Monthly Archives: May 2011

Al Qaeda

| May 2, 2011

Usama Bin Laden killed in firefight with US special ops team in Pakistan

Tajikistan

| May 1, 2011

Tajikistan’s Islamic Renaissance Party rebrands, using social projects to reach voters

Libya

| May 1, 2011

Where’s Gaddafi: Libyan leader survives again after series of ‘near misses’

Pakistan

| May 1, 2011

Twenty-one “terrorists” and a soldier were killed during clashes in Mohmand. “Gunmen” killed four policemen and torched 10 NATO fuel trucks near Attock.

Afghanistan

| May 1, 2011

A Taliban suicide bomber killed a tribal elder and two girls in Paktika. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, Wardak, and Logar.

Iraq

| May 1, 2011

Insurgents killed a Kurdish colonel in Kirkuk and a US soldier during combat operations on April 29 in southern Iraq. Iraqi troops arrested a member of the Anbar provincial council in Fallujah.

Yemen

| May 1, 2011

“Masked gunmen” killed three soldiers and wounded five more during an assault on a government complex in Zinjibar in Abyan province. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has been blamed for previous attacks in the area.

Morocco

| May 1, 2011

The interior minister said that the explosion in Marrakesh that killed 16 people was caused by a remotely detonated bomb. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is the prime suspect in the Marrakesh attack, as the explosive used was TATP.

Libya

| May 1, 2011

Libyan troops attacked rebel forces south of Benghazi in the town of Jalo, and took control of Ojla. Britain’s prime minister said NATO forces are targeting command and control nodes, not individuals. Russia voiced concern over NATO troops deploying in Libya.