African Union
Blackwater founder trains Somalis
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Afghanistan
Afghanistan airdrop levels reach new frontier
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – UAVs keep eyes on troops
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three civilians in Kandahar and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured dozens of Taliban fighters in Zabul, Paktia, and Faryab. An Afghan soldier killed an Italian soldier. Ten Taliban fighters surrendered in Kunduz.
Italy
The government deported convicted terrorist Lerbi Mohamed to his home country of Algeria. Mohamed, a document forger, belonged to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and was a member of cells in Naples and other areas in Italy.
The Taliban
The US government added Qari Hussain Mehsud to the list of specially designated global terrorists. Qari Hussain is the Taliban’s “master of suicide bombers” and has been responsible for numerous attacks in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the US.
Iraq
Two suicide bombers killed 45 Shia worshipers in attacks in Karbala. Two civilians were killed in IED attacks in Baghdad and Baqubah.
Somalia
Shabaab fighters established checkpoints in Afgoye while the terror group has begun to block Shabelle Radio broadcasts. Three Somali teens escaped from a Shabaab jail in Gal’ad.
US adds Qari Hussain Mehsud to list of designated terrorists
The designation of Qari Hussain by State and Treasury refutes multiple rumors over the past several months claiming that he was killed in a US Predator airstrike in Pakistan’s tribal agency of North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – No takers for development funds
NATO
Pakistan – FBR files list of 44 officials in missing NATO containers case
Egypt
Egypt’s Sunni body freezes dialogue with Vatican
Germany
‘Germany is encouraging trade with Teheran’ – Israeli diplomat
Afghanistan
Afghan parliament to defy Karzai’s postponement order
Al Qaeda
Khalid Sheik Mohammed killed US journalist Daniel Pearl, report finds
Al Qaeda
Study tracks Pearl murder probe
Al Qaeda
US prepares to lift ban on Guantanamo cases
Iran
Russia cautioned the US not to undermine new negotiations with Iran by threatening more sanctions. An Iranian police chief suggested new cyber police monitor Iranians’ web activity.
45 Iraqis killed in dual suicide attacks
Shia worshipers were targeted as they marched in a procession to the city of Karbala. The attacks are the latest in a string of bombings aimed at Iraq’s security forces and Shia majority.
Denmark
Mohamed Geele, a Somali man who broke into the house of a Danish artist who had drawn cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, pled not guilty today to a charge of attempted murder. Geele used an axe during the break-in and reportedly attacked police officers with it afterward.
Canada
Mounties authorities arrested wanted terrorist Faruk Khalil Muhammad Isa in Edmonton. Isa is wanted by the US for his involvement in the murder of five US soldiers in Iraq. He facilitated the movement of eight Tunisians into Iraq and encouraged others, including his sister, to carry out suicide attacks.
Afghanistan
Canadian Forces seeking new staging base for Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pakistan – HRCP issues plea for non-Muslims’ security in Balochistan
Pakistan
Pakistan – Senate body wants poppy cultivation for medical use
United Kingdom
UK – Tory chief Baroness Warsi attacks ‘bigotry’ against Muslims
Iraq
Last Christians ponder leaving a hometown in Iraq
Pakistan
Sufi Mohammed, the instigator of the Taliban takeover of the Swat Valley from 2007-2009, is to be prosecuted for crimes almost a decade old. The Taliban executed four criminals in Hangu, killed three soldiers in North Waziristan, and killed one person in a bombing outside a school in Peshawar.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 20 civilians in Paktika and two ISAF soldiers in the south and the west. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Farah, Khost, Paktia, and Faryab. Twelve Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in Faryab.
Iraq
Al Qaeda suicide bombers killed 15 Iraqis in attacks on police and Shia worshipers in Diyala. Security forces killed two suicide bombers south of Mosul. Insurgents killed a civilian in Mosul.
Somalia
In a press conference in Mogadishu, Ali Mohamud Rage, Shabaab’s spokesman, condemned the United Nations for speaking out against the al Qaeda-linked terror group. Rage also denounced a local radio station for reporting that Shabaab was blocking humanitarian aid to starving Somalis.