Monthly Archives: July 2009


Nigeria

Mohammad Yusufi, Boko Haram™s leader, and a number of his followers have fled their stronghold in Maiduguri as the Nigerian military seeks to “contain them once and for all.” The Nigerian military overran Yusufi™s compound and home along with the mosque the group has been using as a hideout. Upwards of 300 people, including women […]


Afghanistan

Unreliable Afghan forces make life difficult, dangerous for US soldiers



Iraq

The People’s Mujahideen claimed the police have killed seven members during clashes at Camp Ashraf; the Diyala police department denied the report. One policeman and one civilian were killed in bombings in Mosul and Anbar. The US believes al Qaeda in Iraq is regrouping in eastern Diyala province near the border with Iran, and said […]


Philippine government resumes peace talks with MILF


Afghanistan

The Taliban killed two civilians in an IED attack in Kandahar, attacked a MEDIVAC flight in southern Afghanistan, and bombed President Karzai’s campaign office in Herat and candidate Abdullah Abdullah’s office in Paktika. Afghan and ISAF forces detained two Haqqani Network fighters in Khost province.



Iraq

The ISI’s Abu Omar al-Baghdadi responds to US urban withdrawal in Iraq


Indonesia

An Islamist blog that claims to represent “Al Qaeda in Indonesia” said the group, led by Noordin Mohammed Top, is responsible for the bombings at two five-star hotels in Jakarta this month. The statement said the attack was a “martyrdom operation for jihad” to obtain “retribution for the deeds of America and its agents against […]


Pakistan

Prosecute Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Hafiz Saeed : Indian home minister to Pakistan


Tajikistan

Security forces reportedly killed Nemat Azizov during a shootout in the mountains near the administrative center of Tavil-Dara after he refused to surrender. Azizov, who is also known as Sheikh Nemat, commanded Islamist forces during the civil war between 1992-97. He was accused of being a drug smuggler and of assassinating the chief of the […]


Iran

The other Iraq war: In Kurdish Iraq, hostilities simmering with Iran, Turkey


Iraq

Gates says Iraq drawdown may accelerate moderately


Iran

Iraqi raid leaves Iranian opposition group’s future unclear


Iraq

US defense secretary in Iraqi Kurdistan to defuse tensions


Iran

Iran & Iraq: Two British hostages in Iraq ‘likely to be dead’


Iran

Prominent Iranian reformer set to be freed


Nigeria

Police have freed over 180 women and children being held by Doko Haram in Maiduguri. Heavy fighting continues in Maiduguri as security forces seek to dislodge the Islamists from their hideouts, including sect leader Mohammad Yusufi™s home and compound headquarters. Papers lifted from the bodies of killed Islamists indicate that many may originate from Chad […]


Spain

Authorities are blaming ETA, the Basque separatists in Burgos, northern Spain, for a car bomb explosion that tore through a 14-story paramilitary Civil Guard barracks, injuring 46 people. A car bomb explosion in Bilbao that killed a police officer in June was also blamed on the separatists.




Russia

Nine insurgents were killed by security forces in the Russian Federation Republic of Dagestan today. Zaal Kasrelishvili, the leader of the mostly inactive Confederation of the Peoples of the Caucasus, has stated that roughly forty militants have become active again in Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge. Militants used the gorge as a rear base and for arms […]



Pakistan

The Taliban killed two Frontier Corps troops in a suicide attack in North Waziristan and wounded three policemen in an ambush in Peshawar. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in Swat and detained 38 terrorists in Peshawar, Swat, Darra Adam Khel, and Lakki Marwat.


Afghanistan

The Taliban killed nine Afghans in bombings in Helmand and Khost provinces, killed two British soldiers in Helmand province on Monday. Four suspected suicide bombers were detained in Kapisa province. A civilian was accidentally killed during a clash with the Taliban in Zabul province.


Thailand

A Buddhist man and his wife were murdered while they were on their way to work in Pattani province by terrorists armed with assault rifles. Three security officers were wounded by a bomb when they attempted to respond to the initial attack. In the past month, at least 40 people have been killed by Muslim […]




Iraq

The Iraqi Army stormed the People’s Mujahedeen camp after a riot broke out; more than 150 people and 50 security forces were wounded during the clash. Eight Iraqis were killed in a bombing in Baghdad and one was killed in an IED attack in Jalawlaa. Eight policemen were killed during a bank robbery in Baghdad. […]