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Terrorists dream about the Islamic state: Al Qaeda, Al Shabaab, & beyond
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Germany
Police arrested three people accused of recruiting Islamist terrorists to fight in foreign wars. The Islamists are thought to have recruited more than 100 fighters. More than 300 police raided 43 apartments in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Afghanistan
Afghans want to be farmers, not fighters, says US
Al Qaeda
Pakistani N-arsenal safe but vulnerable: US
Hakeemullah alive?
Hakeemullah Mehsud in a US Humvee looted from a NATO supply column in Khyber. First Hakeemullah was dead, US and Pakistani officials said. Now he’s alive, an anonymous Pakistani intelligence official told Dawn: A senior government functionary has told DawnNews on condition of anonymity that Hakeemullah Mehsud may have survived a drone strike. The official […]
Al Qaeda
Qat joins al Qaeda as Yemen threat
Al Qaeda
Tale of two Nigerians: Suspect, father travel diverging paths
United States
US announces Helmand offensive
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban has its work cut out
United States
A US federal court convicted Aafia Siddiqui of attempting to kill a US soldier and an FBI agent after she was arrested in Afghanistan. “This is a verdict coming from Israel, not America,” she yelled after the verdict was read. Siddiqui is an MIT-trained Pakistani neuroscientist linked to al Qaeda and was carrying instructions to […]
Pakistan
Three US soldiers were among nine people killed in an IED attack in Dir; the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Pakistani intelligence officials said Hakeemullah Mehsud and Qari Hussain Mehsud likely survived a US Predator strike. Two security personnel were wounded an IED attack in Khyber.
Iraq
An Iraqi court temporarily overturned the ban of more than 500 politicians from the upcoming election. A suicide bomber killed 23 Iraqis in Karbala. Insurgents killed an Iraqi in Baghdad and an Army officer in Mosul. One civilian was killed in an IED attack in Baghdad. Security forces detained 15 wanted men in Basrah, five […]
NATO
NATO’s third largest force in Afghanistan changing its strategy
Iraq
Iraqi court overturns ban on hundreds of candidates
Iran
US deployment raises tensions in the Gulf
Afghanistan
US, Karzai clash on unconditional talks with Taliban
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban concessions unlikely
Afghanistan
President Karzai canceled a meeting with the Organization of Islamic Conference on reconciliation with the Taliban. The Taliban killed two US soldiers in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan. Coalition and Afghan forces detained a Taliban facilitator and an undisclosed number of Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Khost, and Wardak provinces.
Russia
Russia’s Federal Security Service killed Mokhmad Mohamad Shabban (AKA Saif Islam) and an associate during a raid in a mountainous region in the Republic of Dagestan. Shabban was one of the original founders of al Qaeda in the Caucasus and is said to be the mastermind of recent attacks in the region.
Russian police kill al Qaeda’s co-founder in the Caucasus
Mokhmad Mohamad Shabban, a wanted Egyptian al Qaeda operative who helped establish the terror group in the Caucasus, was killed by Russian security forces during a clash in Dagestan.
Algeria
Seven suspected Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters were killed during clashes with security forces in the Djefia region. The fighters were killed in the town of Charek while security forces conducted anti-terror operations. More than of 50 Islamist fighters have been reported killed since December 2009.
Iran
President Ahmadinejad agreed to the IAEA’s nuclear fuel swap proposal; the US and other Western powers are skeptical of Iran’s sincerity. The US said it cannot force Iran to shun building nuclear bomb. Iran successfully test fired the new Kavoshgar 3 rocket. Students accused of protesting on Dec. 27 denied the charges brought against them […]
3 US soldiers among 9 killed in bombing in northwest Pakistan
The US soldiers were killed while traveling to attend the opening of a girls’ school in Dir. The soldiers served as trainers to the Frontier Corps.
Al Qaeda
Officials warn al Qaeda ‘certain’ to try attack soon
Al Qaeda
Table tennis for the Taliban: Do exit programs for Islamists actually work?
Al Qaeda
Would-be LAX terrorist’s prison sentence overturned as too lenient
Al Qaeda
Pakistan has reversed Taliban gains: Mullen
Pakistan
US aircraft killed 17 terrorists in a massive attack in North Waziristan. Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters in Bajaur, while tribesmen killed and hanged two Taliban fighters. The military also killed three Taliban fighters in Swabi. The Taliban killed two members of a peace committee in Mohmand.
United States
Pentagon abandons two-war doctrine
Al Qaeda
Airliner bombing suspect is providing FBI with intelligence, source says