Iranian-backed Shia terror group kidnaps US civilian in Baghdad

February 6, 2010 10:43 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The League of the Righteous has kidnapped a US citizen and backed out of “reconciliation talks” with the Iraqi government. The kidnapping comes only a month after the US released the top leader of the group.
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Bombings kill 41 Shia pilgrims in Karbala

February 5, 2010 9:36 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The attack is the third major strike against Shia worshippers in five days and the sixth major strike since Jan. 25.
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Inside job suspected in suicide attack on US soldiers in Pakistan

February 4, 2010 2:38 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

The planning and execution of the suicide car bomb attack in Dir was "too perfect," according to US military and intelligence officials.
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Russian police kill al Qaeda's co-founder in the Caucasus

February 3, 2010 11:19 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Mokhmad Mohamad Shabban, a wanted Egyptian al Qaeda operative who helped establish the terror group in the Caucasus, was killed by Russian security forces during a clash in Dagestan.
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3 US soldiers among 9 killed in bombing in northwest Pakistan

February 3, 2010 7:38 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The US soldiers were killed while traveling to attend the opening of a girls' school in Dir. The soldiers served as trainers to the Frontier Corps.
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Predators pound terrorist camp in North Waziristan

February 2, 2010 12:09 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Eighteen missiles were reported to have been fired from five unmanned strike aircraft. Seventeen terrorists are said to have been killed.
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Female suicide bomber kills 54 pilgrims in Baghdad

February 1, 2010 6:18 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

The suicide bomber killed mostly women and children as they traveled to Karbala as part of a religious ritual.
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Shabaab absorbs southern Islamist group, splits Hizbul Islam

February 1, 2010 10:45 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The Ras Kamboni Brigade has broken away from Hizbul Islam, merged with Shabaab, and pledged allegiance with al Qaeda.
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Reports of Pakistani Taliban leader's death are premature

January 31, 2010 9:50 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

A Pakistani television channel claimed today that Hakeemullah Mehsud died days after a Jan. 14 strike and was buried recently in Arakzai. The Pakistani military and US intelligence will not confirm the report.
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Suicide bomber kills 17 Pakistanis in Bajaur

January 30, 2010 10:28 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

The attack took place as the Taliban are liquidating opposing tribal leaders and the military is conducting airstrikes against the Taliban.
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US airstrike targets Haqqani Network in North Waziristan

January 29, 2010 6:38 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Nine Haqqani Network fighters have been reported killed. The strike is the first in 10 days.
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Bin Laden says climate change is a 'fact,' denounces the dollar

January 29, 2010 9:22 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Al Qaeda's leader issued his second audiotape in a week.
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US kills senior Syrian-based al Qaeda facilitator in Mosul

January 28, 2010 1:32 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Abu Khalaf was killed during a Jan. 22 raid in the northern city. According to US intelligence, he entered Iraq last fall to direct operations.
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Taliban reject peace talks

January 27, 2010 10:31 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

The Taliban leadership council again demanded that Western forces withdraw from Afghanistan and insisted it would reestablish the Islamic Emirate.
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Shabaab suicide bomber kills seven at Mogadishu medical clinic

January 26, 2010 11:53 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

A suicide bomber detonated his vest at a clinic at the Mogadishu airport that is used by African Union troops.
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Suicide attack at Baghdad police forensics lab kills 18

January 26, 2010 10:27 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

More than 80 Iraqis were wounded in the second suicide attack in the Iraqi capital in two days.
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Bombings hit Baghdad's hotels

January 25, 2010 2:35 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Three car bombs detonated 10 minutes apart outside the Sheraton, Al Hamraa, and Babylon hotels, killing 36 and wounding 71 more.
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Bin Laden threatens further attacks against the US

January 24, 2010 12:27 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Al Qaeda's leader praised the Christmas Eve bomber and said attacks would continue as long as the US supports Israel.
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US airstrike killed 15 Turkistan Islamic Party fighters in Afghanistan

January 23, 2010 11:10 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

A Jan. 19 strike in the northwestern province of Badghis killed 13 Uighurs and two Turks.
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Al Qaeda leader in Turkey captured

January 22, 2010 12:16 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Abu Zar was planning to conduct attacks against Turkish forces in Afghanistan. Turkey has rounded up more than 150 suspected al Qaeda operatives and supporters during raids nationwide this week.
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Security forces continued operations in the Mamond region in Bajaur. Police arrested six Taliban fighters thought to be plotting to kill Americans in Lahore. The Taliban attempted to assassinate a brigadier general in Islamabad, bombed a girls' school and a health clinic in Mohmand, and attacked a military camp in Khyber.

A senior Shabaab leader called for jihad against Kenya. A foreign Shabaab military commander was killed by his guards in Mogadishu. Shabaab fighters are reportedly withdrawing from districts in Mogadishu.

Four al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters and one soldier were killed during a clash in Tipaza province. Security forces detained eight suspected terrorists during a raid in M'sila province.

Security forces killed six al Qaeda fighters in Makhmour and detained six more north of Baghdad. Insurgents killed a civilian in an IED attack in Baghdad and detonated an IED in front of a hospital in Mosul.

President Karzai is considering a draft for the military. The Taliban killed two British soldiers in Helmand and two civilians in western Afghanistan. A district governor in Badghis province was arrested for supporting the Taliban.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's deputy leader, Said Ali al Shihri, said the group's leadership has survived US and Yemeni airstrikes, and is preparing further attacks. "We inform our brothers in Afghanistan that we are still alive and well and that we will respond to the Crusaders' air raids and attacks," Shihri said.

Police arrested three top leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood during raids. The deputy leader and two members of the Guidance Council, the Muslim Brotherhood's top decision-making body, were detained. A fourth leader evaded arrest.

On the eve of the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolultion, Iran announced plans to enrich uranium to 20 percent; the West vowed more sanctions. Iran opened two production lines for two unmanned aircraft, one of which will have strike capabilities.