Senior Taliban commander killed in Kandahar
Mullah Zergay, who served as the top military commander in the Kandahar region, was killed last week during a raid in the district of Zhari.
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula disclosed the identity of a top female operative detained in Saudi Arabia in February. Haylah al Qassir served as a top financier of AQAP and also sheltered fighters. Her first husband is in Saudi custody and her second died fighting Saudi security forces.
Al Qaeda
US widens Special Operations against Al Qaeda
India
The government officially labeled the Indian Mujahideen a terrorist entity. The Indian Mujahideen is thought to be a front group for activities of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Students’ Islamic Movement of India, and the Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh, and is supported by Pakistan’s intelligence services.
US acknowledgment of Predator program unlikely to alter Pakistani perceptions
Al Jazeera‘s Gregg Carlstrom has written a thoughtful piece on the accuracy — and perception of accuracy — of US drone strikes in Pakistan. Carlstrom points out that research studies on the number of civilians killed in drone attacks vary widely, noting that while some Pakistani surveys have claimed that more than 700 civilians have […]
Al Qaeda
UK govt under pressure to ban televangelist Zakir Naik
Pakistan
Pakistan – Tribes vow to expel Mehsud militants
India
Indian Mujahideen declared terror outfit
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World military spending soars in spite of recession
Afghanistan
Afghan gathering agrees peace moves with Taliban
Iraq
Iraq – US Withdrawal on Schedule, General Says
Iran
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Iranian opposition is “trampling on the Islamic Revolution.” Tehran called on the world to stop Israeli war atrocities. The Iranian Air Force will conduct an air show in coming weeks.
Indonesia
The founder and leader of the now disbanded Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has died of complications from respiratory and heart problems. Hasan Muhammad di Tiro was 84. He led GAM’s independence bid for Aceh for 25 years in exile from Sweden before the 2004 tsnunami forced an autonomy settlement.
Thailand
A male school teacher was shot to death while riding home with five other teachers on their motorbikes. The teacher was killed in Pattani’s Khok Pho district. No other teachers were harmed. Insurgents are blamed for the killing.
Pakistan
Army plans $100 million Special Ops HQ in Afghanistan
United States
Federal Prosecutors said Barry Walter Bujol was communicating with radical al Qaeda cleric Anwar al Awlaki and plotted to provide support to terror groups in Yemen. Bujol was detained by the FBI as he attempted to travel to the Middle East with items that would aid al Qaeda.
Pakistan balks at taking on the Punjabi Taliban
Despite the numerous, heinous terror attacks carried out in Pakistan’s major cities, the Pakistani government is hesitant to take on the myriad of home-grown and supported terror groups known as the Punjabi Taliban. Yesterday, Rehman Malik, Pakistan’s Minister of the Interior, stated that “no military operation is planned against banned outfits in Punjab, rather effective […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan peace jirga’s unlikely critics: victims of war crimes
Israel
Israel seeks ‘new ways™ to supply Gaza, official says
Afghanistan
Afghan police failings fuelling Taliban recruitment, say UK army chiefs
Pakistan
An al Qaeda operative and a Taliban commander were killed in the May 28 Predator strike in South Waziristan. Police killed a Jashkar-e-Jhangvi fighter and detained three more during a bank robbery in Karachi. An Anti-Terrorism Court acquitted four terrorist suspects. Clerics denied that terrorist groups are based in Punjab.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan rules out offensive against Punjab militants
Somalia
Somali troops fight al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu
Iran
Inside Shell’s Iran game
Iraq
Security forces detained seven Syrian terrorists and two members of an IED cell in Mosul, five wanted men in Basrah, and a tribal leader working for al Qaeda in Buhriz. Two Iraqis were killed in a bombing at a liquor store in Sinjar.
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Airline sorry for Bin Laden boarding pass image
Afghanistan
Commander: Afghanistan/Eastern Command at ‘Critical Moment™
Somalia
Somali and African Union forces attacked Shabaab and Hizbul Islam strongholds in the capital of Mogadishu; 16 people were killed and 30 more were wounded in the fighting. Puntland forces freed a cargo ship and its crew hijacked by pirates.
Afghanistan
Afghan security forces killed five Taliban fighters and detained nine more, including a commander, in Wardak, and killed five more fighters in Zabul. The Taliban killed eight civilians in Helmand and an ISAF soldier in the south.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Said al Shihri, the deputy leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, called for followers to kidnap Christians and members of the Saudi royal family. Shihri is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay.