Thailand
Muslim insurgents killed six Thai soldiers and wounded six more in an assault on a military outpost in Narathiwat’s Rangae district. Insurgents stormed the front gate and opened fire on unsuspecting troops in the base.
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Gains by Taliban open door to opium revival
Pakistan
American security guards for Zardari’s security
Hezbollah
Hariri tribunal: Saudi Arabia quits Lebanon mediation
Pakistan
Pakistani TV executive behind pro-Muslim US station goes on trial accused of beheading wife
Senior German al Qaeda leader killed in Afghanistan
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan released a statement announcing the death of Bekkay Harrach, a top member of al Qaeda’s external operations network.
Afghanistan
Taliban deny Mullah Omar had heart attack
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Insurgents renew attacks on Iraqi security troops
Pakistan
Pakistan – PM rules out talks with militants
Al Qaeda suicide bombers kill 15 in attacks on Iraqi police, Shia pilgrims
Suicide bombers struck at a police training center and a gathering of Shia pilgrims in the northeastern province of Baqubah.
Iran
President Ahmadinejad said that the West has no option but to cooperate with a nuclear Iran. Hong Kong will pass laws that allow the confiscation of Iranian shipping assets.
Pakistan
Report: Pakistani spy agency rushed Mullah Omar to hospital
Afghanistan
US slows Afghan security-force expansion
Afghanistan
Marines of Operation Godfather see stark improvement in deadly Helmand province
Hezbollah
Lebanon shows shift of influence in Mideast
New report: ‘Domestic Intelligence: New Powers, New Risks’
Today I was a panelist at the rollout event for a new report published by the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, Emily Berman’s Domestic Intelligence: New Powers, New Risks. The report — which is focused on the expansion of investigatory powers in the 2008 Attorney General’s Guidelines for […]
Pakistan
Pakistan – PHA allows hardliners to continue hate campaign
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Ousted Tunisian president ‘living in remote Saudi area known for al-Qaeda links’
Pakistan
Pakistan – Judge says no to arrest warrants for clerics
Afghanistan
Civilian security forces in Afghanistan
Somalia
Report: 2010 was worst year yet for piracy on high seas
Norway
Norwegian ship owners up stakes against Somali hijackers
Iran
UN team examines seized Iranian weapons in Nigeria
US Predators kill 5 ‘militants’ in al Qaeda stronghold of Datta Khel
Today’s strike in North Waziristan is the first in six days, and the sixth since the new year.
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Farah, Nangarhar, Paktia, Khost, Wardak, and Kunar. More than 40 Taliban fighters surrendered in Kunduz.
Tajikistan
An Interior Ministry official said that four members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan were killed and 50 more were captured during operations in 2010. The official said IMU and Hizbut Tahir members abroad are financing terrorism in the Central Asian country.
Iraq
An al Qaeda suicide bomber killed more than 40 police recruits at a recruiting station in Tikrit. Insurgents killed a civilian in an IED attack in Baghdad.
Russia
Bioterror fears prompt US to keep its smallpox cache
Somalia
Thirty people were killed in shelling in Mogadishu. A minister in Puntland said a government program to train soldiers is training future Shabaab members. Shabaab arrested the former spokesman for the disbanded Hizbul Islam after he refused to accept a security post.
Yemen
A court convicted a Yemeni journalist and sentenced him to five years in prison after he interviewed al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s leader in 2009. Police rescued four Czech tourists shortly after they were kidnapped north of Sana’a.