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Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces killed eight Taliban fighters and detained one more during operations in Kunduz and Zabul. The Taliban said it would launch a major counteroffensive against Afghan and Coalition forces. “The Al-Faath Jihadic operations will start in 10th May 2010,” the statement read.
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Al Qaeda
New focus on striking US, the West
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Expanded Predator targeting in Pakistan is very old news
For some reason, this story about the expansion of of the US air campaign in Pakistan to include lower-level terrorist operatives and foot soldiers is getting a lot of play. From CNN: When the latest apparent U.S. drone strike was conducted this week against militants in Pakistan, the obvious question appeared to be: Did the United States get a “big fish” in the Taliban or al Qaeda organizations? But a U.S. counterterrorism official says that’s now the wrong question to ask, and chances are those hit were not major players. He wouldn’t discuss the specifics of the latest strike, but…
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Indonesia
Jemaah Islamiyah founder Abu Bakar Bashir claimed he was the target of a police raid that netted five terror suspects in South Jakarta. Police raided the headquarters of the Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid, a group founded by Bashir in 2008.
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United States
Faisal Shahzad™s anti-Americanism
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Afghanistan
Taliban threaten new attacks in Afghanistan
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Egypt
Lawyers in Egypt call for Arabian Nights to be banned
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Jaish-e-Mohammed
Pakistan investigates NY bomb plot Taliban link
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United States
US – Bombing suspect™s route to citizenship reveals limitations
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Afghanistan
Karzai: Afghanistan appreciates its partnership with the US
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Afghanistan
Is President Obama’s Afghanistan strategy working?
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Pakistan
Times Square bomb scare: Suspect had ties to Pakistani militants
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When the Taliban emails
I have a cover story in in this week’s edition of The Weekly Standard. Titled “The Taliban in My Inbox,” the story details the surreal encounter with the Taliban on May 2. I’ve had quite a few questions on how the release of the Taliban tapes went down, and this article will hopefully answer those questions. Here is an excerpt: Normally I have a couple of dozen messages in my inbox: notes from readers, an occasional tip or link to a news story, and some spam. But something I found sitting in my inbox that morning made me catch my…
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Pakistan
An FBI team arrives in Pakistan to probe ties of N.Y. bomber
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Pakistan
Pakistani Ambassador: US Needs to Be "Robin Hood" in Tribal Areas
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Pakistan
Video: Escape from the Taliban
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These aren’t the Pakistani terrorists you’re looking for
Business as usual in Pakistan. Security forces round up known members of Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and “other organisations linked with al Qaeda,” only to cut them loose. Keep in mind that Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi are banned in Pakistan, although the status of “other organisations linked with al Qaeda” is unclear. From Daily Times: Intelligence agencies have released several alleged militants who were detained over their potential links with Faisal Shahzad, arrested by US authorities for an attempted car bombing in New York’s Times Square, Daily Times learnt on Friday. Two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JM) members, Shahid and Inam, who were arrested from Sector…
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India
India warns US against military aid to Pakistan
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Pakistan
Pakistan mosque accused of strong militant ties
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United States
US eyes Pakistan assistance after Times Square plot
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Pakistan
Times Square bomb suspect had ties to key Pakistani militants
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Pakistan
Interior Minister Malik claimed that Abdul Haq al Turkistani, the leader of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party, is dead. The Taliban executed a captive Afghan soldier in North Waziristan and killed four policemen in Mansehra. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in Swat and detained two more in Nowshera.
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Kuwait
Kuwait – Media banned from reporting on alleged Iran spy ring
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United States
US – How to modernize Miranda for the Age of Terror
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United States
Terrorism: Jihadists gain ‘little support’ in US despite new attacks
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Afghanistan
Attacks signal end of poppy harvest in Afghanistan
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Chinese terrorist leader Abdul Haq al Turkistani is dead: Pakistani interior minister
Rehman Malik claimed that the leader of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party was killed in Pakistan, but would not provide details. US officials would not confirm the report.
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Iraq
Insurgents killed three Awakening fighters in Kirkuk. A terrorist killed himself in a premature IED detonation in Ramadi. Security forces detained seven wanted men in Basrah, three al Qaeda fighters north of Tikrit, three insurgents in Diyala, and an al Qaeda leader in Abu Ghraib.
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Somalia
The African Union peacekeeping force based in Mogadishu said it had “credible information” that “a series of synchronized suicide attacks and planting IEDs” would take place in the capital. Somali journalists exiled in Kenya are being threatened by Shabaab.
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Pakistan
The would-be bomber’s wife
