Iran
A former UN official said China is falling short of enforcing sanctions on Iran. A California man pled guilty to attempting to sell a fighter jet to Iran. Pakistan and Iran signed bilateral trade memorandum.
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Afghanistan
Pakistan ‘epicentre’ for global terrorism: Mike Mullen
Turkistan Islamic Party identifies senior leader killed in Afghanistan
Shaykh Qurban Ata was a Chinese Uighur who was killed in the February 2010 airstrike in Badghis province.
Afghanistan
Biden meets with Pakistani leaders, stressing long-term ties and extremist threat
Afghanistan
Pakistan will move on North Waziristan without US help, ambassador says
Member of top al Qaeda operative’s cell denied habeas petition
An Algerian Guantanamo detainee named Abdel Razak Ali was denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on Tuesday. Razak was a member of the terrorist cell of top al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah.
Afghanistan
Pakistan won’t tolerate US ‘great game’ in region
Afghanistan
Biden reassures Pakistan in speech as bomb kills 16
US Predators kill 4 ‘foreigners’ in North Waziristan strike
The strike took place in the Mir Ali area, a known haven for al Qaeda and the Islamic Jihad Group.
Al Qaeda
Ambassador in Pakistan appeals to wanted Saudis
ISAF kills, captures Taliban and IMU leaders in Afghan north
In Kunduz, a senior Taliban and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander was killed along with the Taliban’s shadow governor of Khanabad, and a senior facilitator involved in a recent suicide assault was captured.
Saudi Arabia
Muhammed Saleem Saeed Braikan, who is on Saudi Arabia’s list of 47 most wanted terrorists, is married to Osama bin Laden’s daughter Fatima and is a senior leader in al Qaeda. Braikan is believed to be operating along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
Wanted Saudi married to Osama bin Laden’s daughter
A Saudi named Muhammed Saleem Saeed Braikan (or Buraikan), who is on the updated list of the Kingdom’s 47 most wanted terrorists, married a daughter (she was just 12 years old at the time) of Osama bin Laden, and is well tuned into al Qaeda’s operational plans and may be aware of bin Laden’s location […]
Saudi Arabia names 47 most-wanted terrorists
None of the 47 al Qaeda operatives are in Saudi Arabia. Twenty-seven of them are thought to be in Pakistan and Afghanistan, 16 are thought to be in Yemen, and four more are believed to be in Iraq.
Saudi Arabia
The interior ministry released the list of the 47 most wanted Saudis. Of those wanted, 27 are thought to be in Pakistan and Afghanistan, 16 are in Yemen, and four are in Iraq.
India
‘Not just White girls, Pak Muslim men sexually target Hindu and Sikh girls as well’ – UK Hindu and Sikh organizations
Al Qaeda
Pakistan’s release of militant stirs questions
ISAF targets al Qaeda-linked Taliban commanders in the Afghan east
Recent raids have targeted Taliban leaders in Kunar and Nangarhar with close ties to al Qaeda. Both provinces host al Qaeda cells.
Al Qaeda
A Pakistani’s assassin’s long reach
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Terrorists on the run in FATA, PAC told
Mullah Dadullah Front behind Kandahar suicide attack
The attack killed 17 people, including a senior anti-Taliban police commander. The Mullah Dadullah Front is a wing of the Taliban in the Afghan south that has adopted al Qaeda’s tactics and ideology.
Swedish suicide bomber trained in Mosul: Iraqi official
Taimour Abdulwahab, who attempted to kill people in a failed attack Stockholm in mid-December 2010, trained in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul along with an Egyptian, according to Iraqi officials.
Analysis: Gitmo detainee transferred to Algeria
The Department of Defense announced the transfer of a Guantanamo detainee to Algeria on Thursday. A district judge ruled that he should be freed even though he was recruited by al Qaeda to train and fight in Afghanistan.
US Predators kill 5 ‘militants’ in al Qaeda haven of Datta Khel
The strike is the fourth this year. Datta Khel is a known hub for al Qaeda’s leadership.
Algeria
The US Department of Defense announced the transfer of Saiid Farhi to Algeria. Farhi was detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention faciliy after being detained in Pakistan in 2001 for associating with al Qaeda and the Taliban. A US court ordered Farhi’s release in November 2009.
Watershed tribal engagement in Sangin?
Josef Patterson, a platoon commander out of Camp Pendleton, meets with the Alikozai tribe last week. In exchange for quelling insurgent attacks against coalition forces, elders have asked for more Afghan-led patrols and reconstruction projects. AP image. Hopeful news about a tribal peace deal in the turbulent southern Afghan province of Helmand has been making […]
Latest Predator strike rumor: AQAP’s leader killed in North Waziristan
The latest from the Pakistan rumor mill is that Nasir al Wuhayshi, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s top leader, was killed in a Dec. 28, 2010 Predator strike in North Waziristan. From The Associated Press (CNN-IBN is also reporting this): Nasir al Wahishi, a Yemeni national who reportedly served as an aide of al-Qaida […]
Another rumor of Qari Hussain’s death in October Predator strike
Rumors of the death of Qari Hussain Mehsud, the Taliban’s “Ustad-e-Fedayeen” or teacher of suicide bombers, have surfaced again, after a Pakistani provincial minister claimed he was killed in a US Predator airstrike in October. From The Times of India: “Qari Hussain was killed in a drone strike,” Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain […]
China
India, Pakistan and their growing nuclear arsenal
Afghanistan
Afghanis seek peace with the Taliban in Pakistan