Iraqi forces search for Qods Force agents
Security officials in Al Kut have launched a search for four known Iranian Qods Force operatives.
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Pakistan
Security forces killed 24 Taliban fighters in South Waziristan, eight in Swat, and two in Mansehra. The Taliban killed a Frontier Corps troop in Hangu. Police arrested two suspected terrorists in connection with the Headley and Rana plot in the US. Iran claimed Pakistan released the leader of Jundallah days before the suicide attack in […]
War by proxy: Tehran caught arming terrorists (again)
Iranian-supplied weapons seized on the Karine A. The recent seizure by Israeli commandos of a large weapons cache on board a container ship bound for Syria reveals yet another instance of Tehran’s rash disregard for international law. According to UN Security Council Resolution 1747, it is illegal for the international community to export or engage […]
Pakistan
Pakistan arrests three suspects in Iranian bombing
Hezbollah
Israeli defense officials said the Israeli Navy intercepted and captured a ship transporting weapons bound for Hezbollah and Syria. The ship carried “hundreds of tons of weaponry, ten times the size of the Karine A shipment of 2002,” and originated from Iran.
Uranium centrifuges and uranium bombs
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad tours a centrifuge facility. Iran reports having thousands of centrifuges spinning away to make fuel for their upcoming power reactors. Others think that Iran has it in mind to make weapons material using those same centrifuges. In fact, Iran could divert just 1% of its centrifuge production and have enough weapons-grade […]
Not exactly a smoking Indian gun
First, let me be clear that I am not an expert on the weapons manufactured or used by the Indian Army or any other army. When a commenter posted a link to the photo above, which shows what the Pakistani military claims to be Indian mortars captured during operations in South Waziristan as evidence of […]
Qods Force ‘acting like a nation-state-backed terrorist organization’ – US general
The Air Force Times’ Sean Naylor scored an interview with Major General Mike Flynn, director of intelligence for General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan. There isn’t a lot new here to longtime readers of The Long War Journal and Threat Matrix. Flynn gives an overview of the Taliban groups, notes that […]
US jihadi: North Waziristan ‘bustling’ with ‘Foreign Mujahideen’
Here is an interesting tidbit of information from the charge sheet against David Coleman Headley, the US jihadi indicted for plotting attacks in Denmark. Headley traveled to North Waziristan and afterward offered his view on the number of al Qaeda and other foreign jihadis in the tribal agencies’ largest towns (in response to a think […]
Pakistan
Forty-four Taliban fighters and 12 soldiers were killed during fighting in South Waziristan, Hangu, Abjaur, and Khyber. Security forces detained an aide to Mullah Fazlullah and 11 Taliban fighters in Swat. Border guards detained 12 Iranians, some who are thought to be Revolutionary Guards members, in Baluchistan.
Pakistan
Iran: Foreign agents behind Iraq, Pakistan, Iran attacks
Pakistan
Pakistan arrests Iranian guards
Russia
Russia to continue arms supplies to Iran
Another former Gitmo detainee killed in a shootout
Former Guantanamo detainee Yousef Mohammed al Shihri was killed in an Oct. 13 shootout at a checkpoint along the Saudi-Yemeni border. He was reportedly dressed like a woman and planned to commit a suicide attack. Prior to being transferred from Guantanamo, al Shihri allegedly made it clear that he hated all Americans.
Iraq
Insurgents killed six Iraqis in a bombing at a coffeehouse in Baghdad and a tribal affairs chief in Ninewa. Security forces killed a gunman in Mosul, and detained 25 wanted men in in Mosul, Kirkuk, and Basrah, and an Iranian Qods Force officer in Basrah.
Security requirements and extended US involvement in Iraq
An Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 helicopter takes off from Landing Zone Washington, in Baghdad’s International Zone, during the first night flight outside the air base at Taji since the new Iraqi Air Force was formed. Photo by William Lovelady, Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq Public Affairs. I’ve argued that beyond the political patina of […]
Somalia
At least 12 people were killed after Shabaab attacked Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamee’, a pro-government Sufi militia, in the Hiran region. Hizbul Islam rebels attacked a Shabaab base in Mogadishu. A mortar shell killed five civilians in Mogadishu. Shabaab commander Sheikh Ahmed Abu Yasir said that the group is happy to join with Taliban fighters […]
68 Taliban surrender after commander killed in Herat
The fighters were loyal to Ghulam Yahya Akbari, who was killed in a strike last week. Akbari’s successor is said to be close to al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
Sixty-eight Taliban fighters surrendered to the government in Herat. US and Afghan troops killed 11 Taliban fighters in Ghazni and a commander in Zabul. Taliban fighters chopped off a man’s hand and foot in Herat. Afghan police seized 860 Iranian-made landmines during raids in the North. Britain will send an additional 500 troops.
Senior insurgent leader reported killed in Western Afghanistan
Ghulam Yahya Akbari, the “Tajik Taliban,” was reported killed with a dozen of his followers. Akbari was once an ally of the Karzai regime and served as a provincial minister in Herat.
Analysis: Al Qaeda is the tip of the jihadist spear
The editors of The Long War Journal take a look at the insurgency in Afghanistan through al Qaeda’s eyes.
Al Qaeda and the Taliban: together again
The Taliban have released a clever piece of disinformation today, which clearly is aimed at US policymakers as well as the American public as the Obama administration decides on a new path forward in Afghanistan. In this latest statement, the Taliban are claiming they have no aspirations to be involved in the global jihad. From […]
Geneva talks spur regional diplomacy
In my last post I addressed the issue of Turkish involvement in the bilateral negotiations between the UN’s P5+1 and the Islamic Republic of Iran. In order to get a fuller picture of the geopolitical implications of these talks, it would be wise to take a look at some important regional developments: Israel A recent […]
Yemen
Yemeni cleric blames Iran for war
Bring in the Turks: Why Turkey’s presence is needed in Geneva
Iran’s nuclear facility in the mountains near Qom. A new round of diplomatic concessions has come out of the negotiations yesterday between the United Nations’ five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The biggest news coming out of Geneva is that Iran has agreed to open […]
Iraqi police detain Hezbollah Brigades leader
A Hezbollah Brigades financier and recruiter was captured by Iraqi paramilitary police in Sadr City. The US continues to release Iranian-backed terrorists.
Somalia
The governor of central Hiran region quit the Mogadishu government and declared his loyalty to Hizbul Islam. “Our fighters and weapons are now part of Hizbul Islam,” he told reporters. Businessmen in Mogadishu asked Shabaab to reopen roads that lead to the crucial Bakara Market, saying they would stop their financial support if the roads […]
Somalia
A Shabaab website celebrated an American from Seattle as one of the suicide bombers who killed 21 peacekeepers in Mogadishu last week. Hizbul Islam rejected Shabaab’s administration over Kismayo. “There should be mediation before there is bloodshed,” said Sheikh Hassan Turki, Hizbul’s deputy leader and the commander of the Ras Kamboni Brigade. Both sides are […]
US airstrikes alone cannot defeat al Qaeda
US military and intelligence officials warn that al Qaeda maintains a robust network in northwestern Pakistan despite two years of targeted strikes.
General McChrystal’s report on Afghanistan and external influences
The Washington Post has leaked an unclassified version of General Stanley McChrystal’s long-awaited report on Afghanistan. The full report, all 66 pages, can be found here. The Washington Post provides a good roundup of the report. In short, and it should come as no surprise, McChrystal calls for a change in strategy by ISAF, which […]