Sudan
Sudan: Women are punished with ‘600,000’ lashes a year
Yearly Archives: 2010
Afghanistan
Commentary: The danger of marginalizing Afghanistan’s Pashtuns
Pakistan
ISI blows cover of CIA man in Islamabad
US Predators kill 7 Taliban fighters in Khyber
The strike in Khyber is just the second in the vital tribal agency this year.
Pakistan
Hafiz Saeed makes public appearance, supports blasphemy laws
Sweden
WikiLeaks: Swedish government ‘hid’ anti-terror operations with America from Parliament
Sweden
Stockholm bomber: police fear accomplice is on the loose
Al Qaeda
Obama war review: Taliban, al-Qaida diminished
AQAP operative Fahd al Quso denies reports of his death
Quso granted an interview with a Saudi newspaper from his mountain stronghold in Yemen’s Shabwa province.
Afghanistan
Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s chief ideologue, called on Pakistanis to attack US interests in their country to avenge the imprisonment of Aafia Siddiqui. Yazid said Pakistanis should attack US airplanes, buildings, and convoys moving supplies and fuel into Afghanistan.
Iran
Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki is concerned about a possible oil deal between Chevron and Iran on the Iran-Iraq border. An American citizen is accused of trying to sell military equipment to Russia and Iran. Russia announced plans to team up with Iran to fight terror. International sanctions have forced Iran to reduce its aid to […]
Afghanistan
US puts off Afghan moves
Denmark
Fears of extremism widen to Scandinavia
Hizb ut-Tahrir
Stockholm bomber’s wife and children are victims too, says grandfather
Hamas
Palestinian Authority cracks down on mosques to promote moderate Islam
Afghanistan
NATO push deals Taliban a setback in Kandahar
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Taliban extend reach to north, where armed groups reign
Al Qaeda
Commander describes nature of eastern Afghanistan fight
‘White’ Britons reported killed in North Waziristan strike
From The Telegraph, via Channel Four News, comes this report that two “white” Britons were killed in the Dec. 10 Predator strike in the village of Khadar Khel in the Datta Khel area of South Waziristan: A pair of white British Muslim converts who joined al-Qaeda have been killed in a drone attack in a […]
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured dozens of Taliban fighters and commanders in Kandahar, Zabul, Ghazni, Khost, and Paktia. The Taliban killed three civilians in Kandahar and an ISAF soldier in the east.
Somalia
Hizbul Islam leader Hassan Dahir Aweys vowed to defend Afgoi, its last remaining bastion, from Shabaab. A member of parliament seized control of the port in Mogadishu. The government suspended UNICEF and Red Cross operations.
Palestinian al Qaeda operative reported killed in Afghanistan
Mahmud Abu Rideh was detained in the United Kingdom for four years, and his control order was lifted last summer. His death has not been confirmed.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Senior Iraqi security officials said that al Qaeda in Iraq is involved in a plot to carry out attacks in Europe and the US during the Christmas season. The cell, which included a Tunisian, was receiving direct orders from al Qaeda’s central leadership in Pakistan.
Sweden
SAPO, Sweden’s security service, claimed that more than 200 Islamic extremists reside in the country, while “Islamic extremism … encompasses relatively limited phenomena which can primarily be dealt with through preventative measures.” A jihadist forum threatened further attacks against Volvo and IKEA.
United Kingdom
A court was told that Abid Naseer, a Pakistani citizen, planned to carry out a bombing in Manchester in April 2009 as part of al Qaeda’s plot to carry out attacks in Europe and the US. The US is seeking the extradition of Naseer for his involvement with al Qaeda.
Iran
Jundallah claimed two of its suicide bombers targeted the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in an attack at a mosque in Chabahar in Sistan and Balouchestan province. Forty-one people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. Iran said it captured one of the bombers.
Jundallah claims suicide attack at Iranian mosque
The suicide attack today killed 41 people. Jundallah claimed that the suicide bombers targeted Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
Afghanistan
US appoints acting successor to Holbrooke
Pakistan
Ashura tests Pakistan’s security resolve
Afghanistan
US, NATO predict heavier fighting this winter