The Taliban
The Pakistani government reportedly released Mullah Baradar, Mullah Omar’s former deputy, from custody. Qari Hussain Mehsud is rumored to have been killed in a Predator strike in North Waziristan earlier this month.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Pakistan releases Mullah Baradar?
An old photograph of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the former leader of the Quetta Shura who was detained in Karachi. Image from The New York Times. Reports from Pakistan indicate that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Mullah Omar’s deputy and the former leader of the Quetta Shuara, has been “freed” from Pakistani custody (it is somewhat […]
Al Qaeda
Reported plea deal in Guantanamo case draws fire
Reflections on the al Qaeda plot in Europe
Earlier today, I served as a panelist at an FDD event on the current warnings about an al Qaeda plot in Europe. The panel, moderated by Clifford D. May, also featured Frank Cilluffo of George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute and Tom Joscelyn of both FDD and LWJ. This entry is excerpted from my […]
Afghanistan
New report paints gloomy picture on Afghan safety
Pakistan
Pakistan – Supreme court directs law enforcement agencies to check rising incidents of acid attacks
Iraq
Two insurgents and two policemen were killed during a clash in Haditha. Insurgents killed a policeman in Baghdad. Security forces detained seven al Qaeda operatives near Fallujah and two wanted men in Kirkuk.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Intelligence agencies monitoring 6,000 suspected persons
United Kingdom
Clinton: UK defense cuts worry US
Iraq
Iraqi police and army officers targeted in new wave of violence
Qari Hussain Mehsud killed in Predator strike?
Image from an audiotape from Qari Hussain Mehsud, who takes credit for the failed car bombing in New York City. Qari Hussain is a senior leader and master bomb maker in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. YouTube has removed the audiotape. I have been hearing rumors that Qari Hussain Mehsud, the deputy to […]
Afghanistan
Karzai’s brother might be indicted for evading US taxes
Afghanistan
General Petraeus admitted that NATO facilitated the movement of Taliban leaders to Kabul for peace talks. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Zabul, Wardak, and Sar-i-Pul. The Taliban killed three ISAF troops, a policeman, and several civilians.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan militant variety tests West security: US
Al Qaeda
Radical Islamists aim to infiltrate Hamburg mosques
Russia
Russia to build nuclear power station in Venezuela
United States
US uses attacks to nudge Taliban toward a deal
Russia
Caucasus Emirate fighters killed three policemen in an attack near the village of Agvali in Dagestan. Police killed one “militant” in a shootout near the city of Derbent in Dagestan.
Somalia
One person was killed during clashes between Shabaab and Somali forces in Mogadishu. Two aid workers from Save the Children were kidnapped by “Armed gunmen” in Adodo. An Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama™a leader took control of the Adodo district.
Sweden
Prosecutors have charged two Swedish men of Somali origins with plotting to return to Somalia to carry out suicide attacks. The two men have been linked to Shabab leader Yassin Ismail Ahmed.
Hezbollah
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, presented Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad with a rifle captured from an Israeli soldier during the 2006 war. The two leaders met at the Iranian embassy in Beirut. Ahmedinejad vowed to continue to support Hezbollah.
Iran
Iran’s foreign minister hinted at resuming nuclear talks during his visit to Brussels. Inpex announced its plan to exit an Iranian oil project. Iran will take over the OPEC presidency for the first time in 36 years.
US Predators launch pair of strikes in Mir Ali
Up to five “militants” were reported killed. Five of the last 11 strikes have hit targets in Mir Ali.
Hezbollah
Hezbollah’s Boy Scouts
Pakistan
The prime minister said no promise has been made to tackle the Taliban in North Waziristan. Security forces detained seven Lashkar-e-Jhangvi members for plotting to attack the prime minister of Pakistan. The Taliban bombed a shrine in Landikotal and released a video of a professor kidnapped in September.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed eight ISAF soldiers in five separate attacks in the south, west, and east. Coalition and Afghan forces captured the Taliban’s deputy shadow governor of Nimroz, and killed 17 fighters in Helmand and two commanders and several more fighters in Ghazni.
Pakistan
Pakistan flood crisis blamed partly on deforestation by ‘timber mafia,’ Taliban
Hizb-i-Islami
What Pakistan wants: US aid
Afghanistan
Brigade linked to Afghan civilian deaths had aggressive, divergent war strategy
Pakistan
Gilani’s remarks disrespect for Afghan sovereignty: Pakistani nationalists