The military will deploy an additional Marine battalion in Basilan in preparation for an offensive against MILF. A bomb was detonated at a market in Tacurong City in Mindanao; no casualties have been reported. Bomb jokes have been banned in southern Mindanao.
Eleven Afghans, including nine police, were killed in Taliban attacks in Khost, Paktia, Zabul, and Logar. Five al Qaeda linked operatives were captured in Nangahar. The governor of Kapisa was fired by the central government.
Fatah al Islam said it would consider negotiating an end to the siege at the Nahr Al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp. Three Lebanese troops were killed as the army is making the final push; four Fatah al Islam snipers were killed.
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Joint Raid on Sunni Arab Party’s Office
Capturing the Man, Destroying the Idea
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/ districts openly controlled by the Taliban; purple is defacto control; yellow is under threat. Click map to view. 13 soldiers wounded, 5 Taliban killed as Pakistan’s insurgency intensifies; Pakistan still attempts to appease the Taliban Taliban fighters conducted a successful ambush against a Pakistani military convoy in the Madakhel region of […]
Capture and interrogation of senior al Qaeda leader highlights al Qaeda control; Abu Omar al-Baghdadi a fictitious leader U.S. Special Operations Forces scored a major victory against al Qaeda in Iraq’s senior leadership and gained valuable insight on the al Qaeda creation known as the Islamic State of Iraq. On July 4, Coalition forces captured […]
The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said the quality and quantity of weapons reaching the Taliban indicates the Iranian government is aware of the weapons transfer. Iran and the U.S. will hold a round of talks on Iraq’s security.
Musharraf faces big decision
Pakistan struggles with damage control
Iraqi Security Forces Primer
Iraq’s Sadr bloc returns to parliament: spokesman
Al Qaeda killed 29 villagers north of Baghdad
Over 50 wounded in attack where ousted Chief Justice was scheduled to speak; government still negotiation with Taliban in North Waziristan The suicide attacks that have plagued the Northwest Frontier Province have shifted to the heart of Pakistan in the capital of Islamabad. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle pulled into a crowd at the […]
Muslim insurgents killed a bomb disposal officer and wounded 20 in a double bombing in Yala. A Muslim man was shot and killed by insurgents in Yala. Ten insurgent suspects were captured in Yala.
Iran Is Found To Be a Lair of Al Qaeda
Roadside bomb explodes near UNIFIL peacekeepers in South Lebanon
Number of Saudi Insurgents in Iraq Greatly Exaggerated – Saudi Security Source
Lebanese Army death toll tops 100 as battle at Nahr al-Bared intensifies
Bahrain: Tension mounts with Tehran
Ospreys to enter fight with Marines in the fall
Iranian TV Shows Two Detained Iranian-Americans
Hamas TV unveils replacement for terror mouse
16 Saudis freed from Guantanamo
Mistrust as Iraqi Troops Encounter New US Allies
Palestinian human rights groups call for probe into Hamas over prisoners’ deaths
Israel to free 250 Palestinian prisoners
Bush calls for international Mideast peace conference