Iran
Voice of America internet site hacked by Iranians
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Pakistan
CIA drones may be avoiding Pakistani civilians
Afghanistan
Pakistan – What next?
Egypt
Egypt – Muslim Brotherhood may launch TV and print arm
Egypt
Egypt – Re-inventing the Muslim Brotherhood
Afghanistan
Midlevel Taliban admit to a rift with top leaders
Bahrain
Graphic: Political unrest in North Africa and the Middle East
Bahrain
Bahrain king releases political prisoners
Pakistan
Pakistan says American’s CIA link has no bearing on murder trial
Russia
Arab unrest inspires Russian insurgents: Kremlin
Iran
Two Iranian naval vessels entered the Suez Canal. President Ahmadinejad’s regime arrested opposition leader Karroubi’s son. The National Iranian Drilling Company evacuated its staff and ceased drilling activities in Libya.
Shabaab suicide attack kills 20 in Somali capital
The suicide bomber struck a police outpost near Mogadishu’s seaport. Six foreign fighters were reported to have been killed during clashes over the weekend.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Analysis: Why Arab spring could be al Qaeda’s fall
Pakistan
US Predators killed nine “militants” in an airstrike in North Waziristan. Abu Zaid al Iraqi, al Qaeda’s financier in Pakistan, and several Punjabis are thought to have been killed in yesterday’s Predator strike in South Waziristan. A US consular official in Pakistani custody for killing two gunmen is a CIA officer.
Afghanistan
Talks with the Taliban come at a price for women
Afghanistan
Afghans see warlord footprints in new police force
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed 32 civilians in Kunduz. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters and commanders in Nimroz, Helmand, Kandahar, Khost, Paktia, Nangarhar, Takhar, and Jawzjan. Thirty Taliban fighters in Kandahar and 21 more in Badghis abandoned the insurgency.
United States
US Navy to conduct large-scale antiterrorism exercise
Afghanistan
Petraeus’s comments on coalition attack reportedly offend Karzai government
Libya
US ‘gravely concerned’ over violence in Libya
Iraq
Insurgents killed 10 policemen in a car bombing in Samarra and a civilian in Fallujah. Security forces detained 20 wanted men in Maysan and 10 more in Diyala.
Somalia
Shabaab claimed credit for a suicide attack in Mogadishu that killed eight people. The African Union said six foreign al Qaeda fighters were killed during heavy fighting over the past several days in Mogadishu that has killed more than 20 people.
Yemen
President Saleh rejected protesters’ calls for him to resign his presidency. Thousands of Houthis joined protests in Sa’ada, while more than 10,000 protesters continue their sit-in in Sana’a. Security forces arrested an opposition leader.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan: Colonel Imam was killed last month for spying
Libya
Government forces used military planes and live fire against escalating protests. At least 64 people were killed in Tripoli today, with hundreds more wounded; the conflict has killed over 200 so far. The justice minister resigned to side with the protesters, who now control key cities near the Egyptian border.
Al Qaeda operative, ‘Punjabis’ thought killed in South Waziristan Predator strike
Pakistani officials claimed that Abu Zaid al Iraqi, al Qaeda’s financier in Pakistan, and “Punjabi” terrorists were killed in yesterday’s Predator strike in South Waziristan.
US Predators strike again in Pakistan, kill 9 ‘militants’
Predators hit a compound in the Miramshah area, which is under the control of the Haqqani Network. The strike is the second in two days.
Iran
‘Anonymous’ hackers help Iranian activists fight the regime
Libya
Libya: Colonel Gaddafi ‘flees’ to Venezuela as cities fall to protesters
Al Qaeda
Afghanistan peace council seeks release of Guantanamo Bay prisoners