Monthly Archives: January 2011

Pakistan

| January 14, 2011

Security forces killed 21 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and Kurram. The Taliban killed a policewoman and five relatives in Bannu, and destroyed 20 NATO fuel tankers in Baluchistan. Five people in North Waziristan were killed by a mortar fired from Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

| January 14, 2011

The Taliban executed seven taxi drivers, who were accused of spying, by making them drive over an IED in Zabul. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand and Kandahar.

Iraq

| January 14, 2011

Thirteen al Qaeda fighters escaped from a prison in Basrah. Insurgents killed a jeweler in Baghdad and a policeman in Mosul. Security forces detained 11 wanted men in in Diyala.

Somalia

| January 14, 2011

One person was killed during fighting between Shabaab and government forces in Mogadishu. Shabaab is forcing women to attend public gatherings to listen to Shabaab preach jihad.

Morocco

| January 14, 2011

The government may prosecute five border guards for aiding al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The guards are accused of helping smuggle weapons to a 27-man-strong AQIM cell whose members were recently detained.

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

| January 14, 2011

Abu Musab Abduwadoud, the leader of a Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, issued a message of support to Tunisians and asked them to fight alongside the terror group. “Send your sons to us to train on weapons and gain military expertise,” he said in a statement released on jihadist forums.

Pakistan

| January 14, 2011

Police: Two clerics in Pakistan allegedly inspired governor’s killing

Iran

| January 14, 2011

A former UN official said China is falling short of enforcing sanctions on Iran. A California man pled guilty to attempting to sell a fighter jet to Iran. Pakistan and Iran signed bilateral trade memorandum.

Pakistan

| January 14, 2011

The Taliban killed four policemen in IED attacks in Bannu and Khyber. Security forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Seventeen people, including a journalist, were killed in Karachi. Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed wants the government to defend him in a US court.

Hezbollah

| January 13, 2011

After government collapse, Hezbollah works to get more power in Lebanon

Afghanistan

| January 13, 2011

Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, and Nangarhar. The Taliban killed two civilians, including a child, in Helmand. Three Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in Faryab.

Iraq

| January 13, 2011

Insurgents killed two civilians in three bombings in Baghdad. Security forces detained 24 wanted men in Basrah and Kirkuk, and discovered an IED factory near Mosul.

Algeria

| January 13, 2011

A court sentenced to death Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and 15 other members of the terror group. Five other leaders were among those sentenced in absentia.

Somalia

| January 13, 2011

Prime Minister Mohamed said 8,000 troops will soon launch an offensive against Shabaab. Shabaab and businessmen in Bu’ale are at odds over Shabaab’s policies. A Puntland court sentenced one policeman to death and two others to life in prison.

Niger

| January 13, 2011

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed it is responsible for the kidnapping of two Frenchman in the capital of Niamey. The two men were killed during a raid by French commandos along the Niger-Mali border.

Turkistan Islamic Party

| January 13, 2011

The Turkistan Islamic Party announced the death of Shaykh Qurban Ata in a February 2010 airstrike in Badghis province in Afghanistan. Ata was a Chinese Uighur who was 71 years old when he was killed.