Bahrain
Bahrain accuses Shia activists of ‘terror campaign’
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Russia
A suicide bomber killed five people and wounded more than 30 in an attack on a military base in the town of Buinaksk in Dagestan. A second bomb was detonated as first responders headed to the attack scene. The driver of a Dagestani minister was killed in a car bomb attack.
Hezbollah
Israel claimed footage from an unmanned aircraft showed that a large explosion in the village of Shehabiyeh took place at a Hezbollah weapons depot. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah brushed off the government’s call for the disarming of militias in Beirut.
Shabaab
Inside al-Shabaab’s media strategy
Pakistan
US Predators killed eight Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. The military killed 14 Taliban fighters in Kurram. The Taliban bombed a girls’ school in Kalam, destroyed three NATO fuel tankers in Kalat, and are imposing shariah in a suburb of Peshawar.
Somalia
African Union forces established nine new bases in Mogadishu. Shabaab chopped off the hands of two men accused of stealing in Beledweyn. Hizbul Islam released prisoners from Afgoi as part of a Ramadan pardon.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four policemen and three civilians in a suicide attack in Kunduz, three civilians in a suicide attack in Kandahar, and an ISAF soldier in the south. Afghan and Coalition forces killed and captured several senior Taliban commanders and fighters during raids in Kandahar, Khost, Paktia, and Takhar.
US airstrike kills 8 in North Waziristan
The strike took place in Data Khel, a region under the control of Hafiz Gul Bahadar.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Al-Qaeda makes a point with Lahore attack
Taliban
Terrorists resurface in Peshawar suburbs
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula killed one soldier and wounded four others during attacks in the provinces of Abyan and Lahj. Nine AQAP operatives, including a local commander, were detained in Lauder. Several hundred Americans may have received training at al Qaeda camps in Yemen.
‘Taliban military commissioner’ captured in Afghan north
Six Taliban fighters were killed during a raid in Takhar that targeted the newly minted deputy shadow governor. The Taliban leader held the job for one day.
Hizb-i-Islami
Hamid Karzai sets up ‘peace council’ to pursue talks with the Taliban
United Kingdom
US Marines, British advisers at odds in Helmand
Taliban
US to temper stance on Afghan corruption
Thailand
A shootout between insurgents and Thai soldiers resulted in the deaths of one soldier and one insurgent in Yala™s Muang district. Two soldiers were also wounded in a raid to apprehend an insurgent bombmaker, Mohammad Sarai. A Muslim village chief was killed in Pattani province.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Pakistani militants stoking sectarian rift – Pakistani interior minister
United States
Defense Secretary Gates offers cautious views on wars
Lebanon
Syria™s solidarity with Islamists ends at home
Iraq
Shia clergy rebuke Iraq politicians over impasse
Al Qaeda in Iraq
In Baghdad, police chief explains why it’s tough to enforce the rule of law
Iraq
Radical Islam is world’s greatest threat – Tony Blair
Taliban
Afghan withdrawal date ’emboldens’ Taliban, US general says
US Predators kill 15 ‘militants’ in pair of strikes in North Waziristan
The attacks took place near Miramshah and in Data Khel. A Taliban commander known as Inayatullah is reported to have been killed.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed 55 people in suicide attacks on a Shia procession in Quetta and an Ahmadi mosque in Mardan. A policeman was killed in an IED attack in Peshawar. US Predators killed 15 Taliban fighters in a pair of attacks in North Waziristan.
Somalia
AU force boosts size, positions in Mogadishu: official
Uganda
Mohammed Mugisha admitted to his involvement in the July 11 suicide attacks in Kampala that killed 76 people. Mugisha said he frequently traveled to Somalia to meet with al Qaeda handlers. Two more suspects, a Somali and a Kenyan, were arrested and charged with involvement in the Kampala attacks.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in Mosul and the brother of an Army colonel in Baghdad. Security forces detained four wanted men at a bomb factory in Wasit and three men for impersonating ministerial advisers in Basrah.
Taliban
Petraeus explains Afghanistan strategy
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters and leaders in Helmand, Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, and Logar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. The US said it has no plan to bail out the Bank in Afghanistan.