Image obtained from IntelCenter of Al-Qaeda's new video featuring American-born operative Adam Gadahn speaking in English. The video denies the organisation was behind a recent deadly string of attacks in Pakistan that have killed hundreds of civilians. (AFP)Terrorist recruiters leverage the Web
From YouTube to Pakistan: N.Va. men allegedly drafted to fight U.S. troops abroad. Pakistani authorities on Saturday were searching for an insurgent figure believed to have aided five Northern Virginia men who allegedly tried to join al-Qaeda, saying the case could help unravel a growing network of terrorist recruiters who scour the Internet for radicalized young men.
Terror probe leads FBI to India, Pakistan
On tips from a U.S. man, agents make an urgent trip after learning of possible Mumbai-style attacks. Also, U.S. charges implicate the involvement of ex-Pakistan military officers.
To Beat Al Qaeda, Look to the East
IN testimony last week before Congress, the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, insisted that President Obama’s revised war strategy will “build support for the Afghan government,” while Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top American commander there, vowed that it will “absolutely” succeed in disrupting and degrading the Taliban.
Pakistan kills about 22 militants, eyes new fronts
Pakistani troops have killed about 22 militants in the Kurram region on the Afghan border, officials said on Sunday, after the government said new fronts against militants in the northwest might be opened.
No boon for U.S. firms in Iraq oil deal auction
Critics said the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq said was driven by oil, but United States oil majors were largely absent from an Iraqi auction of oil deals snapped up instead by Russian, Chinese and other firms.
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 13
FALLUJA - A parked car laden with explosives blew up near the home of Saad al-Shimery, a tribal council leader, wounding him, two of his children and two guards in the city of Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said. Twelve people were also wounded in the attack.
BAGHDAD - Multiple rockets or mortars struck the heavily fortified Green Zone late on Saturday, the U.S. military said.
MOSUL - A car packed with bombs exploded near an Iraqi army recruiting centre, killing one recruit and wounding 19 people in east Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen in a car killed an off-duty police officer in the Shalchiya district in central Baghdad on Saturday, police reported.
TIKRIT - A roadside bomb wounded one security guard on Saturday in the city of Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. (Compiled by the Baghdad newsroom)
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