Egypt
Egypt: Mubarak rejects invitations by Arab countries, wants to die at home
Monthly Archives: February 2011
European Union
Updated: Norwegian ship owner: ‘Hang the pirates’
Sweden
Jews still struggle to feel at home in Malmo
Al Qaeda
Inside the Predator drone killing machine
Al Qaeda
CIA: If caught, bin Laden would be sent to Gitmo
Afghanistan
Afghanistan violence to rise in 2011: US military
Europe
US anti-terror official warns Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba could strike in Europe or US
Afghanistan
A history of anti-Americanism in Pakistan
Somalia
Government forces killed four anti-Shabaab demonstrators in Mogadishu while opening fire to disperse the crowd. Seven people were killed during fighting in Delow between Shabaab and government forces. Shabaab replaced Sheikh Ali Dhere, its spokesman in Mogadishu, with Sheikh Mohamed Hassan Omar Abu Rahman.
Afghanistan
Afghan transit pact stalls on smuggling
Egypt
The voice of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
Yemen
Security forces killed two anti-government protesters in Sana’a and wounded eight more. Thousands continued to protest in Taiz for the fifth day straight. Yemen announced its oil reserves have increased to 11 billion barrels and gas reserves to 18 trillion cubic feet.
Egypt
Russian foreign minister criticises the West for supporting Arab protests
Iran
Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility recovered quickly from Stuxnet cyberattack
Bahrain
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital city of Manama for the third day straight. Several people were killed by security forces during the first two days of protests.
Libya
Hundreds of anti-government protesters clashed with police in the city of Benghaz, Libya’s second-largest city. Dozens of people were wounded in the clashes.
Egypt
Egypt Islamists’ impact on Israel peace unclear-US
Bahrain
US military HQ in Mideast watching Gulf unrest
ISAF detains Taliban commander operating from Pakistan
ISAF and Afghan special operations forces captured another Afghan Taliban commander who used the Pakistani border city of Chaman in Baluchistan province as a base of operations. From the ISAF press release: Afghan and coalition forces detained a Taliban attack leader, along with several suspected insurgents during an operation in Kandahar City, Kandahar province yesterday. […]
Analysis: Gap in Pakistan Predator strikes not unusual
The current pause in strikes is the third-longest since the US ramped up strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas in 2008.
AQAP deputy emir Said al Shihri alive: officials
US and Arab officials said there is no evidence to substantiate earlier reports that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s deputy was killed while assembling a bomb in Yemen’s Abyan province.
Iran
Opposition leaders said they would “pay any price” to bring reform to the country. Human rights groups pressed the UN to denounce the recent round of executions in Iran. Israeli President Peres said he hopes anti-government protesters bring down the Iranian regime.
Egypt
Egypt leaders found ‘off’ switch for Internet
Afghanistan
NATO chief Petraeus to leave post by end of year: report
Al Qaeda
From Berlin to bin Laden
Russia
Seven insurgents and three policemen were killed during a clash on the border between between Karachayeva-Cherkessia and Stavropol. Police raided an abandoned farm used by a group behind attacks on police in the region.
The Taliban
Pakistani Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq warned the Pakistani government not to free the US consular official accused of murdering two people in Lahore. “If (Pakistani) rulers hand him over to America then we will target these rulers. If Pakistani courts cannot punish Davis then they should hand him over to us,” said Tariq. “We will […]
Afghanistan
A rare voice against plan to pull out of Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces captured dozens of Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Ghazni, Zabul, Khost, and Kunar. Police arrested five suicide bombers in Kandahar. A New Zealand soldier died in an accident in Bamyan province.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in a bombing in Baqubah and an Iraqi interpreter who worked for US forces in Al Kut. Police arrested 10 criminals in Karbala.