Canada
Libyan Rebels Reportedly Used Tiny Canadian Surveillance Drone
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Bahrain
After Arab Revolts, Reigns of Uncertainty
Pakistan
Islamabad – 135 suspected terrorists arrested in 2010-11
Afghanistan
Irresponsible Armed Individuals Increasing in Kabul
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three policemen in Balkh and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Paktika, Nangarhar, Wardak, and Faryab. President Karzai pardoned five would-be suicide bombers.
Palestinian Territories
Militants from Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine fired five rockets into Israel, violating a two-day-old truce. Israeli airstrikes killed two militants, including an Islamic Jihad commander linked to recent operations in Sinai; four other militants were wounded.
Al Qaeda
The US military’s Hollywood connection
Pakistan
Ten Lashkar-e-Islam fighters were killed in a bunker that was occupied and then mined by the Taliban in Khyber. The Lashkar-e-Khorasan executed a ‘US spy’ in North Waziristan. Police in Lahore arrested three men thought to be involved with the kidnapping of an American.
Iraq
Insurgents killed 12 Iraqis in attacks throughout the country, including six policemen in a suicide attack in Ramadi. Security forces arrested nine terrorists in Iskandariyah.
Afghanistan
US senators stress complex nature of Pakistan ties
Yemen
Thirty-nine al Qaeda fighters and 11 Yemeni soldiers were killed during fighting in the southern province of Abyab. Fighting was reported in the cities of Zinjibar and Jaar, and the district of Maysameer.
Somalia
Shabaab executed three government “spies” in Mogadishu and detained three more in Barawe. Sierra Leone said it would send a battalion of 850 troops to Somalia in April 2012.
Algeria
Insurgents attacked a military checkpoint near the village of Taouarga in Bourmedes province, killing one soldier and injuring two more.
Libya
NATO airstrikes continue as Gaddafi loyalists still hold several districts in Tripoli and elsewhere. The rebels have put out a $1.7 million bounty for Gaddafi. A group of foreign journalists held by loyalists in a Tripoli hotel has been released.
North Korea
North Korea leader Kim Jong-il said during a visit to Russia that his country is ready to impose a moratorium on the testing and production of nuclear weapons. The US and South Korea are looking for concrete signs of change on this issue.
AQAP’s Ansar al Sharia releases video of suicide attack
The political front for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula published a videotape of the July 25 suicide attack that killed five Yemeni soldiers and wounded 25 more.
Lashkar-e-Khorasan executes a ‘US spy’
The terrorist counterintelligence unit killed an Afghan accused of working for the Americans in North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
The Need for a Political and Economic Transition Strategy in Afghanistan
Libya
Turkey Reveals Quiet Rebel Payments
Iraq
Nuclear Experts Warn of Libya ‘Dirty Bomb’ Material
Libya
Waves of Disinformation and Confusion Swamp the Truth in Libya
Israel
Looted Libyan arms flooding into Gaza
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Bitter, Little-Known Ethnic Rebellion
Germany
Iran and Hezbollah hail rebels
Yemen
Yemen PM returns from Riyadh after attack on Saleh
Libya
Libya’s deadliest weapons not yet corralled
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two Afghan soldiers in Kunar and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia, Kapisa, and Wardak. Two German climbers have gone missing in the north.
Iraq
Turkey claimed it killed nearly 100 PKK fighters in airstirkes in northern Iraq. Insurgents killed a councilman and his son in Hit, and a tribal leader and his son in Ninewa.
Afghanistan
Russia to Supply 500,000 tonnes of Fuel to Afghanistan
Indonesia
Ban Christian churches on streets with Islamic names, says Indonesian mayor