Kyrgyzstan
Search for Missing Air Force Officer Continues in Kyrgyzstan
Search for Missing Air Force Officer Continues in Kyrgyzstan
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.
al Qaeda in Iraq No. 2 Was Arrested in June
Defense Department Ordered to Take Custody of High-Value Detainees
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: 16 Muslim Brotherhood leaders released
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) Battered Marines vow to ‘finish off’ Abu Sayyaf
The Road to Haditha
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.
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.”
Pakistan Denies Bin Laden Gets a Pass
Pakistan backtracks on bin Laden immunity
Waziristan accord signed
Suspected Al Qaeda Aides Arrested in Afghanistan
In Pakistan, signs of al Qaeda all around
Four More Chechen Fighters Surrender
Gaza militants attempt to obtain anti-tank missiles
Confusion over Bali nine sentences
Gaza: IAF strikes kills 5 Hamas members
Baghdad bombs kill four, wound 35 – police
Attacks increase in Darfur
Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq Blesses the Shootings in Amman, Jordan
Sri Lanka battles a weakened Tamil Tigers
Pakistan Lets Tribal Chiefs Keep Control Along Border
Army vacates four posts in Miramshah, North Waziristan
The path to terror in Canada, An exclusive report: Training ground
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 […]
Egyptian security forces arrest 93 on suspicion of belonging to an al Qaeda
Bin Laden gets pass from Pakistan, would not be arrested if leading peaceful life