Al Qaeda
Muslim firebrands challenge Hamas rule in Gaza
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Al Qaeda
Australian men sentenced for terrorism plot
Pakistan
A US airstrike killed five Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. Security forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Bajaur and detained 20 more in Kohat and Hangu. The Taliban took credit for last week’s suicide attacks in Bannu. Three Pakistanis were killed in an explosion in Dadu in Sindh province.
Somalia
Four Shabaab fighters were killed in a blast at a health center in the Bakara Market in Mogadishu. The EU will train 2,000 Somali troops in Uganda. The state minister for defense said Hizbul Islam leader Hassan Dahir Aweys is in danger of being killed by Shabaab. A member of parliament defected to Shabaab. A […]
Iraq
Insurgents killed six Iraqis in shootings and IED attacks in Baghdad, Diyala, and Kirkuk. Security forces detained 12 wanted men in Basrah and six insurgents near Kirkuk. Iraqi officials said 145 candidates have been barred from upcoming elections due to Baathist ties.
Use of HIMARs suspended after 12 civilians killed in Marja
Two days into the offensive to clear the city of Marja in Helmand province, the Coalition suffered its first public relations setback after two guided rockets went off target and accidentally killed 12 Afghan civilians. From the ISAF press release: Two rockets from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launched at insurgents firing upon […]
Why did ISAF publicize the Marja op?
Soldiers with Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 23th Infantry Regiment inspect their equipment at Camp Tombstone in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The US, British, and Afghan military are preparing for an assault on the town of Marja. Photo by US Air Force Tech Sergeant Efren Lopez. There has been a lot of controversy over ISAF’s media blitz […]
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 27 Taliban fighters during the Marja assault; 12 civilians were accidentally killed in a rocket attack. The Taliban killed two policemen and two ISAF soldiers. Security forces killed a Taliban fighter and detained a Taliban commander and another fighter in Kandahar. Five Taliban fighters surrendered their weapons in Herat.
India
India fears terror campaign after new bomb attack in tourist area
Afghanistan
Afghanistan war: Marjah battle as tough as Fallujah, say US troops
Iran
Clinton: Iran pursuing nuclear arms
Afghanistan
Operation Moshtarak: ‘The message needs to be clear: we are staying until the job is done.’
India
India pursues terror link after bomb blast
Al Qaeda
Wahabbi Fanatics Reported on the Afghan Frontier Today, February 13, 1872
US strikes training camp in North Waziristan
Five terrorists were killed in an attack in the Mir Ali region. The airstrike is the first in more than a week.
Iran
The foreign ministry said Iran’s nuclear program has been “of a peaceful nature at all times.” The US secretary of state said Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said an attack on Iran could have “unintended consequences.”
The military strategy in Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces will focus on three key areas in an attempt to drive back the Taliban and restore security, while building up Afghan security forces to hold the regions.
Afghanistan
First stage of operation Moshtarak declared a success
Al Qaeda
Under Obama, more targeted killings than captures in counterterrorism efforts
Taliban
Marines secure key areas in Marja in major assault on Taliban
Pakistan
Security forces detained 11 Lashkar-i-Islam fighters in Khyber and five Taliban fighters in Darra Adam Khel. The Taliban bombed a school in Mohmand. The US delivered 115 artillery pieces to the Pakistani Army.
Yemen
An unnamed interior ministry official claimed Said al Shihri is in command of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula as Nasir al Wuhayshi died in an airstrike in December 2009. The governor of Marib denied al Qaeda controls most of the province. The government said Houthi rebels are obeying a truce.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Abu Omar al Baghdadi, the leader of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq, threatened to conduct attacks to prevent Iraqis from voting in the upcoming parliamentary election. “We decided to prevent the elections by all possible and legitimate means, primarily, the military means,” Baghdadi said in a statement released on the Internet.
Pakistan
Peshawar romantics defy Taliban for Valentine™s
Afghanistan
Troops take positions in Taliban haven
Iran
Iran – Mehdi Karroubi’s question and answer session with The Sunday Telegraph
India
A bombing at the German Bakery in Mumbai killed nine people, including four foreign women, and wounded 45 more. The Jewish Chabad House, a target of the December 2008 terror assault, is across the street from the bakery. No group has taken responsibility for the attack.
Iraq
Security forces detained 18 wanted men in Basrah, five members of al Qaeda IED cells in Rashidiyah and Baqubah, two terrorists in Al Kut, and an insurgent in Mosul. Insurgents killed a civilian in Mosul. Twenty-eight candidates banned from running for office have been reinstated.
Al Qaeda
American nationals face worldwide threat from terrorists: US
Afghanistan
The assault on the Taliban stronghold of Marja in Helmand is underway; five Taliban fighters and one British soldier have been killed. The Taliban killed three US soldiers in southern Afghanistan and killed an ISAF soldier and a civilian in a suicide attack in Kandahar. Security forces detained a Haqqani Network commander, a Taliban sub-commander, […]