Monthly Archives: September 2006

Kyrgyzstan

Search for Missing Air Force Officer Continues in Kyrgyzstan


Israel

Israel’s military blockade of Lebanon will end on September 7. The IDF killed a senior member of Islamic Jihad and six others during raids in Gaza.



Defense Department Ordered to Take Custody of High-Value Detainees


Iraq

Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, al Qaeda ‘s commander of the anti-Shiite Omar Brigade and member of the Mujahideen Shura, was captured in June. Iraq and the US will sign a military handover pact on September 7. A large weapons cache exploded in a building in Nasiriyah.


Egypt

Egypt: 16 Muslim Brotherhood leaders released


Back, Again, For Good

As many of you have already figured out, I have returned to The Fourth Rail and am now posting here permanently. I realize I have done a bit of shuffling around the blogosphere of late. This is a new medium, I have been experimenting a bit, and I hope you will understand and forgive me […]


Philippines

(Philippines) Battered Marines vow to ‘finish off’ Abu Sayyaf



Afghanistan

Two al Qaeda were arrested in Khost in possession of “weapons, night vision equipment and various electronic devices,” as a suicide bomber killed a ” teacher and a government employee” in the same province. The Afghan government is establishing a National Security Coordination System.


Pakistan

Brief notes on the ‘truce.’ Newsday: “tribal paramilitary forces… will handle border control duties… the Taliban [is] running a parallel government.” USA Today: “offers an ‘implicit amnesty’ to foreign and local militants.” The New York Times: “The deal is widely viewed as a face-saving retreat for the Pakistani Army.”











Iraq

Baghdad bombs kill four, wound 35 – police



Al Qaeda

Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq Blesses the Shootings in Amman, Jordan


Sri Lanka battles a weakened Tamil Tigers


Pakistan

Pakistan Lets Tribal Chiefs Keep Control Along Border


Pakistan

Army vacates four posts in Miramshah, North Waziristan


Canada

The path to terror in Canada, An exclusive report: Training ground


Talibanistan: The Establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan

Pakistan’s “truce with the Taliban is an abject surrender, and al Qaeda has an untouchable base of operations in Western Pakistan which will only expand if not checked The news of the Pakistani government signing a truce agreement with the Taliban in North Waziristan is far worse than being reported. We raised the alarm early […]


Egypt

Egyptian security forces arrest 93 on suspicion of belonging to an al Qaeda


Pakistan

Bin Laden gets pass from Pakistan, would not be arrested if leading peaceful life