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US prepares for worst-case scenario with Pakistan nukes
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Mali
Mali security officials claimed that al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has abandoned camps in the western area of the country after military operations there. Officials believe AQIM fighters have relocated to the northeastern part of the country that borders with Algeria and Niger.
Pakistan
Pak fears attacks, moves warships out of Karachi
Afghanistan
Crocker Reassures US Long-term Commitment to Afghanistan
38 US, Afghan forces killed in helo crash
The Taliban and an Afghan official claimed the Chinook was shot down as it left the scene of a raid in Wardak.
Egypt
Second night of Israeli strikes on Gaza after rocket fire
Saudi Arabia
Saudi says draft anti-terrorism law being amended
Al Qaeda
Libya Rebuffs Qaddafi Son on Alliance With Radical Islamists
Afghanistan
Dozens of US Troops Killed as Copter Shot Down in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
US defense chief vows to keep pressure on al-Qaida
China
Mushahid for cooperation with China on war against terrorism
Afghanistan
US head of Afghan aid oversight resigns
Pakistan
Pakistan – Govt to promote soft image of Pakistan via media: Firdous
Sweden
Sweden advances plan to combat extremism
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Logar, Sar-i-Pul, and Jawzjan. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south. Three civilians and a policeman were killed in Zabul after police tried to halt a funeral to recover the bodies of suspected Taliban leaders.
Pakistan
Pakistan – LEAs arrested 3,143 terrorists in three years, NA told
Afghanistan
Taliban Hint at Interest in Negotiated Settlement
Al Qaeda
Hostage video: Europeans kidnapped in Nigeria blame Al Qaeda
India
Chidambaram says Indian terrorists behind Mumbai blasts
Al Qaeda
Bali bomb suspect to be repatriated from Pakistan ‘soon’
Libya
A field commander says Libyan rebels regrouping for major new push toward Tripoli
Pakistan
US aid plan for Pakistan becomes new flash point in ties
Iraq
Iraqi troops killed a policeman and a boy during a raid in Tikrit. The Mahdi Army’s Promised Day Brigade claimed it carried out 16 attacks against US forces during July.
Somalia
Ten people were killed as Somali troops looted aid for famine victims at camps in Mogadishu. US Secretary of State Clinton called on Shabaab to allow humanitarian relief to pass through territory it controls.
Libya
Rebels claimed that Khamis Gaddafi, one of the sons of the Libyan president, was killed in an airstrike that targeted and killed 32 soldiers in Zlitan. NATO did not confirm that Khamis was killed.
Philippines
President Aquino met with Al Haj Murad Ibrahim, the leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, in Tokyo. Abu Sayyaf kidnapped a midwife in Barangay Tagbak.
Turkey
With 4 Names, Turkey Marks a New Era
Afghanistan
Six months after pullback, US goes back in to contest Pech Valley
Iraqi leaders agree to continued US troop presence beyond 2011
All of Iraq’s major parties, except the Sadrist bloc, want US forces to stay beyond the December 2011 deadline.
Afghanistan
US Doubles Down on Afghan Air War; 650 Strikes in July