Pakistan
CIA bomber struck moments before pat-down search
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Afghanistan
Karzai names new ministers for Afghanistan cabinet
Al Qaeda
The CIA is proud to be on the front lines against al-Qaeda
CIA suicide bomber appears on tape with leader of Pakistani Taliban
The Jordanian who attacked a CIA base in Khost, Afghanistan, Humam Khalil Muhammed Abu Mulal al Balawi, is seen on a martyrdom tape with Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
Iraq
Across divide in Iraq, Sunni courts Shiites
United Kingdom
UK police arrest 3 passengers on plane at Heathrow
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Norwegian newspaper reprints Prophet Mohammed cartoons
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Unmanned aircraft program grows to support demand
Pakistan
The US killed five Taliban fighters in an airstrike in North Waziristan. A Lashkar-i-Islam suicide bomber killed six members of the rival Ansar-ul-Islam in Khyber. Eight people were killed in a blast at a Taliban safe house in Karachi. The military killed six Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban killed a soldier in Tank.
Al Qaeda
Mali moves music festival as tourism threatened by Al Qaeda threat
Somalia
One person was killed during an exchange of mortar fire in northern Mogadishu. Fighting between government soldiers in Mogadishu killed one soldier. Shabaab arrested 10 men in Kismayo for shaving their beards.
Al Qaeda
Shifting sands of Yemeni tribes strengthen support for al-Qaeda
Afghanistan
Too few British troops to defeat the Taliban, says US military
France
France deports ‘radical Islamist’
Pakistan
Pakistan: Karachi bomb victims were ‘fugitive militants’
United States
US-Pakistan bickering get ugly as ISI fingers American diplomats
United Kingdom
UK – Tories would give military key role in rebuilding Afghanistan
US strike kills 5 in North Waziristan
The latest strike is the fifth in nine days. A safe house run by Hafiz Gul Bahadar was hit.
Taiwanese company admits to shipping Chinese technology to Iran
In an article published in London’s Guardian, Debby Wu reports that a Taiwanese firm has admitted fulfilling an order from a Chinese company to ship nuclear components to Iran. Steven Lin of Heli-Ocean Technology Co. Ltd. said that the company received an order from a Chinese firm in January or February 2008 to obtain an […]
Morocco
Fourteen members of a terror group called Fath Al Andalous, or Conquest of the Andalusia, have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from four to 15 years for planning attacks in southern Morocco. The group was in advanced stages of preparation for an attack with the use of chemical weapons on tourist sites in Agadir […]
Spain
Spain has refused to pay Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb a $7 million ransom for the release of three Spanish aid workers who were abducted from their convoy when traveling to Nouadhibou from Nouakchott. Prime Minister Jose Rodriguez Zapatero made the government™s position “clear and firm.” The kidnapping has compelled Spain to align its […]
United States
Two men were arrested today in connection with the Najibullah Zazi terrorism case. Adis Medunjanin, 25, and Zarein Ahmedzay, 24, were apprehended after months of intense investigations in connection with Zazi’s bomb plot. It is reported that the two men traveled to Pakistan with Zazi.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed eight Afghan soldiers in an IED attack in Uruzgan and three police in a separate attack in Uruzgan on Jan. 7. Afghan and Coalition forces killed and captured an undisclosed number of Taliban and Haqqani Network operatives in Kandahar, Logar, and Paktika. Joint Task Force 435 has been created to command detention […]
Al Qaeda Shadow Army commander thought killed in Dec. 17 strike
Abdullah Said al Libi may have been killed in the swarm attack in Datta Khel in North Waziristan that also killed Zuhaib al Zahibi.
Iran
Iranian and Iraqi envoys met after a border clash at the disputed Fakka oil well. US Defense Secretary Gates said an attack on Iran would be “very, very destabilizing” to the Middle East. In a meeting with Bahrain’s parliament speaker, President Ahmadinehjad urged unity among Muslim nations.
Iran
British troops tried to rescue hostages at Iran border
Pakistan
US hunt for Haqqani network ‘a nightmare for Pakistan™
Pakistan
Pakistan: City police claims of nabbing Taliban commanders for real?
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African counterterrorism gets greater focus
Pakistan
Security forces killed four Taliban fighters in Swat and detained 23 Lashkar-i-Islam fighters in Khyber. Five Taliban were killed in a premature detonation of an IED in Kurram. The Taliban bombed three schools in Bajaur, Mohmand, and Landi Kotal. Police arrested a Taliban leader in Islamabad.