Forty-two Taliban were killed by Afghan and ISAF forces in the Sha Wali Kot district of Kandahar while seven Taliban were killed in an operation in Zabul. Afghan security forces broke up a suicide bombing cell of 50 Taliban and “foreign” operatives in Logar province. The cell was planning and carrying out attacks in Kabul.
Hints of Progress, and Questions, in Iraq Data
US gives stark warning to Eritrea
CIA chief says al Qaeda plotting attack on US
The New al Qaeda Central
Iraq’s Maliki reaches out to Sunnis in Anbar Province
Former IRA commander helps hammer out Iraqi ‘road map’ to peace
Thirteen Muslim insurgents suspected of manufacturing explosives were detained in a raid in Narathiwat province. Muslim insurgents killed two civilians in attacks in Yala and Songkhla provinces. The Asia Times looks at the groups involved in the Muslim insurgency.
Army kills fugitive Fatah al Islam militant as hunt for escaped fighters persists
Iraqi official arrested over Askari Shrines” bombing of last year
US studies Osama Bin Laden video, CIA warns of al Qaeda plots
German police are investigating seven more suspects in a foiled al Qaeda bombing plot. The cell may be as big as 50 operatives. The German al Qaeda cell may have had a deadline of September 15 to conduct the attacks.
Bombs kill 20 in Iraq
Iraq: Baghdad calmer, but politics not
Sunni Arab bloc rejoins Iraqi parliament
Israeli commandos captured Mohawah al-Qadi, a senior member of Hamas’ armed wing and a commander in the Executive Force, during a raid in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Seventy people were wounded in clashes between Hamas and Fatah in Gaza.
Court rejects Bali bomber Amrozi’s death sentence appeal
Pakistan increases pressure on Nawaz Sharif
Troop shortages impacting on Afghan mission: NATO
Iraq cleric seeks religious separation
Top aide of Sadr killed in Najaf
Suicide bombers may hit Islamabad markets
A car bomb attack in Peshawar wounded 18. Two women were beheaded in Bannu for “immoral activity.” Bajaur peace jirga members said there are no foreign fighters in the agency. Two soldiers were wounded in attacks on checkpoints in Bajaur. Former Lal Masjid leader Abdul Aziz said the government ban on his mosque cause a […]
Official: Voice on video belongs to bin Laden
A car bomb targeting a naval barracks in the coastal town of Dellys in eastern Algeria killed upwards of 16. This is the second major bombing in Algeria in three days, with an attempted suicide attack against Algeria’s president in Batna on September 6.
Iraqi Army and police lead operations in the northern provinces of Ninewa and Salahadin. Al Qaeda safe havens are being targeted in the Za’ab triangle, Mosul, and Tal Afar.
Police wages set to double in Afghanistan
US Army’s strategy in Afghanistan: better anthropology
Afghan border police near Herat seized a 10-ton weapons cache from Iran, China, and Russia. Afghan and ISAF forces killed over 20 Taliban in the Meian Nashin district of Kandahar province. Afghan forces killed a local Taliban commander and several fighters in Hyderabad in Helmand province. Afghan Army forces beat off a Taliban attack on […]
Islamic Courts leaders, including al Qaeda operative Sheikh Hassan Aweys, are meeting in Eritrea for a 10-day meeting to discuss ways “to strengthen the insurgency against the Somalia government.” The Prime Minister met with Haji Abukar, the chief financier of the Islamic Court, and encouraged him to return to Somalia. Somali security forces withdrew from […]