US drones kill ‘good’ Taliban commander in South Wazirstan
Rahmanullah, “a key commander” for Mullah Nazir, was reported killed in today’s strike. Nazir considers himself an al Qaeda leader.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Syria
Panetta: No unilateral US military action likely in Syria
Iran
Court Presses US on a Terror Listing
Iran
Iran threatens to target US bases if attacked
Afghanistan
NATO forces rescue four aid workers in north Afghanistan
Japan
EU Freezes Cash for UN’s Afghan Police Fund
United States
Defense Secretary Panetta said unilateral US action in Syria was unlikely and that international cooperation and pressure on the regime was imperative. He also said that by 2020, 60% of the US Navy fleet will have shifted to Asia-Pacific waters. A federal court directed Secretary of State Clinton to decide whether the People’s Mujahedeen Organization […]
Sudan
New evidence shows Sudan is dropping cluster munitions onto civilian areas
Syria
US publishes satellite images of Syria
United States
Panetta: Pentagon to shift warships to Pacific
Pakistan
Pakistan defence budget goes up by 10 per cent
Norway
Mullah Krekar no longer Breivik trial witness
Afghanistan
US and Afghan troops killed 14 Taliban fighters who assaulted FOB Salerno in Khost. A suicide bomber killed five policemen in Kandahar. The Taliban killed two policemen in Nangarhar.
Iraq
The US has requested that Iraq extradite Hezbollah commander Ali Mussa Daqduq, who is still in Iraqi custody. Daqduq trained Shia militias on behalf of Iran’s Qods Force and was involved in the kidnapping and murder of US soldiers in Karbala in 2007.
Lebanon
The commander of UNIFIL warned that five al Qaeda operatives living in Palestinian refugee camps are plotting to kill Lebanese Prime Minister Nabih Berri. Other politicians and leaders are said to be marked for assassination.
Israel
A Palestinian gunman crossed into Israel and killed an Israeli soldier before being killed himself. Israel retaliated with a missile attack into southern Gaza, wounding three.
Syria
Eleven workers were killed in a state factory, the second execution-type shooting this week. The UN Human Rights Council voted for an international inquiry into the killing of 108 people in the town of Houla. US Secretary of State Clinton accused Russia of contributing to a Syrian civil war.
US troops repel suicide assault on base in eastern Afghanistan
“Some insurgents were able to get inside the perimeter” of Forward Operating Base Salerno, “but they were neutralized,” a US military spokesman told LWJ.
United States
Barack Obama: Drone Warrior
Iran
Stuxnet was work of US and Israeli experts, officials say
European Union
Turkish pianist charged with insulting Islam
Afghanistan
Afghan Air Force needs modern equipment: Karimi
Russia
Russian Church Opposes Syrian Intervention
Afghanistan
US Liaisons Restored To Outpost In Pakistan
Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai: America could have done better in Afghanistan
Sudan
Khartoum expels foreign aid agencies from eastern Sudan
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released 27 Yemeni soldiers who have been captured during military operations in Shabwa. Yemen’s foreign minister accused Iran of “intervention in internal affairs.”
Kazakhstan
Kazakh head says terrorist act behind border deaths
Somalia
A Somali official said that seven Shabaab fighters were killed before the terror group lost control of Afmadow. An estimated $130 million in foreign aid funds to the Somali government has disappeared.
Kosovo
Shots fired as K-For tackles Kosovo Serb roadblocks