Khaled Mahmud Ahmed, the leader of al Qaeda in Egypt, has fled to the Gaza Strip, according to confessions from members of al Qaeda’s Egyptian network. Police also accused senior al Qaeda figure Mohammed Abdel Hamid of “spreading Al Qaeda ideology and planning attacks against tourists, based on a fatwa by Bin Laden.”
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/ districts openly controlled by the Taliban; purple is defacto control; yellow is under threat. Click map to view. 16 killed in suicide attack on military convoy in Swat; 20 police recruits killed in Dera Ismail Khan; the Waziristan Accord is over One day after a Taliban suicide attack on a military […]
Doctors charged over UK bomb plot
Iraq PM: Country can manage without US
Australia defends tough anti-terror stance over medic
Lebanese Army Resumes Bombardment of Islamic Militants in Refugee Camp
As Sahab has released a 40-minute video called “Scent of Heaven,” which promotes “martyrdom” and has a 50-second clip of Osama bin Laden. The footage of bin Laden appears to be old.
US kills six militants using ‘human shields’ in Iraq
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/ districts openly controlled by the Taliban; purple is defacto control; yellow is under threat. Click map to view. Army convoy hit en route to Miramshah as violence increases throughout the Northwest Frontier Province The Northwest Frontier Province is in danger of catching fire in the aftermath of the assault on the […]
Bush Set To Block Assets of Iranian Quds Force
Obstacles to Closer Counter-Terrorism Coordination in Malacca Straits
Yemen Attack Reveals Struggle Among al Qaeda’s Ranks
al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Claims Suicide Bombing in Lakhdaria, Algeria
Senate doubles bounty for Bin Laden
The U.S. has issued a travel warning for both Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Israel is prepared to pardon Fatah terrorists in an effort to bolster President Abbas. Hamas called the new Palestinian government unconstitutional.
The Taliban-supporting MMA political party organized rallies nationwide to protest the Lal Masjid assault. Troops have begun to patrol in Battagram and Swat, and an army brigade was deployed to Tank. The TNSM is enforcing a Friday holiday in Bajaur, while three pro-government tribal leaders were murdered in North Waziristan. Police arrested three “militants” in […]
Up to 30 Taliban have been killed in the Gershk district of Helmand province during Operation Little Storm. The Taliban beheaded another “U.S. spy,” the seventh in the past 10 days.
The Thai army has detained 342 suspected Muslim insurgents, including seven women, during raids in the south. Muslim insurgents killed four in attacks in the south.
Pashtuns keep Pakistan on edge
A new battle front opens in Pakistan
Al Shabaab insurgents (formerly Islamic Courts) threatened to derail the peace conference. Three were killed and 13 wounded in a series of bombings in Mogadishu. An Ethiopian army truck was hit with an IED.
An al Qaeda operations map. Click to view. The attempts to minimize the role played by al Qaeda in Iraq in the larger Sunni insurgency took a significant step over the past week. Clark Hoyt, the public editor of the New York Times, claimed that the media had become complicit in the government’s attempts to […]
Al Qaeda sharpening US focus, officials fear
Islamists fire rockets in Lebanon camp battle
Eleven Taliban were killed in Uruzgan, and six police were killed in Khost. The Taliban used a young boy in a bombing at a market in Helmand province. The U.S. donated 186 aircraft to the Afghan Air Force.
Intel report: Al-Qaida takes aim at US
Iranian forces, Kurdish guerrillas clash
Adbul Rashid Ghazi was buried in his home town as “Al Jihad” played at his service. His brother Abdul Aziz spoke at the funeral. Two suicide attacks in Swat and North Waziristan killed nine. A “US spy” was beheaded in North Waziristan. The FATA jirga called for the withdrawal of Pakistani troops as rumors of […]
After much work and effort (and a little stress), I can announce that the IRS has granted 501(c)(3) designation to Public Multimedia Inc. (PMI), the non-profit news organization born of my blogging efforts. This means that all donations made to PMI are 100% tax deductible. PMI is at a critical stage of its development. I […]
A breakdown of the progress and shortcomings of the Iraqi government in the Initial Benchmark Assessment Report to Congress Iraq. Click map to view. The Initial Benchmark Assessment Report, the interim report prior to the September assessment of the Iraqi government’s progress on the security and political fronts, was released today. The report assesses 18 […]