Thailand
Thai bomb disposal expert survives car blast
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Tense times for delicate US-Taliban talks
Turkish jihadist commander executed by the Taliban in Waziristan: report
Abu Zarr fought in the Caucasus for 15 years before traveling to Afghanistan and joining the Taifatul Mansura. The Taliban executed him for ordering the deaths of two “foreign fighters.”
Afghanistan
The al Qaeda- Taliban Connection
Afghanistan
Iran funnels new weapons to Iraq and Afghanistan
Iran
Iran – Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Christian priest
Egypt
Egypt – ‘Harassment of Christian girls’ sparks sectarian strife
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US expands its drone war into Somalia
Norway
Norway – Ministers approve onboard arms
Somalia
Swedish ships take up arms to combat pirates
Pakistan
Two Pakistanis were killed in a bombing in a market in Peshawar. Two Swiss citizens were kidnapped in the Loralai district in Baluchistan.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 20 civilians in an IED attack in Nimroz. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Paktia, Logar, and Laghman.
Iraq
Iraqi forces have launched an operation against the Iranian-backed Shia Special Groups in Maysan. Two policemen and a soldier were killed in Mosul.
Hezbollah
Lebanon’s interior minister confirmed that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has indicted Hezbollah operatives Mustafa Badreddine, Salim Ayyash, Assad Sabra, and Hussein Anaissi. Badreddine is the brother-in-law of slain Hezbollah military leader Imad Mugniyah.
The Gitmo Files: al Qaeda’s alleged primary financial manager
According to a leaked Joint Task Force Guantanamo threat assessment, a current detainee named Haji Wali Mohammed was al Qaeda’s “primary financial manager.” Haji Wali also allegedly worked for the Taliban, and purchased missiles for Osama bin Laden with support from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
Iraq
Iraq takes over billions in oil revenue set aside by UN
Afghan Local Police remain key to Coalition strategy
The Coalition seeks to triple the size of the Afghan Local Police.
Iran
A senior cleric advocated the spread of the Islamic revolution to the US and Europe. The Maersk Line shipping company will no longer do business at the Iranian ports of Bandar Abbas, Bandar Khomeini, and Asaluyeh.
Syria
Security forces killed three anti-regime protesters in Homs, three in Idlib, two in the suburbs of Damascus, and one in Latakia. The government blamed “gunmen” for killing the protesters.
Egypt
US reaches out to Islamist parties
Afghanistan
What is Obama’s Afghanistan plan?
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s clerics challenge King Abdullah’s reform agenda
The US’s overhyped provision of drones to Uganda and Burundi
A large number of observers believe that the US just provided Uganda and Burundi with offensive drone capabilities. It hasn’t.
Afghanistan
Supposedly beaten Pakistani Taliban regroup and strike back
Sudan
Another area girds for revolt as Sudan approaches a split
United States
Panetta sworn in as Obama’s second Pentagon chief