Afghanistan
No 10 asked Army to delay Afghan attack until after Gordon Brown’s visit
Yearly Archives: 2009
Iran
Iran’s second uranium enrichment plant may have made Israeli strike less likely
Iran
Iran vows to switch on ‘secret’ nuclear facility
Pakistan
Taliban suicide bombers killed 20 people and wounded more than 100 in dual attacks in Peshawar and Bannu cities. Twenty Taliban fighters surrendered in Swat. The Taliban demanded that captive leaders be released in exchange for a kidnapped Greek aid worker.
Iraq
Security forces detained 12 wanted men in Diyala and six more during raids nationwide. Police detained three al Qaeda escapees from last week’s prison break in Tikrit; seven remain free. Insurgents killed one policeman in Mosul and wounded two more policemen and two soldiers in Mosul and Khaniqan.
Somalia
The governor of central Hiran region quit the Mogadishu government and declared his loyalty to Hizbul Islam. “Our fighters and weapons are now part of Hizbul Islam,” he told reporters. Businessmen in Mogadishu asked Shabaab to reopen roads that lead to the crucial Bakara Market, saying they would stop their financial support if the roads […]
Al Qaeda
Fears over ‘internal’ terror bomb
United States
AP sources: Gitmo closing goal of Jan. may slip – Yahoo! News
Afghanistan
McChrystal troops request shelved pending review
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Areas of government control in Uruzgan province
Afghanistan
Dutch Afghan mission may be extended
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters as they stormed a district center in Kunduz, eight in Helmand, eight in Nimroz, and four in Nangarhar. Two policemen were also killed in Nimroz. Police detained a suicide bomber in Balkh while Afghan and Coalition forces killed and detained “several” Taliban fighters in in Wardak and Helmand. The […]
Germany
Germans arrest terror video suspect
Australia
Australia: Islamist given nine-year sentence for terrorism
Lashkar-e-Taiba
A court postponed a hearing for Lashkar-e-Taiba operations chief Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi and six others for their connections to the Mumbai terror assault in 2008. A two-judge panel will review a petition on Lashkar-e-Taiba founder and leader Hafiz Saeed on charges that he encouraged and raised money for jihad.
Afghanistan
UK: Major-General Andrew Mackay quit after ‘grave crisis™ warning
Taliban suicide bombers strike in Pakistan’s northwest
Twenty Pakistanis, including police oficers, were killed in attacks in Peshawar and Bannu.
Pakistan
Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. In Swat, 13 Taliban fighters were captured and 57 more surrendered. Five terror suspects were detained in Dera Ghazi Khan. The Taliban wounded a lashkar fighter in Bajaur.
Afghanistan
Afghan war commander submits troop request
United States
Prosecutor: Terror plot focus was 9/11 anniversary
Somalia
Eritrea says terrorism focus not working in Somalia
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Philippine government files charges against Abu Sayyaf escapees
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Links between terrorist groups in Southeast Asia evolved over the years
Iran
IAEA may inspect new nuclear site: Iran president
Al Qaeda
Pakistan discovers ‘village’ of white German al-Qaeda insurgents
Somalia
The front line in Somalia
Kuwait
Kuwait censors ‘terror™ blogs
Iraq
Fifteen Iraqi soldiers were killed while trying to defuse a car bomb in a facility north of Mosul. Iraqi forces detained 66 wanted men in Dhi Qhar, 17 terrorists during raids nationwide, 14 insurgents in Kirkuk, and four escaped al Qaeda prisoners. Two policemen were wounded in an IED attack in Baghdad.
Taliban suicide bombing master Qari Hussain Mehsud speaks
Scores of children train to become suicide bombers at a camp run by Qair Hussain in Spinkai, South Waziristan. Image courtesy of AfPax Insider. Qari Hussain Mehsud, the cousin of slain Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, popped up from hiding and conducted an interview with the Associated Press. Qari Hussain is the Taliban leader who is […]
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden released a five-minute-long audiotape where he urged the Europeans to abandon the war in Afghanistan. “… [I]t won™t be long until the dust of war clears in Afghanistan, at which point you won™t find a trace of any American, because they will have gone away far beyond the Atlantic, Allah permitting, and […]