Syria
Syria – School ban on all-covering veil raises nary a peep among activists in the Middle East
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Pakistan
No. 1 nation in sexy web searches? Call it Pornistan
Yemen
Security forces detained 19 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in Marib province and 11 more in Hadramout province. Police have also step up security in Marib and Jawf to prevent al Qaeda attacks on infrastructure.
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The US military wants a battlefield-ready flying car
Pakistan
Pakistan – Terrorists to attack embassies, consulates, and other targets in Pakistan
NATO
NATO launches Afghan intelligence-sharing drive
Al Qaeda
Pakistan™s role in reconciliation ambiguous: US
Al Qaeda
US – State department mulls terror designation for Gaza ‘aid’ ship funder
Pakistan
Pakistan: Baloch future questioned after separatist’s murder
Pakistan
The US killed 10 terrorists in an airstrike in North Waziristan. Pakistani troops killed 15 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. A Taliban suicide bomber killed five people in Swat. The Taliban beheaded two tribal leaders in Kohat and bombed a mosque and a shrine in Khyber.
Afghanistan
Coalition makes steady progress in Helmand province
Germany
Pakistan extradited Salih S. to Germany to stand trial for his involvement in a plot to attack US bases in Germany. Salih, a Turkish citizen, is thought to be a member of the Islamic Jihad Union and is linked to the Sauerland terror cell in Germany.
Somalia
The leader of Shabaab threatened further attacks in Uganda and Burundi if the countries did not withdraw peacekeepers from Somalia. The leader also said the Saleh Ali Nabhan Brigade carried out the July 11 attacks in Uganda. Two Somali reporters have been detained in Uganda.
Al Qaeda
Disconnecting the dots – The DC circuit court eviscerates a district judge™s habeas ruling on Gitmo detainees
Taliban
Talks with Taliban to be discussed at Kabul Conference
Iran
Jundallah claimed a pair of suicide attacks outside a mosque in Zahedan that killed 21 people, including members of the Revolutionary Guards Corps. Jundallah claimed it carried out the attacks to avenge the execution of its former leader, Abdulmalik Rigi.
Uganda attack carried out by Shabaab cell named after slain al Qaeda leader
The Salah Ali Nabhan Brigade carried out the double suicide attack in Kampala. “There will be more bombings in Kampala and Bujumbura” if African Union troops are not withdrawn from Somalia, said Sheikh Muktar Abdelrahman Abu Zubeyr, Shabaab’s spiritual leader.
Afghanistan
NATO trainers increase literacy in Afghan forces
Afghanistan
Coalition forces killed three Taliban commanders and seven fighters in an airstrike in Kunduz; and detained two Taliban commanders, a sub-commander, two facilitators, and several fighters in Kabul, Helmand, Nangarhar, and Zabul. Four Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in Paktika. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers and kidnapped five health workers in Kandahar.
US Predator strike kills 10 in North Waziristan
The strike is the first in 16 days.
Afghanistan
Elusive game in Afghanistan
Libya
BP admits ‘lobbying UK over Libya prisoner transfer scheme but not Lockerbie bomber’
Iran
An attack on Iran: Back on the table
United States
US transfers last prison under its control to Iraq
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Three bombs planted by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb have killed four Algerian soldiers and wounded 10 others near Tizi Ouzou. The three bombs were buried underground and struck the soldiers while they were on a mission in the Tadmait area. France has denied that it received hostage demands from AQIM for the release […]
Iran
The CIA paid the Iranian scientist who defected to the US $5 million for information. Tehran said that the scientist had no intimate knowledge of Iran’s nuclear program. Russia’s energy minister announced a plan for cooperation with Iran’s energy sector.
US Marines battle the Taliban for control of Musa Qala
Marines from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment wage a counterinsurgency in Musa Qala after months of fighting on the peripheries of the district center.
Pakistan
India: Pakistan’s ISI had direct control over Mumbai attacks
Al Qaeda
Somalia’s al-Shabab wants to join terror’s big league
Al Qaeda
Burundi to keep troops in Somalia despite threat