Monthly Archives: December 2010





India

Pakistan – Jamaat-e-Islami against US summon of ISI officials


Al Qaeda

Yemen to crack down on regional al-Qaeda wing with special forces deployed to provinces


Shabaab

Somalis are desperate for a new life, but refugees face a dangerous road



Lebanon

Abu Ramez Sahmarani, the leader of Jund al Sham, an al Qaeda-linked group in Lebanon, was found dead in the Ein al Hilweh camp. Sahmarani “was found handcuffed, blindfolded and shot execution-style in the back of his head.”



Iran

Why Ahmadinejad is dismissing high-level Iranian officials


Hamas

Hamas armed wing says interested in keeping calm in Gaza





Iran

Iran poised to execute student accused of being Kurd terrorist


Nigeria

The death toll in the Christmas Eve bombings in Jos rose to 32. Six Christians were killed in attacks on two churches in Maiduguri. Boko Haram is suspected of carrying out the attacks.


Pakistan

A female Taliban suicide bomber killed 42 civilians in an attack at a World Food Program ration distribution point in Bajaur. The Taliban kidnapped 25 tribal leaders who met with General Kayani in South Waziristan. Security forces killed 16 Taliban fighters in Mohmand.





Afghanistan

The Taliban killed two soldiers, two policemen, and a German aid worker in attacks throughout the country. Twenty Taliban fighters surrendered to the government in Badghis. Afghan troops captured four Taliban fighters in Logar.


The Netherlands

Police arrested 12 Somalis in Rotterdam after receiving intelligence of a plot to carry out attacks in the country. Searches of several homes, two motel rooms, and a telephone shop failed to uncover any weapons or explosives.


Iraq

Security forces detained 12 wanted men in Kirkuk, eight al Qaeda operatives including two Syrians in Anbar, and an escaped prisoner in Tal Afar. Iraqi soldiers accidentally killed a civilian in a shooting in Mosul.


Philippines

Eleven people were wounded in a bombing during Christmas Day mass at a Catholic church in a police camp on Jolo Island in Sulu province. The al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Group is suspected of carrying out the attack.


Iran

Iran claimed it will launch two new satellites into earth’s orbit by March 2011. Iran’s natural gas exports to Turkey hit a record high this year; Iran hopes to make $50 billion annually in natural gas exports.



Pakistan

Pakistan – Protestors warn of anarchy if blasphemy law changed



Nigeria

At least eight people were killed and dozens more were wounded in five bombings in the city of Jos. Boko Haram had issued letters last week threatening to attack Christians in the state of Plateau.