Libya
Pro-Gaddafi forces bombed four fuel storage containers in the port of rebel-held Misrata, destroying the city’s fuel supply. Gaddafi’s forces also shelled rebel forces inside Misrata.
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Taliban assault government buildings in Kandahar
The Taliban have launched three major operations in Kandahar City in the past month.
ISAF targets ‘al Qaeda affiliated’ Taliban leader in Nangarhar
Also, the Taliban’s military commander for Nangarhar was killed in a May 3 raid.
Afghanistan
Six Taliban suicide bombers and fighters, a policeman, and a civilian were killed during Taliban assaults on eight government buildings in Kandahar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Nangarhar, Khost Paktika, Wardak, Logar, and Badghis.
Shabaab mourns bin Laden’s death, vows to wage global jihad
“We shall never divert from the path of Sheikh Osama…” the Somali terror group’s spokesman said.
Iraq
Security forces in Mosul killed the governor of Ninewa for al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq. Insurgents killed six people and looted foreign exchanges in Baqubah. The foreign minister said al Qaeda in Iraq is likely to take revenge for Osama bin Laden’s death.
Somalia
Shabaab mourned the death of “Sheikh Osama” bin Laden and vowed to wage jihad so far as to “rule the whole world.” Shabaab flogged a woman for listening to the BBC. The Somali government accused Eritrea of backing Shabaab.
Bin Laden ‘giving strategic direction’ to affiliates in Yemen, Somalia
The slain al Qaeda terror chief provided direction to “affiliates in Somalia and Yemen.”
Taliban’s Quetta Shura calls death of bin Laden a ‘great tragedy’
“He was an indefatigable fighter against the Christian and Jewish aggressions in the Islamic World and was not sparing any effort in this cause,” the official statement said.
Can Ilyas Kashmiri take control of al Qaeda?
Kashmiri is the dark horse to lead al Qaeda. He would make a formidable terror chief.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and HIG commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, and Nangarhar. The political opposition, led by the former Afghan intel chief, protested against negotiations with the Taliban.
Predator strike in Yemen targeted Anwar al Awlaki
The American member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula who has targeted his home country was not killed in yesterday’s strike.
Pakistan
A US Predator killed 13 terrorists in North Waziristan. “Militants” gunned down eight Shia in Quetta. Police arrested 25 people in Abbottabad, where Osama bin Laden was killed.
Iraq
An Awakening leader’s bodyguard was killed at a checkpoint in Diyala. Police found a beheaded body riddled with bullets north of Fallujah.
Morocco
The interior minister said the man who built the bomb that killed 16 people at a cafe in Marrakesh “was expelled from Portugal in 2004 and from Libya in 2008, when he was trying to get to Iraq.” The bomb maker is a Salafist and learned how to build the bomb on the internet.
Somalia
A Kenyan known as Abu Ahmed Al Kini was killed while fighting with Shabaab in Gedo. Shabaab assassinated a senior Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a leader in Gedo and executed two so-called “spies” in Baidoa.
Al Qaeda vows to avenge Osama bin Laden’s death
The terror group called for the Pakistani people “to rise up and revolt” against the government and “cleanse” the nation of Americans.
US Predators kill 13 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan strike
“Foreigners” were among those killed in the al Qaeda hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan.
Afghan Taliban commander forms units to avenge bin Laden’s death
“We will avenge him and follow in his footsteps,” Dawran Safi said.
Intel shows bin Laden played active role in al Qaeda
Documents seized at Osama’s compound in Abbottabad show that he “was in touch regularly with the terror network he created.”
Afghanistan
Security forces killed the Taliban’s top commander for Nangarhar province, and killed five Taliban fighters in Helmand. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in southern Afghanistan.
Saudi Arabia
Khaled Al Atifi, an al Qaeda operative, turned himself in to authorities after weeks of negotiations. Atifi was 17th on Saudi Arabia’s list of 47 most-wanted terrorists.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 20 Iraqis in an attack on a police headquarters in Hillah. Insurgents killed a general, a policeman, and two Kurdish troops in attacks in Baghdad, Mosul, and Kirikuk. Police killed the Islamic State of Iraq’s governor of Ninewa.
Yemen
A suspected US Predator airstrike killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commanders in the Mayfaa district in Shabwah province. The strike purportedly targeted a Saudi commander of AQAP.
Morocco
Police arrested three suspects thought to be involved with the April 28 bombing at a cafe in Marrakesh that killed 16 people. The lead suspect is said to be “loyal” to al Qaeda.
After bin Laden raid, Pakistan Army chief warns US against violating sovereignty, orders reduction of US forces in country
“Any similar action, violating the sovereignty of Pakistan, will warrant a review on the level of military / intelligence cooperation with the United States,” a statement released by the Pakistani military said.
US airstrike targets Saudi al Qaeda commander in Yemen: report
Two mid-level al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commanders were reported killed in what is thought to be a US Predator airstrike.
Has the bin Laden raid resulted in the capture of an Iraqi terrorist?
Strategy Page claims it has. Don’t count on it.
The Haqqani Network
The Haqqani Network released old footage of captive US soldier Bowe Bergdahl. The soldier is seen with Mullah Sangeen Zadran, the senior Haqqani Network commander. Bergdahl has been in missing since June 2009.
Al Qaeda
Pakistani census takers missed Osama bin Laden’s compound