US kills AQAP leaders in airstrike in southern Yemen: report
The US has increased activity against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula as the civil war in Yemen rages.
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Syria
The International Atomic Energy Agency will vote to require Syria to address the UNSC over its nuclear program. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Syria to stop killing civilians.
Egypt
The US is pressuring Egypt’s security services to re-arrest members of terrorist groups who escaped or were released from prisons during the uprisings this spring. Egypt and Hamas agreed to allow 550 people to cross into Gaza a day.
Taliban kill 8 Pakistani soldiers in South Waziristan attack
More than 150 Taliban fighters descended on a military outpost in Makeen.
Malaysia
Police arrested Abdul Haris Syhuhadi, a 63-year-old Indonesian businessman, on suspicion of supporting Jemaah Islamiyah. Syhuhadi is said to have recruited members for Jemaah Islamiyah and spread its ideology.
Pakistan
The US killed 22 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in North and South Waziristan. Five “terrorists” and two soldiers were killed during fighting in Kurram. Pakistan expelled 90 US Special Forces trainers.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, Parwan, Kunduz, Balkh, and Wardak. The Taliban killed two Afghan soldiers in Paktika.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq claimed credit for three recent suicide attacks that killed 25 people in Tikrit. Al Qaeda suicide bombers struck a provincial center, a hospital, and a military convoy.
Iraq
Insurgents killed a police officer in Diyala and a civilian in Fallujah. Security forces detained 22 insurgents in Basrah and two more in Kirkuk.
Al Qaeda
Ayman al Zawahiri released a videotape that eulogized slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. “You shall not dream of security until we enjoy it and until you depart the Muslims’ lands,” Zawahiri said in a threat to the US.
Yemen
Yemeni forces are fighting to retake control of the city of Zinjibar. President Saleh has suffered burns over 40 percent of his body and received a brain injury.
Saudi Arabia
An attack on a border outpost along the Saudi-Yemeni border that killed two Saudi troops may have been carried out by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters. The attacker opened fire on border guards as he attempted to enter Yemen.
Iran
Iran said it is producing and installing new, homemade nuclear centrifuges, and will triple production of nuclear fuel. The Iranian navy is said to have deployed submarines to the Red Sea.
‘Good’ Pakistani Taliban group vows to step up attacks in Afghanistan
Two of Mullah Nazir’s senior commanders said they would send even more fighters into Afghanistan to avenge US predator airstrikes in South Waziristan
US Predators hit training camp, vehicle in North and South Waziristan
A strike on a “major training center” in North Waziristan killed 18 terrorists, including “Punjabis,” while an attack on a vehicle in South Waziristan killed four “militants.”
Pakistan
Gunmen killed an intelligence official in Bannu. Security forces arrested four HUJI operatives in Faisalabad. The Taliban in Khyber bombed five tankers carrying fuel for NATO.
Kashmiri planned to create ‘Lashkar-e-Osama’
The Army of Osama has been tasked with hitting multiple domestic and foreign targets throughout Pakistan.
Pakistan
Kashmiri aimed for Indo-Pak war
Al Qaeda
From Lahore to Wana
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, Khost, Paktika, Logar, Nangarhar, Kunduz, and Herat. The Taliban killed an Australian soldier in the south. The UN may split the Taliban from al Qaeda on the terrorism list.
Turkey
Security forces detained 10 suspected al Qaeda operatives during raids in the southern cities of Adana and Hatay. Adana hosts Incirlik Air Base, which hosts a US Air Force wing.
Afghanistan
Obama: US has accomplished ‘big chunk’ of Afghanistan mission
Yemen
Fifteen Yemeni troops and 10 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed during fighting in Zinjibar. The Yemeni government rejected opposition groups’ offers of talks to transition power.
Iraq
Insurgents killed three people in a bombing at a policeman’s home in Ramadi and two policemen in Mosul. Security forces arrested four al Qaeda in Iraq operatives in Fallujah and Ramadi who are involved in assassinating clerics.
Syria
The military is deploying troops to Jisr al Shughour after the government claimed that more than 120 security personnel were killed there. Locals claim soldiers were killed during a mutiny by security forces sent to put down protests.
Egypt
The government has recognized the Muslim Brotherhood as a legal political party that is able to participate in upcoming parliamentary elections. The Muslim Brotherhood’s party is being called the Freedom and Justice Party.
Nigeria
Boko Haram killed five people in attacks on police stations in Maiduguri. Ibrahim Birkuti, a Wahhabi cleric who has been critical of Boko Haram for killing security personnel and political officials, was gunned down in the town of Bui in Borno state. Boko Haram is suspected of assassinating the cleric.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 11 Afghans in Logar, two police officers in Nimroz, and an ISAF soldier in the south; and kidnapped a teacher in Jawzjan. Twenty-three Taliban fighters in Badghis and 15 more in Kandahar reconciled with the government. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Ghazni, Zabul, Khost, […]
Pakistani Taliban again threaten to attack the US
Mohmand Taliban leader Omar Khalid threatens the US after bin Laden’s death, and wants to impose Shariah in Pakistan.
Pakistan
US Predators killed 18 terrorists in three separate Predator strikes in South Waziristan. A Taliban suicide bomber killed 18 people in an attack at a bakery in Nowshera.