Al Qaeda
Suicide bomber in Sweden not on security list
Yearly Archives: 2010
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida site: Sweden bomber targeted newspaper
ISAF targets Taliban’s shadow government in Nangarhar
Special operations forces captured the shadow governor of Sherzad, a Taliban and al Qaeda haven in the Afghan east.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured scores of Taliban fighters and commanders in Kandahar, Khost, Nangarhar, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
Iraq
Insurgents killed three civilian civilians in attacks in Baghdad and Kirkuk. Security forces arrested three terrorists involved in the killing of soldiers and civilians in Fallujah. The Army arrested the chairman of the security council in Amiriyat al Fallujah.
Yemen
The Stockholm suicide bomber may have traveled to Yemen in 2007 and 2008. Houthis killed eight people during a clash in Sana’a. The deputy commander of intelligence in Abyan province escaped an assassination attempt.
Somalia
Shabaab seized large areas of the Lower Shabelle region from Hizbul Islam. Hizbul Islam arrested several of its leaders in Afgoi suspected of being associated with Shabaab. Hizbul Islam is now confined to a small region south of Mogadishu.
Al Qaeda
Threat to NATO referencing ‘Battle of Stockholm’
United States
Obama’s Afghan review: As the war drags on, a mere formality?
Sweden
UK mosque: Stockholm bomber didn’t seem violent
Iran
North Korean nuclear ability seen to far outpace Iran’s
Indonesia
5 terror suspects arrested in Indonesia
Iraq
Analysis: Conviction grows Sweden bomber had help
Sweden
Security is being heightened in Stockholm over concerns the suicide bomber who detonated in a busy downtown street on Dec. 11 may have had accomplices. Sweden’s intelligence agency SAPO has launched an international investigation into the terrorist attack. Newspaper reports suggest that SAPO is aware of approximately 200 people in Sweden who are involved in […]
South Korea
The head of South Korea’s army resigned today in the wake of revelations that North Korea has been secretly enriching uranium for possible use in nuclear weapons. His resignation follows the replacement of South Korea’s defense minister two weeks ago after North Korea shelled a South Korean island.
Al Qaeda
Stockholm bomber: police hunt accomplices after ‘mystery cough’ on tape
Afghanistan
Holbrooke’s death leaves major void in Obama’s Afghan strategy
Afghanistan
Former US envoy in Afghanistan worried about insurgent havens in Pakistan
Germany
German authorities conducted simultaneous raids today in the states of Bremen, Lower Saxony, and North Rhine Westphalia against suspected “Salafist networks” that may be attempting to impose an Islamic state. The raids targeted two groups: the Islamic Culture Center of Bremen; and Invitation to Paradise, in Brunswick and Monchengladbach. The German Interior Ministry said the […]
North Korea
South Korea suspects North has more uranium sites
Iran
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has designated Ali Akbar Salehi, his nuclear chief and ally, as ‘caretaker’ foreign minister, replacing Manouchehr Mottaki. King Abdullah of Jordan plans to meet with the Iranian president. Israeli Defense Minister Barak traveled to the US to discuss Iran and Mideast diplomacy.
US Predators kill 4 ‘rebels’ in North Waziristan strike
The attack took place in an area under the control of the Haqqani Network.
Afghanistan
Richard C. Holbrooke, 1941-2010: strong American voice in diplomacy and crisis
Afghanistan
Army company listens to suicide bombing unfold over the radio
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Arrests made over carbomb attack that killed six Americans
Sweden
Sweden bomber sought big targets; new threat made
Indonesia
Police charged Abu Bakar Bashir, Jemaah Islamiyah’s spiritual leader, with inciting terrorism due to his involvement with an al Qaeda camp in Aceh. Bashir can receive the death sentence if convicted.
Russia
Security forces killed three terrorists and a civilian in an attack on a hideout in Buinaksk in Dagestan. Ali Abu Muhammad al Dagestani, the new supreme judge of the Caucasus Emirate, accepted the position despite being unqualified for the job.
Stockholm suicide bomber trained for jihad for 4 years
While this seemed painfully obvious the day of the attack, it now appears certain that Taimour Abdulwahab, the Stockholm man who attempted to detonate the car bomb and then a vest in the city, died from that most horrible affliction known to suicide bombers: premature detonation. And via The New York Times, we learn that […]
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Iraqi security forces enable progress, US general says