Afghan mob storms UN compound, kills foreigners over Koran burning
Five Nepalese guards, three Europeans, and five Afghans were reported killed in Mazar-i-Sharif.
Author Archives: Bill Roggio
Somalia
The Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya claimed that 10 Kenyans have died while fighting for Shabaab in Somalia. Shabaab’s spokesman said his forces would attack Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a in Galgudud. Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama’a arrested 10 people in Luq.
Libya
Fighting between pro-Gaddafi forces and rebels is underway in Brega and Misruta. A doctor claimed seven civilians were killed in UN airstrikes in the village of Zawia el Argobe. US Defense Secretary Gates said the US should not train rebel forces.
Syria
The International Atomic Energy Agency is inspecting a suspected nuclear facility in Homs in western Syria. Anti-government protests were held in Damascus, Latakia, and Banias.
Kuwait
The government will expel “a group of Iranian diplomats” for their alleged involvement with a spy ring in the Gulf country. Three members of the spy ring were serving in the Kuwaiti military and have been sentenced to death. Iran denies its diplomats are involved in spying.
Australia
Australia fears terror attacks in wake of Patek arrest
Russia
Emir Supyan, the deputy emir of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate, was killed by Russian commandos during the March 28 raid in Inguishetia. A martyrdom statement announcing his arrest was released by Kavkaz Center.
Jemaah Islamiyah
Indonesia’s National Intelligence Agency confirmed that Pakistan arrested Jemaah Islamiyah commander and bomb maker Umar Patek, who is wanted for his involvement in the 2002 Bali bombings. Patek’s wife was also arrested by Pakistani security forces.
Deputy emir of Caucasus Emirate killed in Russian raid
Kavkaz Center announced the death of Emir Supyan, the deputy to Doku Umarov. Umarov’s physician is also said to have been killed in the March 28 raid.
Pakistan
Ten people were killed in an IED attack in Charsadda that targeted the head of an Islamist political party allied with the Taliban. Security forces killed eight “militants” in Kurram.
Pro-Taliban Islamist politician again targeted in Pakistan’s northwest
Twelve killed as Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s convoy hit by an IED.
IDF map details more than 950 Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon
Many of the sites are located near civilian facilities, including schools and hospitals.
Afghanistan
The Obama administration is debating the pace of the drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan. ISAF troops in Kandahar killed two Afghans after opening fire on a car that attempted to ram into the soldiers. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, HIG, and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Zabul, Khost, and Logar.
Hezbollah
The Israeli military released a map detailing the location more than 950 bunkers, underground facilities, and storage units for munitions built by Hezbollah since the 2006 war in southern Lebanon. “Many of these terror centers are located near hospitals, private homes and schools,” the IDF said.
Iraq
Security forces captured an al Qaeda in Iraq leader and three fighters in Mosul, and three insurgents in Al Kut. Insurgents killed a civilian in a Katyusha rocket attack in Diwaniyah.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
In the latest edition of Inspire, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula”s English-language magazine, Ibrahim Rubaish, a former Guantanamo detainee, attacked the Saudi government for sheltering former Tunisian President Zine al Abidine Ben Ali. Rubaish also called for the imposition of sharia law in Tunisia.
Canada
Police arrested Mohamed Hersi, a Canadian citizen, for attempting to join Shabaab in Somalia and supporting a terrorist group. Hersi was planning to reach Somalia by traveling from London to Egypt.
Somalia
Shabaab killed a soldier in an IED attack in Luq. Kenya is supporting the creation of a new seni-autonomous zone in southern Somalia; the Somali government is opposed to its creation.
Syria
Syria TV accused an Egyptian-American activist currently in custody of attempting to “destabilize Syria.” President Assad claimed the government would draft new anti-terrorism laws as a first step to lifting the emergency laws that have been in effect since 1963.
Libya
President Obama approved covert operations in Libya; CIA operatives are currently on the ground. US Defense Secretary Gates said US troops would not operate on the ground. A Vatican official said UN airstrikes in Tripoli killed more than 40 civilians.
Afghanistan
War’s a farce in Afghan truce village
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed 10 people in an attack on an Islamist party’s rally in Swabi. Pakistani officials claimed to have captured wanted Jemaah Islamiyah leader Umar Patek.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Baghlan, Kunar, Khost, and Logar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east. A suicide bomber wounded nine people in Kapisa.
Suicide bomber strikes in Swabi, kills 10 Pakistanis
The leader of a pro-Taliban Islamist political party may have been the target.
Somalia
Fifteen people were killed in fighting between Shabaab forces and Somali and African Union troops in Mogadishu. The African Union denied its troops took casualties during Shabaab mortar attacks in Mogadishu.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Anwar al Awlaki, a top al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader, said that the uprisings in the Middle East will benefit al Qaeda and allied jihadist movements. Awlaki, an American citizen, made the statement in the fifth edition of Inspire magazine.
Yemen
Jihadists denied that they took over a radio station in Abyan province. The government blamed al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula for a blast at a weapons factory in Jaar in Abyan that killed more than 100 civilians.
Libya
Pro-Gaddafi forces continue to push rebel forces out of towns ceded just days ago. Rebels have retreated from Ras Lanuf and are falling back to the east. More than 1,000 jihadists are estimated to be in Libya.
Senior Jemaah Islamiyah leader in Pakistani custody
Indonesia is sending a team to Pakistan to investigate reports that Umar Patek was captured. Patek is a senior Jemaah Islamiyah operative and has been connected to the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
Pakistan
Security forces arrested six Taliban fighters accused of attacking the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in 2009. The Army claimed 14 paramilitary troops killed in Khyber were killed in a friendly fire incident.