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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Al Qaeda
US officials: Pakistan hasn’t shared detailed bin Laden logs left behind
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden’s preoccupation with US said to be source of friction with followers
Al Qaeda
Diary: Bin Laden eyed new targets, big body count
Afghan villagers beat back Taliban assault in the north
The Taliban continue their highly-touted spring offensive.
The Gitmo Files: (Shocker!) Mullah Omar meets with Pakistan’s ISI
At a meeting that included representatives of the Pakistani government and the ISI, Omar “told attendees that they should not cooperate with the new infidel government (in Afghanistan) and should keep attacking coalition forces.”
Afghanistan
Afghan Local Police repelled a Taliban attack in Jawzjan; 17 Taliban fighters and 1 policeman were killed. Three Taliban fghters and two policemen were killed in a clash in Paktika. Security forces captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar.
Iraq
Two policemen were killed in a bombing in Tikrit in Salahadin. Iraq’s political parties will debate extending the US troop presence beyond December 2011.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Nasir al Wuhayshi, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s emir, threatened the US for killing Osama bin Ladem. “What is coming is even worse, what awaits you is more intense and more damaging,” he said in a statement released on jihadist forums.
Somalia
Puntland forces killed 21 Shabaab fighters in Galgala after Shabaab forces ambushed a military convoy. Five soldiers were killed in the ambush. Three people were killed as Shabaab forces and elements of the Ras Kamboni Brigade clashed near Dhobley.
The Gitmo Files: Recidivist who targets charity workers deemed ‘high risk’
Abdul Hafiz, a former Guantanamo detainee who quickly rejoined the Taliban after being transferred, had been deemed a “high risk” by US officials less than two years earlier. His insurgency group had been trained by Pakistani military officers to attack Westerners in Afghanistan and had killed an ICRC worker.
Syria
Security forces killed 13 people while shelling homes and opening fire on anti-government protesters in the town of Harra. Syria sent a detained Al Jazeera reporter to Iran. The UN has suspended most of its operations in Syria.
Libya
Libyan rebels claimed to have taken control of the airport in Misrata and have driven pro-Gaddafi forces from the city. NATO continues to strike at military installations run by Gaddafi’s forces.
Voice of Jihad releases 3-year-old interview with Jalaluddin Haqqani
The Voice of Jihad did not answer queries as to why an old interview with the leader of the Haqqani Network was republished.
India
US terror trial opens amid tense Pakistani relations
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden: Pakistan politicians mourn al-Qaeda leader
Al Qaeda
With bin Laden dead, some escalate push for new Afghan strategy
US designates Badruddin Haqqani as terrorist
Badruddin is “an operational commander” in the Haqqani Network, sits on the Miramshah Regional Military Shura, and aids al Qaeda fighters operating in Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda
Murky identities and ties hinder NATO’s hunt for Afghan insurgents, report says
Al Qaeda
Pakistan opposition leader calls for bin Laden inquiry
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden sons say US broke international law
Al Qaeda
Pakistan government skipping chance to weaken army
Iraq
Iraqi PM open to US troop presence if blocs agree
Al Qaeda
President to renew Muslim outreach
Al Qaeda
Qaeda warns Americans over Osama’s death
Norway
Tajikistan and the Muslim Organisation of the Islamic Conference have sent a joint letter to the UN protesting the planned republication in Norway of a book about the controversy over cartoons published in 2005 of the Prophet Mohammed.
Kuwait
A fight broke out in a Kuwait City mosque after the imam wanted those in attendance to take part in a ceremony that would commemorate al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden. Some of the worshipers protested, sparking the clash.
Pakistan
A US Predator strike killed four “militants” in South Waziristan. A policewoman and a civilian were killed in a bombing outside a courthouse in Nowshera. A Pakistani official denied leaking the name of the CIA station chief; the name was incorrect.
Afghanistan
Afghan police killed two Taliban fighters while repelling a large attack in Nuristan. The Taliban killed four ISAF soldiers in attacks in the south and the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Khost, Logar, Nangarhar, Kunduz, Jawzjan.
Business is still booming at Afghan and Pakistani terror camps
So many foreign jihadis are arriving in the Afghan-Pakistan border area that “there are problems finding places for them to stay,” according to a recently captured terrorist.