The Swat Taliban forced the closure of all of the district’s girls’ schools, and bombed one school in the district. The Taliban also destroyed the home of the leader of the Awami National Party. Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters in Swat.
The IDF destroyed Hamas’ elite ‘Iran unit.’ The Israeli Cabinet will vote on a proposal to declare a unilateral ceasefire in Gaza. The United States and Israel signed an agreement aimed at stopping the smuggling of weapons into the Gaza Strip.
Dutch troops launched an operation in Uruzgan province’s Baluchi Valley. Two British soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Helmand province. A US helicopter crash landed outside of ul.Kab
A candidate from Prime Minister Maliki’s party was assassinated in Hillah. Police detained 18 insurgents in Baqubah and three more in Balad Ruz. US and Iraqi troops detained four “criminals” in Baghdad.
Islamists executed a famous Somali statesman in Kismayu town. Dutch seek Somali pirates’ extradition from Denmark.
Sudanese security officials arrested opposition leader Hassan al Turabi after he urged President Omar al Bashir to surrender to the International Criminal Court. In 1990 Turabi invited Osama bin Laden to base his operations in Sudan; bin Laden and al Qaeda remained in Sudan until 1996. Turabi has also supported Hezbollah and the Abu Nidal […]
Ethiopian troops fully withdrew from Mogadishu, ending their two-year stay. Shabaab and other Islamist groups immediately occupied the Ethiopian bases. An explosion targeting a militia commander killed six people in Bardhere town.
Mullah Fazlullah announced a “conditional amnesty for social and political workers and public representatives from target killings.” The Taliban murdered a “US spy” in North Waziristan and killed two soldiers in an IED attack in South Waziristan. The military claimed it killed a “large number” of Taliban fighters and their operation commanders in Swat and […]
A senior Afghan general in charge of western Afghanistan and 12 others died in a helicopter crash in Herat province. Two British soldiers were killed in Helmand province. The Taliban killed an ISAF contractor in Kapisa province and forced markets to close in Khost province.
Iraqi forces detained 11 insurgents in Kirkuk and seven more during other raids. Police found an IED factory in Mosul. Iraqi troops raided the home of a provincial security official in Maysan province. An official in Samarra escaped an assassination attempt.
Pakistan claimed to have detained 71 members of the Jamaat-ud Dawa and Lashkar-e-Taiba, placed 124 members under surveillance, closed down training camps, and shut down the group’s website. An Indian TV station said the Jamaat-ud Dawa has renamed itself and leaders are operating in the open. A captured ISI agent said Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed are […]
Defense Minister Barak indicated the Gaza war may soon end with a negotiated settlement with Hamas. Israel troops have moved into the Tel al Hawa neighborhood on the outskirts of Gaza City; heavy fighting has been reported. Hamas fired more than 20 rockets into southern Israel.
NATO’s supply lifeline through the Khyber Pass has been closed again for a security operation. Eight Taliban “bases” and 39 fighters were detained in the Khyber operation. A tribal leader was murdered in Arakazai.
Iraqi security forces detained 46 wanted men and 19 suspects in Basrah, 33 insurgents in Baghdad, three Islamic State of Iraq members in Huweija, and an al Qaeda operative in Khalis. US and Iraqi forces detained nine criminals in Baghdad. An Iraqi soldier was killed and three Iraqis were wounded in a car bomb explosion […]
Afghan and Coalition forces detained eight Haqqani Network and Taliban fighters during operations in Khost and Kandahar provinces on Jan. 10. The Chaman border crossing in Kandahar reopened for NATO supplies after protests in Pakistan ended. Kyrgyzstan threatened to shut down a key US airbase used by NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Senior Israeli officials blasted Defense Minister Barak’s statement that the goals of the Gaza operation have been met; they accused him of encouraging Hamas. Three rockets were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel. Hamas fired 15 rockets into southern Israel. IDF troops killed a Palestinian suicide bomber; seven soldiers were wounded in an anti-tank missile […]
In an audiotape released by As Sahab, al Qaeda’s propaganda arm, Osama bin Laden calls for continuing jihad to “restore Jerusalem and Palestine.” He cautioned against blaming the plight of the Palestinians on Arab leaders and scholars because “the ummah is capable of defeating the Zionist entity” by organizing as mujahedeen.
Ethiopian troops withdrew from bases in northern Mogadishu and have handed over security to the Transitional Federal Government and a faction of Islamist insurgents. Islamic Courts Union spokesman Sheikh Abdirahin Isse Adow urged Islamists groups not to fight over the city. Four children were killed in fighting between Islamist insurgents and government forces.
The Taliban murdered a “US spy” in North Waziristan. The government released the younger brother of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Security has been stepped up at Peshawar’s shipping terminals. The minister of defense pressed the US to provide F-16 fighters.
The Air Force struck more than 50 targets, including 30 smuggling tunnels. The Navy denied it interdicted an Iranian ship carrying aid to Gaza. Hamas fired 13 rockets into southern Israel. Hamas suicide bombers have been attempting to infiltrate Israeli units operating in Gaza.
Iraqi forces arrested nine suspected “criminals” on local and government warrants during operations throughout Iraq. Six Army officers responsible for protecting the Kadhimiyah district in Baghdad were arrested. Since February 2008, 127057 detainees have been released under the terms of the general pardon law.
Muslim terrorists murdered three farmers and wounded one as they were traveling to a rubber plantation in Yala province. Amnesty International claimed the Thai military is torturing insurgents in the South.
The government has threatened to sever business and transportation links with Pakistan if the Pakistani government does not cooperate with the investigation of the November 2008 Mumbai terror siege. Police arrested a man believed to have links to Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence agency.
The Pakistani military claimed to have killed 48 Taliban fighters during battles in Mohmand. The Taliban fired six rockets at a shipping terminal in Peshawar and executed two “US spies” in North Waziristan. The Swat Taliban and local tribes are discussing a ceasefire.
Israeli forces continue to strike Hamas targets but have not entered the center of Gaza City. Hamas is using a hospital and other UN offices as command and administrative centers. Hamas fired more than 21 rockets into Israel. Israel banned Arab political parties from running in upcoming elections.
Seven Iraqis were killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad. Security forces detained eight suspects after a blast in Kirkuk and captured three members of a “kidnapping gang” in Miqdadiyah. Iraqi troops captured a leader of the Islamic State of Iraq in Mosul. US and Iraqi troops detained four “criminals” in Baghdad.
Mullah Abdul Rasheed, a senior Taliban commander in Uruzgan, was killed in an airstrike. A British soldier was killed in an IED attack in Helmand province. The Dutch may stay in Afghanistan past 2010. The Australians hope to leave Afghanistan by 2012.
Radical Yemeni cleric Abdul Majid al Zindani has called on all Arab leaders to open camps for Arabs and allow them to volunteer for Jihad against Israel. “Open camps for volunteers to replace the Arab armies which are unable to standby their brothers in Palestine,” Zindani said. Zindani was named by the US Treasury as […]
Relatives of Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba / Jamaat-ud Dawa, have raised funds for the terror group while living and working in mosques in the eastern United States and in California. Saeed’s brother and brother-in-law are currently in US jails, while another brother was deported.
More than 40 Taliban and 20 Frontier Corps troops were killed in a Taliban assault ona base in Mohmand; more than 25 Frontier Corps troops have been captured. A ceasefire has been imposed in Hangu after 30 people were killed in sectarian clashes. Three Pakistanis were killed in a mortar attack in Hangu. A Senator […]