US strike kills 16 in North Waziristan
An unmanned Predator or Reaper fired two missiles at a compound near Mir Ali earlier today.
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Al Qaeda
Holbrooke: “Osama and Mullah Umar hiding near Pak-Afghan belt”
Iraq
Zalmay Khalilzad’s take on Iraq, Pt. 1
Some perspective on Afghanistan’s mineral resources
As everyone who follows Afghanistan should know by now, during the past week the country was estimated to have up to $3 trillion in untapped mineral resources. There is hope that this could transform the country and the war effort: as James Risen wrote following the discovery, senior US officials believed it could be “enough […]
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Yemen gunmen attack security service HQ in Aden
Al Qaeda
US considers partially lifting ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen
Afghanistan
Fewer Afghan civilians hurt, even with surge: NATO
Al Qaeda
India – Bin Ladin group to become Maytas Infra co-promoter
Al Qaeda
Pakistan, Afghanistan begin talks about dealing with insurgents
United States
US, Philippines rethink anti-terror tactics
Pakistan
Pakistan – Taliban recruiting unemployed youth from S Punjab: Khosa
Pakistan
Pakistan – Baitullah ordered Benazir™s murder, reveals FIA report
Chile
Inquiry on Pakistani in Chile raises many questions
United Kingdom
Britain is leaving us in the lurch, say top Iraqi officials
Kosovo
A European Union judge has freed a man wanted by the US for connections to the North Carolina terror ring led by Daniel Patrick Boyd. Bajram Asllani is wanted by the US for providing material support to the terror group, which plotted to attack the US Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va.
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Muslims leery of US and Barack Obama: poll
Caucasus
Paintball attacks on Chechen women prompt outrage
Somalia
Somali pirate cook saves hostages, then disappears
Thailand
Two civilians were killed in separate incidents while two soldiers were injured in Pattani province. The soldiers were injured while escorting teachers in Thung Yang Daeng district after a bomb exploded. One male civilian was killed while drinking tea in Mayor district and the other male civilian was gunned down on his way home in […]
Iraq
Insurgents killed 10 Iraqis in a bombing in Touz, five Iraqi soldiers in an ambush in Anbar, four civilians in a rocket attack in Baghdad, four civilians in a shooting in Abu Ghraib, and a policeman in a shooting near Mosul. Security forces detained two al Qaeda operatives during separate raids in the north.
Yemen
The General Director of Al Madina district in Marib Province claimed that top al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leaders Nasir al Wuhayshi, Said al Shihri, and Qassim al Raymi are present in his district. Two suspected al Qaeda fighters are being prosecuted for murdering eight Yemeni soldiers.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula called for tribes in Marib province to fight the government and threatened to retaliate for airstrikes against its members. “Allah willing, we will light up the ground with fire under the tyrants of infidelity in the regime of [President] Ali Saleh and his helpers, the agents of America,” the […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two US soldiers and one British soldier in separate attacks in the south, and five government-backed militiamen in Kunduz. Coalition and Afghan forces captured a Taliban commander in Zabul and two fighters in Kandahar.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan through teenagers’ eyes
Al Qaeda
Pakistan -The Taliban nexus
Burma
Burma – Aung San Suu Kyi’s desperate plea to the world
Pakistan
Pakistan – Security alert as minister receives ‘death threats’
Pakistan
Pakistan – Falling reserves may harm war on terror
Al Qaeda
Pakistan – Majority dislikes Taliban, dissatisfied with govt: survey
Israel
Israel eases restrictions on goods bound for Gaza Strip