Afghanistan
Afghanistan: CH-47 investigation results released
Yearly Archives: 2011
United States
Two Somali women from Minnesota, Amina Farah Ali and Hawo Mohamed Hassan, both US citizens, solicited money for Shabaab under the guise of charitable activity, according to wiretapped phone conversations presented at their trial on terror charges. Ali was recorded as saying, “Let the civilians die,” and “Let’s forget about the other charities — how […]
CENTCOM releases findings on Chinook downed in Wardak
The Taliban used an RPG to down the CH-47 that was carrying 38 US and Afghan troops, including 17 Navy SEALs.
Pakistan
US Predators killed six Taliban fighters, including a Haqqani Network commander, in strikes in North and South Waziristan. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Arakzai and detained two terrorists in Islamabad. The Taliban torched three NATO fuel tankers in Shakarpur.
Afghanistan
Security forces captured several Taliban fighters during raids in Helmand and Kandahar. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south and the east. CENTCOM said the Chinook that was crashed in Logar in August, killing 38 US and Afghan troops, was shot down by the Taliban with an RPG.
Iran
US officials provided additional details about the plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s US ambassador. The US launched an international campaign to punish Iran. Saudi Arabia vowed that Iran would “pay the price” for the plot.
Iraq
Security forces killed an al Qaeda leader in Salahadin, and captured an al Qaeda emir and an explosives expert in Mosul, and two terrorists in Kirkuk. Insurgents killed a woman in a bombing in Fallujah.
Yemen
Yemen urges UN to avoid resolution against president
Israel
Israel and Hamas reached a deal to free a captured Israeli soldier, held since 2006, in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. The deal did not include a number of top prisoners or several high-ranking Fatah prisoners.
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The Virus Infecting the US Drone Fleet Came from Mafia Wars
Kenya
“Gunmen” kidnapped two foreigners working for Medecins Sans Frontieres at the Dadaab refugee camp near the Somali border. Kenyan officials suspect the al Qaeda-linked Shabaab may have executed the kidnapping, and have sealed the Somali border.
Libya
“Islamic hard-liners” vandalized several shrines and grave sites in and around the capitol of Tripoli. “Dozens of armed, bearded men wearing military uniforms” were seen destroying one Sufi site and digging up the remains of two saints.
Afghanistan
US Prepares Handoff to Afghans in Border Region
Sweden
Sweden – Bomb scare empties government offices
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Underwear bomber’s jihadist path
Iran
Iran terror plot: agent may have already fled to Iran
Israel
Israel-Hamas Prisoner Swap May Reshape Regional Politics
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Clinton says some Arab changes may come slowly
Iran’s Qods Force commander involved in plot to kill Saudi ambassador
Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani has directed attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as aided al Qaeda.
US Predators kill 6 ‘militants’ in North and South Waziristan
One strike took place in a town that is in the Haqqani Network’s sphere of influence. A senior Haqqani “coordinator” was killed in the strike.
Afghanistan
A Closer Look at the Haqqani Anniversary Attack on American-Afghan Outposts
Afghanistan
Military confirms RPG downed helicopter in Afghanistan, killing 38
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian who tried to detonate his underpants in a flight over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, pled guilty to all charges and called the bomb a “blessed weapon.” Abdulmutallab admittedly worked for al Qaeda, and had been instructed by Anwar al-Awlaki to set off the bomb over US airspace to maximize […]
Afghanistan
Why political activism isn’t working in Afghanistan
Syria
Syria’s uprising exacts heavy toll across economy
Iran
For Iran and Saudi Arabia, simmering feud is rooted in history
The Haqqani Network
The US government signaled it was still willing to negotiate a peace deal with the al Qaeda-linked, Pakistan-backed Haqqani Network in Afghanistan. “We are not shutting the door on trying to determine whether there is some path forward,” US Secretary of State Clinton said.
Ennahda
The Smiling Islamist: Popular Candidate Worries Secular Tunisians
Iran
Basij Militia Units Flex Muscles In Tehran
Pakistan
Pakistan – Attack on girls school: Police refuse to take action against moral brigade