350 suicide bombers training in North Waziristan
A young suicide bomber who was captured said the camps are run by a Taliban leader known as Commander Sangeen Khan.
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Afghanistan
Taliban get Afghanistan aid money
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Fighting flares in northwest between security forces and suspected militants
Hamas
Violence escalates in Gaza
Hamas
Timeline: Violence escalates in Gaza Strip
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US halted record aid deal as Yemen rose up
Egypt
Egypt protests go on, seeking new beginning
Libya
Prospects fade for military overthrow of Gaddafi
US officials downplay terror risk from Libya, but FBI questions Libyans in US
The interviews indicate the US is now concerned about Libyan sponsored terror attacks.
Afghanistan
Terror suspects held weeks in secret
Caucasus Emirate leader survived Russian raid
In an interview with Radio Free Europe, Doku Umarov confirmed he was alive and “absolutely healthy.” Umarov also said he would continue to carry out attacks against Russia.
Brazil
The US warned Brazil that 21 al Qaeda and other Islamist terrorists are based in the country. Among them is Khaled Hussein Ali, who runs an internet cafe and manages Jihad Media Battalion, an al Qaeda propaganda arm.
Afghanistan
Afghan interior minister: Afghan forces not ready for security transition
Sweden
Sweden – Gothenburg cops cleared in bomb threat arrests
Indonesia
Rise of smaller militant cells forces Indonesia to rethink terror strategy
Afghanistan
US: FARC, Taliban are among largest traffickers
Pakistan
The military claimed it killed 50 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Mohmand. A suicide bomber killed one person in Quetta. The Taliban claimed it killed Colonel Imam for betraying Islam by working for Pakistan’s intelligence services.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Profiting by posing as the Taliban
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four security officials in a suicide assault in Kandahar and killed an ISAF soldier in the east. Security forces killed and captured scores of Taliban, HIG, and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Uruzgan, Parwan, Kandahar, Ghazni, Wardak, Logar, and Faryab. A Taliban fighter in Sar-i-Pul was killed after locals refused […]
United States
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has been given until Aug. 19 to have the opportunity to reach a plea deal with prosecutors for his role in the 2009 Christmas Day plot to blow up an airliner over Detroit. Abdulmutallab’s trial is set for October and he will be representing himself during his court hearings.
Special operations forces raid ‘Taliban safe haven’ in Afghan north
ISAF identified another “safe haven,” this time in the district of Qaisar in Faryab. Special operations teams also killed the Afghan policeman who killed two ISAF troops in Faryab on April 4.
Iraq
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said US troops could stay in Iraq after the December 2011 withdrawal deadline if Iraq’s government makes the request. Security forces detained eight wanted men in Anbar province.
Yemen
Saudi Arabia is leading the Gulf states in brokering a deal for President Saleh to step down; Saleh has rejected the efforts as unconstitutional. The US embassy warned its citizens to keep away from the Presidential Palace, the Saleh Mosque, Sana’a University, and Tahrir Square in Sana’a, in anticipation of violence during Friday protests.
Somalia
Shabaab forces killed two Somali troops in an ambush in Dharkenlay. Twenty Shabaab fighters in Beledweyne surrendered to the government. The prime minister said Somali and African Union forces would eject Shabaab from Mogadishu within a year.
Libya
Libyan rebels said that 13 of their fighters were killed in a NATO airstrike in the town of Ajdabiyah. Rebel forces are retreating from the town after forces loyal to President Gaddafi attacked. AFRICOM’s commanding general said the war in Libya has reached a stalemate.
United States
US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts
Afghanistan
Al-Qaeda ‘setting up training centres in Afghanistan’
Egypt
Islamists in Egypt seek change through politics
Israel
Arab unrest makes Israeli-Palestinian peace harder, Netanyahu says
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Gulf states seek to broker Yemen’s Saleh exit