Russia
Moscow’s gray weapons market: Russian intelligence supports dubious arms deals
Yearly Archives: 2010
Pakistan
Dispute over religious holiday leads to Pakistan mosque shoot-out
Afghanistan
AfPak strategy at ‘critical point’
NATO
NATO to outline new strategies for new realities
Afghanistan
NATO is razing booby-trapped Afghan homes
Afghanistan
Commander: Night raids designed to protect Afghans
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US must sustain military might, Gates says
Germany
The Interior Ministry announced it is increasing security at airports and train stations across Germany after receiving “concrete information” about a planned terror attack at the end of November. German intelligence received “a tip from an international partner after the Yemen incident.”
Iran
Iran began a three-day-long air defense war game. Iran and Azerbaijan will increase energy cooperation. BP shut down the Rhum gas field in Aberdeen because the joint venture with Iranian Oil Company violated international sanctions.
Yemen
The military claimed 27 Shia Houthi rebels were killed during fighting in the Manbah district in Sa’ada province. The Secretary General of the Arab League said the West would not intervene in Yemen after the failed parcel bomb plot.
Pakistan
UK Muslim author seeks roots of militancy
Pakistan
‘Pakistan dangerous for journalists™
Thailand
Viktor Bout, the infamous Russian arms dealer that supplied weapons to the Taliban and African rebel groups throughout the 90s, has been extradited to New York to stand trial. Russia has berated the US and Thailand’s government for it’s “blatant injustice” in regard to Bout, whom they insist is an innocent victim. Bout faces a […]
Afghanistan
US courts Afghans through television
Afghanistan
Kabul is offered wider role in US missions
NATO
NATO to outline new strategies for new realities
United States
A federal court in San Diego charged Nima Ali Yusuf with aiding Shabaab, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia. A federal court in Boston charged Aftab Ali with immigration violations. Ali had passed $5,000 to failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad.
Pakistan
The US killed 20 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in an attack on a camp in North Waziristan. The Taliban executed three “US spies” in North Waziristan and bombed a school and the home of a tribal leader in Mohmand. Security forces arrested two al Qaeda operatives in Karachi.
United States
‘Merchant of Death’ Viktor Bout extradited
Al Qaeda in Iraq
France’s Sarkozy “very worried” about Mali hostages
China
Google accuses countries of violating WTO rules on internet access
United States
Internet traffic was routed via Chinese servers
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two guards and two civilians in attacks in Uruzgan and Kunduz, two ISAF troops in the south and east, and a tribal elder in a suicide attack in Uruzgan. Coalition and Afghan forces detained several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, and Paktia.
Lebanon
Radical al Qaeda cleric Omar Bakri appointed Hezbollah member of parliament Nawwar Sahili to act as his lawyer for his upcoming retrial. “I urge Hassan Nasrallah to look at the injustice facing Omar Bakri who backs all resistance (movements) against Israel,” Bakri told reporters.
NATO
The search for a new NATO strategy: ‘military power can’t cure everything’
Russia
Russia, India, China seek stepped up efforts against terrorism
Iraq
Iraqiya leader Iyad Allawi said he is unsure if he will join in a wide political coalition to form a new government. Insurgents killed five Iraqis, including two Christians, in Mosul.
Afghanistan
Rare Medal of Honor to living recipient
Afghanistan
Despite gains, night raids split US and Karzai
Somalia
Seven people were killed during clashes between Shabaab and Somali and African Union forces in Mogadishu. Somalia was ranked number one in the global terrorism risk index.