Somalia
Hizbul Islam killed two World Cup soccer fans and detained 10 more in Mogadishu, and detained 30 more in Afgoye. Four Shabaab fighters were detained in the semi-autonomous region of Somaliland.
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Yemen
The defense ministry claimed it foiled al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula plots to attack oil infrastructure in Marib province. Security officials claimed AQAP has issued new names of military and government officials in Marib to be assassinated.
Afghanistan
US and Afghan forces killed a top Haqqani Network commander and several fighters in Khost, and detained an undisclosed number of Taliban fighters in Kunduz and Logar. A Taliban commander and 30 of his fighters laid down their weapons in Herat province. The US said there is more than $1 trillion in untapped mineral wealth […]
US, Afghan forces kill Haqqani Network commander during raid in Khost
Fazil Subhan and an undisclosed number of Haqqani Network fighters were killed in the Shamul district. Subhan was known to facilitate al Qaeda operations.
Afghanistan
ISAF – New regional command stands up in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Insurgent commander tells of links with Pakistani intelligence service
United States
FAA pressed to allow drone flights in US
Caucasus
FSB captures ‘legendary’ Ingush field commander
Pakistan
Pakistan – Hafiz Saeed rubs shoulders with party chiefs in Lahore
Israel
Israel sets up inquiry into deadly Gaza flotilla raid
Iraq
New Iraqi parliament holds brief symbolic session
Iran
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has dismissed new UN sanctions. President Ahmadinejad said that Western powers were “naive” to impose new sanctions on Iran. Iranian police escorted opposition leader Karroubi away from pro-regime rioters.
Afghanistan
US identifies vast riches of minerals in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
US backs Karzai on security
Russia
Russians pressing Kyrgyzstan to oust US base
Pakistan
Pakistan – Sectarian killings part of Talibanisation: Sattar
Afghanistan
US adopts reintegration strategy to subdue Afghan insurgency
Afghanistan
UK – Afghanistan: beginning of the end
Taliban sites hacked: Who is the ‘Voice of Truth’?
Earlier this week, Wired.com’s Danger Room aired a story about the supposed hacking of a Taliban website. The blog post let us know that the Taliban’s web pages were not just down, but possibly hacked, based on a posting to a jihadi forum telling people not to click on any of the links on the […]
Russians capture, kill 2 top Caucasus Emirate commanders
The Federal Security Service captured Emir Magas, the military commander of the Caucasus Emirate, and killed Yasir Amarat, a wanted terrorist commander from Jordan.
Thailand
Insurgents killed one person and wounded 26 more in two bombings at open-air restaurants in Yala province. Four other men were killed in insurgent-related shootings in the three southern provinces. Four soldiers were injured when their truck was destroyed by a roadside bomb in Yala province.
Iraq
Insurgents attacked the Central Bank of Iraq in Baghdad; 15 civilians and three gunmen were killed in the attack. Insurgents also killed two policemen and a woman in Mosul. Security forces killed two al Qaeda operatives and detained 13 more in central and northern Iraq; 20 “terrorists” in Baqubah and Hillah; a top aide to […]
United States
Suspect’s mom: Son ‘stupid kid,’ not a terrorist
Somalia
Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama™a ordered a nighttime curfew in Guri El after an attack on a leader’s home on June 12. Shabaab ordered people in Kismayo not to watch the World Cup soccer match.
Afghanistan
Poland wants NATO to draw up a timeline to exit Afghanistan. Afghan police killed two Taliban leaders in Faryab and 39 fighters in Uruzgan. Coalition and Afghan forces detained an undisclosed number of Taliban fighters in Zabul, Helmand, and Kunduz.
Reflections on Brian Michael Jenkins’ ‘Would-Be Warriors’
Recently RAND released a new paper by Brian Michael Jenkins entitled Would-Be Warriors: Incidents of Terrorist Radicalization in the United States Since September 11, 2001. The paper constitutes a competent contribution to the study of homegrown terrorism; it is worth reading for both its analysis and also the data set it contributes. There are several […]
Yemen
A senior security official was assassinated in Abyan province. Four soldiers were killed, possibly in a suicide attack, at a military camp in Dhalea province. The minister of the interior claimed his forces have killed dozens of al Qaeda fighters.
Iran
Sporadic clashes in Tehran between police and protesters took place on June 12. Iran has no intention of reducing ties with Russia and China after the UN imposed new sanctions, a top official said. Russia must “abide by agreements” made to ship the S-300 anti aircraft missile defense system, an official said.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Govt neglect sees law against terror lapse
Afghanistan
Ahmed Wali Karzai, an ally and obstacle to the US military in Afghanistan