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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Pakistan
Pakistan govt under pressure after deadly attack
Iran
Late cleric’s son warns of more Iran turmoil: report
Pakistan
Pakistan: Issue of placing ISI under civilian control shelved, said President Zardari
Denmark
Police shot a Somali man wielding an axe and knife as he attempted to murder Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard at his home. The Somali man was linked to Shabaab and Al Qaeda in East Africa. A few years ago, Westergaard had drawn a cartoon of the prophet Mohammed with a bomb in his turban.
Yemen
Somalia-based Shabaab vowed to send fighters to Yemen to battle the US and Yemeni security forces. The US will double the $70 million in security aid to Yemen this year, according to US CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus.
Senior Taliban leader reported killed in New Year’s Eve strike
Haji Omar Khan, a long-time ally of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, was killed in the attack in Machi Khel, according to his family.
Afghanistan
Different Taliban groups claim role in Afghanistan bombing
Al Qaeda
I shall send hundreds of men to fight alongside our neighbours, vows al-Qaeda ally in Somalia
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman and wounded three civilians in a bombing in Fallujah, and wounded a policeman in a shooting in Tal Afar. Security forces detained three wanted men in Al Kut. No US servicemen were killed in combat in Iraq during December 2009.
Iraq
What™s in the future for Iraq?
Pakistan
Pakistan – 10 journalists killed in line of duty in 2009: report
Iraq
December first month without US combat death in Iraq
Pakistan
Pakistan – Without army backing, village battalions are at the mercy of their enemies
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has demanded that the Spanish government pay a ransom of $7 million and release several of its members in exchange for three Spanish hostages. The Spanish government has sent medicine to AQIM to aid one of the wounded Spanish hostages who was shot in the leg during the abduction.
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 90 Pakistanis after detonating a truck at a volleyball match in Lakki Marwat. The Taliban killed a tribal leader and five others in Bajaur and attacked two NATO fuel tankers in Baluchistan. The military killed seven Taliban fighters in Arakzai and Hangu. The US killed three Taliban fighters in an airstrike […]
Pakistani Taliban take credit for suicide attack on CIA base in Khost
Eight South Waziristan Taliban commanders, pictured in a wanted poster: 1. Hakeemullah Mehsud, 2. Waliur Rehman Mehsud, 3. Qari Hussain Mehsud, 4. Azam Tariq, 5. Maulvi Azmatullah, 6. Mufti Noor Wali, 7. Asmatullah Bhittani, 8. Mohammad Anwar Gandapur. Qari Hussain Mehsud, a senior deputy to Hakeemullah Mehsud (pictured above), has taken credit for the Dec. […]
Philippines
A soldier providing security was wounded when a militant threw a grenade into a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Sulu province. Three civilians were wounded in a grenade attack in Kidapawan City in North Cotabato Province. Several dozen people have been killed in violence in the Southern Philippines since September, including two US Special Forces troops.
Thailand
Two soldiers and and a Buddhist civilian were killed in a drive-by shooting in Narathiwat province by militants who stole the soldiers’ assault rifles. Three other civilians were also killed in three separate shootings, including a district chief and assistant village chief.
Iran
Peter Moore: US ‘arranged secret prisoner exchange’
Afghanistan
CIA base at heart of drone program
Pakistan
Pakistan Taliban claim attack on CIA in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
An Afghan official said an ISAF airstrike killed seven civilians and two Taliban fighters in Helmand province. The Taliban killed a driver of a NATO supply truck and his helper in Zabul and kidnapped two French journalists. Pakistani Taliban commander Qari Hussain Mehsud took credit for the suicide attack at the CIA base in Khost.
Pakistan
Bhutto probe: Pak denies UN panel access to army officers
Pakistan
5 terror suspects from US may face life terms in Pakistan
Iran
The world must neutralise Tehran™s toxic threat
US kills 3 Taliban in second strike in North Waziristan
The US hit a vehicle as it traveled in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency. The attack is the second in the Mir Ali region in 24 hours.
Suicide bomber kills 90 at volleyball game in Pakistan
The blast in Lakki Marwat leveled nearby homes. The attack took place in a town recently under control of the Taliban.
Pakistan
2009 – the year terrorism changed the face of Lahore
Iraq
Iraq civilian deaths ‘down in 2009’