Afghanistan
Afghans Are Rattled by Rule on Searching Turbans
Yearly Archives: 2011
Iraq
US drops keeping troops in Iraq
Afghanistan
A four-man Taliban suicide team was killed while assaulting the PRT in Panjshir. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Paktia, Paktika, Wardak, and Nangarhar.
Iran
Saudi officials advised Argentina four months ago of an alleged Iran-backed plot to kill the Saudi ambassador. Iranian oil sales are down and its foreign exchange access is being hampered by US and UN sanctions. The US said it was “actively” considering sanctioning Iran’s central bank, a move that could severely damage Iran’s economy. Iran’s […]
Afghanistan
US deaths in drone strike due to miscommunication, report says
Iraq
Insurgents killed an Interior Ministry official and an intelligence officer in Baghdad, and a civilian in Mosul. Security forces killed an “assassin” in Mosul and captured an Iranian-backed militia member in Wasit. The US is reportedly abandoning plans to keep US troops in Iraq after December 2011.
Yemen
An Egyptian named Ibrahim al Bana who served as al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s media chief, and Abdul Rahman al Awlaki were among seven AQAP operatives killed in five US airstrikes in Shabwa. AQAP also blew up a gas pipeline in Shabwa.
Somalia
Abu Abdullah al Muhajir, an American al Qaeda operative, was seen distributing aid to famine victims at a camp near Mogadishu. Government forces captured a village close to Afmadow.
Al Qaeda
US citizens who’ve plotted terror in America
Shabaab
Somali forces capture Shabaab-controlled area
Kenya
UNHCR reduces Kenya aid operation after MSF abductions
Libya
US Sending Contractors to Secure Libya’s Weapons
Kenya
Security officials said they would step up operations against the al Qaeda-linked Shabaab. The officials said they would pursue Shabaab inside southern Somalia. The border with Somalia has been closed.
Afghanistan: relationship problems in the counterinsurgency campaign
Good intentions are not good enough, and money does not buy commitment.
Al Qaeda
A New Pakistan Policy – Containment
Hamas
Gaza Set to Embrace Released Prisoners
Al Qaeda
‘Al-Qaeda’ distributes Somalia aid near Mogadishu
US Predators kill AQAP media emir: report
The Yemeni Defense Ministry claimed that Ibrahim al Bana, an Egyptian, was among seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives killed in Shabwa province.
Taliban suicide team strikes in Panjshir
The province is the most peaceful in Afghanistan, and until today, was free from suicide attacks.
Blind Sheikh’s son killed in US airstrike in Afghanistan
Ahmed Omar Abdul Rahman, the son of the spiritual leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group, was killed today, according to the terror group.
Afghanistan
US goes after Haqqani network
US Predators target ‘good Taliban’ commander in South Waziristan
Predators targeted a compound in Mullah Nazir’s territory. The strike is the fourth in Pakistan’s tribal areas in three days.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Madrassa graduates and labour market mismatches
American al Qaeda operative distributes aid at Somali relief camp
Abu Abdullah al Muhajir, an al Qaeda “representative,” said he distributed the aid on behalf of Ayman al Zawahiri, and praised al Qaeda for waging jihad in Somalia for three decades.
United States
Revelations from the underwear bomber trial
Libya
Terrorists Seeking Missing Libyan Missiles, US Official Says
United States
CIA gives military greater say in debate, analysis of Afghan war
Afghanistan
US Considers Shift to Guard Kabul
Egyptian Islamic Group
The Egyptian Islamic Group announced that Ahmed Omar Abdul Rahman was killed in a US airstrike while “on the frontlines in Afghanistan.” Ahmed is the son of Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman, or the Blind Sheikh, who is currently serving a life sentence in a US federal prison for his role in 1993 bombing at the […]
Pakistan
Jan Baz Zadran, a top Haqqani Network commander, was killed in yesterday’s US airstrike in North Waziristan. US Predators killed four “militants” in a strike today in the tribal agency. A senior Taliban leader was gunned down in North Waziristan.