Libya
Libya Allying With Islamists, Qaddafi Son Says
Yearly Archives: 2011
Al Qaeda
Ex-CIA official sounds alarm about hackers’ next targets
Shabaab
Boy fighters of Somalia warn of al-Shabab cruelty
China
US, Pakistan heading towards confrontation over N-arms issues
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Paktia, and Kunduz. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east and banned the sale of frozen chickens in Ghazni.
Iraq
Insurgents killed seven Iraqis in Ramadi, three policemen in Baghdad, and two soldiers in Mosul. Two terrorists were killed in a premature detonation in Salahadin. Security forces detained six insurgents in Baghdad.
Yemen
The Yemeni Air Force has killed more than 200 soldiers who refused to fight tribes in Arhab who are opposed to the government. Iraqi pilots have been hired to carry out the strikes. A tribe in the south has rejoined the fight against al Qaeda in Zinjibar.
Syria
Security forces have occupied the central square in the city of Hama after days of fighting and artillery strikes against anti-regime protesters. Human rights activists claimed 90 civilians have been killed in the fighting.
Somalia
A Somali official claimed that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula sent 10 boats filled with weapons to Shabaab. Shabaab banned the Thaicom satellite service from operating in Jowhar.
Analysis: US military strategy in Afghanistan shifts as forces draw down
The reduction of Coalition troops in Afghanistan drives major changes to ISAF’s military strategy.
United Kingdom
Security has been heightened at Belmarsh prison in southeast London amid warnings that the Muslim Boys gang, an al Qaeda offshoot, is planning “a major attack” to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden. In a recent standoff, inmates nearly overran the prison.
Afghanistan
Ex-Afghan spy chief details hunt for bin Laden, 10-year war
Germany
Germany Tries to Forge European Brand of Islam
Argentina
Argentina developing nuclear-powered submarine
China
Hackers target 72 organisations in ‘biggest cyber attack in history’
Iran
Exclusive: Sanctions trap billions of Iran petrodollars in Korea
Somalia
Somalia heads terrorism risk, South Sudan in top 5: survey
Afghan forces uncover clandestine ‘military uniform-making factory’
Police raided a clandestine workshop used by criminals to produce counterfeit Afghan security uniforms. The two suspects arrested might be linked to insurgent organizations.
Al Qaeda
Whither the jihadi forums?
United Kingdom
U.K. Cuts to Military Will Curb Influence
India
India’s new Internet rules criticized
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Seeks to Disband Some Armed Militias
Suicide assault team strikes guesthouse in Kunduz
Four Afghan security guards were killed in an attack that was likely aided by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Al Qaeda fighter’s detention upheld by DC Circuit Court
The court’s ruling and a leaked threat assessment of Moath Hamza Ahmed al Alwi, who is held at Guantanamo, revealed that he was a member of al Qaeda’s elite 55th Arab Brigade. Al Alwi also allegedly received specialized training and was a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.
US Predators strike in North Waziristan
Four “militants” were killed. The strike took place outside of Miramshah, a stronghold of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
Indonesia
Muslim sect braces for Indonesia Ramadan violence
Afghanistan
A suicide assault team killed four people in an attack on a guesthouse in Kunduz. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Paktia, Paktika, Nangarhar, Wardak, and Baghlan.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two Awakening fighters and two civilians in Khanaqin and two civilians in bombing in Baghdad. Fourteen Iraqis were wounded in a bombing at a church in Kirkuk.
Pakistan
AP Exclusive: Timing of US drone strike questioned
Yemen
US Predators killed 15 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in an airstrike yesterday in a village in Abyan province. Yemen’s Interior Ministry denied the report.