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Jaish-e-Mohammed
NY bomb suspect had links with Pak Taliban, Kashmir terror group: Pak
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Nigeria
New Nigerian leader pledges electoral reform
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Pakistan
CIA drones hit wider range of targets in Pakistan
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Iran
President Ahmadinejad said Osama bin Laden is in Washington, DC, and not in Iran. Military forces carried out the second day of operations in the Persian Gulf. Russia said an attack on Iran would have “disastrous” consequences.
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France
Authorities have arrested a French-Moroccan man in a Paris suburb who is suspected of leading a terrorist cell in Morocco with intentions of conducting high-profile assassinations and espionage. The prosecutor’s office has already filed preliminary charges against Ahmed Sahnouni for “criminal association with the goal of preparing terrorist actions.”
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has taken credit for the kidnapping of the French national from northern Niger on April 22. AQIM is demanding that France apply pressure on countries in the region to “release its jailed members” in exchange for the retired French engineer, Michel Germano.
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Afghanistan
US scraps assault due to weak Afghan partnership
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US sees Pakistani Taliban involvement in Times Square attack after downplaying links
Four days after the Taliban claimed credit for the failed bomb plot, the Obama administration is grudgingly beginning to recognize that the Pakistani terror group is behind the attack.
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Nigeria
Nigerian President Yar’Adua is dead, says state TV
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Canada
Commander stresses political reform over military might in Kandahar
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Al Qaeda
Taliban leaders to be offered exile under Afghanistan peace plan
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Jaish-e-Mohammed
US to send Pakistan detailed request for help in Times Square bomb probe
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Taliban
Evidence mounts for Taliban role in car bomb plot
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Al Qaeda
Pakistan minister speaks out on Times Square plot
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan – MOI warns of a boost in militant attacks
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Pakistan
An Anti-Terrorism Court acquitted four suspects in the 2008 Islamabad Marriott Hotel suicide attack due to lack of evidence. Foreign Minister Qureshi said the failed Times Square bombing was “blow back” for US airstrikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas. The US transferred $468 million to Pakistan. The Taliban chopped off the hands of three “criminals” in Arakzai.
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Hezbollah
UNIFIL denied that Hezbollah has deployed SCUD missiles in southern Lebanon. “We have no evidence of any SCUD missiles in UNIFIL™s area of operations,” Major General Alberto Asarta Cuevas said. “These missiles are large and difficult to hide.”
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Iraq
The Sate of Law and Iraqi National Alliance lists have formed a coalition bloc in parliament. Security forces detained an al Qaeda extortion leader and two associates in Mosul, five al Qaeda operatives in Diyala, 17 wanted men in Diyala, and 14 more in Basrah. Insurgents killed two civilians, a policeman, and a soldier in attacks in Mosul and Anbar.
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Somalia
Fighting between Hizbul Islam and government forces broke out in Hawo Abdi after a senior Hibul Islam commander was assassinated in the town. Terrorists murdered a prominent journalist who worked for Radio Mogadishu.
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Afghanistan
Police defeated a Taliban suicide assault team that targeted government building in Nimroz; nine suicide bombers and three civilians were killed. The UN said its workers can access only half of the country due to the security situation.
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Qari Hussain met with Times Square bomber: Report
According to AKI, Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American in custody who admitted to carrying out the failed Times Square bomb plot, had met with Qari Hussain Mehsud, the Taliban’s top trainer of suicide bombers: Officials believe 30-year-old Shahzad, a Karachi-born Pushtun, had no relationship with any militant organisation, until Rehan put him in contact with Qari Hussain Mehsud, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban’s suicide squad and explosives expert. Hussain is believed to have provided training to Shahzad on improvised explosives on a recent visit to Pakistan. I have heard a similar report from a US intelligence official but have not…
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Taliban assault team strikes governor’s compound in western Afghanistan
A team of seven suicide bombers and two shooters entered the office of the governor of Nimroz province. The attack was defeated by Afghan police.
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Iraq
Exclusive: Iraq deal gives clerics final say
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Al Qaeda in Iraq
ANALYSIS-Yemen frays under economic, political stress
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Al Qaeda
Taliban seek comeback in Pakistan’s Swat Valley
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Al Qaeda
Pakistani military faces decision on North Waziristan
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Iran
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps will increase control of Iran’s energy sector. President Ahmadinejad said a new round of Western sanctions would ruin Iran’s relationship with the US. Brazil offered to mediate a nuclear fuel swap deal. Tehran began new “Velayat 89” war games in the Persian Gulf.
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Al Qaeda
Usama Bin Laden is living comfortably in Iran, documentary asserts
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United States
In wake of bomb scare, US may lean on Pakistan to hit harder against militants
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Pakistan
NY bomb probe takes new turn; man of Pak origin held
