Satellite imagery showing a suspected nuclear facility in Syria before and after being destroyed by an Israeli airstrike. Image from Deutsche Welle. In the midnight hours of Sept. 5, 2007, 10 Israeli F-15 fighter jets departed from Ramat David Air Force Base in southeast Haifa with a mission to destroy a mysterious military complex in […]
‘Muted’ Pakistan media response to Taliban arrest
Rival extremist groups vie for control in Khyber; a blast kills 11 civilians in Arakzai.
Hundreds of Hizbul Islam fighters have taken control of the town of Dhobley near the Kenyan border. Shabaab fighters were forced to flee after fierce clashes that left at least 15 people dead. Government forces have embarked on security search operations in major roads. Vehicles and people traveling to Bakara market, a Shabaab stronghold in […]
Aghanistan – Taliban ammunition ‘running low’
Afghanistan – When Taliban fighters change sides
A suicide bomber killed 13 Iraqis in an attack outside the Anbar governor’s office in Ramadi. A car bombing outside a police headquarters in Mosul wounded 23 Iraqis, including 15 policemen. Security forces detained an al Qaeda assassination cell leader and 10 fighters during raids in Baghdad, Al Kut, and in central Iraq.
UN nuke agency worried Iran may be working on arms
Coalition aircraft accidentally killed seven policemen in a friendly fire incident in Kunduz; a Taliban commander was also killed in Kunduz. Afghan and Coalition forces detained a Taliban commander and two Haqqani Network sub-commanders, and an undisclosed number of fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, and Khost. The Taliban killed a British soldier and wounded 33 Afghans […]
The shadow governors of the Afghan provinces of Kunduz and Baghlan were detained by Pakistani security forces. Also, the former shadow governor of Zabul and a former Taliban military commander were detained during raids in Karachi.
Pakistan: Al-Qaida-linked militants arrested
Afghans greet Marja offensive with anger, hope
Lebanon charges 11 for plotting terrorist attacks
Broad new hacking attack detected
Empty skies over Afghanistan
Mullah Mir Mohammad was arrested along with Mullah Abdul Salam, the shadow governor of Kunduz. Pakistan also rounded up nine al Qaeda operatives and local Taliban commanders in Karachi.
Terrorism: Al-Qaeda warns of ‘dozens’ of in-flight bombs
Ayatollah Khameini delivered a speech in Tabriz stating that Iran “will never back down from its positions and it could by no means be intimidated by threats and oppositions.” President Ahmadinejad said that if the Israelis launch a new war against Hezbollah, the terror group should retaliate strongly enough to “close their case once and […]
Three Haqqani Network fighters are among the four terrorists reported killed in the fourth US attack in five days. Siraj Haqqani was the target of the strike.
Mullah Abdul Salam was captured by the ISI and CIA in Faisalabad one week ago. Salam is the second senior Taliban leader captured in Pakistan in the past two weeks.
Why arrest of Taliban No. 2 could undercut peace talks
French Foreign Minister Benard Kouchner made a surprise visit to Mali to aid in the negotiations with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb for the release of the French national, Pierre Camatte. AQIM is demanding the release of its members held in Mali prisons in exchange for the French national, and have set a Feb. […]
Two Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters have been arrested by Mauritanian authorities. The two men were arrested after exchanging fire with authorities from three vehicles in northeast Zouerate. The AQIM members were entering the country from Mali.
The military confirmed that Afghan Taliban deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was arrested and is in ISI custody in Karachi. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Kurram. A tribal policeman was killed in a bombing in Mohmand. A court rejected bail for five Americans captured while trying to join al Qaeda.
Interview: Hafiz Muhammed Saeed
Pakistan banned the Lashkar-e-Taiba in January 2002, and its successor front group Jamaat-ud-Dawa in December 2008 after the November 2008 suicide terror assault on Mumbai, India . So what is Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa, doing sitting in front of a Jamaat-ud-Dawa banner during the recent interview with Al Jazeera […]
The World Food Programme said its investigation into the possible diversion of aid had absolved staff and partner organizations distributing food in Somalia. The US is withholding millions of dollars in aid amid fears it benefits Shabaab. Soldiers have conducted house-to-house search operations in districts under the control of the Somali government in Mogadishu. Pro-government […]
General says 2 Iraq politicians have ties to Iran
An Indonesian court will prosecute Putri Munawaroh, the wife of al Qaeda leader Mohammed Noordin Top, who was killed by security forces in September 2009. If convicted, Munawaroh could face up to 20 years in prison for “harbouring terrorists and concealing information about terrorist activities.”
US Forces Iraq commander General Odierno said two top members of the are Justice and Accountability Committee “clearly are influenced by Iran.” Security forces detained five wanted men in Baghdad and four more in Basrah. Insurgents killed a Christian student in Mosul and kidnapped a journalist and a civil servant in Kirkuk.