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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 15 Iraqis in an attack in Baqubah. Insurgents killed a civilian in an IED attack in Baghdad and a US soldier in the north. Security forces detained 17 insurgents in Kirkuk, 15 wanted men in Diyala, and seven al Qaeda operatives in Mosul and Taji.
Iraq
US – Troops must understand the ‘why™ of the fight, Odierno says
Afghanistan
The Taliban beheaded six Afghan policemen in Baghlan after overrunning a police checkpoint, and killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured an undisclosed number of Taliban fighters in Kunduz, Kabul, and Helmand.
Russia
A squad of fighters from the Islamic Caucasus Emirate attacked a power station in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkariya in southern Russia. Two security guards were killed and the attackers blew up two of the plant’s three power generators.
Kashmir
‘Most wanted™ militant killed in Indian-Administered Kashmir
United States
US general sees Iraq pullout without Arab-Kurd deal
Al Qaeda
Pakistan denies presence of Bin Laden, Mullah Omar
Al Qaeda
Pakistan, Nato to strengthen political framework
Iran
Iran’s Khamenei calls on Muslims to fight ‘terrorism’ fuelled by US and UK
Caucasus
Two killed in militant attack on Russian power station
United States
Top secret America, Part 3: The secrets next door
United Kingdom
UK – Afghanistan withdrawal possible from 2011, says Cameron
Thailand
Insurgents have wounded nine people in a bomb blast at a bus shelter in Sungai Kolok district, Narathiwat province. A teacher at Pattani Technical College was killed in a drive-by shooting in Muang district while a villager was killed in Nong Chik district. A soldier providing protection to teachers was wounded by roadside bomb in […]
North Korea
US announces new sanctions against North Korea
Iran
An Iranian scientist who defected to the US and then returned to Iran is said to have provided Iranian intelligence with valuable information on the CIA. One of four men on trial for plotting to blow up fuel tanks at JFK airport is said to have spied for Iran.
Mauritania
Eleven al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb-linked men are on trial in Nouakchott for the kidnapping of three Spanish aid workers last year. Many of the men are being tried in absentia with four men present in court. One man was sentenced to 12 years for his role in the abduction while a Malian was […]
Somalia
Somali pirates hold 21 foreign vessels: maritime body
Al Qaeda
Pak knows where Osama is: Hillary
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Send less money for drug war, give us more control
United Kingdom
Cameron rebuffs US, says no new inquiry on bomber
Al Qaeda
Tension ramped up a notch in Pakistan
United States
US seeks ways to boost African forces in Somalia
The African Union’s beleaguered Somalia mission
Last week’s Shabaab bombing attacks in Uganda were designed to undermine that country’s support for the African Union Mission in Somalia. Ugandan support or not, AMISOM is underfunded and there are significant questions about whether peacekeeping is suitable for Somalia.
Iran
Iranian conservatives unite in bid to undermine Ahmadinejad
Afghanistan
Leaders renew vows of support for Afghanistan
United States
Top secret America, Part 2: National Security Inc.
Pakistan
Key Pakistani counterterrorism official resigns
Indonesia
Detachment 88, the Indonesian anti-terror squad, has arrested two men connected to Jemaah Islamiyah in West and Central Java. One suspect, Mu™arifin, who was arrested in a mosque, was connected to the hotel bombings in Jakarta in July 2009 and the killing of police officers. The other suspect, Warsito, had known of the whereabouts of […]
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed five Iranians and two Iraqis in an attack at a rest area in Qsaireen in Diyala province. Three Iraqis were killed in a car bombing in the Qaratapa district in northeastern Diyala. Prime Minister Maliki will meet with Iraqiya leader Allawi to discuss the formation of a new government.