Pakistan
Pakistan – North Pakistan ceasefire under threat
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Al Qaeda
Iraq – Death threats continue to menace nation’s Christians
Israel
Israeli air security experts insist their methods better than US
Iraq
Insurgents killed two policemen in an attack in Kirkuk. Security forces detained 30 wanted men in Basrah and five more in Al Kut.
Al Qaeda
International jihadists use Karachi as hub
Afghanistan
No honeymoon for NATO’s ‘enduring partnership’ In Afghanistan
ISAF denies helicopters struck inside Pakistan
For the second time this week, ISAF denied reports that its helicopters penetrated Pakistani airspace in North Waziristan.
Afghanistan: DoD report shows increase in violence
Earlier this week, the Department of Defense released a report called “Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan – November 2010” (you can download the full report here). At 105 pages, there is quite a bit of information to digest. I took the liberty and reproduced a couple of the graphs and a map from […]
Somalia
A Somali-American from Minneapolis who was helping the new prime minister was gunned down in Mogadishu. An African Union commander said 12,000 more troops are needed in Somalia.
Yemen
A suicide bomber attacked a group of mourners traveling to the funeral of Badruddin al Houthi, the spiritual leader of the Shia Houthi rebels. One person was killed. The US Ambassador to Yemen said Anwar al Awlaki was involved in the recent airline parcel plot.
Saudi Arabia
The Interior Ministry said that over the past eight months, security forces detained 149 suspected terrorists, including 125 Saudis, who belonged to 19 different al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula cells across the country. The AQAP cells were plotting attacks against the government as well as journalists.
US Predators kill 4 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan
Unmanned strike aircraft hit a vehicle as it traveled through the Mir Ali area, which has been the epicenter of an al Qaeda plot to attack the West.
Iran
Iran plans to insist on nuclear proliferation rights at the Dec. 5 meeting with Western governments. Tehran donated funds for rebuilding and project development in the Gaza Strip. The EU passed a resolution urging the US to remove People’s Mujahideen of Iran from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Afghanistan
MI6 ‘blamed for Taliban impostor’
Gambia
Iranian man charged in Nigeria over arms shipment
Afghanistan
Karzai aide blames British for bringing Taliban impostor to talks
Pakistan
Top Balochistan minister alleges extrajudicial killings
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Uruzgan, Ghazni, Khost, and Logar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
Pakistan
The military killed eight Taliban fighters in artillery strikes in Arakzai. The Taliban killed two soldiers in IED attacks in South Waziristan and Hangu. A US court summoned the Inter-Services Intelligence directorate and the head of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Iraq
Insurgents killed three civilians in an IED attack in Tal Afar and another civilian in a grenade attack in Mosul. An insurgent was killed in a premature detonation in Al Biaj northwest of Mosul.
Somalia
A Somali official said that NGOs are providing aid to Shabaab. Six African Union soldiers were arrested for opening fire on civilians in Mogadishu. A US court convicted five Somalis of piracy.
Yemen
Security officials claimed several Shabaab operatives have been detained in camps for Somali refugees in the south. Yemen’s Endowments Minister claimed Shia Houthis and al Qaeda were operating together to attack the state.
Iran
Supreme Leader Khamenei called the radical Basij militia a “clear, great and shining truth.” The EU urged the US to remove the People’s Mujahideen of Iran (MEK) from its list of terror organizations.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan: Terrorist attack demonstrates Karachi is ‘in serious danger’
Al Qaeda
Pakistan: Military ‘ready to attack’ insurgents in North Waziristan
Afghanistan
UK-based Taliban spend months fighting Nato forces in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Karzai government challenges election results
Iraq
Iraq’s PM asked to form next government
Taliban commander linked to Iran and al Qaeda targeted in Farah
Special operations teams have targeted al Qaeda-linked cells in the western Afghan province four times this month.
Pakistani minister ♥ the Taliban
Remember when, immediately after the Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out the terror assault on the city of Mumbai in November 2008, a Pakistani Army corps commander called Taliban leaders Baitullah Mehsud and Mullah Fazlullah “patriots” during a briefing with senior Pakistani journalists? We do. Sadly, that sentiment runs deep in Pakistani military and government circles. Yesterday, Maulana […]