel.
Hezbollah
Lebanon’s majority leader Saad Hariri said that the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council told him that Hezbollah would not attack Israel from Lebanon to aid Hamas in Gaza. Hezbollah has increased its military’s preparedness after the battle in Gaza began in late December. The US Treasury designated the Waad Project, a Hezbollah-run construction […]
Pakistan
Worries In Pakistan That Taliban Imposing ‘Parallel’ Government
Pakistan
India PM says Pakistan agencies linked to attack
Pakistan
Pakistan doublespeak, says Mumbai proof not credible
Pakistan
‘Jamaat has no alliance with LeT’
Israel
Hamas Spokesman Claims Victory, Calls to Kill Jewish Children
Pakistan
Jihad obligatory if India attacks Pakistan: fatwa
Pakistan
The Taliban took 11 tribal leaders hostage in Bajaur and killed three “US spies” in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed two people and bombed the home of a journalist in Swat, where police are resigning due to threats. Afghans have been ordered to leave Khyber in one week.
Ground war heats up in Gaza
Israeli troops meet resistance in northern Gaza on the second day of ground operations designed to rout Hamas’ military and end the missile attacks into southern Israel.
Iraq
Iraqi forces detained eight insurgents in Babil and captured six more during raids nationwide. The Sons of Iraq detained two suspects thought to be behind a bombing in Baghdad. Two Iraqis were killed and 27 were wounded in six small-scale bombings in Baghdad. Five Iraqis were wounded in a bombing in Mosul.
Al Qaeda
U.N. urges nations to accept Guantanamo detainees
Somalia
A French warship prevented pirates from attacking two cargo vessels; 19 Somalis were captured. Burundi and Uganda governments asked the African Union to allow their troops to take action against the insurgents.
Iraq
Iran
Iran and Bahrain Officials Call for Oil as Weapon
Tunisia
France: Trial of synagogue terror suspects begins in Paris
Indonesia
More than 4,000 Indonesians have volunteered to go to the Gaza Strip to fight Israel. The Islamic Defenders Front began the drive late last week. “One of the obligations is a willingness to be a martyr,” the group’s secretary-general said.
Afghanistan
An Australian soldier was killed during a rocket attack in Uruzgan province. Three Afghans were wounded in an escalation of force incident in Kandahar province. The Taliban destroyed a health clinic in Kandahar.
In eastern Mosul, veteran Iraqi unit adapts to new situation
An Iraqi battalion shifts from Baghdad to the northern city of Mosul to conduct counterinsurgency operations.
Lebanon
Report: Lebanese army boosts troops along Israel border
Israel
Israeli ground forces hit 30 Hamas targets, including weapons storage depots, rocket launch sites, bunkers, and smuggling tunnels. Six more soldiers have been wounded. Hamas attempted to kidnap Israeli sodiers by luring them into tunnels. Hamas launched more than 30 rockets into southern Israel; one hit an empty school in Ashdod.
The Taliban
The Taliban claimed it killed 5,220 US and NATO troops and 7,552 Afghan soldiers and police, destroyed 2,818 NATO and Afghan vehicles, and downed 31 NATO aircraft during operations in 2008. The statement was made on the Taliban website. In reality, only 286 US and NATO troops were killed in Afghanistan.