Monthly Archives: July 2011

United States

| July 6, 2011

The US has indicted Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame for supporting both Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Warsame, a Somali citizen, was captured by special operations forces on April 19 while traveling between Somalia and Yemen.

Mauritania

| July 5, 2011

Fighters believed to be from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) attacked a military base in the east near Nema but were repelled by Mauritanian military aircraft. Two days ago, AQIM claimed it killed 20 soldiers in a battle in Mali on June 24.

Afghanistan

| July 5, 2011

Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Zabul, Logar, Khost, Nangarhar, Sar-i-Pul, and Nuristan. The Taliban killed four ISAF soldiers in attacks in the east. Canada has ended its deployment of offensive forces in Kandahar.

The Taliban

| July 5, 2011

Canada has blacklisted the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan for being a terrorist entity. The designation prevents Canadians from “knowingly dealing with assets owned or controlled by the TTP.”

Pakistan

| July 5, 2011

US Predators killed at least four “militants” in a strike in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed three Pakistani soldiers in an IED attack on a convoy in North Waziristan. The Taliban escaped an operation launched by the military in central Kurram.

Iraq

| July 5, 2011

Terrorists killed 35 Iraqis in a suicide attack in Taji, a policeman in Babil, a soldier in Fallujah, and two civilians in Baghdad. Security forces detained four terrorists in Basrah. The US is offering to keep 10,000 troops in Iraq after December 2012.

Yemen

| July 5, 2011

The military claimed it killed 40 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Zinjibar. Four civilians and six “gunmen” were killed in airstrikes in Zinjibar.

Hezbollah

| July 5, 2011

Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is an “Israeli-American project” and threatened the March 14 movement for its support of the indictment. “Reevaluate your choices because this path will harm Lebanon and it will especially harm you,” he said.

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| July 5, 2011

Israeli forces fired at a team of militants preparing to fire rockets from Gaza into Israel, killing two and wounding one. They belonged to Tawheed and Jihad, a radical Islamist group that has vied for power with Hamas.

Shabaab

| July 5, 2011

Shabaab arrested 13 young men south of Mogadishu for watching pornographic videos on cell phones. Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a accused Shabaab of provoking intra-clan fighting in central Somalia.