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Pakistan: Wanted terrorists Azhar, Ibrahim not in country

Interior Advisor Rehman Malik claimed Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and terror crime boss Dawood Ibrahim are currently not in Pakistan. Azhar was previously under 'house arrest.'


US airstrike in Pakistan's Kurram tribal agency kills 30

The target was a camp run by a Taliban commander who operates in Afghanistan. This is the first recorded US airstrike in the Kurram tribal agency.


Pakistan to end military operation and implement sharia in Malakand Division

The government has come to an agreement with the banned Movement for the Implementation of Mohammad's Sharia Law to end military operations and impose sharia law in the districts of Malakand, Swat, Shangla, Buner, Dir, and Chitral. A similar agreement between the extremists and the government failed in 2008.


US Predator strike in South Waziristan kills 25

predator-uav.jpgThe attack is the first since the dual attacks in North and South Waziristan on Jan. 23, and the first since a US Senator disclosed that the CIA is operating a Predator base inside Pakistan.


Female suicide bomber kills 30 in Karbala, Iraq

The attack is the third targeting Shia pilgrims traveling to Karbala over the past three days.


Yemen strikes multifaceted deals with al Qaeda

President Saleh has a long history of negotiating deals with al Qaeda. The planned release of 170 al Qaeda suspects is part of the current negotiations.


Al Qaeda threatens India with 'humiliation' if Pakistan is attacked

Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda's commander in Afghanistan, said India will "pay a heavy price" if it attacked Pakistan. This is Yazid's fifth propaganda tape since the Pakistani military insisted he was killed last summer.


Al Qaeda's paramilitary 'Shadow Army'

The 'Lashkar al Zil' or Shadow Army is comprised of al Qaeda, Taliban, and allied terror groups, and operates as a paramilitary force in Pakistan's northwest and in eastern Afghanistan.


Suicide bomber kills more than 30 at Shia mosque in central Pakistan

More than 50 were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated in a crowd of worshipers outside a Shia mosque in Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab province. Al Qaeda affiliate Laskhar-e-Jhangvi is the likely suspect.


Former Islamic Courts Leader elected president of Somalia

Sheikh Sharif Ahmed is elected president by the newly expanded parliament. Sharif led the conquest of southern Somalia in 2006.


Pakistani PM: Most of tribal areas 'cleared of the terrorists'

Gilani made the claim despite Taliban control of North and South Waziristan, Arakazi, Khyber, Mohmand, Bajaur, and most of Kurram, as well as much of the Northwest Frontier Province. His chief adviser claimed government is in control of 98 percent of Bajaur.


The Jihadi Brothers

A DC court ruled that Ghaleb Nassar al Bihani, a detainee at Guantanamo, is being lawfully detained as an enemy combatant. Al Bihani is one of several brothers who have served al Qaeda in some capacity.


Shabaab takes control of Somalia's seat of government

The al Qaeda affiliate moved into the southern town of Baidoa after Ethiopian forces pulled out, ending a two-year occupation.


Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge

Al Qaeda in Yemen announced its merger with Saudi Arabia's al Qaeda organization to form al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The Yemeni government supports Hamas.


Return to Jihad

Two former Guantanamo detainees appear in an al Qaeda propaganda video. Both detainees have senior positions in al Qaeda in Yemen and have been accused of working with a charity operating in Iran.


Suicide bomber targets African Union troops in Mogadishu

More than 13 civilians and security personnel were killed in the attack. Shabaab claimed credit for the strike.


Sleeper Agent

What will the new administration do with the only enemy combatant held on US soil? Originally published at The Weekly Standard.


US strikes al Qaeda in North and South Waziristan

predator-uav.jpgMore than 20 people have been reported killed in dual strikes inside the Taliban-controlled tribal agencies.


Saudi al Qaeda operative involved in London bombings detained in Pakistan

Security officials said Zabi ul Taifi was among seven al Qaeda operatives captured during a raid in a village near the provincial capital of Peshawar.


Osama's son coordinates call between Zawahiri and Iran's Qods Force

Sa'ad bin Laden facilitated communications between Ayman al Zawahiri and the Iranians after the September 2008 assault on the US embassy in Sana'a, Yemen.