Iran
US Secretary of State Clinton said Iran is trying to influence various Arab uprisings. Zimbabwe announced that it is willing to supply Iran with uranium for its enrichment program. India resumed crude oil payments to Iran after negotiations.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
India
Mumbai attack: US links cover for ISI chief to Davis case
Afghanistan
How Obama lost Karzai
Afghanistan
A return to Hell in Swat
Pakistan
Most US aid to Pakistan hasn’t gotten there yet
Afghanistan
Pakistan: under attack from within
Afghanistan
Afghan tells of his ordeal at the ‘center of al Qaeda’
‘Devout Muslim’ kills two US airmen in Germany
According to The Associated Press, a “devout Muslim” man shot and killed two US airmen today at an airport terminal in Frankfurt, Germany. The gunman, who appears to be named Arid Uka and was born in either Kosovo or Germany, boarded a bus that carried a group of airmen who had just arrived at the […]
Afghanistan
General Petraeus apologized for US forces that accidentally killed nine boys who were collecting firewood in Kunar. The British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee urged the US to negotiate directly with the Taliban.
ISAF apologizes for civilian deaths in Kunar
ISAF, and General Petraeus, have apologized for a March 1 helicopter strike in Kunar province that killed nine boys who were collecting firewood. The statement, in full, is below: Preliminary findings from a Joint Incident Assessment Team indicate that International Security Assistance Forces accidentally killed nine civilians in Darah-Ye Pech district, Kunar province yesterday. The […]
Sweden
Two Swedes of Somali descent, Mohamoud Jama and Bille Ilias Mohamed, were acquitted of terrorism charges. Both had traveled to Somalia to join Shabaab and were Shabaab members, and one admitted to having trained in a Shabaab camp.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two Iraqis in bombings in Baghdad and Mosul. Security forces arrested more than 50 members of the “religious extremist” group Naqshabandiya during raids in Kirkuk.
Jemaah Islamiyah
Wanted Jemaah Islamiyah operative Umar Patek has been spotted in Yemen. Patek may be recruiting some of the more than 2,000 Indonesian students studying Islam in Yemen.
Yemen
Security forces killed two civilians in Lahj and arrested dozens of Southern Movement members in Aden. President Saleh apologized for blaming the protests in Yemen on the US.
United Kingdom
A British court convicted Rajib Karim, a British Airways employee, of plotting to carry out terrorist attacks. Karim, who was associated with Jamaat ul Mujahideen Bangladesh, plotted with Anwar al Awlaki, the wanted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader.
Germany
Arif Uka, a Kosovo citizen from the town of Mitrovica, killed two US airmen and seriously wounded two others in an attack on a bus at a terminal in Frankfurt. US authorities believe it was a terrorist attack.
Somalia
Shabaab beat 47 people in Masagawa for violating its strict code of sharia. Shabaab’s leader threatened Burundi troops and called for them to withdraw from Mogadishu. Kenya closed its border with Somalia.
Libya
Forces loyal to President Gaddafi and rebels are battling in the port town of Marsa El Brega. Rebels took control of the towns of Gharyan and Sabrath. Rebels have asked the UN to carry out airstrikes on foreign mercenaries fighting for Gaddafi.
Al Qaeda
Pakistani minister gunned down
Pakistan
Pakistan’s blasphemy law: timeline
Tunisia
The Tunisian government has removed the ban on Ennahdha, an Islamist political party that has been outlawed for more than 20 years. Rached Ghannouch, the leader of Ennahdha, returned from exile last month and is expected to run for president.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan campaign needs political follow-up, say MPs
Afghanistan
Ex-Pentagon adviser says US should cut Afghan aid
Punjabi Taliban, al Qaeda assassinate Pakistan’s Christian minorities minister
Shahbaz Bhatti was gunned down after leaving his mother’s home in Islamabad. He was killed for opposing Pakistan’s repressive blasphemy laws.
Afghanistan
Lt. Gen. John Kelly, who lost son to war, says US largely unaware of sacrifice
Afghanistan
In rural Afghan village, local security takes root
Afghanistan
UK faults Coalition’s Afghan effort
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Cleric urges Islamic rule in Yemen
Libya
Libyan rebels said to debate seeking UN airstrikes
Awlaki’s emails to terror plotter show operational role
On Monday, a British Airways employee named Rajib Karim was convicted of plotting to blow up a US-bound airliner. While planning the attack, Rajib emailed back and forth with al Qaeda cleric Anwar al Awlaki. The emails reveal that Awlaki played a direct, operational role in Rajib’s plotting.