Egypt
US pro-democracy effort rubs many in Egypt the wrong way
Yearly Archives: 2011
Pakistan
Balochistan caught in spiral of violence
Pakistan
Pakistan – Burqa: an emerging security challenge
Pakistan
‘Terrorists have no religion’ – Pakistani interior minister
Pakistan
Seven people, including five policemen, were killed in an IED and female suicide attack in Peshawar. Three women and two children were killed in a bombing at their home in Khyber.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Traders say they can’t export goods via Pakistan
Hamas
US Threatens to Halt Gaza Aid Over Hamas Audits
Al Qaeda
Kathryn Bigelow denies White House favouritism over Bin Laden film
Benin
Dozens of ships fleeing Benin waters due to piracy: navy
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed six ISAF soldiers in the south and another in the east, and two brothers in a shooting at a mosque in Nangarhar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, and Zabul. President Karzai said he would not seek a third term as president.
Iraq
Insurgents killed three Iraqis in a pair of bombings in Ramadi and a member of the Sunni Endowment in Al Kut. Security forces detained six wanted men in Kirkuk.
Norway
Norwegian police armed response capabilities defective
Egypt
Ahmed Agiza, an Egyptian who was deported from Sweden in 2001, convicted in Egypt of links to al Qaeda, and sentenced to 15 years in jail, was released and is seeking to return to Sweden. Mohammed Alzery, another Egyptian who was arrested with Agiza and also deported, was freed earlier.
Lebanon
Two men were killed while attempting to plant a bomb on a car in a suburb north of Beirut. The car is owned by the son of a judge. No group has been linked to the blast.
Somalia
The overall commander of African Union forces in Somalia said more troops are needed to secure Mogadishu after Shabaab forces pulled out last weekend. Somali troops and Shabaab forces exchanged mortar fire in Afmadow.
Indonesia
Pakistan has extradited Jemaah Islamiyah operative and leader Umar Patek to Indonesia. Patek was involved in the Bali bombings and is said to have been in Abbottabad, Pakistan to meet with Osama bin Laden.
Libya
Anti-Qaddafi Protesters Break Into Libyan Embassy in Sweden
Shabaab
WFP says has more access in Somalia, Mogadishu a challenge
Somalia
Somali pirate ‘used mobile to surf web for US kidnap victim information’
Female suicide bomber strikes in Peshawar
The Taliban have used female suicide bombers in six attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan since June 2010.
Iran
Iranian group’s big-money push to get off US terrorist list
Afghanistan
Karzai Annuls Afghan Court Reviewing 2010 Polls
Afghanistan
US special operations forces killed the Taliban commander and the shooter who were responsible for last weekend’s downing of a helicopter in Wardak. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, and Faryab. The Taliban beheaded four Afghans in Farah and killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
Pakistan
US Predators killed 21 “militants” in a strike near Miramshah in North Waziristan. Haqqani Network fighters as well as Arabs and Uzbeks were said to be among those killed.
Egypt
US troubled by rising anti-Americanism in Egypt
Afghanistan
Secret peace talks between US and Taliban collapse over leaks
Al Qaeda
Kathryn Bigelow given ‘top-level access’ to bin Laden mission files
Egypt
In Egypt’s Bedouin Badlands: No Police Allowed
Al Qaeda
US group trains troops in Somalia
Afghanistan
What happened on night of deadly Afghanistan helicopter crash?