ISAF and Afghan forces capture al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander in west
The commander helped “foreign fighters” enter Afghanistan and served as an IED expert.
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The Taliban acquisition of anti-aircraft platforms
The ZPU-1 and the ZU-23-2 (pictured) have seen a robust role in Afghan combat since the 1980s. On Oct. 28, a targeted ISAF airstrike killed Mullah Abdullah Kakar, one of the Taliban’s operational commanders in Zabul province who was responsible for a long list of attacks and IEDs in the Shah Joy district. What is […]
Afghanistan
Interview: Petraeus on Afghanistan, Iran, Taliban strategy
Israel
Israel warns Russia that Iran may get S-300 via Venezuela
Yemen
Jamal Ahmed Mairan, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arbian Peninsula in the towns of Lauder and Modia, surrendered to authorities in Abyan province. A court charged Sharif Mobley, an American citizen with ties to al Qaeda, with murder.
Europe
Officials say Obama has offer for Iran
Afghanistan
Afghan leader admits his office gets cash from Iran
Europe
Iran set to load fuel to core of first atomic plant
Afghanistan
President Karzai admitted to receiving “bags of money” from Iran and other countries but insisted the payments were legitimate aid. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Paktika, and Badghis. The Taliban killed three civilians and a policeman in a suicide attack in Khost, […]
Afghanistan
Iran said to give top Karzai aide cash by bagful
Suicide assault team storms UN compound in western Afghanistan
Afghan police and security guards defeated the attack after three members of the Taliban team were able to enter the compound.
United States
Iraq’s Kurds emerge as kingmakers as Iran tries to flex its muscle
Iraq
Insurgents killed nine members of a mukhtar’s family after detonating four IEDs planted in the home in Tikrit, and killed a civilian in an IED attack in Baqubah. An insurgent died in a premature detonation in Mosul. Security forces detained 10 wanted men in Kirkuk. Prime Minister Maliki met with Muqtada al Sadr in Iran.
Somalia
Twelve people were killed during clashes in Beledweyne between pro-government forces and Shabaab fighters. “Gunmen” ambushed and killed 20 Shabaab fighters in Hiran province. Puntland security forces captured four Shabaab fighters in the Galgala mountains.
United States
US fears Chinese companies are breaking Iran sanctions
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 11 security guards, five policemen, and three civilians in attacks in Helmand, Herat, and Ghazni. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, and Baghlan. The US said Iran has a role in resolving the Afghan conflict.
Iraq
Iraq’s Allawi charges Iran destabilizing Mideast
Somalia
Shabaab took control of the town of Dhusamareb from Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama™a after the Sufi group battled a rival clan for control of Adado. Shabaab forces attacked the town of Elgal in Hiran province, sparking heavy fighting.
Qari Hussain Mehsud killed in Predator strike?
Image from an audiotape from Qari Hussain Mehsud, who takes credit for the failed car bombing in New York City. Qari Hussain is a senior leader and master bomb maker in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan. YouTube has removed the audiotape. I have been hearing rumors that Qari Hussain Mehsud, the deputy to […]
Hezbollah
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, presented Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad with a rifle captured from an Israeli soldier during the 2006 war. The two leaders met at the Iranian embassy in Beirut. Ahmedinejad vowed to continue to support Hezbollah.
Hezbollah
Iranian President Ahmedinejad denounced the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and said it was trying to “frame” and defame Hezbollah. The US said Hezbollah has shown it is more loyal to Iran than the people of Lebanon.
Coalition, Afghan troops capture deputy shadow governor in Nimroz
A senior IED facilitator was also captured during a recent raid in the southwestern province.
Afghanistan
Weapons, including Iranian-made, seized in Nimroz
Brother of notorious al Qaeda operative denied habeas petition
A Gitmo detainee named Toffiq al Bihani was recently denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a DC district judge. Toffiq is the brother of a notorious al Qaeda operative and received training at al Qaeda’s facilities in pre-9/11 Afghanistan.
Iraq
Insurgents killed three policemen and five civilians in attacks in Dhi Qhar, Baghdad, Mosul, and Fallujah. Security forces arrested a key leader of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq in Tal Afar. The government aired the confessions of two al Qaeda operatives involved in a plot to attack the Iranian, Egyptian, and German embassies.
US Predators kill 7 ‘militants’ in al Qaeda hub in North Waziristan
The strike is the latest in the Mir Ali area, a known stronghold of Abu Kasha al Iraqi and al Qaeda.
Judge finds that Kuwaiti Gitmo detainee was no charity worker
A district judge denied a Kuwaiti Gitmo detainee’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus in September. The detainee, Fayiz al Kandari, claims that he was a mere charity worker, but he was really an influential al Qaeda recruiter with ties to a terror cell that launched an attack on the US Marines in 2002.
Senior bin Laden aide killed in recent Predator strike
Mohammed Usman was a key member of Brigade 313 and helped unite al Qaeda with several Pakistani jihadist groups.
British, German jihadists involved in Europe plot killed in Predator strikes
A leader of the British cell and two German cell members were killed in Predator strikes in September. Abdul Jabbar was named the leader of the Islamic Army of Great Britain.
Al Qaeda’s #3 misidentified again
An al Qaeda leader named Sheikh Younis al Mauritani has been identified as al Qaeda’s external operations chief and number three in the organization. According to US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal, he is neither.