Afghanistan
Pakistani fertilizer fuels Afghan bombs
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Israel
Don’t test us, Israel army chief warns Gaza militants
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US counterterror chief: al-Qaida on ‘steady slide’
Afghanistan
Karzai May Have Met Taliban Envoy During Saudi Visit
Norway
Former Norway PM censures officials’ terror readiness
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand, Zabul, Khost, and Wardak. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in an IED attack in the east.
Russia
Ramzan Kadyrov, the President of the Chechen Republic, vowed to carry out a harsh response to those who who killed nine people in Grozny yesterday. Kadyrov described the three suicide bombers as “zombified bandits” and “the devil incarnate.”
Iraq
Prime Minister Maliki said the US would pull out its troops from Iraq by the end of December 2011. Iraq closed down its airspace due to “a potential danger threatening the airport’s and airplanes safety.”
Yemen
The military claimed it has cleared al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula from several areas in Abyan province. AQAP nearly assassinated Yemen’s defense minister in Abyan; two bodyguards were killed in an IED attack. Security forces killed four AQAP fighters in Zinjibar.
Somalia
Nine soldiers and six civilians were killed as government troops clashed while looting famine food aid in Mogadishu. Shabaab leaders and fighters gathered in the open to pray and march in Mogadishu.
Nigeria
Days before the Aug. 26 suicide attack on the UN headquarters in the capital of Abuja, police arrested two Boko Haram members and a man with “al Qaeda links who returned recently from Somalia.” On Aug. 18, police had intelligence about a possible car bombing in Abuja.
Shabaab forces march in Mogadishu
Heavily armed Shabaab fighters offer prayers and march through the streets of the Somali capital.
Suicide bomber kills 11 outside Pakistani mosque
The bomber attempted to ram a car packed with explosives into a mosque in Quetta as Shia worshipers celebrated the end of Ramadan.
Afghanistan
Afghan police casualties soar
Boko Haram
Western Officials Seek Softer Approach to Militants in Nigeria
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda Ties Seen for Nigeria Group
Libya
“Unique Capabilities” in the Libyan conflict
United States
Muslim Americans: Highlights from a Pew Research Center survey report
Al Qaeda
Fears over Islamists within Libyan rebel ranks
United States
Petraeus leaving Army after 37 years to head CIA
Al Qaeda
Inside the spy unit that NYPD says doesn’t exist
Libya
Tripoli Divided as Rebels Jockey Over Leadership
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Wardak, Logar, and Nangarhar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in an IED attack in the south.
Russia
Seven policemen and a civilian were killed in a suicide attack in the Chechen capital of Grozny as Muslims celebrated the end of Ramadan. A second blast targeted security personnel as they helped the wounded.
Al Qaeda
Algeria at risk of al-Qaeda revenge attacks after accepting Gaddafi family
8 killed in suicide attack in Chechen capital
Seven policemen and a civilian were killed as Muslims celebrated the end of Ramadan in Grozny.
Al Qaeda releases Ramadan tape by Atiyah Abd al Rahman
US officials have claimed that the al Qaeda leader was killed in a Predator strike. The tape gives no indication that Atiyah is dead.
Afghanistan
Stuck Between 2 Sides of Islam
Afghanistan
The true story of ‘The Triple Agent’
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks cables possibly released by accident