The Yemeni Air Force targeted al Qaeda compounds in Abyan province. The prime minister assured international oil investors that al Qaeda will be defeated as the government announced that Yemen™s total oil reserves is estimated at 11.9 billion barrels. A former intelligence chief was wounded in an al Qaeda attack in Zinjbar.
Get tough on Pakistan
Eight Pakistani soldiers have been killed in attacks since Oct. 15, and another was captured.
US plans increased military aid for Pakistan
Hezbollah riding on a wave of confidence
Yemen: Residents flee government air raids
Chechnya parliament attackers ‘arrived by taxi’
Petraeus rewrites the playbook in Afghanistan
Pakistan: 4-day death toll rises to 51 in Karachi
Tehran complained that the jet fuel ban on Iranian aircraft in Western airports is illegal. The two remaining US hikers jailed in Iran will be tried for spying. The IAEA announced that Tehran has enriched 30 kg of uranium to 20 percent.
Twenty-nine people died in targeted killings in Karachi. The Taliban killed three Pakistani soldiers in South Waziristan and destroyed two NATO supply trucks in Kalat. The US is finalizing a $2 billion military aid package to Pakistan.
Pakistan’s haven for terror unit irks US
French court: Terror suspects must have lawyers during questioning
High-level talks aim for an end to the Afghan war
What a difference a few days make. This week, we saw the Taliban’s official web page post a statement saying “the U.S. needs to guarantee a withdrawal deadline in writing before we’ll consider talking.” Now, the official Voice of Jihad English-language site has a different, but far more familiar message [Voice of Jihad statement here, […]
CIA inquiry finds ‘systemic breakdowns’ in Afghan bombing that killed agents
The Afghan National Army in combat: dazed and confused?
Bader Mohammed Nasser al Shihri, a wanted al Qaeda operative, contacted the Pakistani government and is seeking to turn himself in to Saudi authorities. Al Shihri is a Saudi citizen and is on the Kingdom’s list of 85 most wanted terrorists.
Iran’s top leader seeks to end rifts with clerics
Two Britons linked to al-Qaida plans to attack Danish newspaper
Helmand governor asks for help in fight against poppy
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Baghlan, Ghazni, and Paktika. The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers, two policemen, and two civilians in attacks in Kandahar, Logar, and the south. In Kunduz, 60 Taliban fighters laid down their weapons.
Insurgents killed nine members of a mukhtar’s family after detonating four IEDs planted in the home in Tikrit, and killed a civilian in an IED attack in Baqubah. An insurgent died in a premature detonation in Mosul. Security forces detained 10 wanted men in Kirkuk. Prime Minister Maliki met with Muqtada al Sadr in Iran.
Twelve people were killed during clashes in Beledweyne between pro-government forces and Shabaab fighters. “Gunmen” ambushed and killed 20 Shabaab fighters in Hiran province. Puntland security forces captured four Shabaab fighters in the Galgala mountains.
Coalition and Afghan forces killed Gul Nabi, a mid-level Taliban commander and an al Qaeda associate, during a firefight in the Pech River Valley in Kunar. Nabi “facilitated the movement of Pakistani and Arab fighters into Kunar province.”
The Caucasus Emirate launched a suicide assault on the Chechen parliament in the capital of Grozny this morning. The suicide team penetrated security and entered the building before being killed by security forces. Four terrorists and four policemen were killed.
Al Qaeda fighting ‘guerrilla war in southern Yemen’
Security officials claimed that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters are cornered in the town of Tha’aba in Abyan province. The Specialized Criminal Court in Sana™a postponed the trial of four AQAP cell members.
Gul Nabi was killed during a firefight in the Pech River Valley. Nabi “facilitated the movement of Pakistani and Arab fighters into Kunar province.”
Indian gov’t: Pakistan spies tied to Mumbai siege