Iraqi troops detain deputy leader of Ansar al Islam
Fakri Hadi Gari, the group’s deputy emir, and the financial emir were captured by Iraqi forces in Mosul.
Yearly Archives: 2009
Pakistan
Despite new dossier, Pak lets off Hafiz Saeed
Iran
Britain sparks row by sending senior diplomat to Ahmadinejad ceremony
Afghanistan
‘Combat ban’ for British helicopters in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
5 rockets hit Afghan capital, 1 near US Embassy
Afghanistan
We must negotiate with Afghan Taliban: French FM
Pakistan
Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed biding time to launch fresh attacks?
India
Saeed trial acid test for Pakistan: Krishna
Pakistan
India stung by Pak’s back-stabbing
Pakistan
Zardari Says Swat Battle Helps Pakistan™s Strategy on Extremism
Pakistani high court suspends case against Hafiz Saeed
The government’s petition to keep the Lashkar-e-Taiba leader under house arrest has been suspended “indefinitely.”
Australia
Police arrested four Australian citizens who are part of a Shabaab terror cell in Melbourne. “Police believe members of a Melbourne-based group have been undertaking planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Australia and allegedly involved in hostilities in Somalia,” a police statement said.
Russia
Insurgents killed five police and wounded four more during an ambush in Chechnya Sunday evening. Grenade launchers and automatic weapons were said to have been used in the attack. Earlier Sunday, a police officer was gunned down in Dagestan and three workers from Ingushetia’s air rescue service were killed.
Afghanistan
KIA Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pakistan Christians shut schools to mourn killings
Al Qaeda
Ayman al Zawahiri said that the truce offered to the US still stands but the US must meet certain demands. The US must withdrawal all forces “from all of the land of Islam,” end support for existing regimes in the Middle East, and stop “stealing Muslims’ wealth under the threat of military power,” Zawahiri said […]
Pakistan
Security forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Swat and two more in Shangla. Twenty-seven Taliban fighters were captured in Swat, and two more were detained in Mianwali.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended hearings on the release of Lashkar-e-Taiba / Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed. The government was challenging the Lahore High Court’s decision to release Saeed from a loose house arrest after the November 2008 Mumbai terror assault.
Iraq
Five Iraqis were killed in a carbombing in Fallujah and one soldier was killed in an IED attack in Mosul. Three terrorists were detained in Babil. More than 3,000 Awakening members have been hired by Iraq’s ministries. The Iraqi National Police has been renamed the Federal Police.
Afghanistan
Twelve Afghans, including two policemen, were killed in an IED attack near a blood bank in Herat. Two civilians were killed in an IED attack in Ghazni. Eight Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed during clashes in Baghlan. Afghan soldiers killed five Taliban fighters in Helmand province.
Afghanistan
Taliban slick propaganda confronts US
Afghanistan
Afghanistan must not revert to terror hub: NATO chief
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Punjab: Where the Mullahs are the upper crust
China
Security forces detained 319 Uighurs believed to have been involved in the early July unrest in Urumqi. the capital of Xinjiang province. Abdul Haq, the leader of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party and a member of al Qaeda’s Shura Majlis, called for attacks against Chinese interests at home and abroad.
Pakistan
Pakistan valley tries to heal, and fears dark battles ahead
Iran
Iran is ready to build an N-bomb – it is just waiting for the Ayatollah’s order
Europe
Reflections on the revolution in Europe
Hezbollah
Report: Iran plane was carrying arms for Hezbollah
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Pentagon eyes accelerated ‘bunker buster’ bomb
Pakistan
Kabul rejects claims of anti-Pakistan camps in Afghanistan