Monthly Archives: September 2010

Iran

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps crossed into Iraq to kill 30 “terrorists” behind the bombing of a military parade last week that killed 12 people. A court banned the Islamic Iran Participation Front and Islamic Revolution Mujahedeen Organization, two parties that support the opposition.


Yemen

The Interior Ministry ordered security to be increased in the capital of Sa’ana and issued photos of eight wanted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suspects. President Saleh said Yemen is “committed to the war on terror.”


Another US hot pursuit action in Pakistan?

According to reports from the region, the US military in Afghanistan again followed the Taliban into Pakistan and killed fighters in Pakistani territory. US helicopters pounded Taliban fighters in the tribal agency of Kurram, killing five, according to Geo News: According to sources, two Nato helicopters violated the Pakistani border and shelled in Kurram Agency […]



NATO

NATO launches airstrikes into Pakistan, 50 dead



Caucasus Emirate airs dirty laundry on Internet

Doku Umarov, the leader of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate, al Qaeda’s affiliate in the Caucasus, from a videotape in which he took credit for the March 29 suicide attacks on the Moscow Metro. Via Kavkaz Center, the online propaganda arm of the Caucasus Emirate, Emir Doku Umarov lays bare the internal disputes within the terror […]


Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

A presidential aide to Nicolas Sarkozy has stated that the French government is willing to enter talks with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb over the release of five French nationals abducted in Niger. Malian sources say that the five French and two African hostages are alive. Five Maghreb nations are meeting to draft an […]


Russia

Caucasus Emirate emir Doku Umarov accused an Arab military commander named Muhannad of creating the discord among the terror group’s leaders. A policeman was killed in an attack in Ingushetia.


Iraq

A suicide bomber killed three policemen near Fallujah. Insurgents killed two government officials in Baghdad and and two civilians in Mosul. Security forces detained 31 wanted men in Basrah, and four al Qaeda operatives in Diyala and a leader in Karbala.


Pakistan

US helos killed more than 30 Haqqani Network fighters while conducting hot pursuit from Khost province in Afghanistan into North Waziristan. The US killed seven Taliban fighters in strikes on a compound and a vehicle in North Waziristan. The Taliban torched two NATO fuel tankers in Mastung and Kalat.


Afghanistan

The US targeted senior al Qaeda leaders in Kunar and Takhar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network members in Khost, Pakitka, Zabul, and Helmand. The Taliban killed two ISAF troops in the south.



Iran

Stuxnet worm: A silent attack, but not a subtle one



Somalia

Unidentified helicopter gunships fired at a house today in the southern coastal town of Marka, which has been a haven for Shabaab for the past few years. After “Islamic forces” returned fire, the helicopters flew away. No casualties have been reported.



Iran

Members of parliament backed President Ahmedinejad’s statements at the UN about the Sept. 11 attacks on the US. An MP said Iran would sue Russia if it did not deliver the S-300 missiles system; the defense minister said Iran would build a comparable system. The chief of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant confirmed it is […]


Yemen

Security forces killed five al Qaeda fighters and detained 32 more during last week’s operation in Huta in Shabwa province. Security forces also detained four suspects in yesterday’s bombing that killed two intelligence officials in Sa’ana.




Iraq

Iraq’s Awakening stripped of their police ranks


India

Commonwealth Games 2010: Athletes warned of rising terrorism threat