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Caucasus Emirate leader takes credit for Moscow suicide attacks

Doku-103312010.jpgDoku Umarov claimed the attack was revenge for a February raid in the village of Arshty in Ingushetia. Umarov reiterated that attacks inside Russia would continue.


13 killed in double suicide attack in southern Russia

The first bomber detonated outside police headquarters in Dagestan, the second struck during rescue operations. The blasts took place just two days after the double suicide attack in Moscow's metro.


US strikes kill 6 in North Waziristan

predator-uav.jpgUnmanned US aircraft struck a compound in the village of Tapi. Pakistani military kills 36 Taliban in neighboring Arakzai.


'Black Widow' female suicide bombers kill 37 in Moscow metro blasts

The Chechen 'Black Widows' return to Moscow and strike during rush hour to maximize civilian casualties. One strike took place at a station that serves the FSB headquarters.


US strike kills 4 in North Waziristan

The latest airstrike hit a compound in the Mir Ali region, a haven for the Taliban and al Qaeda.


US, UN sanction al Qaeda in Iraq leader

Muthanna Harith Sulayman al Dhari, the son of the leader of Iraq's radical Association of Muslim Scholars, provides logistical and financial support for al Qaeda in Iraq.


Pakistan strikes Taliban camps in Arakzai

Pakistani fighter-bombers struck at hideouts in the Taliban-controlled trial agency. One of the targets was a seminary run by the Tablighi Jamaat.


Large-scale arrests in Saudi Arabia illustrate threat to the oil supply

Saudi Arabia announced arrests of 113 alleged al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists whom it claims were planning attacks against oil facilities. Over the past six years, al Qaeda and other jihadi groups have come to see attacks against oil targets as one of the keys to their economic strategy.


US kills 6 in strike against Haqqani Network

The strike targeted the Haqqani Network and is the fifth since March 16.


US judge orders release of 9/11 recruiter

A judge has ruled that Mohamedou Ould Slahi should be released from Guantanamo. Slahi was a key recruiter of 9/11 point man Ramzi Binalshibh, tactical commander Mohammed Atta, and two other suicide pilots, and was a top facilitator in the failed millennium bombing plots.


Hekmatyar's 'peace plan' calls for NATO withdrawal by 2011

Gulbiddin-Hekmatyar.jpgThe al Qaeda-linked leader sent a delegation to meet with the Afghan government. Conditions include an end to military operations and the withdrawal of "foreign fighters" after a NATO withdrawal.


US strike kills 4 in North Waziristan

The airstrike is the fourth in the Taliban-controlled tribal area in six days. The Taliban murdered four "US spies" in North Waziristan.


Senior Shabaab commander killed in Somali South

A military commander was shot and killed as he left a mosque in Kismayo. Rival Hizbul Islam is the likely culprit.


Key al Qaeda operative killed in US strike in North Waziristan

Sadam Hussein Al Hussami, who is also known as Ghazwan al Yemeni, was a top operative in al Qaeda's external operations network. He aided in the suicide attack on Combat Outpost Chapman, which killed seven CIA officials and a Jordanian intelligence officer.


US kills 8 terrorists in 2 new airstrikes in North Waziristan

The US launched a strike in the village of Hamzoni and another in Datta Khel, the second there in two days.


US Predator strike in North Waziristan kills 11 Taliban, al Qaeda

Two compounds were hit in Datta Khel, a known al Qaeda hideout.


Hakeemullah Mehsud is alive, says former ISI officer

Khalid Khawaja, the "consigliere" for the Taliban and al Qaeda, said that two of his associates met with the Pakistani Taliban leader on March 9.


Yemeni airstrike hits al Qaeda camp

The Yemeni military claims two top al Qaeda military leaders were killed in an airstrike yesterday. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said a top financier and military commander was killed earlier this year.


Qari Zia Rahman survived Bajaur strike: Taliban leader

Neither the Taliban and al Qaeda commander, nor a Swat Taliban commander were killed in a Pakistani airstrike last week, according to Faqir Mohammed.


Top North Waziristan Taliban leader Bahadar rumored killed in US strike

Unconfirmed reports indicate that Hafiz Gul Bahadar may have been among those killed in yesterday's Predator strike in North Waziristan. Bahadar was the target of the strike, US intelligence officials told The Long War Journal.