Iraq
Prominent member of Awakening movement arrested in Iraq
Yearly Archives: 2009
Al Qaeda names Fazul Mohammed East African commander
Fazul has replaced Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, who was killed during a US special operations raid in southern Somalia in mid-September. Shabaab’s leader praised the appointment.
Iran
At the United Nations, the US condemned Iran and accused the country of violating a UN arms embargo by secretly sending weapons to Syria. Israel has released documents that show Iran is linked to the arms shipment. Hundreds of members of the Basij militia called for the extradition of Arash Hejazi, the alleged witness of […]
Iran
A new mosque in Nicaragua fires up the rumor mill
United States
Blame game erupts over probe of Fort Hood suspect
Afghanistan’s war on drugs: Child ‘chemists’ and counternarcotics
Poppy pods procured from Kandahar City. They were lanced six times each, indicating a slightly above average extraction of raw opium. Photo by Matt Dupee. “I’ve been in this business a long time, but it really disturbs me when I see the opium workshops in Mawand that are completely run with children labor.” This is […]
Iraq
Iraqi Arabs and Kurds pursue a common ground
Somalia
The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has deployed Reaper unmanned drones to scour the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia. Six security guards were injured after insurgents hurled hand grenades at the convoy of Somalia’s police chief as it passed south of Galkayo town.
Australia
Australia: Muslim ‘sheikh’ chains himself to court
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 24 Pakistanis in an attack at a market in Charsadda. The military killed nine Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. Four Turks were arrested in Zhob. The Taliban bombed CD shops in Dir Bala.
Afghanistan
Canadian TF commander, CF troops make cameo appearance in Taliban video
China
China wants a lead role in fight against Somali pirates
Philippines
In Basilan, 30 armed Abu Sayyaf fighters stormed a plywood factory, capturing at least three foreign workers. It was the fifth kidnapping in the southern Philippines in the past month. MILF has deployed a task force to search for kidnapped Irish Priest Michael Sinnot
United States
Washington, DC area sniper, John Lee Muhammad, will be executed for the murder of ten innocent civilians during a three week killing spree. The Supreme Court has denied his appeals and only an unlikely call from Virginia Governor Tim Kaine will save him from lethal injection. Muhammad’s teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, is currently serving […]
Iraq
Security forces killed an al Qaeda leader and captured eight fighters south of Samarra. Security forces also detained 74 Baathists for involvement in the Oct. 25 suicide attack in Baghdad, five al Qaeda operatives in Salahadin and Diyala, and two wanted men in Kirkuk. Insurgents killed two policemen and wounded two more near Balad.
Afghanistan
NATO hopes to boost training teams in Afghanistan
Lebanon
Hezbollah rockets can reach deep into Israel: army chief
Afghanistan
TV footage shows Afghan insurgents with US ammo
United States
Execution hour approaches for Washington-area sniper
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two children in a mortar attack in Paktika and killed one ISAF soldier in southern Afghanistan. Afghan and Coalition forces detained 15 Taliban fighters and seized 500,000 pounds of explosive materials in Kandahar. Japan will donate $5 billion in aid over the next five years.
Suicide attack kills 24 in Pakistan’s northwest
The bombing in Charsadda is the third suicide attack in the northwest in three days. Some Pakistanis refuse to believe the Taliban would carry out such attacks.
Iran
Ahmadinejad called for “radical changes” in the global economic order based on Islamic principles. Foreign Minister Mottaki called on regional states to avoid interference in Yemen’s internal affairs. Iran accused three US hikers of espionage.
United States
Fort Hood suspect warned of threats within the ranks
Al Qaeda
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of a radical Hizb-i-Islami faction, said Osama bin Laden is still alive, and blamed al Qaeda’s “wrong” strategy for the toppling of the Taliban in 2001. Hekmatyar, who made his comments in a rare videotape, also said the Taliban should not conduct attacks against the Pakistani state.
United States
Fort Hood massacre: Gunman linked to al Qaeda as he awakes from coma
Pakistan
Pak to try brothel owners under Anti-Terrorism Act
Fort Hood shooter has ties to radical US imam
Even as the FBI continues to investigate if Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan has links to al Qaeda, investigators are rushing to declare that he “acted alone and without outside direction,” the Associated Press reported. Over at The Weekly Standard, Thomas Joscelyn takes a hard look at Anwar al Awlaki, the radical cleric […]
Lebanon
Lebanon’s Hariri forms unity government with Hezbollah
United States
US to pick courts for Guantanamo inmates by Nov. 16
Afghanistan
UN declares Afghan election credible, legitimate