Al Qaeda
France firm on burqa ban despite bin Laden threat
France firm on burqa ban despite bin Laden threat
In Pakistan, religious shrines step up security against attacks
A sheikh said that US Predators are flying over Marib daily. Three people were killed in clashes between pro-government tribes and Shia Houthi rebels in the north. Al Qaeda bombed the car of an intelligence chief.
Afghan militia fighters trained Australian troops to fight Taliban
Don™t aid Hariri tribunal, Hezbollah warns
NATO chief pledges to uphold Afghan women’s rights
The EU announced that Iran is ready to resume talks about its nuclear program. General Petraeus called Tehran’s payments to Afghan government “disingenuous.” Singapore agreed to enforce shipping sanctions on Iran.
Somali militants grow more brazen in attack
US defense official sees Afghan progress
US Predators killed three Arab al Qaeda fighters and four Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. The Pakistani air force killed 12 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. The Taliban beheaded three “criminals” in Mohmand. The Haqqani Network is negotiating with the Turi tribe in Kurram.
France will begin withdrawing troops in 2011. The Taliban killed three civilians in Zabul, a policeman in Takhar, and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, and Logar.
UK – Terrorist whips up crowd minutes after release from jail
Kandahar campaign’s fate not clear until June: NATO
FBI: Subway bomb suspect wanted to become a martyr
Al-Qaida said to be planning European hostage-takings
US military has delivered over 20 million pounds of flood relief supplies to Pakistan
Taliban in peace talks with Pakistani tribe
Watchdog: Afghan company botched Afghan police stations
Iranian officials renew warnings over ‘soft war’
Afghans blast Pakistan over insurgent fight
US not tracking spending on Afghan projects, audit says
MI6 chief Sir John Sawers says torture illegal
Don™t ignore our ways, Afghan tribal elders say
Qatar: a tiny state with global ambitions
The US and the EU are preparing a new offer to Iran over its nuclear program. Tehran applied for a position on the new UN initiative for women. Nigerian law enforcement seized 13 containers of Iranian weapons at the port of Lagos.
Insurgents launched a series of attacks on senior police officers, killing two colonels and wounding a general and a colonel in Baghdad and Jalawlaa. A suicide bomber killed a policeman in Mosul. Security forces detained 26 wanted men in Basrah and Wasit.
Shabaab executed two teenage girls for “spying.” Fighting between Shabaab and Somali forces in the Bakool region left 15 people dead. Gunmen murdered six clerics in central Somalia. A Danish warship destroyed a pirate boat.
Jamal Ahmed Mairan, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arbian Peninsula in the towns of Lauder and Modia, surrendered to authorities in Abyan province. A court charged Sharif Mobley, an American citizen with ties to al Qaeda, with murder.
“Winds of Paradise – Part 5” eulogizes five al Qaeda commanders who fought in seven of Afghanistan’s provinces and are representative of the unnamed leaders who serve as the terror group’s deep bench.
Three Arabs are reported to have been among those killed in the al Qaeda hub in North Waziristan.