Al Qaeda in Iraq
Militants linked to al-Qaeda emboldened in Yemen
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed three policemen and a civilian in an attack outside a police headquarters in Basrah. Insurgents killed an Iraqi soldier in Mosul and an imam in Balad.
Yemen
“Islamic militants” killed a colonel and two soldiers in Zinjibar in Abyan province. Three “Islamic extremists” were killed in airstrikes in Jaar, also in Abyan. More than 40,000 have fled the fighting in Abyab.
Somalia
A Shabaab fighter killed a woman after opening fire on a group of teenagers playing soccer in Mogadishu. AMISOM vowed to take control of the Bakara market in Mogadishu.
NATO
Beginning of the end for NATO?
Afghanistan
How will Afghan women fare in Taliban reconciliation?
The Gitmo Files: Fazul Mohammed continued to seek bin Laden’s direction
Leaked Guantanamo threat assessments highlight Osama bin Laden’s influence over East Africa al Qaeda (EAAQ) and its leader, the recently slain Fazul Mohammed. The files also contain striking details about the ties between EAAQ and Somalia’s Islamic Courts Union, the predecessor of Shabaab.
Afghanistan
Some police recruits impose ‘Islamic tax’ on Afghans
Afghanistan
Secret US effort aims to help dissidents – report
Taliban
Obama’s secret Afghan exit formula
Afghanistan
Insurgents block Kunar-Nuristan Highway
United States
When ads celebrated soldiers and sacrifice
Al Qaeda
The Al Tahadi jihadist forum purportedly published a video, supposedly produced by As Sahab, that announced that Hamza bin Laden, Osama’s son, was appointed the new leader of al Qaeda. The video was quickly removed from the forum.
Pakistan
The Taliban denied it carried out yesterday’s deadly bombing at a market in Peshawar that killed 39 people. Three people were wounded in an IED attack in Islamabad. Security forces detained a suicide bomber in Karachi.
Afghanistan
Afghan officials claimed Pakistan will target sanctuaries of Taliban leaders who refuse to engage in peace talks with the Afghan government. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Ghazni, Helmand, Wardak, and Badghis. The Taliban killed two school boys in Paktia.
Afghanistan
Silence envelops eastern Afghanistan’s biggest city as zealots wage war on music
Russia
In an attack in Baksan, “militants” killed the colonel in charge of the Counter Extremism Center of Kabardino-Balkaria’s Interior Ministry. In Dagestan, security forces killed three Caucasus Emirate operatives, including the commander in charge of a failed Moscow attack.
Afghanistan
The Grim French View on Afghanistan
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in Mosul, and a former Army officer and his son in Khanaqin. An Air Force major general from Anbar province and three of his brothers who were detained two months ago was released from prison.
Iran
Iran’s air force chief claimed that US-made F-14 fighters are still operational as engineers are “reverse engineering” parts for the warplanes. The army chief said it successfully test-fired a domestically made anti-aircraft missile system.
Syria
Syrian troops have begun their assault on Jisr al Shoughour, where an army mutiny last week resulted in the deaths of 120 troops. The military has deployed tanks and helicopter gunships, and is shelling the town with artillery.
Al Qaeda
CIA chief Panetta leaves without deal
Afghanistan
Pak should be happy Afghanistan has India’s help: Karzai
Pakistan
‘Pakistan army will face suicide attacks in North Waziristan’
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Pakistan to target insurgents
Fatah
Hamas rejects Fayyad as next Palestinian PM
Al Qaeda
Somalis, Kenyans hail al-Qaida mastermind’s death
Egypt
Egyptian intelligence detained an Israeli man for “spying on Egypt with the aim of harming its economic and political interests.” The Israeli was identified as Ilan Chaim Grabel and is said to work for Mossad.
Al Qaeda
Panetta warns Pakistani intelligence officials on collusion with militants
Al Qaeda
Lawmakers push for new Afghan strategy