Afghanistan
Afghan police sometimes high on drugs, British commander tells inquest
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Pakistani Army arrests ‘senior al Qaeda commander’ in Karachi
The Pakistani military’s official announcement of the capture of a Yemeni known as Abu Sohaib al Makki is unusual.
Somalia
Price tag for Somali piracy surges
Al Qaeda
Drone killing debate: Germany limits information exchange with US intelligence
Israel
Israeli leader sees rising Arab threat
Muslim Brotherhood
Brotherhood raises Syria profile
Al Qaeda
Officials: terror groups are joining crime rings
Pakistani troops open fire on ISAF helicopters at Afghan border
Two Pakistani soldiers were wounded. Pakistan claimed that US helicopters had crossed the border and opened fire.
Pakistan
US Predators killed 10 “militants,” including four “foreigners” in North Waziristan. The Taliban claimed credit for killing a Saudi consular official in Karachi.
Pakistan
US balks at Pakistani bills
Afghanistan
US speeds up direct talks with Taliban
Libya
Libyan officials threaten to use ‘human shields’
Haqqani Network
US assured of action against ‘sanctuaries’
Text of letter to the Department of Justice on Ali Mussa Daqduq
Five US senators are concerned that Daqduq will be tried in a US federal court, and not at a military commission.
US Department of Justice plans to prosecute Hezbollah commander captured in Iraq
Ali Mussa Daqduq, a senior Hezbollah commander tasked to train and organize the Shia terror groups in Iraq, was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of US soldiers in Karbala in 2007. Justice wants to try him in the US.
Denmark
Pirates killed in skirmish with warship
Afghanistan
Most Afghans welcome bin Laden death
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four ISAF soldiers in an IED attack in the south and three civilians in a mortar attack in Kunar. Security forces killed and captured scores of Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Paktia, Wardak, Logar, Baghlan, Balkh, and Faryab. Forty Taliban fighters reconciled with the government in Takhar.
US Predators kill 10 ‘militants’ in Mir Ali
The attack took place in an area that hosts a number of regional and international terror groups. Four “foreigners” were reported killed.
Iraq
Insurgents killed six Iraqis in separate attacks in Baghdad and Kirkuk. Iraqi security officials claimed that Shia terror groups are behind a wave of assassinations of government officials over the past several months.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters are thought to have killed a Yemeni soldier in Zinjibar in Lahj province. A security official claimed the government would take “drastic steps” to put an end to protests.
Somalia
Shabaab killed five pro-government troops and two Ugandan officers in separate attacks in Mogadishu. A Somali newspaper claimed that the demonstrators celebrating Osama bin Laden’s death were paid by an NGO allied with the government.
Iran
Supreme Leader Khameni and President Ahmadinejad have been feuding over the dismissal of the intelligence minister. The UN said Iran is partnering with North Korea to build nuclear missiles. The government executed 25 people in the past week.
Al Qaeda
Amnesty International is keeping dubious company
United Kingdom
UK Treasury facing daily ‘hostile, pre-planned’ cyber attacks
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden as patriarch
Iran
Iran President Ahmadinejad dismisses criticism of appointments, feuds with Khamenei
Libya
NATO said it must widen the target set lest President Gaddafi remain in power. The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor is seeking warrants for the arrest of Gaddafi.
Taliban kill Saudi diplomat in Karachi
The attack is the second against the Saudis in Karachi in a week.
Senior Haqqani Network leader captured in Khost
The Haqqani Network commander is the brother of Jan Baz Zadran, who is considered to be the thrid in command of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.