Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Somaliland and Puntland, once-warring territories in northern Somalia, have unprecedentedly agreed in principle to work together to tackle common security threats.
Troops from both entities have clashed over disputed borderlands in the past. They also differ over the issue of sovereignty: Somaliland unilaterally declared independence in 1991, and Puntland, while asserting a degree of autonomy, recognizes Mogadishu as its own, and Somaliland’s, capital.
“You can’t choose your neighbours, whether it is a region or state; for this reason, from now on, we are going to work with the Puntland state of Somalia, in terms of security of the [Horn of Africa] region,” Somaliland’s Interior Minister, Mohamed Abdi Gabose, said on 26 September in the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa.
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http://somalilandpre … te-on-security-18504
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Iranian forces crossed into neighbouring Iraq and killed 30 fighters from a group Tehran said was involved in last week’s bombing of a military parade, state TV reported.
General Abdolrasoul Mahmoudabadi of the elite Revolutionary Guards told the TV that the “terrorists” were killed in a clash on Saturday “beyond the border” and that his forces were still in pursuit of two men who escaped the ambush.
While Iran has said in the past it would target armed groups on Iraqi soil, this is a rare case of it actually admitting to an attack.
The News:
http://www.independe … rorists-2090687.html
Al-Qaeda’s operational chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan’s lawless tribal border areas, Pakistani security officials said Tuesday.
A covert American drone campaign has recently ramped up attacks on Al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives in the region as part of efforts to bring an end to a nine-year war in Afghanistan so that US troops can return home.
The News:
http://news.yahoo.co … unrestusmissileqaeda
Monday, September 27, 2010
Around 12 Maoists have been killed in the massive anti-Naxal operation launched jointly by security forces of Jharkhand and Orissa since Saturday in Saranda forest, a top police official said today.
Jharkhand Director General of Police Neyaz Ahmad said that ten to 12 Maoists have been killed since Saturday, with some of the bodies having been found.
Meanwhile, the Maoists blew up a hostel and panchayat bhawan at Anandpur and triggered three landmine blasts in the Tirilposhi jungle this morning, CRPF DIG Bhanu Pratap Singh said.
The News:
http://timesofindia. … icleshow/6636209.cms
It’s about thirty islamic insurgents the balance of a air raid made Saturday by some American Apache helicopter gunships in a tribal area of Pakistan.
Today according militar american medias at pakistan website ‘Dawn’, the attack is occurred in Nazirah, at eight kilometers by Afghanistan border.
In that area is operating islamic group lead by Jalaluddin Haqqani, that fights against Nato forces present in afghan territory.
The News:
http://it.notizie.ya … insorti-09e26cd.html