Monthly Archives: December 2010

Pakistan

US Predators killed 25 terrorists in a pair of strikes in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed a security official in Khyber. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Swat. ISAF denied its helicopters crossed the border into Pakistan.




Afghanistan

A Taliban suicide bomber killed three people in Kandahar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Ghazni, Helmand, and Kapisa. President Karzai’s spokesman urged Pakistan to stop supporting the Taliban.


Iran

Iran corruption claims stoke political infighting







Iraq

Two suicide bombers killed 17 people in an attack on the provincial center in Anbar. Insurgents killed a police major in Diyala. Security forces detained 15 wanted men in Kirkuk, two suicide bombers in Samarra, an al Qaeda leader and several operatives in Tikrit, Kirkuk, and Khalis, and an Ansar al Sunnah leader and two […]


Iran

Iran’s intelligence minister admits hacking into opposition e-mail


Hezbollah Brigades

The Hezbollah Brigades threatened to continue attacks on US forces in Iraq unless the US fully withdraws from the country by the end of 2011, and called for the release of all captive fighters. The Hezbollah Brigades is supported by Iran’s Qods Force.


Indonesia

A court sentenced seven members of al Qaeda in Aceh to jail terms of up to eight years. The al Qaeda operatives were planning to carry out assassinations and attack Westerners in Mumbai-styled terror attacks in Jakarta.


Morocco

Police arrested six members of a terror cell who have expertise in manufacturing explosives and were plotting to carry out car bombings and other attacks. The cell is thought to be targeting Moroccan security forces and other targets in the country and abroad.



United Kingdom

A court charged nine Muslim men for conspiring to carry out terror attacks in the United Kingdom. Twelve men were detained on Dec. 20 during raids in Birmingham, London, Cardiff, and Stoke-on-Trent; three others detained during the raids have been released.






Nigeria

Christians and Muslims fought in the streets of Jos after attacks against Christians took place on Christmas Eve and Day. Buildings were torched and 95 people were reported to have been seriously wounded. A curfew has been imposed.


Russia

Russian Spetsnaz special operations troops killed eight terrorists during a raid in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan. Amir Magomed Sheikhov, a local terrorist leader, was among those killed.


Pakistan

The World Food Program shut down aid delivery in Bajaur after yesterday’s suicide attack. The Taliban killed a truck driver in Mastung who was transporting supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Gilani said US drone attacks in Pakistan are counterproductive.


Afghanistan

Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Ghazni, Kandahar, Khost, and Faryab. Four Turkish workers were kidnapped in Paktia.


Iraq

Security forces killed an insurgent and detained 11 more in Mosul, and detained seven more in Hillah. Insurgents nearly assassinated an interior ministry official in Baghdad.



Iran

Interior Minister Najjar said that he still cannot confirm reports that Pakistan arrested Jundallah leader Abdul Rauf Rigi. Iran agreed to lift a three-week-long blockade of fuel tankers entering Afghanistan. A court sentenced an “Israeli” spy” to death.


Why 2011 is too early for drawdown in Afghanistan

This article from The New York Times on the Andar district in the southeastern Afghan province of Ghazni highlights some of the challenges that Coalition and Afghan forces face in tackling areas of the country that have been ungoverned for years. “And how long has it been since you’ve seen the governor?” the commander, Capt. […]