Afghanistan
Counterfeit Dollars Flooding Afghanistan
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Afghanistan
The Taliban’s Internet Strategy
Al Qaeda
AP sources: No sign of US entry for terror plot
Afghanistan
Al-Qaida will keep trying to attack us, Barack Obama tells Americans
Afghanistan
Borders with Afghanistan sealed off: Rehman Malik
Afghanistan
Battle for Afghanistan’s Gambir Jungle: Soldiers’ tale of an epic fight
Taliban suicide bomber hits combat outpost in Wardak
The Taliban claimed credit for the attack that killed two Afghan civilians and wounded 89 people, including 50 US troops.
Afghanistan
Battle for Afghanistan’s Gambir Jungle: What was it all for?
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed two Afghans in an attack on a base in Wardak province. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east and a police chief in Ghazni. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Paktika, Logar, Nangarhar, Kabul, and Uruzgan.
Iraq
Many Iraqis Have Second Thoughts as US Exit Nears
Iraq
Insurgents killed two civilians in attacks in Mosul and Baqubah. Security forces detained a military commander of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq in Wasit.
Yemen
The Yemeni government claimed it has retaken control of Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province, and ejected al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula from other towns in the area. The military has also broken the three-month-long siege of the 25th Mechanized Brigade just outside of Zinjibar.
Somalia
Four people were killed in a bombing at the second largest market in Mogadishu. A Shabaab official called journalists from Shabelle, Radio Mogadishu, VOA and BBC “apostates.”
Al Qaeda
The 9/11 Decade
Al Qaeda
How the NYPD Foiled the Post-9/11 Terror Plots
Al Qaeda
Two Decades of Pursuing al Qaeda
Taliban: ‘Afghans have an endless stamina for a long war’
The Taliban statement denied any role in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, which it described as “an ambiguous and murky event.”
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Osama bin Laden sought to use five French hostages captured by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Niger to discredit President Sarkozy. Bin Laden issued written, personal guidance to AQIM on how the hostages were to be handled.
Nigeria
Security officials said Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb were involved in the suicide attack on the UN headquarters in Abua. Officials said Mamman Nur, the tactical commander who is linked to al Qaeda, was in Somalia before the attack.
Egypt
Egyptians stormed the Israeli embassy in Cairo, forcing the ambassador, his staff, and families to flee. Three Egyptians were killed as police clashed with the rioters.
Nigeria
Cable: Nigeria released known terror suspects
Chechnya
War on terror: China slams US, allies for ‘double standards’
India
Delhi HC blast: No clear leads yet as two more terror emails arrive
Afghanistan
Taliban Need ‘Pain’ to Talk, Envoy Says
Egypt
Egypt Fears Erupt on Street, in Policy
Al Qaeda
The Associated Press: Judge dumps suit for info on use of drones to kill
Shabaab
As an Enemy Retreats, Clans Carve Up Somalia
Pakistan
The interior ministry warned of a plot by the Taliban to kidnap a government official in order to free Osama bin Laden’s family. A Pakistani man pleaded guilty in a US court to plotting to send nuclear technology to his home country.
India
Delhi bomb: Indian group ‘may be behind’ court attack
Al Qaeda
Somalia denies CIA rendition base in Mogadishu