Burma
Wikileaks: North Korea ‘helps Burma with nuclear sites’
Yearly Archives: 2010
India
Pakistan media hoaxed by bogus anti-India cables
Afghanistan
Life among US enemies: Embedded with the Taliban
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 15 civilians in an attack on a hospital in Hangu. A US airstrike killed four “militants” in North Waziristan. Nine Taliban fighters and one soldier were killed during clashes in South Waziristan. Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in Swat.
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Wardak, and Kunar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. A suicide bomber killed only himself in a failed attack in Nangarhar.
Indonesia
Police arrested wanted Jemaah Islamiyah operative Abu Tholut during a raid at his home in Central Java. Tholut has been involved in multiple bombings in Indonesia, established a training camp in Aceh, and is involved in fundraising and recruiting and training terror cells.
Iraq
The US military confirmed a soldier was killed yesterday during operations in the Iraqi south. Security forces captured an al Qaeda leader in Al Kut , and four insurgents in Kirkuk who killed a policeman in an attack on a checkpoint.
Somalia
Families in Kismayo said Shabaab is pressing young men to fight in Mogadishu, and the families are not allowed to contact their sons. Djibouti has reopened its embassy in Mogadishu.
Al Qaeda
Abu Abdelrahman al Qahtani, a Yemeni al Qaeda commander, is reported to have been killed along the Afghan-Pakistani border. Qahtani is associated with Humam al Balawi, the suicide bomber who attack Camp Chapman in Khost, Afghanistn, killing seven CIA officials and a Jordanian intelligence officer. The report is unconfirmed.
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda ‘has obtained a global list of sensitive sites’
Pakistan
Pakistani police most frequent recipients of bribes: Transparency International survey
Pakistan
US suspends aid group in Pakistan fraud probe
Shabaab
Somali radio station wins press freedom award
Yemeni al Qaeda commander reported killed
Evan Kohlmann is reporting, via Twitter, that a Yemeni al Qaeda commander has been killed somewhere along the Afghan-Pakistani border. Here is Kohlmann’s first Tweet: Slain Yemeni AQ commander Abu Abdelrahman al-Qahtani has been linked to Camp Chapman bomber Humam al-Balawi (aka Abu Dujanah al-Khorasani). Kohlmann followed that up with a quick description of Qahtani: […]
United States
FAA loses track of 119,000 aircraft
Iran
The Stuxnet virus which sabotaged cetrifuge control software remains out of control at Iran’s nuclear facilities. US Defense Secretary Gates said the Gulf states support sanctions against Iran and are concerned about Iran’s “aggressive behavior” in the region.
US Predators strike al Qaeda stronghold in North Waziristan
The strike is the second this month; both strikes have hit targets in Datta Khel, a haven for al Qaeda’s leadership cadre.
Suicide bomber kills 10 in attack at hospital in Pakistan
The Taliban and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have carried out four suicide attacks over the past five days.
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan troops killed three Taliban fighters and detained 20 more during raids in Kandahar, Zabul, Helmand, and Badghis. Eighteen deminers were kidnapped in Khost province.
Shocking! Pakistan’s ISI fakes WikiLeaks cables, points finger at India
We’re pleased we delayed the announcement of a winner of this month’s Captain Louis Renault Award the other day, because this story from The Guardian is truly worthy of the honor. Someone in Pakistan is manufacturing US cables in the WikiLeaks document dump. The faux cables are said to claim that the US is concerned […]
Afghanistan
Gates says troop infusion is making a difference in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
Insecurity and violence spreads to northern Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pakistan – Lashkars threaten to end govt support in war on terror
Al Qaeda
Kidnapped by the Taliban
Sweden
A court sentenced two Somalis to jail terms of four years each for plotting to carry out terror attacks in Somalia. Shabaab operatives Mohamoud Jama and Bille Ilias Mohamed were arrested in the cities of Gothenburg and Stockholm this spring after police discovered they intended to become suicide bombers.
United States
Pakistani media publish fake WikiLeaks cables attacking India
Iraq
Iraqi parliament factions ‘agree on some ministerial posts’
Iraq
An Iraqi newspaper claimed a US soldier was killed in a sniper attack in Babil province on Saturday. Security forces captured a female al Qaeda suicide bomber before she could attack a Shia procession in Diyala province.
Somalia
Puntland security forces killed two Shabaab “assassins” who shot and wounded a government official in Bosaso. Shabaab trained 300 fighters in Baidoa, the former seat of government of the Transitional Federal Government.
Yemen
Police arrested eight suspects thought to be involved in yesterday’s bombing at a khat market in Sana’a. Bell Helicopter has been awarded a $27 million contract to supply helicopters to the Yemeni military.