Egypt
Egypt uprising: Islamists lead Tahrir Square rally
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Indonesia
Rights Advocates Criticize Light Sentences in Sectarian Killings in Indonesia
United States
NYPD pioneers new dirty bomb detection system
Shabaab
Somalia – Militants Bedevil Famine-Relief Bid
Tajikistan
Tajikistan to grant amnesty to 15,000 prisoners
Al Qaeda
US Sees Iranian, al Qaeda Alliance
Al Qaeda
Ex-Counterterrorism Aide Warns Against Complacency on Al Qaeda
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team killed 19 people in an attack on a government center in Uruzgan. The Taliban killed an ISAF solider in the east. Nine Taliban fighters and an Afghan soldier were killed during fighting in Ghazni. Security forces captured a Taliban district commander in Helmand. French troops accidentally killed two civilians in […]
Treasury targets Iran’s ‘secret deal’ with al Qaeda
The US Treasury Department designated six al Qaeda members who work for a terror network based in Iran. One of the six leaders designated today was identified as al Qaeda’s “operations chief” earlier this month; he was also reported to be involved in plotting an attack set to coincide with the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
Fort Hood plot thwarted
Authorities arrested Naser Jason Abdo and seized weapons, ammunition, and bomb-making materials.
Suicide bombers kill 15 Iraqis in Tikrit
The suicide team targeted policemen and soldiers as they lined up to collect their salaries.
Iraq
A pair of al Qaeda suicide bombers killed 15 Iraqis in an attack that targeted policemen and soldiers in Tikrit. Insurgents killed two Iraqi soldiers in Mosul.
Yemen
Yemen’s foreign minister said that civil war would break out if President Saleh was forced to step down. An Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander and four fighters were killed in an airstrike in Zinjibar.
Iran
Russia’s envoy to NATO said that the US may use the European missile defense shield as “a pretext for preparing an attack on Iran.” Iran said it would continue to attack PJAK bases until Iraq deploys forces to the border.
Somalia
Somali and African Union forces claimed to have taken control of neighborhoods in Mogadishu from Shabaab during fighting that resulted in four people killed. Several Shabaab suspects were detained in connection with the bombing in Mandera in Kenya that killed four soldiers.
India
Pakistan’s glamorous new foreign minister wows India
Eritrea
A UN report said Eritrean intelligence officers were involved in the plot to carry out attacks in Addis Ababa in January 2011 to disrupt the African Union summit. The plot involved car bomb attacks at the AU headquarters, Africa’s largest market, and an area where dignitaries were housed.
Denmark
How the far-right took hold in tolerant Nordic countries
Norway
Sweden – Police terror response hit by chopper shortage
African Union
Eritrea planned massive bomb attack on African Union summit, UN says
Pakistan
Pakistan torturing Balochistan activists, report says
Iraq
US Loses Ally as Iraqi General Waits for Trial
Suicide assault team kills 19 in Uruzgan
A six-man suicide assault team hit the government center in Tarin Kot as well as the home of a key power broker in the southern Afghan province.
Iran
Iran revolutionary guards’ commander set to become president of Opec
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al Shabaab recruited dozens of Americans: US report
North Korea
North Korea predicts new nuclear arms race
Al Qaeda
Eulogies for Bin Laden, Shrouded in Mystery
Egypt
As Egypt charts new foreign policy course, away from US line, Iran hopes to warm ties
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber assassinated the mayor of Kandahar City. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, HIG, and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Wardak, Kunduz, and Jawzjan.
Iraq
Security forces killed an al Qaeda leader west of Mosul. President Talibani pardoned 50 Mahdi Army fighters and leaders. The Mahdi Army’s Promised Day Brigade claimed it carried out five attacks over the past week against US forces in Baghdad, Dhi Qar, Wasit, and Maysan.