Pakistan
UN blames Musharraf government for Benazir Bhutto™s murder
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Al Qaeda
Defeat al Qaeda by removing its cool image
Effectiveness of US strikes in Pakistan ‘decreased 90 percent’ since suicide strike on CIA – Siraj Haqqani
A look at the data shows a decrease in the number of top-tier terrorist leaders killed in US strikes in Pakistan since the beginning of 2010, after the suicide attack that targeted a CIA base in Afghanistan.
Pakistan
The US designated the two leaders of the Karachi-based Al Akhtar Trust and the Al Rashid Trust as terrorists for their support for al Qaeda and the Taliban. The Khyber-based Lashkar-i-Islam said it would hold talks with the government. The Northwest Frontier Province was officially renamed as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
US designates 2 Pakistanis for running al Qaeda and Taliban charitable front groups
The leaders of the Al Akhtar Trust and the Al Rashid Trust continue to support the Taliban using their charitable fronts based in Karachi.
United States
US – New cyber security chief warns of internet attacks
Somalia
Somalia’s Al Shabab recruits ‘holy warriors’ with $400 bonus
Somalia
Somali insurgents ban school bells
Al Qaeda
Afghanistan – US doubles anti-Taliban special forces
Syria
Syria: a new level of threat
Caucasus
Russian security forces release hitlist of ‘black widow terrorists’
Pakistan
Pakistan army anger at Nato border tactics after forcing militants out
Iraq
Insurgents killed five civilians in Mosul. The decayed bodies of 14 executed civilians were found in a grave in Samarra. Iraqi forces detained 11 al Qaeda operatives just north of Baghdad and 23 wanted men in Basrah.
Afghanistan
Afghan MPs criticize Ahmadinejad™s letter to UN
Kyrgyzstan
The US airbase in Manas has been reopened to supply US forces in Afghanistan after being shut down due to the overthrow of the government on April 7. The interim defense minister said Manas is vital to NATO’s efforts in Afghanistan. Deposed President Bakiyev has fled to Kazakhstan.
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Gates adopts 26 Fort Hood panel recommendations
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed seven British security contractors in Kandahar. The Taliban killed four Germans during an ambush in Baghlan province. Coaition and Afghan forces killed a Taliban commander in Helmand and detained an IED expert in Nangarhar. Residents in Marja complained that the security situation has worsened since Afghan and Coalition forces took control […]
Taliban cooperation with al Qaeda ‘is at the highest limits’ – Siraj Haqqani
The leader of the Haqqani Network in eastern Afghanistan said the Taliban welcomes foreign fighters and that 90 percent of areas under his command are under Taliban control.
Iran
The US is willing to consider a weaker regimen of sanctions on Iran. Top US military leaders said Iran could have nuclear fuel for a weapons program in a year and a nuclear weapon in 2-5 years. A Pentagon report said that Iran has the military resources to barricade the Persian Gulf. The UN Security […]
Al Qaeda
US, Pakistan alter approach on Waziristan
Pakistan
A US strike in North Waziristan killed five Taliban fighters. Taliban commander Qari Zia Rahman spoke to the media to dispel reports of his death and also said Hakeemullah Mehsud is alive. Security forces detained 29 tribal elders in Bajaur for failing to keep out the Taliban.
Afghanistan
A dagger to the CIA
Afghanistan
Interview: Karzai brother mends ties with US
Somalia
Eleven people were killed in fighting in Mogadishu; a man was also beheaded. Insurgents warned private radio stations to stop playing music in Mogadishu. Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama™a fighters have taken control of a district in the Middle Shabelle region from Shabaab. President Barack Obama announced an executive order blocking Shabaab’s assets in the US.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a police brigadier, a soldier, two civilians, and a Sunni imam in attacks in Baghdad and Mosul. Security forces detained 13 insurgents in Kirkuk and an al Qaeda operative southeast of Baghdad.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Iraqi officials said security forces averted a plot by al Qaeda in Iraq to fly airplanes into buildings, possibly including the Shia Imam Ali shrine in Najaf. Two men, a pilot and an airport worker, were arrested, while the Najaf airport remains closed since April 8.
North Korea
Burma – The next nuclear nightmare
Syria
Syria gave Scuds to Hezbollah, US says
Pakistan
Pakistan admits civilian deaths in air strike
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Women self-immolation surges in Paktia