Yearly Archives: 2009

Afghanistan

| August 7, 2009

Taliban media wing struggling following release of captured US soldier video

Algeria

| August 6, 2009

Algerian soldiers killed at least three Islamists during military sweeps in the woods outside Bejaia in northeastern Algeria. The Algerian soldiers were acting on a tip that Islamists were active in the area. The Kabylie region has largely avoided the Islamist insurgency in the last decade.

Philippines

| August 6, 2009

Despite the truce with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, an errant shell fired by a military unit that was intended for MILF rebels landed near a school, wounding nine people, including eight children. Several members of the Organization of Islamic States, including Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, have agreed to join the peace process between […]

Thailand

| August 6, 2009

A defense volunteer was killed by Muslim gunmen in Yala province on Tuesday evening as he returned from a local mosque, while the mother of a defense volunteer was also murdered in Narathiwat Province. On Wednesday, two more defense volunteers were killed in Narathiwat province and a Buddhist man was murdered on his way home […]

Pakistan

| August 6, 2009

US suspects Pakistan Taliban head killed in drone attack

Pakistan

| August 6, 2009

Security forces killed seven Taliban fighters and detained 17 more in Swat, and detained 12 fighters in Kohat and Hangu. Taliban fighters killed a soldier as they ambushed an Army convoy traveling along the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan. Mehsud tribal elders asked the government to end the military operation in South Waziristan. A tribal lashkar […]

Yemen

| August 6, 2009

Yemen defense ministry denies al-Qaeda attack in Mareb

Iraq

| August 6, 2009

Five Iraqis were killed in a bombing in Kirkuk. Five insurgents in Mosul were killed when their bombs exploded prematurely. Security forces detained 11 wanted men in Jalawlaa, a terrorist commander in Basrah, a Special Groups fighter in Al Kut, and an IED cell member in Kirkuk. Muqtada al Sadr reportedly will return to Iraq […]

Nigeria

| August 6, 2009

Mohammed Yusuf, the slain former leader of the “Nigerian Taliban” sect called Boko Haram, ordered the beheading of three Christian pastors during the uprising earlier this month. Witnesses said Yusuf had become enraged after the pastors had refused to convert to Islam and one had preached the gospel to Yusuf.

Iran

| August 6, 2009

At Iran post-vote prison, dereliction of duty confirmed

Iran

| August 6, 2009

US fuel sanctions to hurt Iran, a boon for traders

Indonesia

| August 6, 2009

Indonesia to reactivate village military units to fight terrorism

Afghanistan

| August 6, 2009

The Taliban killed 21 members of a wedding party, including women and children, during an IED attack in the Garmser district of Helmand province. The Taliban also killed five members of the Afghan National Police in an IED attack in Helmand’s Nad Ali district and four ISAF troops in an IED attack in Farah province. […]

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| August 6, 2009

Ten years after IMU raids, Central Asia still battling militants

Pakistan

| August 6, 2009

Elders of Mehsud tribe ask Pak Govt to stop operation in Waziristan

Lashkar-e-Taiba

| August 6, 2009

Indian intelligence believes Lashkar-e-Taiba is planning to strike in Delhi, Kolkata, and Hyderabad as the nation celebrates its Independence Day. A court sentenced three Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives, including a husband and wife, to death for the 2003 bombings in Mumbai that killed 56 people.

Iraq

| August 5, 2009

Iraq: Armed group posts beheading video

Pakistan

| August 5, 2009

A US airstrike in South Waziristan killed Baitullah Mehsud’s second wife and two Taliban fighters. Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters and detained 14 more in Swat, and detained 17 fighters in Hangu. A tribal lashkar in Upper Dir claimed to have killed 11 Taliban fighters.