“Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s number two, has warned that Osama Bin Laden will continue to ‘terrify’ the US from beyond the grave. The statement was posted on Jihadist websites. …This is the first time al-Zawahiri has spoken publicly since Bin Laden’s death. …’The sheikh has departed, may God have mercy on him, to his God as […]
6/2/2011
According to information in a Washington Post article on June 2, 2011: “Since 2009, the United States has spent over $100 billion a year on the troop surge in Afghanistan, while in 2011 the U.S. defense budget has reached a staggering $671 billion. Between 2001 and 2010, the United States spent a total of $444 […]
5/27/2011
“Osama bin Laden considered seeking a deal with Pakistan under which al Qaeda leaders in the country would be protected and, in return, al Qaeda would refrain from attacking Pakistan, a U.S. official told CNN Friday [May 27, 2011]. The revelation surfaced as American agents analyzed the documents that were seized in the May 2 […]
5/26/2011
“The US Congress, racing the clock and rejecting demands for additional safeguards of civil liberties, passed a bill on Thursday [May 26, 2011] to renew three expiring provisions of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act. [President] Barack Obama…signed it into law shortly before the provisions were set to expire at midnight. …Obama acted shortly after the Republican-led […]
5/22/2011
As stated in "The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:" "Departure of the last UK naval training team from Iraq." – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary,” IraqInquiry.org.uk, May 22, 2011, […]
5/22/2011
“The UK’s military operation in Iraq officially ended at midnight [on May 22, 2011], the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. It came after the Royal Navy completed its training of Iraqi sailors, with the last personnel leaving the country on Friday [May 20]. While Operation Telic, the name for the UK mission in Iraq since […]
5/18/2011
“Britain’s eight years of military commitment in Iraq will finally and formally come to an end on Sunday [May 22, 2011], when the remaining forces in the south of the country will withdraw. The announcement to bring to an end one of the most controversial military campaigns in recent history was made on Wednesday [May […]
5/17/2011
“Terrorism expert Peter Bergen reports on CNN International that the Egyptian Saif al-Adel has been appointed as a ‘caretaker’ leader of al-Qaeda, following the death of its emir Osama bin Laden. A Pakistani newspaper article datelined from Rawalpindi, the bustling city near Islamabad that’s home to Pakistan’s army headquarters, corroborates the claim as well, citing […]
5/15/2011
“Afghanistan’s former intelligence chief says he knew Osama bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan four years ago, but Pakistan’s leaders rejected his claims. In an interview broadcast Sunday [May 15, 2011] on CBS’ ’60 Minutes,’ Amrullah Saleh says Afghan intelligence thought bin Laden was in the Pakistani city of Mansehra–about 12 miles away from Abbottabad, […]
5/13/2011
“On May 13 [2011], the Pakistani Taliban took revenge for the death of Bin Laden by carrying out a double suicide attack at an FC [Frontier Corps] training camp in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province that killed 80 cadets and wounded 140.” – Ahmed Rashid, Pakistan on the Brink, Page 178 […]