Insurgents Captured, Narcotics and Weapons Seized | Four Children Murdered by Insurgents

Recent operations completed by Afghanistan National Security Forces along with ISAF partners have succeeded in the capture of several Taliban, narcotics and the destruction of weapons.

NYC Man with ties to al-Qaeda Pleads Guilty in Subway Plot

Zarein Ahmedzay, a U.S. citizen and resident of Queens, N.Y. pleaded guilty yesterday to terrorism violations stemming from, his role in al Qaeda plot to conduct coordinated suicide bombings on New York’s subways in December 2009.

Chicago | Alleged al Qaeda Supporter Arrested

Raja Lahrasib Khan, 56 a taxi driver from Chicago was arrested this morning without incident by Chicago’s FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.

Al-Qaeda short of funding, running narcotics throughout the land of Islam

With United Nations economic sanctions along with the US treasury department’s global crackdown on Al-Qaeda’s financiers, Bin Laden and his followers have turned to dealing narcotics to fund their war.

What a turn of events, trained by the CIA in the 80’s to combat communism, funded by narcotics, Bin Laden has torn a page out of the GOP playbook, and turned a blind eye to the Koran. Just recently a DEA operation snared cocaine smugglers transporting their illegal cargo across the Sahara desert. As it turns out it was actually a DEA “sting” operation.

Najibullah Zazi Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Murder Abroad and Providing Material Support to Al-Qaeda

The Justice Department announced that Najibullah Zazi pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of New York to a three-count superseding information charging him with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction (explosive bombs) against persons or property in the United States, conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and providing material support to al-Qaeda. Among other things, Zazi admitted that he brought TATP [Triacetone Triperoxide] explosives to New York on Sept. 10, 2009, as part of plan to attack the New York subway system.

More Violence in Iraq | Top UN envoy in Iraq shocked by killing of scores of pilgrims

The top United Nations official in Iraq today expressed his shock and sadness at the suicide bombing targeting Shi’a pilgrims, reportedly killing over 40 people.

Events that made World look East

The limelight had been on Asia last decade however hard one tries to conceal that. Be it the good side or the bad one, Asia had been in news for the last one decade. This articles is not just because I have to write on Asia, but this discussion cannot be left ignored, when the superpowers are rising on this side. So checking into the events that led to this radical change and the important ones that changed the continent.

US Commander – al Qaeda Tactics: Media Campaign or Media War?

According to General Petraeus, “There is no question that al Qaeda in Iraq has been significantly reduced in its capability and capacity” as stated to pool reporters at a security conference in Bahrain.

“The flow of foreign fighters through Syria has been reduced dramatically from 110 a month at the height of the flow to under 10 per month now,” he said.

Accordingly, General Petraeus states that, “What they (al Qaeda) have decided to do, we believe, is literally to conduct lower level of attacks day-to-day and periodically coordinate high profile attacks so that they get the big press bounce out of that.”