What a difference a few days make. This week, we saw the Taliban’s official web page post a statement saying “the U.S. needs to guarantee a withdrawal deadline in writing before we’ll consider talking.” Now, the official Voice of Jihad English-language site has a different, but far more familiar message [Voice of Jihad statement here, […]
Bader Mohammed Nasser al Shihri, a wanted al Qaeda operative, contacted the Pakistani government and is seeking to turn himself in to Saudi authorities. Al Shihri is a Saudi citizen and is on the Kingdom’s list of 85 most wanted terrorists.
Coalition and Afghan forces killed Gul Nabi, a mid-level Taliban commander and an al Qaeda associate, during a firefight in the Pech River Valley in Kunar. Nabi “facilitated the movement of Pakistani and Arab fighters into Kunar province.”
Gul Nabi was killed during a firefight in the Pech River Valley. Nabi “facilitated the movement of Pakistani and Arab fighters into Kunar province.”
Indian gov’t: Pakistan spies tied to Mumbai siege
Four Caucasus Emirate fighters and four policemen were killed during the battle at the Chechen parliament in Grozny.
So far this year, the US has hit targets in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan in 24 of the 88 strikes.
This month’s winner of the coveted Captain Louis Renault Award is a simple choice. Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Agency is sheltering al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his second in command, Ayman al Zawahiri. Oh, and they’re operating somewhere in Pakistan’s northwest, in the vast region between Kurram and Chitral (note: they are not in […]
Pakistan feels US has let it down
A NATO official said Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan’s northwest and is being sheltered by members of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence directorate. Bin Laden is believed to be in the region between Chitral and Kurram.
Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda terrorist leader, hunted in Pakistan by CIA
NATO official: Bin Laden, deputy hiding in northwest Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban are denying reports that Qari Hussain Mehsud was killed in a recent Predator strike. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Azam Tariq has contradicted news reports about Qari Hussain’s death in a drone strike and described it as part of a campaign to demoralise the Taliban. Talking to reporters from an undisclosed location on Saturday, […]
Pakistan seeks drone technology
Pakistan – FO defends military policy in northwest
The Pakistani government reportedly released Mullah Baradar, Mullah Omar’s former deputy, from custody. Qari Hussain Mehsud is rumored to have been killed in a Predator strike in North Waziristan earlier this month.
Earlier today, I served as a panelist at an FDD event on the current warnings about an al Qaeda plot in Europe. The panel, moderated by Clifford D. May, also featured Frank Cilluffo of George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute and Tom Joscelyn of both FDD and LWJ. This entry is excerpted from my […]
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 […]
Pakistan militant variety tests West security: US
Up to five “militants” were reported killed. Five of the last 11 strikes have hit targets in Mir Ali.
What Pakistan wants: US aid
A senior IED facilitator was also captured during a recent raid in the southwestern province.
Pakistan must bring rich into tax net, says Hillary
Predators and Reapers hit four separate targets in the town of Lataka, indicating that a high-value target was the focus of the strike.
Police arrested 15 Pakistani nationals in the southern province of Yala who are suspected of having links to terror groups. One of those arrested transferred money to a “blacklisted” Pakistani group.
A Taliban leader in the running to replace the shadow governor of Badghis province was killed in a raid over the weekend, while another senior Taliban military commander in the province was targeted in a strike yesterday.
Jamaat ul Dawa al Quran kidnapped Linda Norgrove and had intended to transfer her to senior Taliban and al Qaeda leaders.
The head of the Indian Army said that security forces killed between 35 to 40 Pakistani terrorists who were trying to infiltrate Kashmir. “In the last two months, we have had approximately 20 to 25 attempts and the total number of terrorists killed during this period has been about 35 to 40,” General V.K. Singh […]
Blunt US warnings to Pakistan prompted by terrorism fear
Police arrested two Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives in Tongi on the outskirts of the capital of Dhaka. Wazed Khan, a Pakistani national who is an explosive expert for a cell, and a Bangladeshi named Abu Bakar Siddique were captured on Oct. 9; explosives were also found during the raid.