Yemen
The Shabwan tribe in Marib province attacked a pipeline and cut off the flow of 120,000 barrels of oil a day. The government accused the Joint Meeting Parties of collaborating with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and Houthi rebels.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Sweden
Wiesenthal Center slams Sweden for ‘Jewish tax’
American Shabaab commander alive, says US intel
US officials told The Long War Journal that Omar Hammami is believed to be alive. Somalia’s defense minister said last week that Hammami had been killed.
Somalia
Pirates jailed in 17 nations as prosecutions rise
Pakistan
Pakistani officials won’t rule on American’s diplomatic immunity
Sweden
SAPO warns Swedish imam over internet threat
Japan
US military warns on Japan radiation risk
Indonesia
Indonesia – Politician says program to convert Islamic sect is ‘regrettable’
United Kingdom
US feared British ‘sharia banks’ would finance terrorist groups
United Kingdom
Baroness Neville-Jones: British police in training for Mumbai-style attack
Afghanistan
McCain upbeat on Afghan war’s progress
Iran
Tehran rebuked Saudi Arabia for moving troops into Bahrain. The Israeli Defense Force seized containers of Iranian weapons headed for the Gaza Strip. The Iranian military is recruiting international hackers for its “cyber brigade”.
Bahrain
The king of Bahrain declared martial law to clamp down on protests from Shia minorities. More than 1,000 Saudi troops have deployed to Bahrain, while the United Arab Emirates promised to deploy 500 policemen.
Al Qaeda
In a message released by As Sahab, al Qaeda ideologue Abu Yahya a Libi attacked the West for supporting authoritarian governments and urged Muslims not to succumb to other dictators. “These uprisings showed that the infidel governments of the West only know their interests and the interests of their own people,” he said.
Libya
Forces loyal to President Gaddafi continue to march east toward Benghazi. Government troops are clashing with rebel forces in Brega, as rebels are reinforcing Ajdabiyah after airstrikes. The UN Security Council is still debating the imposition of a no-fly zone.
Israel
The Israeli Defense Forces intercepted a cargo ship laden with weapons for Hamas. “According to assessments, the various weaponry on-board the vessel was intended for the use of terror organisations operating in the Gaza Strip,” the IDF said.
Pakistan
Deteriorating security situation panicking Pakistanis
Afghanistan
Taliban bombing campaign hits Afghan north
Pakistan
Pakistan – Home Dept orders screening of police
Afghanistan
Europe’s leaders fear Libya could become next Afghanistan
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 37 Afghans at an Army recruitment center in Kunduz. The Taliban killed a civilian in an IED attack in Nangarhar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, HIG, and IMU fighters in Helmand, Kunar, Kandahar, Zabul, Ghazni, Khost, and Baghlan.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed nine soldiers in an attack on an outpost in Kanaan in Diyala. Insurgents killed a policeman in Mosul and a civilian in Baghdad.
Afghanistan
Pentagon’s quiet shift on Afghanistan war: Maybe safe havens aren’t crucial
Pakistan
US Predators killed six Taliban fighters in a strike in the Miramshah area of North Waziristan. The Taliban bombed a girls’ school in Khyber. Six more people were killed in violence in Karachi.
Somalia
Shabaab claimed it defeated government forces in Beletweyne and took control of a military base. Shabaab denied it lost control of several of its bases in Mogadishu.
Yemen
Protesters in Al Jawf province stormed a security headquarters and killed a general and two sergeants. Protesters also torched a police station in Aden. Yemen evicted four US and British journalists.
Iran
Syrian court jails writer who criticised Iran
Iran
Iran has intensified crackdown, executions: UN
Sweden
Halal or Haram? A new council gives advice to Muslims in Sweden
Scotland
A man detained in Glasgow on Mar. 8 faces terrorism charges in connection with the December 2010 suicide bombing in Stockholm. He is thought to be Kuwaiti and to have used different names in the past.