Iran
Iran has begun to load fuel into the Bushehr nuclear power plant. Iran and Russia created a joint company to operate the Bushehr plant. The chief of Russia’s Federal Atomic Energy Agency said Iran has a right to nuclear power.
Monthly Archives: August 2010
‘Shiite Zarqawi’ returns to Baghdad from Iran: report
Abu Dura, the notorious Mahdi Army commander, is said to have returned to Iraq after receiving training from Iran’s Qods Force. Abu Dura is known for torturing and executing Sunnis in Baghdad, often with the aid of a power drill.
Taliban commander linked to Iran, al Qaeda targeted in western Afghanistan
Six Taliban fighters and three civilians were killed during the raid in Farah. The Taliban commander targeted is linked to senior al Qaeda and Taliban leaders, and moves foreign fighters from Iran into Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan opening first shariah-based banks: Islamic finance
Afghanistan
Afghanistan corruption: How one town battled a shoddy school and won
Al Qaeda
Foreigners boost insurgency in east Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Taliban attack Afghan guards in deadly raid
Pakistan
Eight Taliban fighters and a soldier were killed during a clash in Arakzai. The Taliban assassinated a policeman in Dera Ismail Khan and torched a NATO fuel tanker in Khudzar. “Banned” terror groups are not permitted to provide support to Pakistan’s flood victims.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two civilians in a bombing in southern Baghdad. Security forces detained an al Qaeda leader and three operatives during raids in Baghdad and Mosul.
Pakistan
US delivers more than 1 million pounds in Pakistan flood relief
Senior Taliban commander killed in eastern Afghanistan
The former deputy shadow governor and military commander of Logar was killed and a district-level commander was captured in separate raids over the past two days.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 30 security guards in an attack on a base in Sangin, and killed two ISAF troops in the south. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kunar, Logar, Paktika, Helmand, and Kandahar. Security forces beat back a Taliban assault on a base in Kunar.
Afghanistan
New Afghan intelligence chief aims to build trust
Soviet workhorses, ISAF training form the backbone of a developing Afghan Air Force
The young AAF is developing with assistance from embedded ISAF trainers and the procurement of new aircraft. Strengths include the experience of Afghan pilots; challenges center around administration and communication.
Afghanistan
Karzai aide part of wider investigation, Afghan officials say
Iran
Russia said that Iran’s new Bushehr nuclear reactor poses no threat. Tehran test fired a new precision ground-to-ground missile. Iran’s gasoline imports dropped by 90 percent in August due to international sanctions.
Pakistan
Pakistan to clamp down on charities linked to militants
Pakistan
Floods expose civilian-military divide in Pakistan
Al Qaeda
Pakistan: Lack of terror convictions hurts fight
Russia
Security forces killed four “militants” in Dagestan during a shootout at a police checkpoint in the Dagestani Khasavyurt district. Moscow heightened security measures in response to bombings in the Caucasus earlier in the week.
Afghanistan
Sniper in Afghan town puts Marines on edge
Al Qaeda in Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda’s front group, claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in Baghdad that killed 57 Iraqi Army recruits in Baghdad. “Our brother triggered and exploded his vest after plunging himself into the crowd,” the terror group said in a statement released on the Internet.
Thailand
A Thai court has ruled that Viktor Bout will be extradited to the United States to face charges pertaining to gun-running and money laundering. Bout, nicknamed the Merchant of Death, has supplied the Taliban and, possibly, al Qaeda fighters throughout the 90s. He maintains he is just a businessman after being caught in a US-Thai […]
India
Embrace Islam or leave Valley, Sikhs threatened
Iran
US is said to assure Israel a nuclear Iran isn™t imminent
Yemen
Hezam Mujali, an al Qaeda operative behind several attacks in Yemen, surrendered to security forces. Mujali was involved in the bombing of the Limburg oil tanker in 2002 and sentenced to death for killing an Army officer in 2004. Mujali escaped from prison in 2006 along with 22 other al Qaeda operatives.
US targets Salafist group allied with the Taliban in Kunar
Three members of the Jamaat ul Dawa al Quran, including a commander, were killed and several more were captured during a raid in the Pech district. In January, Jamaat ul Dawa al Quran swore allegiance to Mullah Omar and the shadow Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Pakistan
Why many Pakistani-Americans aren’t sending flood donations home
China
Seven policemen were killed in an attack on a police patrol in Aksu city in the western province of Xinjiang. A man driving a three-wheeled vehicle lobbed a bomb at the police patrol. Authorities said Uighur separatists were responsible for the attack.
Somalia
Three Hizbul Islam fighters, two soldiers, and two civilians were killed during clashes in Mogadishu. Three civilians at a refugee camp in Mogadishu were killed in a mortar exchange. Hizbul Islam imposed a curfew in Afgoi.