Yearly Archives: 2010

Somalia

| December 3, 2010

Shabaab defeated a Hizbul Islam attack on the town of Burhakaba after two days of fighting. Both Shabaab and the African Union claimed victory after a week of fighting in Mogadishu.

Kenya

| December 3, 2010

Three suspected Islamist fighters ambushed a police vehicle in Nairobi, killing one police officer in what appears to be a grenade attack. The ambush took place in Eastleigh, a neighborhood known as “Little Mogadishu,” and largely populated by Somalis.

Malaysia

| December 3, 2010

Police in Johor arrested Fadli Sadama, a courier for slain Jemaah Islamiyah and al Qaeda leader Noordin Mohammad Top. Sadama was believed to be plotting to attack an Indonesia prison.

Afghanistan

| December 3, 2010

Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured dozens of Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Wardak, and Khost. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in an attack in the south. President Obama visited Kabul but did not meet President Karzai,

Iran

| December 3, 2010

Wider window into Iran’s missile capabilities offers a murkier view

Pakistan

| December 2, 2010

The US added Amanullah Afrid, the top leader of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi; Matiur Rehman, LeJ’s operations chief; and Abdul Rauf Azhar, senior leader in Jaish-e-Mohammed, to its list of global terrorists. The Taliban killed a NATO truck driver and torched his truck in Mardan,

Europe

| December 2, 2010

EU must spend more to fight terrorism: counter-terror chief

Afghanistan

| December 2, 2010

Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Uruzgan, Helmand, and Ghazni. President Karzai said ISAF killed an innocent former local government official in Helmand. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in attacks in the south and the east. A Dutch NGO worker and his Afghan driver kidnapped in […]

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| December 2, 2010

Afghanistan and the culture of military leadership

Iraq

| December 2, 2010

Security forces killed three terrorists and detained a Moroccan in Mosul, and arrested a senior al Qaeda leader in al-Furat al-Aswat and 17 wanted men in Kirkuk. The interior ministry claimed al Qaeda’s network in Anbar has been rolled up. Insurgents killed an Army officer in Jalawlaa and a civilian in Mosul.

What are the Taliban telling us about Kandahar?

| December 2, 2010

Over the past several weeks, the Taliban’s info-machine has been busy sharing in detail what they want us to see happening in Kandahar. Here are the longer pieces that have been posted to the Voice of Jihad English-language site since Oct. 27: “The Americans can no longer conceal their defeat in the Kandahar Operations” [screen […]

Somalia

| December 2, 2010

Twenty people were killed during fighting between Shabaab fighters and Somali and African Union troops in Mogadishu. Six Islamist commanders were among 15 people killed during clashes between Shabaab and Hizbul Islam forces in Burhakaba. Shabaab accused Somaliland of opening Christian schools.

Uganda

| December 2, 2010

A Ugandan court acquitted 18 men accused of involvement in the July 2010 double suicide bombing in Kampala, which killed 74 people. Seventeen others have been remanded to custody for trial.

Yemen

| December 2, 2010

The Yemeni government claimed WikiLeaks “is lying and publishing totally untrue documents.” Vice President Hadi insisted that the US only provides logistical and technical support to the Yemeni military.