Algeria
Algerian authorities arrested six men accused of operating a terror-support cell in Tissemsilet that provided logistic support for Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The men, aged between 20 to 60, operated in Medea, Tissemsilet and Ain Defla.
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Al Qaeda
Adam Gadahn released a tape criticizing President Obama and assailing his popularity. “You’re no longer the popular man you once were, a year ago or so,” said the American-born al Qaeda spokesman who is wanted for treason.
Iran
US Defense Secretary Gates said the UN Security Council sanctions have a chance of halting Iran’s nuclear program and said the US is not prepared to switch to a policy of containment. Iran executed Jundallah leader Abdulmalik Rigi by hanging him at Evin prison.
Iran
Iran’s new revolutionary politics
Al Qaeda
Pakistan – Shaky economy could scuttle anti-terror war: Gilani
Afghanistan
Afghanistan™s new riches
Al Qaeda
You’re no longer popular as you once were: Al-Qaida’s Adam Gadahn to Obama
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Suspected al Qaeda militants attack Yemen prison
Afghanistan
UK – David Cameron: Public must do more to support armed forces
Afghanistan
2 blasts rock S. Afghanistan in weekend violence
United States
Holbrooke: ‘Iran sanctions could impact Pakistani companies™
Afghanistan
Soldiers race against political clock in Afghanistan
Iraq
US pullout from Iraq triggers epic garage sale
Saudi Arabia
Twenty-five former al Qaeda operatives who were Guantanamo Bay detainees are known have returned to carry out terrorist activities. The 25 former detainees went through a rehabilitation program touted by the Saudis as a success.
Pakistan
The US killed an al Qaeda military commander and 12 Islamic Jihad Union fighters in an airstrike in North Waziristan. Gunmen killed a policeman and freed four captive Jundallah fighters during an assault on a courthouse in Karachi. The military killed four Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban killed one civilian in a bombing in […]
Al Qaeda commander killed in US strike in North Waziristan
Military commander Abu Ahmed and 12 members of the Islamic Jihad Group were killed in today’s strike in the Taliban stronghold.
United States
US hopes Afghan councils will weaken Taliban
Afghanistan
Afghan forces’ apathy starts to wear on US platoon in Kandahar
Caucasus
Russia – Islam™s sisters of sacrifice
Kuwait
Press group urges Kuwaiti ruler to free blogger
Al Qaeda
25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy
Iraq
Security forces killed one person after opening fire during a demonstration over electricity shortages in Basrah. Iraqi troops detained six al Qaeda operatives during separate raids in northern Iraq. The Turkish military attacked Kurdistan Workers’ Party outposts in northern Iraq.
Yemen
A squad of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters dressed in military uniforms assaulted a regional security office in Aden, killing 10 security officials and three women who worked in the building. An unknown number of prisoners, including al Qaeda members, were freed in the attack.
United States
An alert has been issued for 17 Afghan troops who have gone absent without leave (AWOL) from Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. The 17 officers and soldiers were attending the Defense Language Institute and have “disappeared over the course of the last two years.”
Afghanistan
Afghan and US forces killed 38 Haqqani Network fighters in Khost and detained a Taliban sub-commander and 11 fighters in Kunduz. The Taliban killed five civilians in an IED attack in Uruzgan and a French soldier in Kapisa. The UN said incidences of violence, including suicide attacks, have risen dramatically.
Iran
A member of parliament said Iran would reduce cooperation with the IAEA. According to a poll, most of the world supports military strikes to deny Iran a military nuclear program. Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi claimed Iran’s ballistic misiles are for defensive purposes only.
US, Afghan forces kill 38 Haqqani Network fighters in Khost
The joint forces battled more than 200 Haqqani Network fighters in the Musa Khel district.
Pakistan
Karachi faces growing Taliban menace
Iraq
Baghdad nights glitter again, behind shatterproof glass
Al Qaeda
Afghan insurgency on alarming rise: UN