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Pakistan – Militants on motorcycles attack supply convoys
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Hezbollah
In Lebanon, Hezbollah gets support of Druze leader
Pakistan
Government ‘incited’ mob rampage at Karachi power firm
Kyrgyzstan
Legally terrorist in Kyrgyzstan
Al Qaeda
Fears of Islamist revival as Tunisian PM falters
Al Qaeda
Mohamed Harkat: Canada bids to deport ‘al-Qaeda agent’
Pakistan
In Pakistan, Islamic hard-liners expanding their grip on society
Jordan
In Jordan, Islamists try to spin popular protests into political uprising
Kenya
Use of extrajudicial rendition in Uganda terror case sparks controversy
ISAF targets Quetta military shura leader in southern Afghanistan
The Taliban commander, who was not named, is “a current member” of the Quetta regional military shura and the former shadow governor of the Panjwai district.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed nine civilians in IED attacks in Kandahar and Uruzgan. Security forces killed and captured dozens of Taliban fighters in Zabul, Kandahar, Helmand, and Laghman.
Somalia
Three people were killed in fighting in Mogadishu. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, the former leader of the disbanded Hizbul Islam, urged Somalis not to accept “foreign food packages carrying messages aiming to Christianize our community.” UN funds to pay African Union and Somali troops are running low.
Hizb-i-Islami
Afghans should grow potential to defend Afghanistan’s airspace – Afghan governor
Iraq
Blair: Extremism must be confronted
Afghanistan
Setbacks plague US aid to Pakistan
Afghanistan
Afghan lawmakers plan showdown with president
Tunisia
Islamist movement at forefront of Tunisia’s protests
Al Qaeda
Relatives of Pakistani drone victims to sue CIA
More on the death of Bekkay Harrach
Bekkay Harrach, who is also known as Al Hafidh Abu Talha al Almani, in an al Qaeda propaganda video. In the Comments section of the LWJ report on the death of al Qaeda/Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader Bekkay Harrach, some readers speculated that the IMU is being deliberately misleading about how he died (the IMU […]
Iran
Representatives from Iran and the six world powers began meetings in Turkey to discuss Iran’s nuclear program. US policymakers urged President Obama to remove the MEK from the terror list. Tehran promised to end the Afghan fuel blockade.
Al Qaeda
In an audiotape sent to Al Jazeera, Osama bin Laden threatened to kill French hostages in Niger if France did not withdraw from Afghanistan. “President Nicolas Sarkozy’s refusal to remove his forces from Afghanistan is nothing but a green light for killing the French hostages,” he said.
Yemen
The government said 178 security personnel were killed and 872 were wounded in fighting against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the Southern Separatist Movement during 2010. Tarek al Fadhli, a former aide to Osama bin Laden, burned Yemeni and US flags to protest US airstrikes in the country.
Taliban deny Mullah Omar treated in Pakistani hospital
Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Amir al Mumineen (“commander of the faithful”) of the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban. The Taliban are categorically denying the recent report that Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the Taliban, was hospitalized for a heart condition. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s “spokesman,” calls the rumor a product of “the American State Department […]
New investigation into murder of Daniel Pearl released
The Center for Public Integrity has released an investigative report detailing the circumstances of Daniel Pearl’s murder in 2002. The report highlights the “nexus” between Pakistani terrorist groups and al Qaeda, and provides new details concerning Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s role in the plot.
Afghanistan
US nears deal for Russian copters
United States
The 2011 counterterrorism calendar, working for you
Italy
Italy: Islamic themed film breaks local box office records
Guantanamo
Gitmo men taken in to save UBS from probe?
Pakistan
Report says militants in Pearl killing still at large
Pakistan
The Taliban killed five Frontier Corps personnel and two civilians in an attack on a oil facility in Kohat; two engineers were kidnapped. Police arrested four sons of TNSM chief Sufi Mohammed.