Afghanistan
Report finds Afghan forces weak to take security lead
Monthly Archives: May 2011
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Afghanistan – Advances made, but country stands at perilous crossroads
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Osama bin Laden mission agreed in secret 10 years ago by US and Pakistan
Afghanistan
Don’t abandon Afghanistan after 2014 handover, plead generals
Egypt
Egyptian Christians say they are ‘under organised attack’
ISAF troops find French, Saudi passports during clash with al Qaeda cell in southeast
During a recent firefight in Qalat in Zabul province, 10 al Qaeda operatives were killed.
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Osama bin Laden son ‘disappeared during compound raid’
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German jihad: homegrown terror takes on new dimensions
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Analysis: Pakistan squanders chance to bring military to heel
India
Five former and current Pakistani Army officers, all majors, are on India’s list of most wanted terrorists. The list includes al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri, Indian Mujahideen leader Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed, and Sajid Mir, a handler of the terrorists who asaulted Mumbai.
Afghanistan
Afghan officials say insurgents stop assault on police in remote northeast province
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US still waits for access to bin Laden widows
Syria
Ally of Assad says Syria will fight protests till ‘the end’
Somalia
A Shabaab leader in Marka vowed to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden and said local businessmen have donated weapons for the task. Shabaab has banned alcohol and Tobacco.
US Predators kill 4 in South Waziristan strike
The attack took place in an area controlled by Mullah Nazir, a Taliban leader supported by the Pakistani state. Nazir recently said he is “part of al Qaeda.”
Syria
Columns of tanks are reported to be moving toward the city of Hama, where anti-regime protests have been ongoing. Syrian forces are also cracking down in Duraa, Homs, and Baniyas. The European Union announced an embargo against Syria.
Egypt
Security forces claimed to have arrested the “mastermind” who sparked violent attacks by Muslims against Christians at a church in Cairo. The government extended former President Mubarak’s detention.
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ISI officers took bribes to release Taliban fighters, say Gitmo detainees
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Source: US needs permission to interview bin Laden wives
Egypt
Iran’s push for regional domination gets Arab Spring boost
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Military draws up Afghan exit plan
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US commander in eastern Afghanistan predicts little short-term change
Libya
Combat stirs Libya’s deadlocked eastern front
Russia
Ibragimkhalil Daudov, who is also known as Emir Salih, has been named the “commander of the Dagestani Front of the Caucasus Emirate’s Armed Forces.” Doku Umarov, the leader of the Caucasus Emirate, announced Daudov’s appointment in a statement released at Kavkaz Center.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed six policemen in an ambush in Ghazni and three civilians in a suicide attack in Laghman, and assassinated a reconciled Taliban leader and four former fighters in Kunduz. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Zabul, Paktika, Kunar, and Baghlan.
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Pakistan suspected of retaliating after US raid
Al Qaeda affiliates weigh in on Osama bin Laden’s death
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and Jemaah Islamiyah have commented on the al Qaeda emir’s death.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Abu Bakr al Baghdadi al Qurashi, al Qaeda in Iraq’s emir, claimed credit for the recent suicide attack in Hillah that killed 24 policemen. Baghdadi said the attack was executed to avenge Osama bin Laden’s death. “We are not of those who shed tears and sit idly by crying like women,” he said.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a civilian in Baghdad and targeted for assassination a director general of the Iraqi Police. Police arrested 10 wanted men in Maysan province.
Yemen
Security forces attacked and killed six anti-Saleh protesters in Taiz. Pakistan will repatriate Osama bin Laden’s wife, Aml Ahmed Abdul Al Fatah Al Sadah, to Yemen.