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Chechnya: Is Kadyrov Maintaining Hold On Power?
Author Archives: Matt Dupee
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Russia’s region of ‘lawlessness’
President Karzai escapes assassination bid, parliamentarian killed
A barrage of automatic gunfire and mortar shells fired on a ceremony in Kabul killed two and wounded 11. The British and American ambassadors were also in attendance.
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Embassy denies charges of aid to Chechen insurgents
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Pirates free Spanish boat seized off Somalia
Syria
Syria confirmed the head of the Hamas students wing in Damascus has been killed in a car accident. A top Hamas official vehemently denied Israeli reports that the man, Isham Abu Libda, had run the office of Hamas leader Khaled Mashhal and that Abu Libda had been assassinated in a hit-and-run. Syria will cooperate with […]
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Detained Helmand province insurgent identified
Somalia
Weekend violence in Mogadishu left 28 people dead, including civilians, Somali troops, and insurgents. In the latest clash, Islamist insurgents ambushed a security vehicle in the capital’s Madina neighborhood overnight, killing two soldiers and a shop owner who was caught in the crossfire. Sudan Ali Ahmed, chairman of Elman Human Rights, claims 81 were killed […]
Afghanistan
An Afghan child was killed and two others injured during an insurgent rocket attack near an army base in eastern Kunar province. Afghan soldiers killed four Taliban in Kandahar after thwarting an ambush against their convoy in the Panjwai district. Iranian and Afghan border forces clashed in southwestern Nimroz province after the Iranian patrol entered […]
Russia
Dissident Chechen military commander Sulim Yamadayev described a situation in Chechnya at odds with Kremlin claims that it has re-established control there, saying fighters granted amnesty could return to the mountains and restart the war against Russia “at any moment.” Yamadayev’s comments followed a clash this week between his fighters, who formally report to the […]
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German held by US in Afghanistan
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Al Qaeda planning Baghdad attacks, says US
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Renewed Clashes With Shi’ite Militias In Iraq
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China to loan US$500 million to shore up Pakistan
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Pakistan,Turkey vow to continue fighting terrorism
Pakistan
Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, who went missing in February in the Khyber region, appeared on Arabic television saying he was being held by the Taliban and urged Islamabad to meet their demands. Islamist commander Maulana Faqir Mohammad offered shelter to Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Omar if they ask for it. American drones reportedly resumed […]
Afghanistan
Afghan security forces detained over 60 Pakistanis traveling the southern town of Spin Boldak and handed them over to “the relevant department for interrogation.” A vehicle transporting DynCorp police trainers struck a roadside bomb in Spin Boldak but no one was wounded in the attack. A roadside bomb destroyed a vehicle in the restive province […]
Bara bin Malek Front commander killed in Pakistani shootout
Commander Ismail led a dangerous Taliban splinter group in Kunar province. He was behind the 2005 shootdown of a US Army Chinook that resulted in the deaths of 16 US Special Operations SEALs and airmen. The Long War Journal has an exclusive photo of Ismail.
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Afghanistan: Supreme Court issues 100 death sentences
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Bernier’s call to oust Kandahar governor reflects growing discontent
Afghanistan
Two Afghan police were killed after their vehicle was blown up by a remote-controlled bomb in the southern town of Spin Boldak. Canadian officials have called on President Karzai to remove Assadullah Khalid from the governor’s post in Kandahar province. A Coalition operation in Khost province netted five insurgents including Mohammad Ghanam, a Haqqani network […]
Somalia
Six Somali pirates who seized a French luxury yacht and held its 30 crew members hostage for a week will be brought to France to face trial. Somalia called for the deployment of a multinational force to assist in ending the decades-long civil war. A British teacher killed in Somalia yesterday was targeted because he […]
Mauritania
Mauritanian authorities uncovered a terror cell suspected of planning attacks against Western and governmental interests in the country. Fallout from the terrorist assault on the Israeli embassy in Mauritania in late January has prompted Mauritanian officials to “review its relations with the Jewish state.”
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“Algeria welcomes the FBI”
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4 Terrorists killed in Tizi Ouzou central Algeria
Tunisia
A Tunisian court has jailed 19 men for up to eight years for having links to al Qaeda’s North Africa wing. Local lawyers say about 1,000 people have been arrested since 2003 on terrorism charges including recruiting fighters for the Iraqi insurgency against US-led forces.
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No al-Qaeda Saudis in Kuwait: minister
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200 Pakistanis in Afghan jails: official estimate
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Afghanistan: Warlordism ‘Is Winning’ Versus Democracy
Afghanistan
Taliban insurgents ambushed a police patrol in Helmand killing four policemen and injuring seven others. A roadside blast hit a vehicle transporting a tribal elder in Khost province killing the elder’s son and two others. Afghan authorities arrested two locals and a third man from Kandahar for their alleged involvement in the suicide bombing that […]