A Basilan representative identified four of the suspects involved in the beheading of 10 Marines, and claimed they are not members of MILF. Police are conducting intelligence operations to capture 130 MILF operatives believed to be involved with the beheadings.
Al Qaeda will release another videotape over the next few days, according to a banner posted on the Ekhlaas website. The Arabic text in the banner states, “Soon by the will of Allah. Wait for the great surprise.”
The Afghan government denied a military operation was underway to free the 21 Korean hostages held by the Taliban. The Taliban murdered four judges in Ghazni province.
Both Vice President Cheney and the U.S. Ambassador said the U.S. has no intention of invading Pakistan. Four police were wounded in a bombing in Swat. The president of the Taliban-supporting MMA political party endorsed Musharraf’s re-elction to prevent martial law.
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Red agencies/ districts controlled by the Taliban; purple is defacto control; yellow is under threat. Islamists take over a mosque in Mohmand as attacks against government troops continue in North Waziristan Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province remains a cauldron of violence in the wake of the military assault on the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in […]
Afghan security forces found the body of the second South Korean kidnapping victim near Ghazni city, while the Taliban threaten to resume killings by noon tomorrow. A suicide car bomber wounded six while attacking a NATO convoy outside of Kabul. The Taliban attempted to hijack a U.N. food shipment in Farah province.
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Over 200 armed police attempted to execute a warrant in Basilan province against three of the 130 MILF fighters who were involved in the recent beheading of 10 Marines. The village of Guinanta was deserted and the government has postponed the warrant. Abu Sayyaf and other Islamist groups have caused over 1,700 civilian and military […]
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