Al Qaeda
Iraq goes on highest alert for terror attacks
Monthly Archives: August 2010
US Predator strike kills 4 ‘terrorists’ in Pakistan’s northwest
The attack took place in Kurram. The US has struck targets in Kurram just two other times since 2004.
Al Qaeda
Canada arrests of citizens raise concerns of homegrown terrorism
United States
US aid chief says threatened in Pakistan
Afghanistan
UN: Rate of Afghan refugees returning home ‘doubles’
Somalia
Somalis flee fourth day of violence in Mogadishu
Iraq
Insurgents killed three policemen in Ninewa, two civilians near Hillah, and another in Mosul. Security forces detained seven al Qaeda fighters in Taji and a leader in Anbar, four wanted men in Tal Afar, three terrorists in Basrah, and a Promised Day Brigade leader and two fighters in Baghdad.
Nigeria
Investigators believe the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram is responsible for the targeted killings of three policemen in the north. Two Boko Haram members were detained for downloading propaganda from the group’s slain leader.
Afghanistan
Karzai says US troop withdrawal plans have energized Taliban
Afghanistan
ISAF and Afghan forces killed more than 90 Taliban fighters during long-term operations in Kabul and Laghman, and recently detained several Taliban fighters in Kunduz, Khost, Paktia, and Paktika. The Taliban killed three US soldiers in attacks in the south and east. President Karzai said the US announcement of a beginning of a withdrawal date […]
Coalition, Afghan forces strike at al Qaeda-linked cells in north and east
Al Qaeda-linked cells are targeted in in Kunduz, Badakhshan, and Paktika, while more than 90 Taliban fighters were killed in Kabul and Laghman.
Pakistan
The son of General Tariq Majid, the chairman of the Army’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, was kidnapped in Lahore. One person was killed in a bombing in Mansehra. The Taliban bombed three tankers in Quetta, Kalat, and Mastung, and a school in Khyber. The Ittehad Mujahideen Khurasan announced an amnesty for “US spies.”
Yemen
Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard warned that al Qaeda is gaining strength in southern Yemen and said outside intervention would be needed to help the government. The government and Houthi rebels agreed to begin negotiations during a meeting in Qatar.
India
Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s former leader in Afghanistan and top financial official, claimed al Qaeda carried out a bombing at a German bakery in Pune. Yazid, who was killed in a Predator strike in Pakistan in May, created a videotape claiming credit for the attack.
Al Qaeda
Osama’s bodyguard warns of escalation in Yemen
Afghanistan
CIA making secret payments to members of Karzai administration
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban attackers had pinpointed the helicopter David Cameron was in
Pakistan
Pakistan floods: ‘The worst is yet to come’
Al Qaeda
Administration halts prosecution of alleged USS Cole bomber
Iran
The media was banned from reporting on the opposition parties. France urged the UN to threaten more sanctions. A foiled al Qaeda plot in Canada revealed links to persons in Iran.
Iraq
Insurgents killed seven Awakening fighters in Miqdadiyah. Security forces killed an al Qaeda fighter and detained 38, including an emir, in Diyala, Al Kut, Basrah, Baghdad, and Samarra.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
UK faces new wave of homegrown attacks: report
Afghanistan
In Afghan vote, young aim to change face of parliament
Pakistan
Pakistani Christians face aid discrimination: Vatican
Al Qaeda
Yemen rejects US role in fighting al-Qaida
Canada
Police arrested three Muslim men involved in a plot to assemble bombs as well as support terrorists fighting in Afghanistan. “This group posed a real and serious threat to the citizens of the national capital region and Canada’s national security,” the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Chief Superintendent said.
Al Qaeda
Police say Ottawa suspects planned bomb attacks
Afghanistan
Fears Taliban expanding in Afghan north, west
Al Qaeda
Terror suspects arrested in Canada linked to Al-Qaeda
Afghanistan
Forces roll-up Taliban, Haqqani, Islamic fundamentalists