The Taliban-supporting MMA political party organized rallies nationwide to protest the Lal Masjid assault. Troops have begun to patrol in Battagram and Swat, and an army brigade was deployed to Tank. The TNSM is enforcing a Friday holiday in Bajaur, while three pro-government tribal leaders were murdered in North Waziristan. Police arrested three “militants” in […]
Up to 30 Taliban have been killed in the Gershk district of Helmand province during Operation Little Storm. The Taliban beheaded another “U.S. spy,” the seventh in the past 10 days.
The Thai army has detained 342 suspected Muslim insurgents, including seven women, during raids in the south. Muslim insurgents killed four in attacks in the south.
Pashtuns keep Pakistan on edge
A new battle front opens in Pakistan
Al Shabaab insurgents (formerly Islamic Courts) threatened to derail the peace conference. Three were killed and 13 wounded in a series of bombings in Mogadishu. An Ethiopian army truck was hit with an IED.
An al Qaeda operations map. Click to view. The attempts to minimize the role played by al Qaeda in Iraq in the larger Sunni insurgency took a significant step over the past week. Clark Hoyt, the public editor of the New York Times, claimed that the media had become complicit in the government’s attempts to […]
Al Qaeda sharpening US focus, officials fear
Islamists fire rockets in Lebanon camp battle
Eleven Taliban were killed in Uruzgan, and six police were killed in Khost. The Taliban used a young boy in a bombing at a market in Helmand province. The U.S. donated 186 aircraft to the Afghan Air Force.
Intel report: Al-Qaida takes aim at US
Iranian forces, Kurdish guerrillas clash
Adbul Rashid Ghazi was buried in his home town as “Al Jihad” played at his service. His brother Abdul Aziz spoke at the funeral. Two suicide attacks in Swat and North Waziristan killed nine. A “US spy” was beheaded in North Waziristan. The FATA jirga called for the withdrawal of Pakistani troops as rumors of […]
After much work and effort (and a little stress), I can announce that the IRS has granted 501(c)(3) designation to Public Multimedia Inc. (PMI), the non-profit news organization born of my blogging efforts. This means that all donations made to PMI are 100% tax deductible. PMI is at a critical stage of its development. I […]
A breakdown of the progress and shortcomings of the Iraqi government in the Initial Benchmark Assessment Report to Congress Iraq. Click map to view. The Initial Benchmark Assessment Report, the interim report prior to the September assessment of the Iraqi government’s progress on the security and political fronts, was released today. The report assesses 18 […]
Quick US Exit From Iraq: Seven Scenarios
On July 10, The Fourth Rail conducted a telephone interview with Robert Bodisch, the Director of Training, and Adam Muery, the National Police Training Coordinator. Both are part of Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq’s Civilian Police Assistance Training Team. The primary topics were recruiting, attrition, manning, equipping, and training of the Iraqi National Police, to […]
Moderate Pakistanis applaud extremist crackdown
‘Eta plot to bomb Plymouth ferry foiled’
Musharraf vows war on militants
Turkey denies it™s planning strikes in Iraq
Iran: Radio Farda — Union Leader’s Abduction Highlights Crackdown On Labor Protests
Report on Iraq Progress Shows Mixed Results
US Military Calls al Qaeda in Iraq ‘Principal Threat’
Red Mosque cleric forecasts ‘Islamic revolution’
Pakistan Cleric Buried, Officials Attacked
The Limits of an Iraq Tribal Strategy
Israeli soldier killed during Gaza incursion
Iraq: Mission Pictures
Al Qaeda entrenched in Pakistan, US officials say