Pakistan
Pakistan acknowledges Faisal Shahzad met Taliban chief
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Pakistan – Former spy held by militants demands help
North Korea
Koreas mark truce, but drills underscore tensions
Al Qaeda
US braces for blowback over Afghan war disclosures
‘Rhetoric and Reality,’ and our understanding of the rule of law
Last month, Marc Lynch published a report for the Center for a New American Security, Rhetoric and Reality: Countering Terrorism in the Age of Obama. The report is a worthy contribution to public discussion of the Obama administration’s counterterrorism policies, outlining the early contours of the administration’s strategy and tracing its continuity with the Bush […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan questions US silence over Pakistan’s role
United States
Wikileaks Afghanistan: leak inquiry centres on US intelligence analyst
AQIM claims to have killed 9 French commandos in raid
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s latest press release has claimed that the group killed nine French special force commandos from the General Directorate for External Security, or DGSE, during a joint Mauritanian-French raid on an AQIM camp in northern Mali. The raid was bold attempt to free a French national, Michel Germaneau. With the […]
Afghanistan
ISAF recovered the body of a missing US soldier in Logar. The Taliban killed six civilians in Parwan and a British soldier in Helmand. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Logar, Paktia, Kandahar, and Helmand.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed it killed nine French special forces commandos during a raid on the terrorist group’s camp on July 22. AQIM’s press release listed the names of the nine commandos killed and also provided other details about the attack.
Yemen
Six Yemeni troops and three al Qaeda fighters were killed in a clash in Shabwa province. Shia Houthi rebels reportedly captured between 70 and 200 Yemeni soldiers in Amran province.
Iran
Russia said the European Union’s sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program are “unacceptable.” The foreign ministry spokesman condemned the EU’s sanctions. President Ahmedinejad said the US and Israel “have devised a plot, according to which they seek to launch a psychological war on Iran.”
US recovers body of missing sailor in Afghanistan
The body of one of two missing sailors was turned over to ISAF yesterday. The sailor was found in Logar province, just south of Kabul.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al-Qaida militants open fire at British embassy to Yemen
Iran
European Union imposes new economic sanctions against Iran
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed eight people in an attack that targeted a provincial minister in Nowshera. The ISI denounced the Wikileaks’ Afghan memos as false. Interior Minister Malik claimed that terrorists attack Pakistan from Afghanistan.
Somalia
Ten Shabaab fighters and five Puntland security personnel were killed in clashes in the Sanaag mountains. Veterans of al Qaeda’s training camps in Afghanistan now run Shabaab, according to intelligence reports. AFRICOM will increase support to African Union forces in Mogadishu.
Commandos again retake northeastern Afghan district
Barg-e-Matal again changes hands as Afghan commandos, backed by ISAF troops, eject the Taliban from the district which borders Pakistan.
Shabaab, Puntland forces clash in northern Somalia
Thirteen Shabaab fighters and five Puntland security personnel were killed in fighting near a region known as the Tora Bora of East Africa.
Al Qaeda
Pentagon assesses ‘leaked™ documents
Iraq
A double car bomb attack on a checkpoint in Karbala killed 19 Iraqis. A car bomb attack on the headquarters of Al Arabiya in central Baghdad killed six people. Iyad Allawi said he would cede the premiership to another member of his party.
Philippines
Phillipine security forces have captured an Abu Sayyaf Group member after he was trying to depart the southern port city of Zamboanga to Sabah, Malaysia. Jirome Mustakin is wanted for his participation in the abduction and beheading of two Christian Jehovah’s Witnesses on Jolo Island in 2002 when he was just 14.
Afghanistan
Leaks bolster Afghans’ complaints
Afghanistan
Afghans welcome Wikileaks revelations, while Pakistan rejects them
Pakistan
Angry Pakistani officials deny leaked documents’ suggestion of ties to Taliban
Al Qaeda
White House, foreign allies downplay impact of classified document leak
Afghanistan
President Karzai said an ISAF rocket attack killed 52 civilians in Helmand; ISAF said there is no indication civilians were killed. Afghan troops retook control of Barg-e-Matal in Nuristan. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters during operations in Nangarhar, Logar, Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, and Zabul. An ISAF helicopter made […]
Iran
The European Union approved of new sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program. Iran’s envoy to the IAEA said the country is ready for a new round of talks “without conditions.” Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said the government may topple if it continues to cling to power.
Suicide bomber kills 8 while targeting minister in Pakistan’s northwest
The suicide bomber attempted to kill the information minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as he grieved over his son’s death. The Taliban assassinated his son two days ago.
France
President Sarkozy has confirmed the killing of French national Michel Germaneau by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and has sworn that his murder “will not go unpunished.” The French government felt it was their “obligation” to attempt to free Germaneau after the AQIM abduction was “not preceded by the slightest beginnings of a dialogue […]