United Kingdom
Five young men from London, believed to be Bangladeshis, were detained yesterday while taking pictures of the Sellafield nuclear site. Following the arrests, counterterrorism officials conducted raids on four houses in east London.
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden dead: the mysterious Khan family who were ‘good neighbours’
Pakistan critical of ‘unilateral’ US raid that killed Osama bin Laden
The Foreign Ministry denied any Pakistani involvement in the “unilateral action” and said bin Laden’s wife and children are in Pakistani custody.
Muslim Brotherhood
Essam al-Erian, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s governing body, said that the US should pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq now that Osama bin Laden is dead, and blamed the media for the “intentional mistake” of noting a correlation between violence and Islam in the case of bin Laden.
Al Qaeda
Taliban delay on bin Laden death speaks of agenda
Al Qaeda
No change for Norway after Bin Laden’s killing?
Al Qaeda
Sweden terror threat stands despite bin Laden death
Al Qaeda
In aftermath of bin Laden raid, new intelligence, shifting accounts
Hizb-i-Islami
Pakistan army, spy agency backed Osama: Afghan officials
Al Qaeda
China backs Pakistan govt after Osama bin Laden’s death
Al Qaeda
US feared Pak could mistake American raid to kill Osama bin Laden for India attack
Al Qaeda
Pakistan admits Bin Laden intelligence failure
Al Qaeda
Taliban react to report of bin Laden’s death with suspicion, demand proof
Al Qaeda
Amid skepticism, Pakistan calculates its response
Afghan troops kill, wound 25 ‘foreign fighters’ in Nuristan
Arabs, Chechens, and Pakistanis were among those killed and wounded during an Afghan operation in the district of Barg-e-Matal, the governor of Nuristan said.
Al Qaeda
WikiLeaks: Bin Laden’s courier ‘trained 9/11 hijack team’
Al Qaeda
Peter Oborne at Osama bin Laden’s compound
Al Qaeda
US holds photos of slain bin Laden, weighs release
Al Qaeda
Pakistan’s president denies harboring bin Laden
Pakistani politician, hundreds more gather in Quetta to mourn death of bin Laden
Pakistani senators called the US raid that killed bin Laden “a direct assault on Pakistan’s territorial sovereignty.”
Iran
The minister of Mines and Industries said Western-backed sanctions against Iran are ineffective. Iranian wheat consumption is expected to drop with the cutting of farm subsidies. Iran pressed Syria over a missing Al Jazeera journalist.
Al Qaeda
Killing adds to debate about US strategy and timetable in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
Afghans worry bin Laden’s death could weaken US resolve
Al Qaeda
WikiLeaks: Osama bin Laden ‘protected’ by Pakistani security
Pakistan
Hundreds of people gathered in Quetta to mourn the death of Osama bin Laden. The Pakistani Taliban threatened to attack Pakistan and the US to avenge the death of bin Laden. Four people were killed in an IED attack in Charsadda.
Afghanistan
The Taliban executed a former commander who reconciled with the government and a village elder in Kandahar. Seven Taliban fighters in Wardak were killed in a premature detonation. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, Logar, Baghlan, and Badghis.
Iraq
Insurgents killed five civilians in Baghdad, Al Kut, and Mosul, and a policeman in Baqubah. Security forces released the member of the Anbar provincial council who was detained in Fallujah.
Somalia
Thousands of Somalis in Mogadishu cheered the death of Osama bin Laden. Shabaab imposed a curfew in Bu’ale. Both the Somali government and Shabaab claimed victory during recent fighting in the Gedo region.
Osama bin Laden’s son also reported killed during raid in Pakistan
Khalid bin Laden, one of Osama’s younger sons, was among those killed yesterday during the special operations raid that killed Osama in a fortified mansion in an upscale area of Abbottabad in Pakistan. Amal al Sadah, Osama’s Yemeni bride, was wounded.
Turkey
Turkish president Abdullah Gul said he was “satisfied” that Osama bin Laden had been killed. Aydin Tamak, a top military commander of the Turkish terror group Hizbullah, was arrested by Serbian police at the Hungarian border, hiding in a truck bound for Germany. He had gone missing from Turkey along with 22 other members of […]