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Archive for October, 2011

Oct 11th, 2011

Summary: A string of coordinated explosions targeting security officials and first responders rushing to the scene killed at least 10 people and injured twice that many in western Baghdad. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 11, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that North Korea celebrated the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party founded by “Great Leader” Kim Il-sung and anointed “Young General” Kim Jong-un as “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-il’s successor.


Oct 10th, 2011

Summary: Dateline October 10, 2011. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 10, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that — paralleling the political trend in the United States with its Tea Party movement — the far-right in Austria resurged in local elections in the capital city of Vienna, securing the largest gains following a campaign laced with anti-Islamic rhetoric.



Summary: Iraq has joined Iran in offering key moral and financial support to Syria, undermining a central U.S. foreign policy objective in the Middle East and raising fresh concerns that Iraq is drifting further into Iran’s sphere of influence. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 9, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a letter to Pope Benedict XVI thanking him for opposing Florida pastor Terry Jones’s threat to burn the Quran and calling for cooperation against secularism.



Summary: Hundreds of Afghans marched through Kabul on the eve of the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan to condemn the United States as occupiers and demand the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 8, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the United States, continuing a surge in CIA-run, drone-fired attacks, conducted two missile strikes in the northwestern Pakistan tribal region along the Afghan border, killing nine suspected militants.


Oct 7th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 7, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided news and analysis on the 9th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, to topple the Taliban, destroy al-Qaida, and kill or capture Osama bin Laden and other leaders of the terrorist organization.


Oct 6th, 2011

Summary: Dateline October 6, 2011. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 6, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.



Summary: One in three U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, and a majority think that after 10 years of combat America should be focusing less on foreign affairs and more on its own problems, according to a Pew Research Center opinion survey. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 5, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner announced that nothing of consequence was found in the July 2010 search of the Rassier farmstead in the Jacob Wetterling kidnapping investigation; however, he added that technology could eventually improve to the extent that it would allow for future testing of the items seized.


Oct 4th, 2011

Summary: Dateline October 4, 2011. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 4, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Pakistan’s shutting of a key supply line for coalition troops in Afghanistan and the apparent ease with which militants were attacking the stranded convoys strained an already uncomfortable relationship between Washington and Islamabad.


Oct 3rd, 2011

Summary: Dateline October 3, 2011. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 3, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that militants attacked and set fire to at least 20 tanker trucks carrying oil for NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan — the third such strike inside Pakistan in as many days.



Summary: Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born Muslim cleric who played a significant operational role in al-Qaida, plotting and inspiring terrorist attacks on the United States, has been killed in a drone missile strike in Yemen. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 2, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the U.S. State Department, responding to credible al-Qaida threats, issued a travel alert urging American citizens to be vigilant if they planned to travel in Europe. Officials did not identify specific targets, but thought terrorists might launch Mumbai-style “swarm attacks.”