Suicide bomber kills 14 in Pakistan’s northwest
A young Taliban suicide bomber attacked a large convoy transporting Shia in the district of Hangu. Tensions rise in North Waziristan.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Somalia
Somali pirates, security personnel in 4 shootouts
Russia
Radical Islamic scholar Said Buryatsky is believed to be among six killed in a shootout in Ingushetia today. He is thought to be the spiritual mastermind and adviser behind a wave of suicide bombings that have plagued the North Caucasus in recent months. Buryatsky was a well-known star in Russia’s Salafi circles, most notably for […]
Afghanistan
Natural law brings AfPak crashing
Iraq
A child was killed in an IED blast in Hillah. Security forces detained 10 wanted men in Basrah and three gunmen in Sulaimaniya. A curfew has been imposed in Baghdad for the weekend to provide additional security for the election.
Iraq
Iraq: election predictions
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Charming and chilling: Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard
United States
Pentagon attacker killed and police officers wounded in shoot-out
Al Qaeda
Hamas denies al-Qaida-style groups operating in Gaza
Iraq
Clashes in Iraq’s north underscore fierce political rivalry among Kurds
Afghanistan
General McChrystal placed restrictions on night raids against Taliban leaders. Coalition and Afghan forces killed a Taliban fighter and captured six more during raids in Kandahar, Khost, Paktika, and Wardak. A Taliban commander was killed in northern Helmand province on Feb. 20.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan flag flies over former Taliban stronghold
Pakistan
Taliban calls Pak army ‘impure force’
Top Taliban, al Qaeda leaders reported killed in Mohmand airstrikes
Unconfirmed reports indicate that Qari Zia Rahman and Faqir Mohammed were among 30 killed today in the tribal agency. Both leaders have been reported killed in the past.
Iran
President Ahmadinejad said Iran has no use for nuclear weapons and that Iran’s “bombs” are its youths and “athletic heroes.” Iran criticized the US on new sanctions. Iran’s IAEA Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh said the IAEA’s most recent report has “reopened already closed issues.”
Iraq
Suspicious and angry, Shiite cleric™s followers await Iraqi vote
United States
US urges ‘action’ needed to fight net attacks
Al Qaeda
Yemen – home to dreams of wealth and power
Pakistan
Security forces claimed to have killed 30 Taliban fighters in air and artillery strikes after a checkpoint in Mohmand came under attack and a soldier was killed. Seven Taliban fighters were killed in Arakzai. The Army has begun to withdraw from Bajaur. A suicide bomber was killed during a premature detonation in Muzaffargarh.
Afghanistan
US Marines face skepticism after taking Afghan town
The Taliban
Agha Jan Mohtasim, the former Finance Minister during the Taliban regime and a son-in-law of Mullah Omar, is reported to have been detained along with three associates during a raid in Karachi. Mohtasim is considered to be a candidate to replace Mullah Baradar, the leader of the Quetta Shura.
Germany
A German court convicted four members of an Islamic Jihad Union for conspiring to attack US citizens and facilities, including the USAF’s base in Ramstein. The two German converts to Islam and two Turkish citizens have received sentences of up to 12 years in jail to belong to or supporting a terrorist group, building bombs, […]
Kashmir
An Indian army captain and four Hizbul Mujahideen fighters were killed in a two-day-long gunbattle int he town of Dadsara Tral. Kashmiri terrorist groups are thriving with the support of Pakistan, according to a report by the BBC.
Iraq
Violence not markedly up in Iraq before March elections
Afghanistan
Mullen urges more ‘soft power™ in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Holbrooke wary on Afghan outcome
Afghanistan
Fabled Afghan province of Nuristan keeps US at bay
Pakistan detains senior Afghan Taliban leader: Report
Agha Jan Mohtasim, the former Finance Minister during the Taliban regime and a relative of Mullah Omar, is reported to have been detained along with three associates.
Somalia
The Somali president held a press conference and called on Shabaab and Hizbul Islam to join the government. Shabaab destroyed revered graves in Baidoa. A new Chinese naval task force with a crew of more than 800, including a special forces unit and two ship-borne helicopters, is sailing to Somali waters. Private security guards aboard […]
Iraq
Suicide bombers killed seven soldiers and seven policemen in attacks on polling stations in Baghdad. Security forces detained 10 al Qaeda fighters involved in the March 3 attack in Baqubah and four Islamic State of Iraq fighters in Kirkuk. Violence in Iraq has not increased significantly in the run-up to the March 7 parliamentary election.