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Former top Israeli general says explosions that reportedly hit Iranian nuclear sites were not accidents
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Pakistan
The military killed 12 “militants” during fighting in Kurram. The Taliban killed the head of a “peace committee” in Hangu.
Afghanistan
Elite Marine role in Afghanistan key to 2014 exit
Afghanistan
NATO attack on Pakistani troops not deliberate: US
Afghanistan
Mere apology won’t work: Pakistan
NATO
UAE demands NATO must apologise
Pakistan
Pakistan may summon BBC as news channel blocked
Afghanistan
ISAF said Pakistan has resumed some cooperation to prevent border incidents. Security forces captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, Logar, and Wardak. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
Iraq
Anbar’s provincial council said it would declare autonomy in the next week. Prime Minister Maliki said Iraq would accept US soldiers as military trainers. Insurgents killed a policeman in Mosul and five civilians in Samarra.
Iran
A “mysterious” blast damaged parts of a uranium conversion plant near Isfahan earlier this week, despite Iranian claims that the blast occurred during a military maneuver on Monday. New satellite images show the massive destruction of Iran’s long-range missile research base which blew up on Nov. 17 after “technicians performed a volatile procedure involving a […]
Yemen
Fighting between Shia Houthi rebels and Sunni Islamists wounded at least 26 people in north Yemen. Gunmen killed two Yemeni soldiers in the main southern city of Aden as thousands rallied there to call for secession from the north. Forces loyal to Yemeni President Saleh shelled several neighborhoods in the city of Taiz, killing one […]
IMU names 87 ‘martyrs’ killed during past year
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan said commanders and fighters from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Russia, and Germany have been killed during fighting in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Jamaat-ud-Dawa
Jamaat-ud-Dawa vows to make Pakistan a Taliban state
Philippines
Police and intelligence officers captured Hussein Ahaddin, an al Qaeda-linked bomber, suspected in at least six attacks, including a 2002 karaoke bar explosion that killed an American Green Beret and a hotel blast this week that killed three people. Police officials said Ahaddin was captured in a remote Zamboanga village called Muti after an antiterror […]
Afghanistan
Afghan officials show scant remorse for Pakistan’s military casualties
Senior Shabaab leader survived blast
Hassan Dahir Aweys, who was rumored to have been killed earlier this month, appeared in a western Somali city.
Iraq
Iraq Would Accept US Soldiers as Trainers
Egypt
Egypt elections: Muslim Brotherhood claims it is leading
Afghanistan
Strategy on Afghanistan unchanged: US State Dept
Afghanistan
US to Leave Shamsi Air Base
Somalia
A Shabaab suicide bomber killed five people in an attack on a military base in Mogadishu. Shabaab killed six civilians in an IED attack and dismembered two men accused of robbery in Lafole.
Afghanistan
Pakistan army says NATO attack was blatant aggression
Canada
Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian from Sudan, was taken off the UN’s terrorist blacklist. He was arrested in Sudan in 2003 and deemed an al Qaeda supporter by the US in 2006. He returned to Canada in 2009 and has already been cleared of terror allegations there.
Iran
British Embassy Assault in Iran Dramatizes Internal Feud
Iran
Satellite Views Show Destruction From Blast at Iran Site
Afghanistan
To Afghanistan, on the slow train
Egypt
Islamists expect gains as Egypt counts votes
Pakistan
Pakistan steps up anti-US rhetoric after attack
Afghanistan
Russia Threatens To Cut Off NATO Afghanistan Transit
Transfer of security responsibility will test Afghan National Security Forces
President Karzai announced the second phase of the transfer of security responsibility from ISAF to the Afghan National Security Forces. This will be a more difficult test for the ANSF than the first phase.