Pakistan
Pakistan – On the trail of the Punjabi Taliban
Yearly Archives: 2009
Pakistan
No answers for escalating Pakistan guerrilla war
Al Qaeda
The Taliban-Al Qaeda connection
Pakistan
Suicide bombers killed 14 Pakistanis during an attack on a police station in Peshawar. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters and six civilians during bombardments in South Waziristan and three Taliban fighters in Bajaur. Three soldiers were killed in a rocket attack in South Waziristan. The government has given a green light for operations in […]
Pakistan
Battle-inoculated militants™ last stand?
United States
Pentagon ramps up direct military aid to Pakistan
United Kingdom
UK court wants to publish US intelligence on detainee
Somalia
At least two civilians were killed after insurgents attacked an African Union base in Mogadishu. Shabaab imposed a curfew in Yed in the western Bakol region after government soldiers left the town. In Mogadishu, Shabaab arrested and whipped dozens of men for not having beards and whipped women for wearing bras.
Iran
Iranian bloggers win major press award
Iran
The US intelligence community is considering revising the 2007 NIE. The US Congress passed a new Iran sanctions bill. Turkmenistan will run a natural gas pipeline to Iran by late December.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 14 Iraqis and wounded 80 more in a mosque in Tal Afar. Security forces detained four al Qaeda operatives in Tamin and Diyala provinces, an al Qaeda emir in Baghdad, and an operative in Mosul. Mohammad Al Daini, a wanted Member of Parliamant, was arrested in Malaysia.
Afghanistan
The ambassador to the US said a runoff in the presidential election is likely as Karzai’s vote share slipped below 50 percent. The Taliban killed four US soldiers in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan and one civilian in a bombing in Nimroz. France will not deploy additional troops.
Italy denies bribing the Taliban
Italian troops patrol outside of Kabul. EPA photo. According to the The Times of London, Italian intelligence secretly paid the Taliban thousands of dollars to keep the peace in an Afghan area under Italian control, without informing NATO allies. After French forces took control of the sector in 2008 the Taliban mounted a savage ambush […]
Pakistan
Pakistan ‘not prepared for attacks’
Suicide bombers attack police in Peshawar, kill 14
Two suicide bombers, including a female, attacked a police station and an intelligence headquarters in the provincial capital.
Australia
A court found five Muslim men guilty of plotting attacks in Australia in an effort to wage “violent jihad.” The five men had stored chemicals and materials to build bombs and possessed “step-by-step instructions on how to make bombs capable of causing large-scale death and destruction.” The location of the planned attack was not disclosed.
Turkey
Security forces arrested 32 suspected al Qaeda operatives during raids in eight provinces. The cells were suspected of plotting attacks against US, Israeli, and NATO targets in Turkey. The operatives are said to have received training in Afghanistan.
Let’s blame India
The body of a government worker at the Federal Investigation Agency killed by a Taliban assault team is carried out by rescue workers.. EPA photo. Before the smoke even cleared from the terror assaults on three police centers in Lahore, a senior police official has pointed the finger at India’s intelligence agency for masterminding the […]
Afghanistan
Stanley McChrystal™s Long War
Jordan
A court sentenced 12 men to between 15 and 20 years in prison for attacking a group of Lebanese musicians and and desecrating a church. The attackers thought the singers were Israelis and also firebombed a Christian church. The men are said to have links with al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
Italians bribed the Taliban all over Afghanistan, say officials
Pakistan
Pakistan: Deadly militant attacks signal new ‘guerrilla war’
Afghanistan
Pakistan spies stoke violence – Afghan advisor
Pakistan
Scenarios: Can things get any worse for Pakistan?
Pakistan
Terrorists assaulted three police centers in Lahore; 26 people were killed. A suicide bomber killed 10 police and civilians in Kohat. One child was killed in a carbombing in Peshawar. Police detained two terrorists in Islamabad.
Somalia
At least 12 people were killed after Shabaab attacked Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamee’, a pro-government Sufi militia, in the Hiran region. Hizbul Islam rebels attacked a Shabaab base in Mogadishu. A mortar shell killed five civilians in Mogadishu. Shabaab commander Sheikh Ahmed Abu Yasir said that the group is happy to join with Taliban fighters […]
Philippines
Three Abu Sayyaf members were killed and five soldiers were wounded in a clash on Jolo island. Abu Sayyaf bombed a cell site owned by Smart Telecommunications in Sulu province, knocking out service for thousands of customers. The military said that Father Michael Sinnot is being held in the town of Sultan Naga Dimaporo in […]
Pakistan
Pak police accuse India after 5 terror attacks in a day
Pakistan
French nuclear facility under scrutiny over plutonium stocks
German al Qaeda leader sanctioned by US Treasury
German national Bekkay Harrach has been designated as a global terrorist for his activities in support of al Qaeda and its external operations network.