Russia
Police defeated an assault on Chechen President Kadyrov’s home town by a heavily armed suicide squad. Twelve fighters and five policemen were killed during the early morning fighting.
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Police defeat Caucasus Emirate assault on Chechen president’s hometown
Twelve terrorists and five policemen were killed in the complex attack carried out by heavily armed suicide bombers.
Al Qaeda
Every corner in the region is frightened – interview with Iraq’s Ayad Allawi
Iraq
Iraq war is ending, Baghdad to chart future: Obama
Caucasus
At least 19 dead in shootout in Chechnya
Afghanistan
Kidnapped workers for Afghan female MP found dead
Al Qaeda
Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls
Nazir orders Mehsud Taliban to leave Wana
Just days after a suicide attack at a mosque in Wana, the main town in South Waziristan, Mullah Nazir has ordered members of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan to leave the area. Nazir believes that followers of Hakeemullah Mehsud were responsible for the bombing that killed Maulana Noor Mohammed, a pro-government and pro-Taliban […]
Afghanistan
American colonel sacked after Afghan rant
Thailand
Insurgents killed five people in the south. In Pattani province, a Buddhist man and his wife were killed in a drive-by, while a young Muslim man was killed in a separate incident. A Muslim woman was killed returning from a market in Yala. A sub-lieutenant was shot while speaking to residents in Narathiwat province.
Afghanistan
David Cameron Afghanistan ‘attack’ base is revealed
Afghanistan
Graft-fighting prosecutor fired in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Upstarts chip away at power of feudal Pakistani landlords
Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed it killed eight Yemeni soldiers in an ambush at a checkpoint in Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province. Security forces detained an AQAP suicide bomber in Abyan.
Pakistan
Pakistan floods: Pakistani Taliban threats don’t deter foreign aid workers
Pakistan
A US Predator strike killed four “terrorists” in an attack on two vehicles in Kurram. Three terrorists who overpowered their guards in an Army headquarters in Peshawar surrendered after taking two hostages. The Taliban kidnapped the father of a politician in Kurram.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two policemen in Mosul. Security forces detained four al Qaeda fighters in Baghdad and Kirkuk, and an insurgent in Kirkuk, and found eight suicide vests in Amarah. President Obama said all US troops would leave Iraq by the end of 2011.
Philippines
Two Abu Sayyaf Group members were captured by Philippine police in the port city of Zamboanga, Mindanao. One terrorist, Jamiri Hashi, was wanted for the killing and beheading of 14 soldiers in 2007 and had a bounty on his head. The other terrorist, Adjik Halik, was wanted for the kidnapping of 21 Europeans who were […]
Al Qaeda in Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda’s political front, claimed it carried out the attacks in 13 different cities on Aug. 25 that killed more than 60 people. Al Qaeda said the attacks were directed by Abu Bakr al Baghdadi al Qurshi, the new leader of the Islamic State of Iraq.
Russia
Security forces killed nine militants during clashes in Kabardino-Balkariya and five more in Nalchik in Dagestan. Two of those killed in Dagestan were wanted by Interpol. A police officer died of wounds suffered in the fighting in Dagestan.
Afghanistan
US and Afghan troops killed 24 Haqqani Network fighters, including a commander, after beating back assaults on two bases in Khost. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand, Khost, Logar, and Zabul. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east, a civilian in a suicide attack in Paktika, and poisoned 22 […]
United States
Ground Zero Muslim center may get public financing
US, Afghan troops beat back Haqqani Network assault on two bases in Khost
The Haqqani Network fighters were wearing US military uniforms. A senior Haqqani Network facilitator who aids in suicide attacks was killed during the fighting.
Indonesia
Twenty-one alleged Islamist militants belonging to a cell called “al Qaeda in Aceh” have gone on trial for planning to murder foreign aid workers, possessing illegal fire arms, providing and housing terrorists, and planning attacks; the defendants could face the death penalty. Over 100 members of the cell were killed or arrested by Indonesian forces […]
Algeria
Three al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters were killed by Algerian security forces in the town of Tadmait in Tizi Ouzou province. Killed were Abdelmoumen Rachid, alias Abu Hodeifa Younis, the leader of AQIM’s military operations; the former Emir of the phalanx (central region of Algeria), “Ali Bin Abi Taleb”; and their driver. The […]
Iraq
Iraq – A very long engagement
Al Qaeda
Attack on Somali civilians sparks worries of militia’s growing boldness
Pakistan
Firing near US consulate in Pakistan
Afghanistan
Petraeus: the US will press militants’ havens in Pakistan
Somalia
Somali pirate admits attacking US warship