Al Qaeda
Islamic militants among prisoners freed from Libyan jail
Yearly Archives: 2011
Suicide bombers kill 18 in attack on Algerian military academy
Sixteen soldiers were among those killed in the bombings in Cherchell. AQIM has carried out three suicide attacks in Algeria since mid-July.
Al Qaeda
Qaeda firmly rooted in Pakistan tribal fiefdom
Thailand
Muslim insurgents killed five defense volunteers in an ambush in Narathiwat’s Rueso district. The volunteers were hit with a roadside bomb while responding to a report that a man was killed at a plantation.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Lashkar-e-Taiba admitted that one of its followers killed a respected, pro-independence cleric in Kashmir. LeT issued a report on the killing. The LeT fighter is in Indian custody.
Pakistan
Eleven people, including three soldiers, were killed in a bombing in Nowshera yesterday. The son of slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer was kidnapped in Lahore. Police detained a “terrorist” in Islamabad.
Al Qaeda
Iran and Al Qaeda’s ‘Operations Chief’
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four civilians in a bombing at a mosque in Faryab and a woman in a bombing in Herat, and destroyed seven communications towers in Ghazni. Security forces captured several Taliban fighters in Khost and Paktia. More than 110 Taliban fighters in Badakhshan reconciled with the government.
Egypt
Unsettled Neighbors Leave Israel With Difficult Policy Choices
United Nations
Recent major attacks on the United Nations around the world
United Kingdom
UK – Parts of Canterbury shut down after suspect package found
Al Qaeda
Was a Group with Ties to Al-Qaeda Behind the U.N. Bombing in Nigeria?
Iraq
Insurgents killed five people and wounded 25 more in a bombing yesterday in Basrah. Security forces detained five wanted men, including an al Qaeda commander, in Mosul.
Nigeria
Eighteen people were killed and scores more were wounded in a suicide attack on the UN headquarters in Abuja. Boko Haram claimed to have carried out the attack.
Somalia
Shabaab has beheaded 11 Somalis in Mogadishu over the past several weeks. Ugandans serve as top commanders in Shabaab’s military forces.
Afghanistan
In helping Afghanistan build up its security forces, US is trimming the frills
Norway
Norway Killer Flagged in Anti-Terror Operation
Pakistan
Son of Assassinated Pakistani Governor Is Kidnapped, Police Say
Libya
Unesco warning over Libya looting
Pakistan
Children sexually abused on Pakistan’s streets
Suicide bomber hits UN office in Nigerian capital
At least 18 people have been killed. Boko Haram claimed it carried out the attack.
Al Qaeda
Tripoli chaos raises fear of missiles going to terrorists
Libya
A Double Agent in Gadhafi Camp
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers in two IED attacks in the south and three civilians in a rocket attack in Paktia. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Khost, Logar, Kabul, and Kunduz.
Al Qaeda
‘War on Terror’ president re-tells the 9/11 story as he lived it
Afghanistan
US Determined to Target Afghan Enemies Anywhere: Crocker
Yemen
Eight Ansar al Sharia fighters were killed in an airstrike in southern Yemen. A commander named Abu Jaber al Sanaai was among those killed.
Afghanistan
BBC journalist ‘shot dead by US special forces during raid on the Taliban’
Iraq
Insurgents killed a policeman in a bombing in Mosul. The commander of the 7th Iraqi Army Division dodged an IED attack in Anbar; his driver was killed in the attack.
Nigeria
A Boko Haram assault team attacked a police station in Gobi with bombs and gunfire, killing four policemen and a soldier. The militants then stormed into two local banks, shot seven bank workers dead, wounded four more, and fled with money stolen from the banks. Other banks in the region have also been targeted in […]