Egypt
Deadly Protests Over Church Attack in Cairo –
Yearly Archives: 2011
Iraq
Insurgents killed a woman in Mosul. The Iraqi Army has delayed withdrawing its forces from major cities due to security concerns.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed Yemen troops have withdrawn from areas of Zinjibar and abandoned their weapons. The opposition doubts President Saleh will step aside.
Somalia
Five people were killed during mortar exchanges between Shabaab and government forces in Mogadishu. The African Union claimed it seized “critical high ground” in Mogadishu.
Indonesia
Police arrested three “Islamist militants” in the capital of Jakarta. One of the men was involved in a bombing in April that wounded 30 policemen in Cirebon.
Afghanistan
NATO says 25 killed in coordinated assault on US bases
Tunisia
Tunisia Islamists storm university over veil ban
Philippines
Soldiers captured two members of the Abu Sayyaf Group in Zamboanga Sibugay. MILF expelled commander Ameril Umbra Kato, who formed the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement.
Pakistan
The US White House said cooperation with Pakistan is vital. Security forces killed four Taliban fighters in Swat and arrested three more in Islamabad, and detained three German nationals in Jhelum. The Taliban bombed a NATO fuel tanker in Khyber.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia, and Kunduz. Also, security forces killed a Taliban district-level shadow governor in Kandahar.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan contacts Saudi Arabia, Yemen to repatriate Bin Laden’s wives
Afghanistan
Afghan guard in murder plot was not close to Karzai: statement
Egypt
Christians fear Islamist pressure in Egypt
Iran
Iran tells Turkey: change tack or face trouble
Syria
In northern Syria, security forces attacked and killed Meshaal Tamo, a prominent opposition leader. At his funeral, 50,000 Syrians rallied against the regime of President Assad. Syrian security forces fired on the funeral procession, killing two.
Iraq
State Department readies Iraq operation, its biggest since Marshall Plan
Iraq
Two bomb blasts at the Rumaila oil field in Basrah forced Iraq to halve the production of oil produced at Iraq’s largest facility. Production was cut by 600,000 barrels from an estimated 1.25 million barrels per day.
Yemen
President Saleh claimed he will step down over the next several days. The commander of the 25th Mechanized Brigade claimed al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula will be driven from Abyan in the next several days. A policemen was killed in a bombing in Aden.
Somalia
Twelve people were killed during heavy fighting between Shabaab and government forces in northern Mogadishu. The African Union claimed it controls 95 percent of Mogadishu.
Nigeria
Customers at a tea shop, aided by police, killed two Boko Haram fighters after disarming them. Boko Haram killed two tea shop owners earlier in the week.
Afghanistan
The Turban, Defiled by Suicide Bombers, Has Biblical Roots
Afghan Taliban believe ‘divine victory’ is on the horizon
The Voice of Jihad continues to push the message that the Taliban must continue fighting until US and NATO forces leave the country.
Pakistan
Pakistan cooperation vital to US security: White House
Haqqani Network
Is The Haqqani Network In Pakistan’s National Interest?
Afghanistan
Pakistan: An America-shaped hole
Afghanistan
Northern Alliance girds for War if US pulls out
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Logar, and Balkh. The Taliban killed a US soldier in the south. A suicide bomber killed only himself in an attack on a US base in Paktika.
Pakistan
Afghan president Hamid Karzai said the Taliban “can’t move a finger” without Pakistani support. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said the US is responsible for the security situation in Pakistan.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Anwar al Awlaki sheltered in the homes of three senior Islah Party members in southern Yemen before he was killed in a US Predator airstrike. One of the homes is owned by Abdul Majeed al Zindani.
Islah
Nobel’s Karman ‘the mother of Yemen’s revolution’