Iraq
Most CIA interrogation cases won’t be pursued
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Pakistan
Pakistan – Cattle thieves turn into dreaded terrorists
Pakistan
US rejects demand to vacate Shamsi base
Pakistan
The curious case of women in Pakistan
Pakistan
The Pakistani military claimed they killed 40 Taliban fighters and destroyed 17 hideouts in Mohmand. The Taliban bombed a school in Peshawar.
Afghanistan
An ISAF airstrike killed a senior Haqqani network commander and several fighters in Paktia. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Helmand, Zabul, Paktika, and Balkh. The Taliban killed six Afghans in Helmand, and killed two ISAF soldiers in the south. Seventy-five insurgents reconciled in Balkh.
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Army’s faulty computer system hurts operations
Iraq
Insurgents killed three US soldiers in southern Iraq, a police lieutenant in Fallujah, and a soldier in Baghdad. A soldier and two railway employees were wounded in a bombing on a train near Tikrit.
Yemen
Thirty Yemeni soldiers and 14 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed during fighting in Zinjibar. AQAP has taken control of a stadium just outside of Zinjibar.
Al Qaeda
After bin Laden, militants flood net with threats
Somalia
Last week’s airstrikes that targeted Shabaab camps outside of Kismayo were carried out by US Predators. Security forces captured five Shabaab fighters in Gedo.
Pakistan
US told to consider Pakistan’s constraints
Al Qaeda
US drone targets two leaders of Somali group allied with al-Qaeda, official says
Iran
US military sees Iran behind rising troop deaths in Iraq
Al Qaeda
The al Qaeda-linked Shamukh al Islam jihadist forum has been taken offline, presumably by hackers. Al Qaeda and other terror groups use the forum to publish official announcements.
Hezbollah
The UN-supported Special Tribunal for Lebanon has indicted four Hezbollah operatives in the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri. The four have not been publicly named, but are reported to be Mustafa Badreddine, Salim al Ayyash, Hasan Aineysseh, and Asad Sabra.
Al Qaeda
Osama Bin Laden’s ‘intriguing handwritten notes’
Afghanistan
‘The Triple Agent’: The final days of the suicide bomber who attacked the CIA
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Strategic site is captured by militants in Yemen
ISAF airstrike kills senior Haqqani Network commander involved in Kabul hotel attack
Ismail Jan provided “material support” to the suicide assault team that attacked the Intercontinental just two days ago. ISAF also confirmed the assault was carried out by the Kabul Attack Network.
On reports that bin Laden wasn’t really running al Qaeda
A new report by McClatchy claims that bin Laden wasn’t actually in charge of al Qaeda at the end of his life. You should be skeptical.
Egypt
Egypt: The Victorious Islamists
Muslim Brotherhood
The United States has decided to resume official diplomatic contacts with the Muslim Brotherhood. “The political landscape in Egypt has changed, and is changing,” an unnamed US official said.
Al Qaeda
Brennan: Counterterrorism strategy focused on al-Qaeda’s threat to homeland
United Kingdom
Britain – Islamic leader’s arrival catches government off guard
Al Qaeda
Obama adviser outlines plans to defeat al Qaeda
Boko Haram
Nigeria struggles against militant upsurge
Al Qaeda
US counter-terrorism strategy to rely on surgical strikes, unmanned drones
Pakistan
Police arrested two suspected terrorists with a suicide vest in Islamabad. Pakistan’s defense minister said US personnel have been evicted from the Shamsi Airbase. Omar bin Laden is seeking to have Osama’s family members freed from Pakistani custody.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a senior government official in Kandahar City and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Paktika, and Kunduz.