September 2006

A videotape from Ayman al-Zawahiri will be released shortly. The banner indicates he will discuss “President Bush, the Pope and Vatican, Darfur, and the Crusader War.”

Red on Red: Two “militants” were killed in South Waziristan in a skirmish between pro-Taliban tribals and Uzbek fighters. The Pakistan Observer puts forward the Musharraf position and advocates a deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government.

Afghanistan

Bill Roggio | September 28, 2006

Cause and effect: attacks are up 300% since the signing of the Waziristan Accord. Over 30 Taliban were killed, including 25 in a battle in Garmser, Helmand province. A Canadian convoy in Kandahar was attacked by a suicide bomber, only one civilian was injured. A known IED expert and terrorist cell leader is captured in […]

Taliban Office in North Waziristan Open for Business

Bill Roggio | September 28, 2006

Pakistani government abandons North Waziristan as the Taliban opens an office in Miranshah. Miranshah, North Waziristan, when the Pakistani Army patrolled the streets. The Taliban has now taken control. Click image to view. The Pakistani government, led by President Pervez Musharraf, has repeatedly stated the Waziristan Accord does not mean the government has ceded control […]

Al Qaeda

Bill Roggio | September 27, 2006

al Qaeda has lost hearts and minds in Iraq

Kashmir

Bill Roggio | September 27, 2006

Four die in Kashmir

Indonesia

Bill Roggio | September 27, 2006

Jemaah Islamiyah May Expand Outside Asia, US Says

Somalia’s Foreign Fighters

Bill Roggio | September 27, 2006

Sheikh Hassan Turki flaunts the involvement of “foreign fighters” in Somalia as Shariah law is enforced in Kismayo Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Sheik Yusuf Indohaadde during a news briefing, Saturday, June 17, 2006. AP photograph, click to view. Al-Qaeda’s involvement in the rise of the Islamic Courts has been a well know fact for […]