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Al-Qaeda gunmen massacre government supporters in Baghdad
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Afghanistan
Pentagon boosting Afghanistan “eyes in the sky”
Al Qaeda
Pakistan launches offensive on hiding place of Osama bin Laden
Pakistan
Pakistan moves to roll back presidential powers
Al Qaeda
Extremists to be ousted from Pakistan™s tribal belt within two months, general says
Nigeria
Africa looks to nuclear power
Venezuela
Putin deepens ties with Chavez on Venezuela visit
Pakistan
Security forces killed 27 Taliban fighters in clashes in Arakzai and Kurram, and killed six Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber. The Taliban destroyed four schools in Mohmand and Arakzai. France is delaying a $1.6 billion weapons sale to Pakistan.
Iraq
About those Sadrist numbers
Iraq
Iraqi forces killed three top al Qaeda leaders, including the emirs of northern Iraq and Mosul, and detained three extortion emirs; 19 other al Qaeda operatives were captured in northern Iraq. Security forces also detained 16 wanted men in Basrah, 10 in Karbala, and five more in Tal Afar. Twenty-three terrorists escaped from a prison […]
Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai is making some pretty unpleasant friends
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: The battle for Marjah
Iraqi forces strike blow to al Qaeda in Iraq’s northern leadership cadre
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s top emir in northern Iraq and Mosul is among six leaders killed or captured since mid-March.
Kashmir
Indian troops killed eight terrorists during fighting over the past two days in the Rajouri region in Kashmir. The eight Lashkar-e-Taiba fighters infiltrated from Pakistan-held Kashmir. A bomb blast on a train track in the Pulwama district disrupted service.
Russia
Security forces identified one of the two Black Widow female suicide bombers who struck the Moscow metro on March 29 as the 17-year-old widow of Umalat Magomedov, the former leader of the sharia court in Dagestan. Magomedov was killed during a raid in Dagestan on Dec. 31, 2009.
Afghanistan
Three German soldiers and a Taliban fighter were killed during heavy fighting in Kunduz. A Japanese journalist was kidnapped in Kunduz. Coalition and Afghan forces detained two Taliban fighters in Kandahar.
India
India blames LeT for Kabul attack
Spain
Two arrested after fight breaks out over praying in former Spanish mosque
Iran
Iran plays host to delegations after Iraq elections
Pakistan
Enduring army role in Swat spurs questions about Pakistan’s civilian government
Iran
An Iranian envoy called for further negotiations on its nuclear program while in Beijing. Tehran hosted two Shia Iraqi political delegates. Former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton criticized the Obama administration’s Iran policy.
India
Illegal madrassas: A breeding ground of terror
Pakistan
The military killed 28 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Police detained two Taliban operatives in Swat. Mehsud tribal leaders agreed to return to South Waziristan; tribal leaders held talks with the Taliban. A Taliban spokesman said the group would continue to attack those who support the US.
US sanctions two Europe-based al Qaeda operatives
Ahmad Khalaf Shabib al Dulaymi supports al Qaeda in Iraq as well as the global network, while Atilla Selek supports the Islamic Jihad Union and has operated in Pakistan.
Taliban
Taliban gag Kandahar’s clerics to keep grip on city
Saudi Arabia
Middle East in huge naval expansion
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Nigeria forced to deal with revival of Islamist group Boko Haram
Pakistan
Pakistan – S. Waziristan tribes ready to return after Taliban offensive
Iraq
US – Special Forces in Iraq to remain through drawdown
Al Qaeda
Somali army trains to fight al-Qaida-linked rebels