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Iraq
Iraqi PM condemns killing of rival politician
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Afghanistan
Battle for Kandahar, heart of Afghanistan’s Taliban country
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Al Qaeda
Iraq blames al-Qaida in gold robbery that kills 15
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Mauritania
Three admitted members of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb have been given the death penalty by a court in Nouakchott. The three were convicted of the murder of four French tourists in the town of Aleg in December 2007. However, it is likely be downgraded to life imprisonment in appeals. Sixteen suspected AQIM members are on trial in the capital.
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Lashkar-e-Taiba
Pakistan’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to free Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed from prison. The court said the government has not presented any evidence linking Saeed to terrorism or the November 2008 terror assault on Mumbai, India, which was carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives.
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Yemen
An airstrike killed the deputy governor of Marib province, five of his bodyguards, and two al Qaeda operatives. Two American tourists kidnapped by a tribe have been freed. A Yemeni court upheld the sentence of death for two Iranian “spies.”
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Yemeni airstrike kills deputy governor, al Qaeda operatives
The deputy governor of Marib province was among several people killed during a negotiating session with al Qaeda.
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Yet another ‘al Qaeda guy’ killed in Afghanistan
More in our continuing series documenting the mysterious “al Qaeda guys” whose existence in Afghanistan is doubted by blogger Michael Yon; courtesy of ISAF: A combined Afghan-international security force killed a key al Qaeda leader and several other enemy fighters in a fierce gun battle in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, May 25, military officials reported. The al Qaeda leader was the target in the operation, officials said. The combined force went to a compound in a rural area in the Zormat district after intelligence information verified militant activity. As the assault force approached the compound, it came under heavy fire and…
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Pentagon ups intel capabilities in the Middle East
The New York Times ran a front page story yesterday with some details of a seven-page directive signed in September 2009 by Central Command’s General David Petraeus sending more clandestine military forces throughout the Middle East. Because the order is classified, only portions were discussed in the Times article. Petraeus’ order expands on similar moves by former President George W. Bush and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, but is said to focus less on offensive strikes and more on “intelligence gathering – by American troops, foreign businesspeople, academics or others – to identify militants and provide ‘persistent situational awareness,’…
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Taliban
‘Taliban families™ expelled from Swat
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah entrenched in Lebanon years after Israel left
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Somalia
Somali pirates go on trial in the Netherlands
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Afghanistan
Number of US forces in Afghanistan exceeds total in Iraq for the first time
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Al Qaeda
Airstrike kills Yemen mediator, tribes hit pipeline
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Pakistan
Pakistan court: Mumbai suspect can stay free
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Iran
Secretary of State Clinton said Iran’s letter to the IAEA had “deficiencies.” Iranian police warned opposition leaders not to protest in commemoration of last June’s controversial presidential election. Tehran released filmmaker Jafar Panahi from Evin prison.
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Pakistan
Terrorist hit puts Pakistani reporter under fire
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Haqqani Network executed Kabul suicide attack
The May 18 suicide attack killed two colonels, two lieutenant colonels, two soldiers, and 12 Afghan civilians. Afghan intelligence also implicated Pakistan’s military intelligence service.
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Al Qaeda
US expands secret military acts in Mideast and beyond
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Afghanistan
Afghan farmers at war’s epicentre play both sides
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Pakistan
Pakistan – Proposed allocation for war on terror slashed
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United States
Plans for a 13-storey mosque at Ground Zero provoke anti-Muslim backlash
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Palestinian Territories
Islamists torch summer camp in Gaza
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United Kingdom
Cleric to UK Muslims: Don’t import brides from India, Pak
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Pakistan
Security forces killed 38 Taliban fighters in Arakzai and one more in Bajaur; 26 were detained in Bajaur. Five Taliban fighters surrendered in Swat. Two civilians were killed in a bombing in Quetta.
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Iraq
Insurgents killed a newly elected politician and two civilians in attacks in Mosul, and a US soldier in an undisclosed location. Security forces detained 12 wanted men in Basrah.
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Somalia
A bombing at a military checkpoint in Mogadishu killed a Somali soldier and wounded 12 others. After taking control of northern Mogadishu, Shabaab vowed to overrun the Presidential Palace.
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India
The Mumbai Anti-Terror Squad arrested Abdul Samad Bhatkal at the Bajpe airport. Bhatkal is thought to be a key conspirator with Lashkar-e-Taiba in the 2008 terror assault on Mumbai that killed 165 people.
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Afghanistan
British military blog removed after report of wounded Canadians
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Afghanistan
Afghan forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Ghazni and detained seven more in Kabul. Afghan and Coalition forces detained a Taliban commander and an undisclosed number of fighters in Kandahar, Kunduz, Logar, and Helmand. The Taliban killed five civilians in Farah and two ISAF soldiers in attacks in the south. The national peace jirga has been delayed again.
