Afghanistan
Why are there no indigenous political parties in Pakistan’s tribal areas?
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Al Qaeda
Slain Pakistani journalist ‘had complained of threats’ from intelligence service
Al Qaeda
Investigators track bin Laden’s couriers
Pakistan
Pakistan is seen readying attack on Taliban militants
Al Qaeda
Pakistan’s spy agencies are suspected of ties to reporter’s death
Al Qaeda
Pakistani journalist who covered security and terrorism is found dead
Al Qaeda
What Pakistan’s ISI doesn’t want the world to know about Osama bin Laden’s couriers
Iraqi insurgents arrested in Kentucky
Both men attempted to provide support to al Qaeda in Iraq, and one carried out IED attacks against US forces in Iraq.
Pakistani journalist executed by ISI: report
Syed Saleem Shahzad was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by Pakistan’s intelligence service, according to Human Rights Watch.
United States
Two Iraqi nationals living in the US have been indicted on numerous terror-related charges. Waad Ramadan Alwan and Mohanad Shareef Hammadi are also alleged to have played a role in attacks against US forces in Iraq before moving to Bowling Green, Kentucky. Neither is charged with planning attacks within the US.
Al Qaeda
Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad found dead
Pakistan
WikiLeaks: Pakistani intelligence ‘continues to offer support to terrorist groups’
United States
Cyber combat: act of war
Afghanistan
Obama wraps up reshaping of national security team
Afghanistan
President Karzai said ISAF will become an “occupying force” if it does not end airstrikes. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Paktika, and Kunduz. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east.
Iraq
Police captured the man who is thought to have killed the head of Iraq’s Justice and Accountability Commission. Vice President Adul Abdul Mahdi resigned in protest over the expansion of government.
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Pakistan: Car belonging to missing journalist found in Sarai Alamgir
ISAF targets Taliban leader of al Qaeda cell based in Quetta
The Taliban commander is associated with the Mullah Dadullah Front, a radical Taliban subgroup closely linked to al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
Nato risks becoming ‘occupying force’ in Afghanistan: Karzai
NATO will become ‘occupying force’ if airstrikes don’t end: Afghan president
“Afghan history is witness to how the Afghans deal with occupying forces,” Karzai said.
Yemen
A truce between President Saleh and the Hashed tribal confederation has ended after fighting broke out in Sana’a. Security forces killed more than 50 people in an attack on a protesters’ camp in Taiz. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is said to be expanding its area of control in Abyan after taking control of […]
Iran
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei publicly backed President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, putting an end to months of speculation over a rift between the two. Iran said the detention of a diplomat in Egypt was a “misunderstanding that has been resolved.”
Syria
Syrians in the towns of Talbiseh and Rastan near Homs have taken up arms to resist military attacks by President Assad’s forces. Am opposition “activist” confirmed residents have fought back but said there was no organized resistance.
Lebanon
Security forces arrested three Lebanese and two Palestinians suspected of involvement in the IED attack that wounded six Italian peacekeepers. An al Qaeda-linked Salafist group, presumably Fatah al Islam, is thought to have executed the attack. Italy may reduce its peacekeeping contingent by one-third, from 1,780 to 1,100 troops.
Morocco
France has opened an investigation into the April 28 bombing at a cafe in Marrakesh that killed 17 people. Eight French citizens were among those killed in the attack.
Russia
Security forces killed two armed men who fled a hideout packed with explosive devices and weapons in Dagestan. Terrorists killed a policeman in Kabardino-Balkaria.
Al Qaeda
Plan for operation in N. Waziristan finalised: Mullen
Pakistan
Pakistani aircraft killed 11 “militants” in Arakzai. One person was killed in a bombing at a hotel in Miramshah. The ISI kidnapped journalist Saleem Shahzad. Police arrested five people near the US Consulate in Karachi.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Terrorists were facilitated from within: navy
Egypt
Egypt’s Christians fear violence as changes embolden Islamists