Pakistan
Pakistan says US pressure on militants must end
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Shabaab claims ‘anti-aircraft battalion’ shot down US drone
The al Qaeda-linked group claimed it would display the remains of the unmanned aircraft on Sept. 30.
Pakistan
Ten Taliban fighters and a soldier were killed during clashes in Arakzai. Pakistan closed the Chaman border crossing after a soldier was killed in a bomb blast. A US senator said the military may use manned bombers to attack the Haqqani Network in Pakistan.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two policewomen and a civilian in an IED attack in Herat. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Logar, and Balkh.
Saudi Arabia
The US Embassy warned Americans of a possible plot to kidnap Westerners in the capital of Riyadh. Citizens are urged to “exercise prudence and enhanced security awareness at all times.”
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed three Iraqis in Kirkuk. Insurgents killed five civilians in an attack on an Awakening headquarters in Fallujah. Security forces killed two insurgents as they attempted to plant an IED near Kirkuk.
US adds 5 al Qaeda, Taliban, Haqqani Network, and IMU facilitators to terrorist list
The five leaders are based in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The designations highlight the interconnectedness of the various terror groups based in the region.
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters executed a man in public and chopped off the hand of another in Ja’ar. The military killed 15 AQAP fighters in Zinjibar.
Al Qaeda
US: far fewer foreign fighters entering Iraq
Somalia
Ten people were killed during fighting between Shabaab and government forces near the city of Garbaharey in the Gedo region. Both sides have claimed victory after the fighting.
Indonesia
Indonesian police hunt bomb suspects in East Java
Pakistan
US Recalibrates Remarks About Pakistan
Algeria
Algerian security forces reportedly killed Adel Bourai, who served as the “treasurer” for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Bourai was killed along with six other AQIM fighters during an operation in the Kabylia mountains near Boumerdes.
Afghanistan
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United States
Experts say US ‘drone’ plot could have worked
Haqqani Network
Use of bombers in Pakistan under study: US senator
Al Qaeda
Pakistan says US pressure on militants must end
Amin al Haq confirmed to have been freed by Pakistan’s ISI
“Amin al-Haq had been arrested mistakenly, therefore, the police failed to prove any charge of his association with Osama bin Laden and the court set him free,” a Pakistani official said.
Thailand
Muslim insurgents killed four members of a security detail assigned to protect teachers in the south. Also, hundreds of CCTV units were torched on a highway in Pattani province.
Lashkar-e-Taiba
The US added two Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders to the list of global terrorists. Zafar Iqbal co-founded the terror group and is a top fundraiser, and Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi is the deputy emir and ideologue who aided in the 2008 Mumbai terror assault.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Army chiefs, EU in Libya fallout talks
Iran
Iran equips marine forces with ‘cruise’ missile
Pakistan
Police have again detained Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader Malik Ishaq after claiming he inspired anti-Shia violence. Prime minister Malik vowed to hunt down Chinese terrorists based in Pakistan. A tribal lashkar in Bajaur killed an Afghan Taliban commander.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed eight policemen in Helmand, three ISAF soldiers in the east, and a New Zealand SAS soldier in Wardak. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Logar, and Nangarhar.
Pakistan
White House will not second admiral on Pakistan
Pakistan
No disagreement in Pentagon on Pakistan role: US
US adds 2 Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders to list of terrorists
Zafar Iqbal co-founded the terror group and is a top fundraiser, and Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi is the deputy emir and ideologue who aided in the 2008 Mumbai terror assault.
AQAP calls Ahmadinejad a 9/11 Truther
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s rebuke of the Iranian president reminds us of a classic spoof by The Onion that takes on 9/11 conspiracy theorists.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula called Iranian President Ahmadinejad a Truther for his “ridiculous” theory that the US government was behind the 9/11 attacks. The group said Iran and Shia in general “do not want to give al Qaeda credit for the greatest and biggest operation ever committed against America because this would expose […]
Yemen
Tribesmen shot down a Russian-made Sukhoi fighter from the Yemeni air force in the Naham area outside of Sana’a. The government accused the Joint Meeting Parties of blowing up a pipeline in Marib.