[UPDATE2] The Lebanese Army has resumed fighting against al Qaeda affiliate Fatah al Islam at the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli. Lebanese police killed Bilal Drakish (a.k.a. Abu Jandal), “a prominent militant” as he attempted to throw a hand grenade at police.
Lebanon warns militants: Surrender or else
Three terrorism suspects held under “control orders” – which allows them to be electronically tagged and remain out of jail, have disappeared. “A quarter of those subject to the controversial orders [5 of 20] — imposed on suspects who are not charged with a crime — are now missing,” Reuters reports.
Taliban: Why Dadullah™s Death Matters
Report: Most Iraq fighters from Gulf
The U.S. sailed 9 warships, including 2 carriers and Marine amphibious assault ships, through the Strait of Hormuz for war games in the Persian Gulf. The IAEA said Iran is accelerating its nuclear enrichment program. The U.S. denied Iranian claims that detained American-Iranian scholar Haleh Esfandiari is involved in destabilizing the regime.
Unconfirmed reports circulating that the bodies of all three soldiers have been found Soldier from the 3rd “Spearhead” Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment conduct operations in the Triangle of Death. Click to view. As the search for the three missing U.S. soldiers nears the end of its eleventh, ominous news emerges from Iraq that three bodies […]
Ayman al-Zawahri released a six minute audiotape praising Mullah Dadullah, who was killed by NATO and Afghan forces in Helmand province in May. “The martyrdom of the commander of the martyrdom-seekers, Mulla Dadullah … shall break the back of the Crusaders and their helpers in Afghanistan and hasten their imminent defeat,” Zawahiri said.
Yesterday’s attack on a shopping mall in Ankara is believed to be carried out by a PKK suicide bomber, said Ankara’s governor. A female suicide bomber was detained by security forces in Adana.
Muslim insurgents killed five in the southern province of Yala, including a Muslim farmer, his daughter and two teen aged boys. A Buddhist was shot in Pattani. One soldier and six police were wounded in two roadside bomb attacks.
Saudi Television Airs Confessions of al Khalidiyah Terror Cell
A bombing at a Druze village near Beirut wounded 5. Palestinian refugees are fleeing the Nahr Al Bared camp near Tripoli as a cease fire between the Lebanese Army and al Qaeda affiliate Fatah al Islam holds. Lebanese troops have reoccupied positions lost in Sunday’s fighting. Casualties include 31 Lebanese soldiers killed and 55 wounded, […]
Third suspect in the Mecca Masjid blast detained
25% of US Muslim teens: Suicide attacks OK
The IDF detained then released 7 Palestinians during limited raids at the outskirts of Khan Yunis in the Gaza strip. The IAF hit two ammunition depots in Gaza. President Abbas and PM Haniyeh met to discuss a potential cease fire with Israel. Haniyeh may be a target of IDF strikes, according to Israel’s Deputy Defense […]
A Finnish soldier and Afghan civilian were killed in a roadside bombing in the northern province of Maymana. A suicide bomber killed a policeman and civlian in Kabul. Pakistani President Musharraf endorses negotiations with the Afghan Taliban.
Three Uzbeks were among the 4 killed in yesterday’s strike on an al Qaeda camp in North Waziristan. The 8 government workers kidnapped by the Taliban in North Waziristan have been freed. The Taliban bombed a music shop in Charsadda. The Lashkar Islam has put out a order to kill a journalist and close music […]
Fight against militants agitates Lebanon’s troubled camps
Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran
As Comrades Search, Fatal Bomb Wreaks Havoc
Confrontation at an Islamabad Mosque
Iraq hunt: Body found in ‘US uniform’
Bush declassifies al Qaeda intelligence
A bomb blast at a crowded mall in Ankara killed 6 and wounded 80. There are no indications of who carried out the attack, but security forces are said to have detained 7 suspects.
Hezbollah backs Lebanon army in standoff
Jaber A. Elbaneh, one of the Lackawanna Six who escaped from a Yemeni jail, has turned himself in according to Yemeni authorities. The FBI does not have confirmation. Elbaneh was one of 23 al Qaeda that escaped last summer.
Muslim insurgents shot and burned a Buddhist in Yala, while 3 police and a Time photographer were wounded responding to the murder. The Prime Minister insists on conducting talks with insurgents.
Taliban ‘use Iranian missiles on UK troops’
Ten Taliban were killed after attacking a police checkpoint in the Zari district inKandahar, and another two were killed in Paktia. A senior British Army source said the Taliban are using Iranian supplied SA-7 Strela surface to air missiles against NATO aircraft, as well as other Iranian supplied weaponry.
The Lebanese Army shelled Al Qaeda affiliate Fatah al-Islam in the Nahr al-Bared camp for the third day, as at least 20 fighters, 32 soldiers and 27 civilians have been killed since fighting began Sunday. Fatah al-Islam claimed responsibility for the recent bombings in Beirut, vowed to ‘fight to last drop of blood’ but then […]