Monthly Archives: July 2011

India

| July 18, 2011

India – Terrorists move to Skype, frustrate eavesdroppers

India

| July 18, 2011

India – Gujarat woman who turned bomb-making husband to cops rewarded

Russia

| July 18, 2011

“A large terrorist attack was averted at the preparation stage in the Moscow area,” said Russia’s Federal Security Service director. Four men from the North Caucasus have been detained in connection with the plot.

Pakistan

| July 18, 2011

A court has charged TNSM chief Sufi Mohammed and 23 others with treason and murder for attacking a police station and government building, and killing 11 security personnel. Sufi brokered the Swat peace accord that put the Taliban in charge of much of northwestern Pakistan in 2009.

Afghanistan

| July 18, 2011

The Taliban killed 11 policemen in Helmand and Kandahar, beheaded two people in Farah, and killed four ISAF soldiers in the south and the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, Nangarhar, Balkh, and Takhar. General Allen has taken command of ISAF.

Al Qaeda in Iraq

| July 18, 2011

The Islamic State in Iraq, al Qaeda’s political front, claimed it carried out the June 26 suicide attack in Tarmiyah and the July 5 suicide attack in Taji. The group also claimed 15 other operations north of Baghdad, SITE reported.

Iraq

| July 18, 2011

Security forces killed three gunmen and arrested three more in Mosul, and detained a senior al Qaeda leader in Thi Qar and 18 wanted men in Basrah. Insurgents killed an Awakening fighter in Kirkuk. Iraqi is seeking US trainers, not soldiers, to remain after the December 2011 deadline.

Yemen

| July 18, 2011

Yemeni tribes have joined government forces to battle al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in the city of Zinjibar in Abyan. The Joint Meeting Party accused Iran of backing the Shia Houthi rebels in Al Jawf province.

Syria

| July 18, 2011

More than 30 people were killed during fighting between pro- and anti-government protesters in the city of Homs. The government recognized Palestine as a state.

United States

| July 18, 2011

The trial of Mohammed Wali Zazi has begun in New York City. Mohammed is the father of Najibullah Zazi, who pled guilty to training at al Qaeda camps and plotting to carry out suicide attacks in NYC subways.

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

| July 18, 2011

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed it carried out the July 5 raid on the military barracks in the town of Bassiknou in Mauritania. The group claimed only two of its fighters were killed, and denied government reports that five of its fighters were killed and 15 were captured, SITE reported.