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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Syria
Anti-regime activists claimed that 59 people have been killed by Syrian security forces throughout the country. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have recalled their ambassadors from Damascus.
Somalia
Four people were killed during fighting between government and Shabaab forces in a village near Mogadishu. Four more were killed in fighting in Luk.
Philippines
Marines claimed they killed three Abu Sayyaf fighters during a clash in the town of Patikul in Sulu province. The clash took place near where two Marines were beheaded by Abu Sayyaf fighters last month.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 13 Afghan policemen in Kandahar and four ISAF soldiers in the south and the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Paktika, Nimroz, and Kunduz. The Taliban may attend the Bonn conference.
Afghanistan
Elite Force Died in Bid to Save Comrades
Afghanistan
Afghan helicopter crash reflects peril for US Special Forces
Afghanistan
Attack on Helicopter in Afghanistan Adds to Signs of an Unstable Region
Philippines
Philippine leader gave new hope for peace: Rebels
Iraq
Muqtada al Sadr threatened to attack US trainers if they remain in Iraq past the December 2011 deadline for withdrawal. Insurgents killed an Awakening fighter in Kirkuk. Security forces detained two insurgents in Diyala.
Syria
Syrian troops backed by tanks are said to have killed 50 people in an assault on the city of Deir al Zor. Soldiers killed 13 more people in an attack in Houla Plain, near Homs.
Somalia
Fighting broke out in Mogadishu as Shabaab rearguard forces attacked African Union and Somali troops advanced into areas abandoned by Shabaab two days ago. Prime Minister Ali said Somali troops would continue to fight Shabaab outside of Mogadishu.
Afghanistan
Sergeant killed in Afghan copter crash “had stuff to do,” brother says
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, more and more roadside bombs
Israel
Israeli minister: Cut ties with Palestinians
Afghanistan
NATO, Afghan forces fight insurgents near crash
Syria
Syrian opposition admits armed insurgents are operating on fringe of uprising against Assad regime
Shabaab
Somalia famine: Islamist fighters pull out of Mogadishu to allow food to be distributed
Pakistan
How Pakistani minutemen are fighting the Taliban ‘false Muslims’
Benin
Piracy on the rise off West Africa’s coast
Ethiopia
Tracking Somali Pirates to Their Lair
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed one person outside a school in Mohmand. The Taliban destroyed 16 NATO fuel tankers in Peshawar and bombed a school in Khyber.
Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed to have shot down a Chinook in Wardak, killing 30 US soldiers, including 22 SEALs, an interpreter, and seven Afghan commandos. ISAF is investigating reports that an airstrike killed eight civilians in Helmand. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
Chinook shot down over Taliban safe haven near Kabul
US troops pulled out of Saydabad in the spring. The Taliban raised their flag in the district shortly afterward.
Shabaab withdraws forces from Mogadishu
Shabaab’s spokesman claims the troops withdrew from the capital as part of a tactical move.
Iraq
Two people were killed and seven more were wounded in three bombings at a sports stadium in Ramadi. Security forces captured seven members of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq.
Afghanistan
Body Bags In Baluchistan
African Union
Militants retreat from Mogadishu
Somalia
Shabaab forces have withdrawn from Mogadishu, spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage told the Shabaab-run Andalus radio statio. “We have abandoned Mogadishu but we remain in other towns,” Rage said. “We aren’t leaving you, but we have changed our tactics.”
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has launched an “indoctrination campaign” along the Mali-Mauritania border. AQIM “has been organizing exhortatory and religious lectures that end with inviting people to engage in holy war” near military barracks in Mali, a local said.