The Washington Post reported that Yemenis and Egyptians were involved in the deadly massacre at a Christian church in Baghdad that resulted in the deaths of at least 52 people: An Iraqi official said Monday that investigators had found at the scene three Yemeni and two Egyptian passports thought to have belonged to the suicide […]
The Germans were members of the Islamic Jihad Group. An operational commander, a financier, and an expert bomb maker were among those reported killed.
Two missiles were fired into a compound that had “become a hub of militants’ movement” in North Waziristan.
The pair of strikes are the first in nine days. One of the strikes took place in Datta Khel.
So far this year, the US has hit targets in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan in 24 of the 88 strikes.
Predators and Reapers hit four separate targets in the town of Lataka, indicating that a high-value target was the focus of the strike.
The strike is the latest in the Mir Ali area, a known stronghold of Abu Kasha al Iraqi and al Qaeda.
Nine terrorists, including “foreigners,” were reported killed in strikes in the Datta Khel and Mohammed Khel areas.
Mohammed Usman was a key member of Brigade 313 and helped unite al Qaeda with several Pakistani jihadist groups.
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.
The strike is the third in Mir Ali in four days; three of the past for strikes have hit targets in Mir Ali.
The strike took place in Mir Ali, the home of influential al Qaeda operative Abu Kasha al Iraqi.
The strike took place near the Miramshah bazaar in North Waziristan, a known hub for the Haqqani Network.
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.
The strike took place in Mir Ali, a known haven for al Qaeda leader Abu Kasha al Iraqi, who supports the Islamic Jihad Group.
The pair of strikes took place in Datta Khel, a known hub for al Qaeda. Uzbeks and Haqqani Network members were reported killed in the attacks.
Osama bin Laden ordered the recent Mumbai-style plot against cities in Europe. Multiple like-minded jihadist organizations assisted al Qaeda in the operation.
Eight Germans and two Britons are said to have been killed in the same strike that killed an Islamic Jihad Group leader who trained Germans to return to their home country to carry out terror attacks.
Qari Mansur, a Haqqani Network commander, was “one of the most prolific attack planners for the Kabul insurgent network” who organized suicide and IED attacks in the capital.
An Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan spokesman named Abdufattoh Ahmadi claimed the attack that killed 25 Tajik soldiers on Sept. 19.
The Taliban’s shadow district governor for Shigal was associated with top al Qaeda leader Qari Zia Rahman, and has been linked to the first female suicide bomber in Afghanistan.
Nur Mohammed was plotting to carry out attacks during parliamentary elections. He was “involved in improvised explosive device and suicide attacks in Kabul city.”
ISAF stated that 30 Haqqani Network fighters including 13 wearing suicide vests, were killed during the Aug. 28 assault on two US bases in Khost. Afghan and Coalition forces killed the military commander in Logar, and killed and captured several Taliban, Haqqani Network, and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Kunduz, […]
Zia Ul Haq was the Taliban’s military commander for Logar province. He was “responsible for the facilitation of foreign fighters and suicide bombers into Kabul City” and was closely linked to the Kabul Attack Network.
Police defeated an assault on Chechen President Kadyrov’s home town by a heavily armed suicide squad. Twelve fighters and five policemen were killed during the early morning fighting.
US and Afghan troops killed 24 Haqqani Network fighters, including a commander, after beating back assaults on two bases in Khost. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand, Khost, Logar, and Zabul. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east, a civilian in a suicide attack in Paktika, and poisoned 22 […]
Emir Sayfullah was the leader of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate’s forces in Dagestan and the top judge for the terror group.
In Kandahar, a suicide bomber killed the district police chief of Daman. And in Zabul, Taliban gunmen assaulted the home of the provincial Border and Tribal Affairs chief, killing him and his wife.
A website run by the central Asian terror group and al Qaeda affiliate announced the death of “Shaheed Mohammed Tahir” and posted an image of the commander. Yuldashev was thought to have been killed in a US Predator strike in South Waziristan one year ago.
Six Taliban fighters were killed while assaulting Kandahar Airfield. Coalition and Afghan forces killed 18 Taliban fighters in Logar and Laghman, and detained several more in Kandahar, Helmand, and Zabul. The Taliban killed four civilians in Faryab, two civilians in Kandahar, and an ISAF soldier in the east.