Monthly Archives: June 2011

Afghanistan

| June 10, 2011

A Taliban suicide bomber killed four Afghan police at a mosque in Kunduz. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, Paktika, Logar, Nangarhar, and Baghlan. An ISAF soldier died in a helicopter crash in the east.

Iraq

| June 10, 2011

The Hezbollah Brigades claimed Monday’s rocket attack in Baghdad that killed five US soldiers. The Iranian-backed group claimed it has rockets that are “ready to be used at any time to target enemy bases, especially its embassy.”

Egypt

| June 10, 2011

Egypt – Interior minister blames security gap on officers’ fear of facing prosecution

Libya

| June 10, 2011

Norway decides to withdraw fighter jets from Libya operation by August

Yemen

| June 10, 2011

Six al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed in airstrikes outside the town of Jaar. Three soldiers and two members of the Southern Movement were killed in fighting in Habilayn. President Saleh’s son has effectively taken control of the government.

Pakistan

| June 10, 2011

Pakistan sends home American military trainers as mutual mistrust deepens

Syria

| June 10, 2011

The Syrian military has begun to assault the town of Jisr al Shughour, where troops there last week mutinied and more than 120 security forces were killed. The military opened fire on protesters in Bosra al Harir, killing two.

Somalia

| June 10, 2011

A pair of suicide bombers attacked a port in Mogadishu; the two bombers and two security guards were killed. A Canadian Shabaab leader was killed in Mogadishu.

Hamas

| June 9, 2011

‘Iran caught 10 times trying to send arms to terrorists’

Pakistan

| June 9, 2011

Twelve Taliban fighters and eight Pakistani soldiers were killed during a clash in South Waziristan. The Taliban killed four people in a bombing in Matni in Peshawar and two people in Dir, and destroyed a NATO fuel tanker in Khyber.

Afghanistan

| June 9, 2011

The Taliban killed nine members of a wedding party in Nangarhar and two ISAF soldiers in the south and the west. Eleven members of the Defense and Interior ministries were arrested in connection with a Taliban attack last month. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Khost, Logar, Wardak, […]

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

| June 9, 2011

The US is reported to have killed Abu Ali al Harithi, a mid-level Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader, in a June 3 airstrike in the south. Harithi is said to be a senior commander in Shabwa province.

Iraq

| June 9, 2011

Insurgents killed three Iraqis, including a judge, in Baghdad. Security forces detained 42 wanted men in Wassit and a terrorist who assassinated a police chief in Ninewa.