Al Qaeda
WikiLeaks: Guantanamo Bay terrorist secrets revealed
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Pakistan
IAEA declares Pakistan nuclear program safe
Egypt
Egypt makes concession to anti-governor protesters
Al Qaeda
Guantanamo documents name Pakistan ISI as al Qaeda associate
From the new Gitmo files: Al Qaeda and anthrax
A detainee assessment claimed that two al Qaeda operatives had knowledge of the 2001 anthrax attacks in the US, but the report cannot be confirmed.
More than 450 Taliban leaders, fighters escape from Kandahar jail
The Taliban claimed they spent five months digging a 350-meter tunnel to a cell underneath the Sarposa prison in Kandahar City. More than 100 Taliban commanders are said to be among the escapees.
Afghanistan
400 inmates, some Taliban, escape Afghan prison
Al Qaeda
WikiLeaks discloses new details on whereabouts of al-Qaeda leaders on 9/11
Bahrain
Bahrain sees Hezbollah plot in protest
Guantanamo
Classified files offer new insights into detainees
Afghanistan
In an Afghan village, living in fear of both sides
Germany
An Islamist’s return: US hands over suspected German terrorist
Hamas
‘Hamas planning to kidnap more Israeli soldiers’
Somalia
Somalia postpones vote to 2012 amid security crisis
Libya
Attempt to freeze Moammar Kadafi’s assets hits resistance
Guantanamo
Guantanamo Bay: Why Obama hasn’t fulfilled his promise to close the facility
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three ISAF troops in the south and a member of the Marjah peace council in Helmand. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters and commanders in Uruzgan, Kandahar, Logar, Kunduz, and Khost.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two US soldiers “while conducting operations in southern Iraq,” and a police captain and a soldier in Kirkuk. Four people were wounded in a bombing near a Christian church in Baghdad.
Yemen
President Saleh said he would consider resigning in 30 days if the opposition halted protests and joined the ruling governing coalition. Four Republican Guards soldiers and four “gunmen” were killed in a clash in Marib province.
Special operations forces kill 3 Haqqani commanders in Khost
One of the commanders was the district leader and personally led assaults on US combat outposts in the area.
Somalia
Shabaab executed two young boys in Mogadishu. Shabaab forces took control of the city of Dhusamareeb after clashes with the pro-government Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a.
Syria
Foreign Office tells all Britons in Syria to leave now
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh defiant over exit
Kenya
Kenyan police arrested three Shabaab operatives on April 22 in Liboi as they attempted to return to Somalia. Police said the Shabaab fighters were Sudanese, Ugandan, and Somalia nationals.
Morocco
Thousands of protesters demand “A New Morocco”
Libya
Twenty-five people were killed in heavy fighting in the city of Misrata. Libya’s deputy foreign minister said government forces have suspended operations in Misrata but the tribes will attack rebel forces in two days if fighting does not end.
Syria
Exiles shaping world’s image of Syria revolt
Russia
Hundreds join Moscow anti-Muslim rally
Pakistan
Pakistan – Warmth is back in ties with Saudi Arabia?
Afghanistan
Afghan police seek to stop illicit trade in uniforms