Al Qaeda
Obama: Very difficult for al Qaeda to attack US
Yearly Archives: 2011
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three Afghans in a pair of suicide attacks in Kandahar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Paktia, Balkh, and Logar.
Afghanistan
In the Afghan villages where Taliban still rule
Afghanistan
US – Pakistan Spar Over Support for Haqqani Terror Network
Boko Haram
In Nigeria, a Cop Takes On Cops
Afghanistan
Pakistan failed to back peace bid: Karzai
Pakistan
The Man Behind Pakistani Spy Agency’s Plot to Influence Washington
Afghanistan
Afghan Women’s Rights at Risk
Egypt
Exclusive: Islamist Pamphlet, Distributed in Downtown Cairo, Calls for Insurrection in Egyptian Army
Iraq
Security forces stormed a government building in the town of Baghdadi after suicide bombers took hostages; three of the hostages were killed. Insurgents killed the anti-crime director for Kirkuk and an intelligence official and a civilian in Baghdad.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Unnamed members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and tribal officials have claimed that Anwar al Awlaki was not killed in the Sept. 30 Predator strike in Al Jawf. The AQAP members claimed that proof would soon be released.
Yemen
Women’s rights campaigner warns of Islamists behind Yemen uprising
Somalia
Shabaab killed two people in an IED attack in Karan north of Mogadishu. Three telecom and money transfer firms reopened after Shabaab closed them down for failing to pay bribes.
Afghanistan
Two dead in Afghan blast near minister
Libya
Megrahi says his Lockerbie role exaggerated
Yemen
Analysis: Yemen sinks deeper in conflict as Saleh clings on
Iran
Panetta hints US opposed to unilateral action
Afghanistan
Americans Raid Haqqani Byways of Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
Report: Al-Qaida’s Yemen chiefs still menace US
Morocco
Police detained five members of an al Qaeda-linked cell in Sale and Casablanca. The cell pledged allegiance to Ayman al Zawahiri; used the Internet to link up with al Qaeda groups in Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Yemen, and Somalia; and plotted attacks against Western targets.
Afghanistan
Haqqani Network denies killing Afghan envoy Rabbani
Afghanistan
Rogue Afghan soldier who killed Brit Army hero is captured
Yemen
Women’s rights campaigner warns of Islamists behind Yemen uprising
Afghanistan
Afghans rock at first music festival in three decades
AQAP’s senior bomb maker Asiri not killed in strike that killed Awlaki
A Yemeni official told The Long War Journal that Ibrahim Hassan Tali al Asiri is alive, but named two other al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters killed in the strike.
Indonesia
Counterterrorism police from Detachment 88 have arrested one of the four most wanted terrorists connected to two suicide attacks in Solo and Cirebon over the past year. The suspect, Beni Asri, was detained in Solok in West Sumatra.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
In Yemen, One Islamist Dead, Many More in Arms
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Halts Pursuit of Talks With Taliban
Al Qaeda
Yemeni al-Qaeda took a blow but remains a threat to US
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
How America finally caught up with Anwar al-Awlaki