Olmert, Abbas have agreed “to launch negotiations on core issues”: capital, borders, refugees. Nine “top Fatah gunmen” surrendered weapons to the Palestinian Authority. Israelis security forces detained two Hamas leaders in the West Bank while Israeli jets fired rockets at two targets in Gaza.
Jemaah Islamiyah bomber Dulmatin is reported to be moving between Sulu in the Philippines and Malaysia to avoid capture by Filipino troops. MILF warned that peace talks with the government are on the verge of stopping.
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Iraqi and US forces kicked off Operation Phanton Phoenix, while Operation Hero’s Harvest is underway in Miqdadiyah. Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives and detained 28 during operations in central and northern Iraq. Iraqi security forces killed one insurgent and captured 14 in Baghdad. Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured an “extremist cell leader” and […]
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Three Irish peacekeeping soldiers were wounded in an IED attack near Sidon. Fatah al Islam leader Shaker Al Abssi threatened to attack the Lebanese Army. Two Katyusha rockets slammed into northern Israel; no casualties were reported.
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Nine leaders in Taliban commander Maulvi Nazir’s group were killed in South Waziristan; Nazir is blaming Baitullah Mehsud. Five Christians abducted while passing through South Waziristan have been freed. Eight soldiers and two civilians were wounded in a suicide bombing in Swat. The Taliban wounded four Scouts during at attack in Mohmand.
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Fighting between government forces and Shabaab fighters south of Mogadishu claimed 15 lives; another five were killed inside the capital. Local officilas are fleeing a town near Baidoa due to Shabaab fighters making a push in the region. Security forces have arrested three journalists in Somalia and Puntland.
A former Taliban commander was named governor of Musa Qala. Taliban commander Mullah Naqaibullah told the BBC he bribed Afghan authorities to get out of jail. Two police and two civilians were killed in an IED attack in the Nadi Ali district in Helmand province. A suicide bomber wounded five policemen in Spin Boldak in […]
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Coalition, Iraqi forces launch new operation to “pursue al Qaeda and other extremists wherever they attempt to take sanctuary.” Miqdadiyah will be a major focus of operations.
Fatah al-Islam chief warns of attacks on Lebanon army