Al Qaeda
IED beam could change face of war
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Al Qaeda
Afghanistan – CIA lifts secret cover of those killed in bombing
Afghanistan
Afghan troops killed 23 Taliban fighters and detained seven more in Badghis, and killed 14 more in Kandahar. The Taliban killed two Australian soldiers in Uruzgan and a British soldier in Helmand. Sixteen girls suffered from poisoning at a school.
Afghan commandos strike at the Taliban in the northwest
During a raid on a terrorist stronghold in the Balamurghab district in Badghis province, 23 Taliban fighters were killed and seven more were captured.
Algeria
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb beheaded a 70-year-old man who was a former member of a government-sanctioned rural militia. The former CIA station chief pled guilty to drug use and abusive sexual contact while serving in Algiers.
Iraq
Foreign fighters gain influence in Somalia’s Islamist al-Shabab militia
Syria
A new Middle East triangle?
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Iraqi parliament to sit June 14, still no government
Kashmir
Pakistan – Ex-major™s loyalties embody jihad woes
NATO
Afghan troops fear life after foreign pullout
United Kingdom
UK – Afghanistan must remain our top priority, Army Chief Gen Sir David Richards says
Palestinian Territories
Iran to send aid ships to Gaza
Iran
The US made its case for new sanctions against Iran just days ahead of the UN Security Council vote. Israeli forces said they will deny access to Iranian ships headed to Gaza. Iran opened the world’s first women-only bank branch.
North Korea
North Korea’s Kim shakes up top posts
Al Qaeda
Widows unite to cope with horrors of Somalia’s Al Shabab
United States
US cluster bombs in Yemen: The right weapon in Al Qaeda fight?
NATO
Karzai™s increasing isolation worries both Afghans and the West
United Kingdom
UK – Prisoners convert to Islam for jail perks
Pak pol pushes Predator strikes in Punjab
Buried in an article on a strange invitation by the al Qaeda-linked Lashkar-e-Taiba front group Jamaat-ud-Dawa to politicians to tour its headquarters at Muridke, is this rare endorsement from a Pakistani politician who wants the US to expand the Predator strike program into Punjab province. From The News: A leader of the Pakistan People’s Party […]
United Nations
UN ‘to adopt’ fourth round of Iran nuclear sanctions
Pakistan
Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Twelve Afghans with bullet wounds were detained in Lahore. The foreign minister claimed that many of the Taliban’s top leaders have fled the country.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Interview – Afghan ex-intel chief says opposed Karzai peace plan
Iraq
Security forces detained an al Qaeda leader and two aides in Mosul, two al Qaeda fighters in Khanaqin and nine more in eastern Diyala, and killed three insurgents in Abu Ghraib. Insurgents killed a muezzin in Baghdad, and bombed the homes of policemen in Anbar.
Somalia
Two Ugandan soldiers were killed last week during fighting in Mogadishu. Hizbul Islam warned of “air raids” by foreign governments. The pro-government Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a denied cutting off communications in Dusomareb.
Yemen
Amnesty International published photographs showing US cruise missile components used in the Dec. 17, 2009, airstrike in Abyan. Wanted al Qaeda leader Hamza Ali Saleh al Dhayani surrendered to the government. The interior minister said the US does not have military bases in Yemen.
Evidence presented of US involvement in 2009 airstrike in Yemen
Amnesty International showed photographs of the remains of a US-made cruise missile and cluster munitions that were used in the Dec. 17, 2009, airstrike in Abyan province.
Afghanistan
NATO plan ties Afghan economy to growth of forces
Afghanistan
Afghan police killed three suicide bombers who attempted to storm a training compound in Kandahar. The Taliban killed 10 ISAF soldiers in southern and eastern Afghanistan and four civilians in Helmand.
Philippines
Two rubber farm workers were killed and one wounded after Abu Sayyaf gunmen attacked them in their mountain village near Sumisip in Basilan province. It is a suspected revenge attack on the community after three Abu Sayyaf fighters were killed by elite army Scout Rangers in Sumisip on Friday.
Palestinian Territories
Turkey: Ankara builds new links with Palestinian leaders