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Al-Qaida ideologue™s arrest blow to Middle East jihadis
Yearly Archives: 2010
Hamas
Intelligence official: Hamas rockets can reach Tel Aviv
Qatar
Qatar: Arabs embrace democracy over wealth in Doha debate
Afghanistan
US would end Afghan combat by 2014 in plan
Afghanistan
Protecting Afghan women a possible post-combat role for Canada
Caucasus
On the trail of Pakistani terror group’s elusive mastermind behind the Mumbai siege
Afghanistan
Bush says some NATO allies let US down in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
US will begin Afghan withdrawal from July next year: Holbrooke
Pakistan
Pakistan, US, India face common enemy: Holbrooke
Afghanistan
President Karzai said it is time to reduce the number of NATO troops in Afghanistan. The Taliban killed four ISAF soldiers in the east and the south, five policemen in Kandahar and Uruzgan, and a civilian in Nangarhar.
Lebanon
Security forces arrested radical al Qaeda cleric Omar Bakri at his home in Tripoli. Bakri was convicted last week of “belonging to an armed group with the aim of carrying out terrorist acts and plotting to kill Lebanese soldiers.”
Russia
Security forces killed Caucasus Emirate commander Sakhratula Nazhmudinov and two fighters during a raid in Dagestan. Nazhmudinov masterminded the suicide attack that killed four soldiers on a military base in Buinaksk in September.
Iran
Iran’s air defense chief said Israel is too weak to attack the country’s nuclear plants. “They weren’t able to even defeat Hezbollah and Hamas, which are just manifestations of [a part of] our power,” Brigadier General Miqani stated.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula denied its operatives were plotting to attack pilgrims during the hajj to Mecca and Medina. “Al Saud’s desperate attempt to stamp out the mujahideen has made them fabricate lies,” AQAP said in a statement responding to the Saudi interior minister.
Yemen
Security officials denied reports that al Qaeda operatives who recently left Iran have settled in Yemen. Germany lifted the ban of passenger flights originating from Yemen.
Afghanistan
Karzai wants US to reduce military operations in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
NATO seeks Afghan police in south
Bangladesh
A suicide bomber killed one person in an attack in Doulatpur at the home of a member of parliament. Afaz Uddin, the MP from the Awami League party, escaped the attack unhurt; two people are reported to be in critical condition.
Pakistan
US Predators may have killed four civilians in a strike in the Mir Ali region in North Waziristan. Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Kidnappers released the Afghan consul general in Peshawar after two years of captivity.
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed eight civilians, a police commander, and a guard in Kunduz. The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers in the south. Security forces killed and captured scores of Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters and commanders in Helmand, Khost, Logar, and Baghlan, and repelled an assault on a base in Nangarhar.
Al Qaeda
Opposition to US trial likely to keep mastermind of 9/11 attacks in detention
Pakistan
Rebuilding lags in Pakistan area after offensive
United States
US lawmakers drop hold on aid to Lebanese military
Burma
Burma releases pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Pakistan
Pakistani Christian woman appeals over death sentence
Iraq
Iyad Allawi, the leader of the Iraqiya party, said a power-sharing deal with Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is off the table, although some members of his party may join the government. “We think the concept of power-sharing is dead now,” Allawi said.
Somalia
Hassan Dahir Aweys, the leader of Hizbul Islam, called for increased operations against Somali and African Union forces in Mogadishu. Aweys, who is connected to al Qaeda, made the statement in public while preaching at a mosque in the Bakara market in Mogadishu.
Lebanon
The chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee lifted a hold on $100 million in aid to Lebanon’s military. The UN is concerned that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has raised tensions in the country, and Hezbollah has made no efforts to disarm.
Yemen
Senior Yemeni tribal leaders said they would not hand over al Qaeda ideologue Anwar al Awlaki to the government, and denied there was an agreement with the Yemeni government to do so. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed it attacked a natural gas pipeline in Shabwa province.
US Predators kill 4 in North Waziristan
Four civilians may have been killed in the latest US Predator strike.