United Kingdom
Apparent string of errors unties WikiLeaks’ bundle of secret cables
Monthly Archives: September 2011
United States
Finally, World Trade Center rises from ground zero
Al Qaeda
US court case reveals CIA rendition details
Pakistan
“Gunmen” killed seven people in Kurram. A suicide bomber killed two people in Lakki Marwat. The military claimed that Mohmand has cleared the Taliban from 80 percent of Mohmand.
Afghanistan
Eight Taliban fighters were killed in a premature detonation in Kandahar. Security forces captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand and Baghlan. Forty Afghan Local Police quit in Kapisa.
Iraq
Insurgents killed three civilians, a soldier, and an Army officer in attacks in Baghdad and Salahadin. Thirty-five prisoners convicted of terrorism charges escaped from a Mosul jail; 21 have been recaptured. Muqtada al Sadr called on Iraqis to rise up against the government.
Yemen
US airstrikes killed 30 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Abyan. US officials doubt that AQAP chief Nasir al Wuhayshi was killed earlier this week in Abyan. Yemeni military claimed it has cleared AQAP from areas in Abyan. Local officials in Lahj believe AQAP is ripe to take over the province.
Somalia
A senior security official in Puntland dodged an assassination attempt after the Shabaab bomber turned himself in to authorities. The government vowed to increase the number of security forces in Mogadishu.
US airstrikes in southern Yemen kill 30 AQAP fighters: report
US airstrikes are said to have freed a Yemeni military unit in Abyan that was under siege by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. US intelligence officials expressed doubts about reports that AQAP’s leader was killed.
Libya
Rebels captured Qaddafi’s foreign minister and extended the deadline for Qaddafi loyalists in Sitre to surrender by one week. Qaddafi called for his followers to “continue the resistance” and “struggle against foreign aggression.”
Afghanistan
Afghan Aid Worker Not Blind To Taliban Threats
Iran
Iran “charm offensive” fails to ease nuclear fears
Germany
German Officials Alarmed by Ex-Rapper’s New Message: Jihad
Iraq
Iraq toll still high a year after US combat halt