United States
US-led Afghan reconstruction projects to end because of security dispute
Monthly Archives: October 2010
United States
Iraq’s Kurds emerge as kingmakers as Iran tries to flex its muscle
Analysis: Anwar Awlaki’s message to Inspire readers
Two articles by al Qaeda cleric Anwar al Awlaki are featured in the latest edition of Inspire magazine. The publication also mentions the controversy surrounding the Obama administration’s decision to allow US forces to target Awlaki in Yemen.
Afghanistan
Afghan peace council to offer concessions to Taliban
Iraq
Iraqi leaders not following US advice on gov’t
Philippines
Insurgents killed 10 people and wounded 30 in more in a bus bombing in North Cotabato in Mindanao. The bus was carrying 60 people on their way to Tacurong City and exploded near Dalapitan village. Al Khober, a terrorist group composed of Abu Sayyaf Group and MILF fighters, is suspected, due to similar attacks conducted […]
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Paktika, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed four policemen in Herat and an ISAF soldier in the south, and bombed a girls’ school in Logar.
Pakistan
ICRC urges Pakistan to grant access to detention centres
India
India – 42 terror camps active in PoK, new ones added: Army Chief
Afghanistan
Afghan peace council wants Saudi Arabia’s help
Saudi Arabia
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operative Ahmed Abdel Aziz al Jasser and four other operatives plotted to carry out attacks in Saudi Arabia as its military was battling Houthi rebels from Yemen along the border in 2009. Yemen has offered a $50,000 reward for Yasser.
Somalia
Five people were killed during a mortar exchange between African Union and Shabaab forces in Mogadishu. Zachary Adam Chesser pled guilty in a US court to providing material support for Shabaab and encouraging others to attack the producers of South Park. The US backs an increase of African Union forces in Somalia.
United States
The Pentagon invited Anwar al Awlaki, the radical al Qaeda cleric now in hiding in Yemen, to a lunch just weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the US. A few days prior to the Pentagon luncheon, Awlaki was interviewed by the FBI for his associations to three of the 9/11 hijackers.
Yemen
The Yemeni government is waging “what amounts to a guerrilla war with al Qaeda” in Abyan province, a senior security official said. The military claimed several al Qaeda operatives were killed in an airstrike that targeted a vehicle in Abyan.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
The Yemeni government offered a $50,000 reward for Ahmed Abdel Aziz Jasser al Jasser and Turki Mohammad Quleiss al-Shahrani, two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives. The interior ministry described Jasser and Shahrani as being “among the most dangerous al Qaeda operatives to have committed acts of terrorism and sabotage.”
Iran
President Ahmadinejad and Argentinian President Hugo Chavez vowed to form a “new world order.” Turkey’s deputy prime minister said Iran sanctions will not serve to further negotiations.
Al Qaeda
Taliban: ‘Britons are our main bankrollers’
North Korea
Activity detected at North Korea nuclear test site: report
Iran
Iran, Venezuela leaders seek ‘new world order’
Algeria
‘Emir of the south’ Abu Zeid poised to take over al-Qaeda in NW Africa
Afghanistan
Coalition routs Taliban in southern Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Taliban second in command in talks with Afghan and US officials
Germany
Police see over 1,000 militant Islamists in Germany
Germany
The Federal Crime Office estimates “there are more than 1,000 Islamists ready to commit violence” residing in Germany. Police have classified 131 Islamists as “instigators” of terrorism and has opened files on 274 people.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed three paramilitary soldiers in Khyber and wounded a policeman in a grenade attack in Peshawar. Police found four stolen NATO containers in Peshawar. The prime minister said the military will not be deployed in Karachi.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 10 civilians in an IED attack in Nimroz, three civilians in Ghazni, and a British soldier in Helmand. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Paktika, and Baghlan. More than 1/4 of the votes in the parliamentary election have been annulled. An Afghan lawmaker […]
Al Qaeda IED cell member properly detained at Gitmo, judge finds
A DC district judge denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by an Afghan detained at Gitmo. The judge’s decision and declassified memos produced at Gitmo indicate that the detainee, known as Obaydullah, was a member of an al Qaeda IED cell tasked with attacking US forces.
Somalia
The UN will establish a political office in Somalia. Shabaab and Hizbul Islam fighters tortured and then murdered the former police chief in Afgoi. Shabaab banned the use of mobile phone money transfer services. A British aid worker kidnapped in the Galgudud was released.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in an IED attack that targeted the top UN representative to Iraq in Najaf; he was leaving a meeting with Gran Ayatollah Sistani. Insurgents also killed an Awakening fighter in Baghdad. Security forces detained 21 wanted men in Basrah.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Saudi officials said they were not informed by the Yemeni government that Saleh al Raymi was a member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Yemeni officials arrested Raymi, a Saudi citizen, after he landed in Sana’a, and accused him of being a financier.