Afghanistan
Young Afghan fighters eager to rejoin Taliban
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Israel
Israel clears out embassy staff in Jordan
China
Xinjiang Doesn’t See Foreign Link in Attacks
Libya
Officials: US ramps up weapons search in Libya
Pakistan
PM says it’s United States’ turn to do more
France
Praying in Paris streets outlawed
Iran
Turkey “may act with Iran against PKK in Iraq”
Germany
Kosovo, EU deploy customs, police in restive North
Afghanistan
Report: Ganjgal hero recommended for Medal of Honor
Taliban tour ‘liberated’ base in eastern Afghanistan
The videotape shows a large group of Taliban fighters at what appears to be an abandoned US military base in Wardak province.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
White House Weighs Limits of Terror Fight
Sweden
Swedish public radio broadcast a panel discussion in which a Somali imam urged Muslims to kill anyone who converts from Islam. When reminded that the broadcast was in Sweden, the imam said that the same rules apply there.
India
The US added the Indian Mujahideen to the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The US State Department described the the terror group as “an India-based terrorist group with significant links to Pakistan.”
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 31 Pakistanis who were attending a funeral in Lower Dir. The Taliban killed three military intelligence officials in an IED attack in Bannu.
Israel
UK tightens rules on arresting foreigners
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four policemen in a bombing in Paktika. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia, and Faryab.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a traffic officer and a civilian in attacks in Baghdad. Security forces captured 11 suspects thought to be involved in the massacre of 22 Shia travelers near Rutbah.
Yemen
Four people were killed as government forces shelled areas of Sana’a under the control of Sheikh Ahmar, who opposes President Saleh. A young man was killed during three bombings in Aden.
Somalia
Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali called for the UN Security Council to send an additional 3,000 troops. Shabaab denied it was behind the kidnapping of a Briton in Kenya.
Nigeria
Police killed three Boko Haram fighters who attacked a divisional police station and a bank in Misau on Sept. 12; five policemen and a civilian were killed during the fighting. Boko Haram fighters killed three people in Maiduguri.
The flaw in the US ‘National Strategy for Counterterrorism’
The US and Pakistan have different outlooks on the US role in Afghanistan and in the region.
Al Qaeda’s operations chief for Pakistan reported killed in Predator strike
Abu Hafs al Shahri, a Saudi citizen, is said to have been killed in a recent Predator strike. He was on Saudi Arabia’s list of most wanted terrorists.
Afghanistan
Kabul Attack Led From Outside Afghanistan: MoI
Armenia
Russian-Led Security Body To Monitor Social Media In Wake Of Arab Spring
Norway
Norway – Progress Party leader slams BBC
US State Department adds Indian Mujahideen to list of terror groups
The terror group has been implicated as being behind numerous attacks inside India. The US said the Indian Mujahideen “maintains close ties” to Lashkar e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami.
Afghanistan
The British trail to the Afghan jihad
Libya
Libya the new terrorist haven?
Libya
Islamists emerge in force in new Libya
Suicide bomber kills 31 mourners at funeral in Pakistan’s northwest
The attack took place at a funeral for a member of a tribe that has raised an anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan’s northwestern district of Lower Dir.