Iraq
Demise of Iraqi water park illustrates limitations, abuse of US funding program
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Nigeria
Nigerian militant group denies involvement in Abuja explosion
Afghanistan
Senator proposes permanent US bases in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured scores of Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, Nangarhar, Wardak, Logar, Farah, and Kunduz. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a soldier, a policeman, and three civilians in separate attacks in Mosul, Baghdad, Balad, and Fallujah. The National Council for Strategic Policies should be formed by February.
ISAF, Afghan forces killed deputy shadow governor in the north
Bahadur had close ties to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, an al Qaeda affiliate, and was also linked to Taliban leaders in Pakistan.
Egypt
Security forces arrested 17 people suspected of being involved in the New Years suicide attack at a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria. Seven remain in custody and 10 were released.
Somalia
Shabaab killed three government soldiers in a firefight in Mogadishu and an Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a fighter in an IED attack. Shabaab is recruiting youth in internal refugee camps.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula claimed it conducted 49 attacks in Yemen during the second half of 2010. AQAP said it targeted security forces and political figures, and carried out operations in five of Yemen’s provinces.
Iran
The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ air defenses claimed the military shot down two US “highly advanced spy planes” over the Persian Gulf; he said many more have been shot down in the past, but offered no proof.
Pakistan
New defection leaves Pakistan with minority government
Afghanistan
With Air Force’s new drone, ‘we can see everything’
Iran
Iran overhauls education system to erase Western influences
United Kingdom
UK – Nick Clegg’s ‘win’ on control orders may not be such a triumph
Egypt
Pope calls Egypt church attack vile gesture
Afghanistan
Fears high prices will push Afghans back to opium trade
Al Qaeda
Egypt church bomb probe focuses on local group
Egypt
Egypt’s president calls for unity after church bombing
Al Qaeda
Mali tackles al Qaeda and drug traffic
Iraq
Iraqi civilian deaths down in 2010
Thailand
Insurgents killed two policemen in the bomb squad as they attempted to disarm a roadside bomb in Narathiwat. Three Rangers were wounded in an IED attack in Songkhla.
Pakistan
The US killed 19 “militants,” including four “foreigners” in three separate airstrikes in North Waziristan. Prime Minister Gilani said the US would ultimately end the Predator strikes as they are “counterproductive.”
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, Wardak, Logar, and Kunduz. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a police colonel and his driver in Baghdad, and a soldier in Fallujah. Police arrested an Education Ministry supervisor who led an al Qaeda assassination squad in Diyala.
Egypt
A suspected suicide bomber killed 21 people in an attack on a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria. Christians clashed with police after the deadly attack.
Uganda
Police arrested three Somalis who are suspected of belonging to Shabaab. The Somalis were arrested while crossing the border in Busia. One of the suspects, a woman, had a Swedish passport.
Somalia
Fifteen people were killed in fighting between Shabaab and government forces in Mogadishu. Ethiopian troops disarmed Somali troops and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a fighters in Gedo.
Afghanistan
Violence, tradition keep millions of Afghans from school
India
India, Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear installations
Al Qaeda
Pope rallies Christians not to despair in face of recent attacks