Libya
Forces loyal to President Gaddafi and rebels are battling in western areas of the country; fighting has been reported just 30 miles outside Tripoli. Large numbers of army units and other security forces have defected.
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Iran
Iran claimed it has developed two new supercomputers. Two Iranian warships that recently passed through the Suez Canal are due to dock in Syria.
Bahrain
Experts say Gaddafi relying on paramilitary forces, foreign mercenaries to crush protests
Somalia
Seizing of pirate chiefs is questioned in Somali killings
Pakistan
Security forces killed 10 “terrorists” in attacks on hideouts in Kurram. Police arrested 35 “miscreants” during a series of raids in Rawalpindi. Five “criminals,” including a Lashkar-e-Jhangvi operative, were arrested in Karachi.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s intelligence ready to split with CIA
Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces detained several Taliban fighters in Kandahar. General Caldwell said the Afghan Army loses 32 percent of its forces each year and the police lose 23 percent. The United Nations said that security in Afghanistan is at its lowest in a decade and that the Taliban have expanded operations throughout all of […]
Iraq
Insurgents killed two soldiers in Mosul. Security forces detained six al Qaeda commanders in Al Qaim. A policeman was killed in protests in Halaba, and 14 protesters were wounded in Dhi Qhar.
Iran
The US Treasury designated the head of the Basij militia and Tehran’s prosecutor general for human rights abuses. The two Iranian warships have transited the Suez Canal and are en route to Syria. Senegal cut ties with Iran after the latter shipped weapons to rebels.
Yemen
Two people were killed during protests in Sana’a. Unknown gunmen kidnapped an army colonel and eight soldiers en route to Amran province.
Somalia
Fourteen Shabaab fighters and 10 African Union fighters are reported to have been killed during heavy fighting in Mogadishu. Shabaab also captured a Burundian soldier and paraded the bodies of five African Union troops in the streets
Libya
The Italian government estimated that more than 1,000 people have been killed during the insurrection in Libya. More than one-half of the country is out of government control. An unconfirmed report claimed a former Guantanamo Bay detainee has set up an Islamic Emirate in Derna.
India
State actors in Pakistan involved with terror outfits: India
Egypt
East Libya falls to anti-Qaddafi militia as divisions emerge in military
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Pakistan – Artists, students can’t leave country without clearance: Malik
Italy
Italy says death toll in Libya is likely over 1,000
Saudi Arabia
Saudi king back home, orders $37 billion in handouts
Somalia
Pirates add ammo, men to ships after 4 US deaths
Judge finds Gitmo detainee was no ‘Gucci jihadist’
In an opinion released on Feb. 18, a DC district judge denied the habeas corpus petition of Guantanamo detainee Mashour Abdullah Muqbel al Sabri; the decision contradicts earlier district court rulings in important ways. Al Sabri’s career demonstrates that there was extensive overlap between Taliban and al Qaeda operations prior to Sept. 11, 2001.
Bahrain
The government freed more than 50 political prisoners, including an opposition leader and 23 Shia accused of plotting to overthrow the government, in an attempt to appease protesters. The government also said it would permit peaceful demonstrations.
Video: Taliban execute civilians in Jalalabad bank
Warning: the images in this video are graphic; the Taliban are seen executing civilians. TOLOnews published video of the Taliban’s attack on the Kabul Bank branch in the eastern city of Nangarhar on Feb. 19. The footage of the massacre was captured by the bank’s security cameras. A clean-shaven Taliban fighter wearing what appears to […]
Afghanistan
Security forces detained several Taliban, Haqqani Network, and HIG commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Zabul, Khost, Logar, and Nangarhar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
Egypt
Egypt swears in new ministers, Islamists dismiss
Somali pirates kill 4 US citizens
Earlier today, Somali pirates murdered four US citizens who were being held hostage as negotiations for their release were underway. Vice Admiral Mark Fox, the commander of Central Command’s naval forces, briefed the media on what is currently known about the murders. The Somali pirates executed the four US civilians after opening fire on a […]
Afghanistan
US oversight of war-zone contractors labeled weak
Iraq
Insurgents killed two soldiers in Mosul and a cleric in Baqubah. Security forces captured an al Qaeda commander north of Baqubah, and broke up a terror group in Ninewa.
Yemen
Security forces captured Abdullah Maodhah, an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader, during a raid in Abyan; three soldiers and two civilians were killed during the raid. Protests have spread to the western province of Hadramout.
Thailand
Muslim terrorists killed one woman and wounded 12 more in a bombing at a market in Yala. The terrorists appear to have been targeting a police patrol as it passed by.
Russia
New stations of Moscow metro to have rooms for examining suspicious passengers
France
In France, US advocacy for Muslim rights raises more than a few hackles