Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Turkey blames Syria for supporting Kurdish rebels, inches closer to military action
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed five people at a Lashkar-e-Islam mosque in Khyber. The Taliban killed four soldiers and captured four more in an attack on a checkpoint in the Shirani district in Baluchistan province. The Taliban also killed a Frontier Corps trooper and his 10-year-old son in a bombing at a base in North Waziristan.
Syria
Syrian government troops attacked opposition areas and rebel fighters around the country, killing 59. The rebels’ Free Syrian Army began running out of ammunition.
Yemen
The Yemeni military claimed it killed 29 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters while shelling positions in Zinjibar with naval gunships. Houthi rebels killed seven people in IED attacks in Hajjah.
Al Qaeda
Europe faces jihadist threat
Somalia
Shabaab stoned one of its own fighters to death for raping a woman. The government imposed a curfew in Hudur, the provincial capital of Bakool, after Shabaab attacked a military base in the city.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Tackling militancy: Plans for grand peace militia run aground
Afghanistan
Pakistan – ‘We hate NATO forces’: JuD, JI protest potential reopening of supply routes
Afghanistan
ISI still aiding rebels: Gen. Allen
Taliban suicide bomber targets Lashkar-e-Islam mosque, kills 5
The attack is the second suicide bombing at a Lashkar-e-Islam mosque in Khyber’s Tirah Valley this month.
Iraq
Despite mounting criticism, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki remains powerful
Afghanistan
Neighboring Countries Scramble To Be NATO’s Exit Route From Afghanistan
Hezbollah
Iran ‘carried out surveillance of New York City’
Inter-Services Intelligence Agency
The name’s Vinod, Agent Vinod: Pakistan bans Bollywood’s James Bond
Al Qaeda
Mohammed Merah dead: Toulouse Al Qaeda fanatic had sick video of himself executing victims
Al Qaeda
French govt under fire after Toulouse killings
United States
New counterterrorism guidelines permit data on US citizens to be held longer
Afghanistan
France police investigate whether Toulouse gunman was ‘lone wolf’
Afghanistan
Women on Afghan peace council say they are sidelined
Pakistan
Pakistan – 943 women ‘killed for honour’ in 2011: HRCP
United States
US defense officials plan to charge Staff Sergeant Robert Bales with 17 counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder on Friday. Bales is the sole suspect in the murders of 16 Afghan civilians in two villages in Kandahar province on March 11.
Afghanistan
General Allen said ISAF would need “significant combat power” in 2013. Security forces killed and captured “insurgent” commanders and fighters in Uruzgan and Kandahar. Qatar is hedging on a deal that would allow five al Qaeda-linked Taliban leaders to be relocated in country.
Afghanistan
US will respect Pakistan parliament’s decision: Munter
Al Qaeda
Extremist suspect upends French presidential race
Al Qaeda touts operations in Ghazni
The terror group said Taliban operations in Ghazni province “included emigrants.”
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula brutally executed a senior intelligence officer in Mukallah. Heavy fighting between AQAP and security forces was reported in Marib.
Somalia
Ethiopian and Somali forces took control of Hudur, and Shabaab forces fled. Twenty-one Shabaab fighters, including two commanders, surrendered to military forces in Gedo.
Mali
A military junta calling itself the National Committee for the Establishment of Democracy overthrew President Toure purportedly for failing to end the Tuareg rebellion in the north. The group has sealed the borders while Toure has fled the presidential palace in Bamako.
Iran
A new version of the Duqu software worm, a Stuxnet variant, was found in Iran, indicating that its creators were still at work. A Chinese company sold Iran surveillance systems capable of monitoring landline, mobile, and Internet communications. China criticized US efforts to restrict Iran’s oil trade.
Syria
The UN Security Council agreed to a statement calling for an end to the violence in Syria. Unlike past resolutions, Russia and China also agreed. Syria’s opposition denounced the statement. Violence across Syria continued.