Pakistan
Pakistan: Govt launches ‘surgical operation’ to stop violence
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Yemen
The military claimed it killed four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Abyan. The head of the Shura Council died from wounds suffered in the June 3 assassination attempt that targeted President Saleh.
Libya
President Gaddafi’s son, Saif al Islam, appeared at a hotel in Tripoli to disprove reports from rebels that he was captured last weekend. Saif claimed that government forces are still in control of the capital and have lured the rebels into a trap.
Egypt
The US is investigating if a group calling itself al Qaeda in the Sinai was involved in last week’s attacks in southern Israel that killed eight Israelis. The Gaza-based Popular Resistance Committees or the al Qaeda-linked Army of Islam may have been involved in the attacks.
Al Qaeda cell targeted by Treasury Department tied to multiple terror groups
Two senior members of al Qaeda’s al Ghuraba cell were designated by the Treasury Department earlier this month. The cell was first broken up in 2003, based on intelligence gleaned from detainees in the CIA’s controversial enhanced interrogation program. Lashkar-e-Taiba reportedly provided training for the cell.
Libya
US, NATO concerned about Libya’s stockpile of weapons
Libya
After Uprising, Rebels Face a Struggle for Unity
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad declares state of emergency to fight crime
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Progress in Second Phase of Transition: NATO
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Call for Formation of Terrorists Special Tribunal Welcomed
Afghanistan
Afghan Villagers Stone a Taliban Commander to Death
Australia
Ex-Gitmo inmate takes Australia to UN
US Predators kill 4 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan
The strike took place in the Mir Ali area, a known haven for a number of terrorist groups.
Pakistan
Young Pakistanis turn to music to beat bombers
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Paktika, Kapisa, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed two civilians in Helmand and an ISAF soldier in the south.
Pakistan
US Predators killed four “militants” in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. The Taliban torched 19 tankers in Baluchistan that were carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Afghans brace for economic fallout of US exit
Pakistan
Pakistan – To defeat terrorism sports academies in KP, FATA planned
Brazil
Islam takes root in land of bikinis and Carnival
Arab League
Arab League calls for global pressure on Israel
Iraq
Insurgents killed a police officer in Mosul. “Gunmen” kidnapped a Navy officer in Basrah. Security forces arrested 20 members of an assassination gang in Baghdad.
Libya
No NATO bases after Gaddafi: Rebel envoy
Afghanistan
Drone collision in Afghanistan sparks debate on US availability
Iran
Iran has begun to transfer uranium enrichment centrifuges from the facility in Natanz to an installation in Fordow, near Qom. The IAEA said the move was a “further deviation” from UN Security Council sanctions.
Somalia
Thirty people were killed during fighting between Shabaab and Somali forces in Buzar. Shabaab forces looted eight trucks carrying food to famine victims south of Mogadishu. A military official said the government would launch an offensive against Shabaab in Lower and Middle Jubba.
Elite Afghan force destroys insurgent explosives cache
Security for the Lashkar Gah district in Helmand was transitioned from NATO to the Afghan government in May.
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden’s wife and five children still imprisoned in Pakistan
Afghanistan
New Zealand PM defends role of special forces in Afghanistan after soldier’s death
Afghanistan
Seeking a Functioning Parliament, Afghan Panel Upends Vote Results
Spain
Police arrested Abdellatif Aoulad Chiba for plotting to poison water supplies. Chiba, a Moroccan, obtained manuals to make poisons and explosives on Islamist web forums.