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May 2009 Archives

(Pakistan) 31 killed in SWA clashes - South Waziristan

Afghan Valley Offers Test for Obama Strategy - Jalrez Valley

New legal battle in Guantanamo

Egypt cleric: No nukes for militias

Taliban attack border camp in Pakistan

(Israel/Lebanon)What if Hizbullah won?

Taliban getting funds from abroad: PM

Pakistan security stepped up

Suspected bomb found on Iranian flight

Azerbaijan seen as new front in Mideast conflict - Matthew Levitt quoted

Three al-Qaida arrested in Afghanistan

Pakistan police raid shanty dwellings

Terrorist flees to Lebanon, FBI confirms

Europe Objects Anew to Detainees - Reluctance Centers On U.S. Refusal to Also Admit Inmates

(Pakistan) 'Militant stronghold cleared in Swat offensive' - Peochar valley

Pakistani militant groups uniting - Taliban and Punjabi militant groups

(Pakistan) Police: Taliban suspects among Pakistani refugees - Taliban attempting to disguise themselves as civilians

(Pakistan) Five killed in Quetta firing

(Colombia) The FARC isn't finished

Hezbollah: Israel planning to kill leader - Nasrallah

(U.S.) Inflating the Guantánamo Threat - analysis of the recidivism rate for Gitmo detainees

(Pakistan) In the shadow of Pakistan's Taliban war - how Kohistan is affected by the Taliban and the Army

Taliban's Foreign Support Vexes U.S.

(Pakistan) Multiple Blasts in Pakistan After Taliban Warning - Taliban says preparing "major attacks."

"Merchant of Death" Trial Still Looms

Pakistan Taliban claims Lahore attack - revenge for Swat

(Pakistan) Punjab govt given prior intelligence - about Lahore attack

Afghanistan: Farmers face poppy dilemma - Taliban forcing them to grow

Nigerian militant leader killed

Hezbollah Cell Training In Sudan

Lebanon charges four more spy suspects

(Afghanistan) US, Afghan troops kill four rebels - raids on Haqqani network

(Pakistan) US State Dept lacks people who speak Taliban's language - hurts civilian aid efforts

(Iraq) U.S.-supported Iraqi militias clash with government - Awakening Movement

(Somalia) Seven killed in Somalia mortar attacks - aimed at the presidential palace

Colombia's FARC rebels work on rebirth plan - facing increased desertions and military attacks, the group is working to reinvent itself.

(Pakistan) Operation launched in South Waziristan - but Inter-Services PR denies

(Pakistan) Cracks emerge in TTP ranks

(Pakistan) 3 policemen killed in Kohat

Saudi Shi'ite demand better rights in Yemen border area - could be AQ breeding ground

Sri Lanka's Tamils vie for leadership role - Douglas Devananda new leader?

(U.S.) Threats to Judges, Prosecutors Soaring - Worried Court Personnel Resort To Guards, Identity Shields, Weapons

Pakistani Taliban: We'll avoid combat in Swat city - Mingora

Pakistani Refugee Crisis Poses Peril - Amid Army Offensive, Extremists Are Filling Needs That the Government Can't

Pakistani soldiers battle Taliban in Swat town - house to house in Mingora

(Iraq) At Least 22 Killed in Iraq Attacks

(Pakistan) 18 killed in Orakzai shelling

(Pakistan) Ally deserts Pakistan's insurgents - Haji Nazeer deserts Mehsud

Pakistan detained senior Shadow Army commander - Abu Sufyan al-Yemeni, last February

Pakistan Says It Cleared Key Areas from Taliban - in Mingora

(U.S.) High-tech ways to combat terrorism

Bomb at Pakistan movie house kills 6

Two killed in Gaza tunnel cave-in

(Mexico) Top Mexican cartel suspect arrested - Raymundo Almanza Morales

Another Stinger Missile Plot Misfires

(U.S.) Homegrown extremists not slickest operators, terror experts say - by James Gordon Meek - Evan Kholmann quoted - also - Would-be jihadists in U.S. 'not crafty'

(Afghanistan) New Afghan Force Joins Fight Against Taliban - the "Guardians"

Iraq blast kills 3 U.S. soldiers

Israeli troops kill two Gaza militants

(Colombia) Alleged FARC guerilla captured

(U.S.) Eyes Forward on Intelligence - Bob Graham opinion piece

(U.S.) Hayden says Congress damages CIA - Hayden opinion piece

Nigeria Escalates Fight With Rebels

(Afghanistan) U.S. probe finds 20 to 30 civilians may have been killed in Afghanistan battle
- figure much lower than Afghan officials' estimates

Pakistani Army Clears Taliban Stronghold - Sultanwas in Swat

Pakistan army struggles in Buner

Nigeria: We Lost Five Militants - MEND

Al-Qaeda network still CIA's top priority

Amid Queries, CIA Worries About Future

Pakistan troops fight Taliban on streets

Algerian military kills five militants

(Pakistan) The Drone War - Peter Bergen

(Pakistan) Battle in Pakistan Scars Region - Buner

Pak intelligence claims arresting top Taliban leader's son - Mudassir Khan

(Iraq) Dispute Over Land Simmering in Iraq - Kurd-Arab Conflict Echoes in Parliament

(Somalia) Rebels Threaten Somali Government - 10-Day Offensive Revives Fears That Radical Islamist Insurgents Could Take Power

Iraqi special forces take on militants

Pakistan vows to attack Bin Laden lair

Iraq concern over lack of US engagement

'I was groomed for jihad in Britain'.A Muslim teenager in London gives the first inside account of how extremists are luring recruits.

Six killed in Iraq violence

France takes in detainee from U.S.

US alarmed at Eritrea 'arms link'

Pakistan readies for assault on Taliban

Car bomb kills 11 in Pakistan's Peshawar

Fatah and Hamas renew unity talks

U.S. Sends Special Forces To Pakistan

Somalia peace overture rejected

U.S. Navy Detains 17 Suspected Pirates

(Afghanistan) 22 Taliban killed in Afghanistan: police - Helmand

Pakistan Eases Curfew in Swat

(Pakistan) Bloody battle looms for Mingora - Taliban have mined roads and dug trenches

US judge OKs $116M ruling in deadly terror attack - 96 PLO/PA attack

Pakistan vows crackdown on banned charity - Jamaat-ud-Dawa

US government renews threat to withdraw intelligence sharing - if U.K. publishes details of treatment of former Gitmo inmate

Afghan police: 11 insurgents killed in south - Paktika

(Afghanistan) Suicide bomb in Afghanistan wounds 4 police - Kandahar

(Pakistan) Banned group helping out Pakistan refugees - Jamaat-ud-Dawa

In Iraq, U.S. must hold and build

Pakistan fighting kills 15; headless bodies found - in Swat

Pakistan: Trucks torched at NATO supply terminal - Peshawar

Pakistan conflict map - 38% of NWFP under government control

'Israel delays plan to quit Lebanon border town' - Ghajar

Iranian militia kill five rebels near border - PJAK

Hizbullah confirms broad aid for Hamas

Pakistani Commandos Target Taliban Bases

(U.S.) Release of Yemeni Held At Guantanamo Ordered - Judge Questions Reliability of Witnesses

(Iran) OFAC Iran Sanctions Update

(Afghanistan) Why the Pentagon Axed Its Afghan Warlord - General David McKiernan

(Pakistan) 'Drone kills eight in Pakistan' - South Waziristan

(Colombia) Important FARC leader captured - 2nd in command of drug trafficking

Al Qaeda No. 2 hiding in Quetta - Pakistani intelligence source reports al-Zawahiri's location

'Pakistanis reject Talibanisation'

UN to deliver urgent Pakistan aid

PA jails Hamas activist for coup plot

(Syria) Terrorist Traffic Via Syria Again Inching Up - Pipeline to Iraq Back In Business After Lull

Pakistan Says 700 Taliban Dead in Swat

(Pakistan) 44 Taliban killed as troops repel attacks in FATA - Mohmand and South Waziristan

(Philippines) Extremist rebels die in Philippines - 20 Abu Sayyaf members

Singapore militant's hideout uncovered: report - Mas Selamat bin Kastari

Sri Lanka Death Toll Seen Rising

Colombian troops killed in ambush - 7 killed by FARC

(Pakistan) Court summons Baitullah Mehsud

Pakistan army fires shells into Rajouri

(Malaysia) The changing face of JI- Quotes Zachary Abuza

(Pakistan) Five injured in Hub blast

(Pakistan) 'Terrorists' nabbed in Kohat

(Iraq) Anti-Qaeda leader killed in Iraq

Bomb blast kills 5 in southeast Turkey

Trapped by Taliban terror. Innocent families are hemmed in as the army tries to crush the hardline Islamic militants.

Pakistan's army tries to take Swat

Gunships hammer Pakistan Taliban

The Hamas 'Peace' Gambit

Saudis may take Guantanamo inmates

UK judges reopen Guantanamo case

(Pakistan) No talks with ANP, Baitullah directs TTP - Swat Taliban won't negotiate with NWFP government

Lebanon arrests three Israel 'spies'

Hamas bank lends a hand to Gazans

Malaysia captures fugitive Islamist militant - head of Singapore JI

(U.S.) Mounting workload prompts IGs to seek help - Treasury deferring audits of CTF/AML units

Iraq car bombs kill 17

(Iraq) Blackwater era ending in Iraq

Gaza Militants and Israel Exchange Fire

(Pakistan) 'Taliban in control of 90% of Swat' - says TTP spokesman

Germany to charge al-Qaeda suspect

Hamas appoints new interior minister

Pakistan targets militant-held valley - 'all out war' - see LWJ post

Cairo rejects Hezbollah court claims

(U.S.) President of Alavi Foundation Indicted for Obstruction of Justice - relating to their relationship with Bank Melli Iran

(U.S.) How to Handle the Guantanamo Detainees - McCain and Graham opinion

Pakistan: Security forces pound Swat - 45 militants killed

Pakistan forces attack Taliban in Swat valley - targeting Mingora

Mumbai suspect denies all charges - Qasab pleads not guilty

Turkey wedding bloodbath puts militia in spotlight - "Village Guard" units

Hamas feels the heat from Syria

Lebanon-Syria tension eases

(Somalia) Peacekeeper killed in Somalia

U.S. warily encouraged over Pakistan

Lebanon: 4 Accused of Spying

(Pakistan) Taliban take control of Saidu Sharif - capital city of Swat

US envoys head to Syria

Afghan Taliban spokesman: We will win the war - interview with Zabiullah Mujahid

Pakistan Abandons Truce in Swat

(Pakistan) Residents asked to leave homes in Pakistan's Swat - security forces could soon launch offensive

(Pakistan) Suicide bombing kills four soldiers in Pakistan - near Peshawar

Pakistan court acquits 2 over attack on French - 2002 bombing

(U.K.) Lashkar commander in Britain's least-wanted list - Nasr Javed

UK accused of stalling in fight against cybercrime - and terrorism financing

Turkish troops repel rebel attack

Sri Lanka says rebel leader trapped

Hamas says rocket attacks over for now

(Pakistan) Taliban take over Mingora - Swat district HQ

Gulf Arabs must help Yemen, Pakistan over militants - says EU CT Chief

(U.S.) Detainee Compromises Likely - Marri Case Suggests That Interrogations Will Hinder Trials

(Afghanistan) At least 27 killed in series of Afghanistan attacks - Zabul province

(Pakistan) Taliban using Swat emerald money to fund terrorism - see Animesh Roul's May 1 post

Sri Lanka may pardon Tamil rebels - but not their leaders

U.S. Options in Pakistan Limited

(Afghanistan) Captured Afghanistan outpost torn down - Hard-won ground given up in change of priorities

(Pakistan) Taliban must lay down arms or face action: ISPR - 80 Taliban killed, 21 suicide bombing vehicles destroyed in Buner offensive

Hamas open to Israel-Syria negotiations

(U.S.) Glossy Internet Magazine Targets Americans for Jihad Training - Steve Emerson quoted

(Afghanistan) Three civilians killed in Afghanistan blast - in Helmand

Venezuela's Chavez courts Iran as US shows concern - see Doug Farah's May 1 post

Anatomy of an `inside' ambush in Iraq

Al-Qaeda used Hotmail, phone codes

US to host Afghan-Pakistan talks

Pakistan nuclear program facing cuts

Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri calls the shots, says State Department. Article by CT Blog Guest Expert James Gordon Meek.

Pakistan meets fierce Taliban resistance- Taliban kidnap 10 security personnel

(Iraq) Three Americans killed in Iraq

Israel Strikes Gaza Weapons Tunnels