Afghanistan
Would-be Afghan suicide bomber tells of Taliban lure
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Terrorism Courts Undermined By No-Show Witnesses
Egypt
Divisions Unsettle Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Paktika, Logar, Nangarhar, Parwan, and Herat. Afghan special forces discovered an IED factory in Helmand. Afghan intelligence captured a Pakistani intelligence official in Kabul.
Egypt
Egypt as crucible of Middle East tensions
United States
US – Officials say plan on al Qaeda detainees would harm probes
Afghanistan
Afghanistan ‘will be unable to fight Taliban after Western withdrawal’
Iraq
Insurgents stormed a police station in Hawijah and killed a pharmacist in Samarra. The government said Exxon violated the country’s laws when it struck a deal with the Kurdish Regional Government.
Syria
The Syrian crackdown on protesters continued. Both France and Turkey called for a humanitarian safe zone inside Syria. Defections from the Syrian Army reach 400 per day.
Al Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula
Continuing chaos in Cairo helps militant extremists who call themselves Al Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula
Egypt
Protests calling for the military government to step down entered its sixth day. International criticism has begun as the death toll reached 38.
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Vestiges of Mubarak’s Order Stifle Birth of New Egypt
Al Qaeda only has two HVTs left. Really.
US officials are claiming the terror group is down to just two leaders in Pakistan: Ayman al Zawahiri and Abu Yahya al Libi. The claim is absurd.
IMU cleric urges Pakistanis to continue sheltering jihadis in Waziristan
Abu Dher al Barmi, an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan cleric and spokesman, said Pakistan is the greatest enemy of jihadists.
Egypt
Attempt for Truce in Egyptian Square Collapses
Pakistan
Pakistan appoints Sherry Rehman as new US ambassador
Afghanistan
Afghan team probing Rabbani murder arrives in Pakistan
Yemen
President Saleh is in Saudi Arabia, where he is expected to sign an agreement to transfer power to his deputy. The Red Cross confirmed that three of their workers, including a French national, have been kidnapped in Lahj.
Somalia
Kenyan warplanes struck Shabaab camps in the Gedo region; no casualties were reported. Shabaab is suspected of murdering two boys in Mogadishu.
Iraq
US Clashes With Baghdad Over Fate of Last Detainee
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban holds indirect talks with government
Afghanistan
Pakistan – NWA Taliban warn against working with army
Egypt
Analysts: Egyptian civil unrest to escalate despite military’s efforts
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four civilians in Laghman and two ISAF troops in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, Pakitka, and Wardak.
Turkey
Police detained 15 suspected al Qaeda operatives during raids at several locations in the city of Konya. Police did not provide further details on the al Qaeda suspects.
Iraq
The US has transferred all detainees, save Hezbollah leader Musa Ali Daqduq, over to Iraqi control. Police killed a suicide bomber in Mosul.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
The military said 19 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, including two Somalis, an Algerian, and an Egyptian, were killed in fighting near Zinjibar. “Gunmen” kidnapped two foreigners and their driver in Lahj province.
Hezbollah
Hezbollah may take over Beirut if Syrian President Assad falls
Syria
Army defectors escalate Syrian uprising
Libya
Libya’s Toughest Test May Be Building an Army