Pakistan
Pakistan: street rage and sectarian bombings
Yearly Archives: 2010
Pakistan
US Predators killed seven “militants” in a strike in North Waziristan. The Taliban took credit for destroying 27 NATO fuel trucks in Mithri and bombed three girls’ schools in Mohmand. Former President Musharraf said he backs talks with the Taliban.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Mediators negotiating a meeting with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Mali’s Timetrine region have reported that the kidnapped female French national has cancer and her health is deteriorating rapidly. AQIM members told the mediators that she “can’t last much longer without medical treatment” and had been undergoing chemotherapy shortly before her abduction.
Bangladesh
Police arrested two Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives in Tongi on the outskirts of the capital of Dhaka. Wazed Khan, a Pakistani national who is an explosive expert for a cell, and a Bangladeshi named Abu Bakar Siddique were captured on Oct. 9; explosives were also found during the raid.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers and five civilians in IED attacks, wounded 17 civilians in a suicide attack in Khost, destroyed five NATO supply trucks in Zabul, and bombed a cell tower in Baghlan. Security forces killed and captured scores of Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Paktia, Khost, Kunduz, […]
Iraq
Insurgents killed three policemen and five civilians in attacks in Dhi Qhar, Baghdad, Mosul, and Fallujah. Security forces arrested a key leader of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq in Tal Afar. The government aired the confessions of two al Qaeda operatives involved in a plot to attack the Iranian, Egyptian, and German embassies.
Afghanistan
British aid worker Linda Norgrove killed in Afghanistan as captors set off suicide bomb
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda in North Africa seen as key Europe threat
Pakistan
JUD not a soft underbelly – Musharraf
Al Qaeda
Iraq broadcasts confessions by al Qaeda insurgents
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan votes in landmark election
Somalia
The African Union claims it is in control of 45 percent of Mogadishu. Shabaab has banned M
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed an attack late last month that killed a security official. “Gunmen” attacked a power station in Marib. The US ambassador to Yemen said the country is a key ally in combating terrorism in the region and the world.
Iran
Jundallah kidnapped a nuclear worker and said information on Iran’s program would be released if 200 prisoners were not released; Iran said the kidnapped man was just a laborer. Iran’s atomic energy chief admitted Western agents penetrated security at nuclear facilities, but said the problem has been contained.
US Predators kill 7 ‘militants’ in al Qaeda hub in North Waziristan
The strike is the latest in the Mir Ali area, a known stronghold of Abu Kasha al Iraqi and al Qaeda.
Egypt
Egypt Islamist group vies for 30 pct of parliament
India
India – Finally, local don’s Headley link found
Al Qaeda
Opinion: Don™t try terrorists, lock them up
Judge finds that Kuwaiti Gitmo detainee was no charity worker
A district judge denied a Kuwaiti Gitmo detainee’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus in September. The detainee, Fayiz al Kandari, claims that he was a mere charity worker, but he was really an influential al Qaeda recruiter with ties to a terror cell that launched an attack on the US Marines in 2002.
Pakistan
Pakistan reopened the Khyber Pass to NATO traffic. The government is considering taxing NATO supplies crossing the border. Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in Swat and five “militants” in Khyber.
United Kingdom
Nigerian Islamic Movement preacher to address London conference
Al Qaeda leader linked to Iran may have been killed in recent Predator strike
Press reports indicate that Atiyah Abd al Rahman, who is Osama bin Laden’s ambassador to Iran, was killed in a recent airstrike in northern Pakistan. US intelligence officials cannot confirm Atiyah’s death, but do confirm that he has relocated from Iran to northern Pakistan.
Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram fighters killed an Islamic cleric in Maiduguri. Six Kalashnikov-armed Islamists assaulted the home of Sheikh Bashir Mustapha, a cleric who opposed the radical group, and killed him and his personal assistant. The cleric is the first local religious leader targeted by the Islamist group.
Canada
A Somalia-born Canadian who had served over five years in a US prison was released to Canadian authorities yesterday. Mohammed Warsame had been accused of traveling to Afghanistan in 2000 to train with al Qaeda, fighting for the Taliban and serving as an al Qaeda guard, teaching jihad at an Islamic school there, and sending […]
Indonesia
Indonesia – Former Playboy editor sent to prison for public indecency
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four Italian troops in an IED attack in Farah. A female British aid worker was killed during a rescue attempt in Kunar. Combined forces killed and captured several Taliban members in Kandahar, Zabul, and Logar. A Taliban fighter died in a premature detonation in Uruzgan.
Iraq
Insurgents killed four civilians in attacks in Baghdad and Fallujah. An Awakening leader survived an assassination attempt in Fallujah. Security forces detained 15 wanted men during raids in Basrah.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters gunned down an intelligence official in in Foha in Hadramat province. Saleh al Shaoush, an al Qaeda operative detained in January, admitted in court he planned to carry out a suicide attack.
Iran
The finance minister said Iran has grown stronger due to UN sanctions. Hezbollah said Iran helped rebuild Lebanon “modestly” after the terror group’s 2006 war with Israel. Police killed two “terrorists” involved in the recent killing of four policemen and a civilian.
Iran
Iran acknowledges espionage at nuclear facilities