Israel has cut off fuel to Gaza, but will still supply water and power. A member of Abbas’ elite Presidential Guard said Fatah leaders abandoned them and provided no leadership. The kidnapped BBC journalist may be released by Hamas within hours.
The Bajaur tribes are up in arms over the planned US helipad in Kunar province across the border in Afghanistan. Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz issued a death fatwa against the staff of a magazine for publishing an advertisement called Adam and Eve.
Maliki asks US troops to resist arming Iraqi tribes
To die under the wings of B-52s
Yemen, rebels agree to truce, eye reconstruction
US: 60 pct of Baghdad not controlled
10 killed as bombs target buses in Philippines
Hamas challenges emergency government
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh refused to establish a state in Gaza, did not accept his dismissal as prime minister, and named new security officials. Fatah supporters are fleeing the Gaza Strip. Fatah stormed the parliament in the West Bank, banned the organization and has been attacking Hamas schools, charities, and television and radio stations.
US troops find ID cards of missing soldiers in Iraq
A suicide car bomber killed 5 and wounded 4 during an attack on a convoy outside Kabul. Two local Taliban commanders were confirmed killed during operations in Ghazni and Zabul provinces. Rumors persist that Taliban military commander Jalaluddin Haqqani died; the latest report said in the UAE.
US forces launch offensives around Baghdad
Three Iranian diplomats briefly detained in Iraq
The Laptop Is Mightier Than the Sword
Hezbollah surrounded then detained a Lebanese police patrol for “entering a Hezbollah security zone.” The incident occurred in southern Beirut. “The Lebanese policemen were disarmed in the vicinity of Bir El Abed and taken to a Hezbollah interrogation center. The police were later released.
US, Israel plan to ease sanctions to boost Abbas
Map of the Fallujah region. Ongoing operations in eastern Anbar work to oust al Qaeda As the Baghdad Security Plan progresses, a key element of the plan is securing the “belts” outside Baghdad province. The Baghdad Belts include Eastern Anbar province, northern Babil province, southern Salahadin and south and western Diyala. Securing eastern Anbar province, […]
Indonesian police state it captured a previously unidentified member of Jemaah Islamiyah named Zarkasih, who is in fact the emir of JI. “Zarkasih went by several aliases and underwent military training in Afghanistan in the late 80s.” He was arrested last week along with Abu Dujana and six other senior terrorists.
Muslim insurgents killed 7 soldiers and wounded 1 in an IED attack in Yala province. “They were the security team for local teachers,” said the local police commander. A school in Yala was burned down.
Four soldiers were killed and 6 wounded in an IED attack in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian camp. The Army seized a large cache of explosives in the camp. The funeral for the murdered anti-Syrian member of parliament turned into an anti-Syria rally.
UK al Qaeda cell members jailed
Nine die in Philippines blast
Oil giant Iran begins fuel rationing with official cars
Fatah crushed as Gaza becomes Islamist state
Iraq relatively calm after rival mosque attacks
Basra curfew after Sunni shrine bomb
Fundamentalists threaten Israel from all sides
Hamas is now in control of the Gaza Strip, and has begun looting Fatah offices and military equipment. Hamas has pledged amnesty for Fatah fighters. President Abbas appointed Salam Fayyad as Prime Minister after dissolving the Hamas led government yesterday.
The US Assistant Secretary was told Mullah Omar is not in Balochistan. Taliban commander Mullah Nazir warned the Waziri tribes not to shelter Uzbeks. Two music shops in Peshawar were torched. Ten were killed, including 8 members of the security forces, in an attack in Quetta.