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Gates confronts Pakistani reports of US plots, and fuels a rumor
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Afghanistan
US unveils civilian strategy for Afghanistan, Pakistan
United States
Gates reaches out to future Pakistani military leaders
Wanted Abu Sayyaf operative reported killed in North Waziristan
The US has a $1 million bounty on Abdul Basit Usman for conducting attacks that murdered civilians. He is thought to have been killed in a strike on Jan. 14.
The Mehsud tribe will not hand over Hakeemullah
Hakeemullah Mehsud, left. AFP photo. Be sure to take the customary mega-dose of salt that is required when reading about reports of “peace agreements” in Pakistan’s tribal areas. The Mehsud tribe has agreed, at the deadline, to a seven-point list of demands thrust upon it by the government. According to the Press Trust of India […]
United Kingdom
Britain cuts terror fight in Pakistan as pound falls: minister
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida, offshoots rebuilding in Pakistan, Yemen and Africa
SecDef defines AQAM
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates neatly describes what al Qaeda and allied movements, or AQAM, is during his visit to India. From The Washington Post: In a press conference after two days of meetings with Indian officials, the Pentagon chief said al-Qaeda had formed a “syndicate” of terrorist groups with Taliban factions in Afghanistan […]
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda could provoke new India-Pakistan war: Gates
Siraj Haqqani, Taliban power broker
Siraj Haqqani, the son of famed mujahedeen leader Jalaluddin, the military commander of the Haqqani Network, and a member of al Qaeda’s military shura. Image from an interview with Al Jazeera. The media is finally coming to recognize that the Haqqani Network is a powerful entity on both sides of the Durand Line. The Wall […]
Yemen retracts report of Al Qaeda deputy’s capture
The reports of the capture of Said Ali al Shihri were incorrect. Yemeni sources are now saying a different man, Yusuf al Shihri, was captured, even though he was reported killed during a clash last fall.
US airstrike in North Waziristan kills 6
The strike hit a compound in the Datta Khel region, a region that hosts a headquarters for al Qaeda’s Shadow Army.
Taliban launch terror assault on Kabul
Suicide assault teams struck at government and civilian centers in the heart of the city. Security forces restored control after hours-long battles.
India
Terrorism and Indo-Pakistani escalation
‘I am alive’ – Hakeemullah Mehsud
The Taliban chief released another audiotape to reporters; this time he provided a date to prove he is alive.
Kashmir
A suicide bomber wounded two soldiers in an attack on a military vehicle near the town of Rawalakot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The suicide attack in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is the fifth since last summer.
United States
A federal grand jury indicted Tahawwur Rana and David Headley for their roles in plots to conduct attacks in Denmark and and India. The grand jury also indicted al Qaeda military commander Ilyas Kashmiri and former Pakistani Army Major Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed for their involvement in the same Denmark plot.
Wanted Palestinian reported killed in US airstrike in North Waziristan
Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim, of the Abu Nidal Organization who participated in killing 22 hostages during the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am flight 73, is thought to have been killed in the Jan. 9 airstrike.
US strikes kill 11 in North Waziristan
Eight Taliban and three “foreigners” were reported killed in the most recent strikes in North Waziristan. The US has carried out nine strikes in Pakistan over the past 16 days.
Taliban
Death of Pakistani Taliban chief in US strike not confirmed
US airstrike hits Taliban camp in North Waziristan
The latest attack targeted a compound formerly used as a seminary. Ten Taliban fighters are thought to have been killed.
United States
Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist detained in Afghanistan, will boycott her upcoming trial. US prosecutors will not attempt to link her to al Qaeda and will only use handwritten notes as evidence that she plotted to conduct attacks in the US.
ACLU files FOIA request on Predator program
This is sure to make many people in Washington uncomfortable: In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed today, the American Civil Liberties Union asked the government to disclose the legal basis for its use of predator drones to conduct “targeted killings” overseas. In particular, the ACLU seeks to find out when, where and […]
Al Qaeda
Study finds 3,000 Pakistanis were killed in™09 militant attacks
US airstrike kills 4 Taliban fighters in North Waziristan
The strike targeted a training center in a region run by Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadar. Today’s strike is the fifth this year and the sixth in 10 days.
United States
US-Pakistan bickering get ugly as ISI fingers American diplomats
US strike kills 5 in North Waziristan
The latest strike is the fifth in nine days. A safe house run by Hafiz Gul Bahadar was hit.
United States
Two men were arrested today in connection with the Najibullah Zazi terrorism case. Adis Medunjanin, 25, and Zarein Ahmedzay, 24, were apprehended after months of intense investigations in connection with Zazi’s bomb plot. It is reported that the two men traveled to Pakistan with Zazi.
Al Qaeda Shadow Army commander thought killed in Dec. 17 strike
Abdullah Said al Libi may have been killed in the swarm attack in Datta Khel in North Waziristan that also killed Zuhaib al Zahibi.
Taliban’s Number 2: ‘You leave, we (might) talk’
The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency has published an e-mail interview with the second-in-command of Afghanistan’s Taliban, Mullah Baradar Akhund (a hat tip to Juan Cole at the Informed Comment blog for sharing the US Government’s Open Source Center’s translation of the story). In addition to the usual “we’re winning, we’re going to keep […]