Pakistan
Jamaat-e-Islami: CIA assassinated Shahbaz Bhatti to divert attention from Raymond Davis issue
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three Afghan soldiers in Parwan and Kandahar, a policeman in Herat, and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed a Taliban district shadow governor and a fighter in Kunduz, and two more fighters in Herat.
United States
Two Americans, Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, pled guilty to attempting to travel to Somalia and join Shabaab. Adis Medunjanin, an associate of convicted terrorist Najibullah Zazi, told prosecutors he traveled to Pakistan to receive training.
Somalia
Al Qaeda and Shabaab have established a Taliban-like regime in Mogadishu’s suburb of Qobdoro. Shabaab is deploying more fighters from the Bay and Bakool areas to Mogadishu. Hassan Dahir Aweys vowed to continue to wage jihad against Somali and African Union forces.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
A terrorism court in Sa’ana, Yemen convicted one al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operative to 15 years in prison and two others to two years for targeting foreigners in terrorist attacks. Videos of AQAP leader Anwar al Awalaki remain on YouTube despite efforts to have them taken down.
Yemen
President Saleh rejected opposition claims that he agreed to step down and said he will stay in power until 2013. Security forces wounded five protesters in Al Baeda.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Protests by Shiites ‘contradict’ Islamic law and are banned
Al Qaeda
Frankfurt gunman kept radical company on Facebook
Al Qaeda
In riven Somalia, Islamists dig in
Pakistan
Pakistan – Rehman Malik says he’s on Taliban hit list along with Rehman, Wahab
Libya
Rebel forces in Zawiyah repelled an attack by Libyan forces loyal to President Gaddafi. The assault force included tanks and armored personnel carriers. More than 30 people were reported killed.
Germany
‘Germans have to distinguish between Muslims and murderers’
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia says won’t tolerate protests
Jama’at-i Islami
Pakistan – Lawyer suggests ‘blood money’ to free US man
Pakistan
Pakistan – Lashkar threatens to stop fighting Taliban
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia drafts in up to 10,000 troops ahead of protests
Afghanistan
US seeks friends in Afghan detainees
Bahrain
US wavers on ‘regime change’
Afghanistan
Gates ratchets up his campaign of candor
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Radical cleric still speaks on YouTube
Egypt
New Egypt PM shows popular touch in Tahrir Square
Pakistan
The Taliban killed nine people in a bombing at a mosque in Nowshera and torched three NATO fuel tankers in Khyber. Gunmen killed a man accused of blasphemy in Rawalpindi. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters and detained 13 more in Kohat.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, and Kunar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
Afghanistan
Afghans would support Taliban office In Turkey – Afghan national security advisor
Pakistan
Who will speak out on behalf of Pakistan’s moderates?
Somalia
Fifty-three African Union peacekeepers have been killed during heavy fighting with Shabaab in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. Most (43) are from Burundi, which has suppressed the casualties. The other 10 are from Uganda.
Denmark
Denmark – Armed guards fight off pirate attack
Pakistan
Pakistan – The politics of appeasement
Egypt
US offers aid for Egyptian democracy, but quietly
Libya
Obama signals willingness to intervene militarily in Libya if crisis worsens