The military said “troops should go for the kill” against Jemaah Islamiyah operatives Dulmatin and Umar Patek. Abu Sayyaf is seeking financial and material support via the web. The US Embassy charge d™affaires said Special Forces are operating behind the lines in Sulu.
Two Indian paramilitary personnel killed in blast in Kashmir
Egypt Brotherhood members arrested
Iraqi Sunnis slam new Shiite, Kurdish alliance
Lebanese Army closing in at last stronghold of Fatah Al-Islam
ISAF forces killed four Taliban and wounded two in a clash in the Sangin district of Helmand province. A suicide bomber killed the chief of Zari district in Kandahar province along with two of his children; three of his children were wounded. ISAF forces killed five civilians and wounded three during a clash with the […]
A senior Iranian cleric warned the US against designating the IRGC a terror entity. France is considering additional sanctions against Iran via the UNSC. Iran is establishing a strong presence in southern Lebanon through its reconstruction programs.
An update on operations in Baghdad and the Belts regions around the capital.
Iraq: Gun-battle light show, Med-Ops, and Major Offensive Operations
The governor of the NWFP wants to negotiate with the Taliban in North Waziristan. Seven soldiers and 15 Taliban were killed in clashes in North Waziristan and Dera Ismail Khan. Tribal elders in Khyber Agency want to negotiate with the Taliban. An IED attack killed a tribal elder in Bajaur. A fatwa was issued against […]
Overstretched Uganda bears brunt of AU mission in Somalia
How to be a jihadi: Taliban’s training secrets
Pakistan: “The Taliban’s Godfather”? – Documents Detail Years of Pakistani Support for Taliban, Extremists
Rejecting radical Islam — one man’s journey
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber kills official and children
Army Reports Brass, Not Bloggers, Breach Security
Humvees Trying to Take MRAP Thunder
Pakistan said it reinforced the border in Kurram agency to prevent al Qaeda and Taliban fighters from escaping the battle at Tora Bora. Police captured eight Taliban behind a weapons ring smuggling missiles into Kabul. South Korea and the Taliban resumed direct talks to negotiate the release of the 19 remaining hostages.
US citizen Jose Padilla and foreign-born co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi were convicted of conspiracy to murder, kidnap, and maim people in a foreign country; conspiracy to provide material support for terrorists; and providing material support for terrorists. Padilla was originally arrested for the dirty-bomb plot.
The military is attempting to confirm that Dulmatin, the Jemaah Islamiyah bomb maker behind the Bali bombing in Indonesia in 2002, was wounded in a clash with soldiers on Jolo Island. Police have requested new warrants for the 130 MILF and Abu Sayyaf fighters involved in the ambush and beheading of 10 Marines in Basilan […]
D.C. Mosque: Embezzlement or Wahhabi Retribution?
US Muslim Groups Oppose a List of Terrorism ‘Co-Conspirators™
Iraq PM, president announce new alliance
U.N. Faces Calls For Action In Somalia
Crisis summit aims to save Iraq’s Maliki
State of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq: August 2007
The Taliban threatened tribal leaders that attended the Wolesi Jirga in Afghanistan. Two civilians were killed in a bombing in Swabi. The Taliban launched a rocket attack on a checkpoint in North Waziristan. Police claimed to have broken up “a gang of suicide bombers” planning to attack on Independence Day.
US and Afghan forces launched an offensive in Tora Bora. Three Germans were killed in an IED attack outside Kabul. The Attorney General ordered the arrest of a senior official of the Interior Ministry on charges of embezzlement.
Lessons From Horn of Africa to Apply in Africa Command
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps Have ‘Length And Breadth™ of Gulf Covered: Iranian Commander