The captured operative is thought to lead the Iranian-backed Special Groups in Wasit, Babil, and Najaf provinces. Two senior members of Muqtada al Sadr’s political party were arrested in the raid, one was likely the Special Groups operative.
Mansoor reported wounded, captured along with five Taliban lieutenants. Pakistan’s military claimed he was wounded and captured crossing into Pakistan while unnamed intelligence sources claim he was captured in a seminary in Baluchistan.
Norway closes Afghan embassy over security threat
Iran Qods Force infiltrates Iraq
Jumblatt Issues Hezbollah Challenge
Israel threatens to hit Hamas leaders in Gaza
Sharia law in the UK may result in ‘legal apartheid’
Afghan Security companies fall foul of gun controls
Iran’s Ahmadinejad may visit Baghdad by late March
LeT plot to blow up Bombay Stock Exchange foiled, six held
Norway Shuts Afghan Embassy Over Threats
Former Terrorist of the “Islamic Army” in Iraq Abu Azzam Al-Tamimi: An American Withdrawal Will Spell Disaster – Iranian Occupation More Dangerous
An al Qaeda car bomb killed 23 and wounded 39 at a crowded market in Balad. A truck bomb killed four Iraqi soldiers and knocked out the power grid in northern Iraq. Coalition forces detained al Qaeda operatives and an IED facilitator during raids in central and northern Iraq. The Iraqi Army arrested 75 insurgents […]
The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff ruled out unilateral attacks inside Pakistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid denied Mullah Omar and the leadership is operating from Pakistan. Police arrested 30 “activists” from an unnamed “banned militant organization” operating in Lahore. German police have identified four citizens who are currently training in Pakistan’s tribal […]
Somalia’s prime minister traveled to Asmara, Eritrea to negotiate with the leaders of the Islamic Courts. Shabaab terrorists attacked the UN building in Mogadishu with three hand grenades.
Three Muslims were killed by Muslim insurgents in drive-by shootings and two soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Yala province. A village leader in Narathiwat province was killed by Muslim insurgents and his former assistant injured. Almost 60 percent of the insurgent-caused deaths in the South occurred on the roadways.
Terror Threat From Pakistan Said to Expand
Recently seized document and communiqu
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Security forces retook the toll booth at the Kohat tunnel after the Taliban captured it the day prior. Sixteen Taliban were captured in Swat. The Foreign Office rejected claims that Taliban and al Qaeda leaders are operating inside Pakistan.
A senior US official said Mullah Omar and the Taliban leadership are hiding in Pakistan. “They run the shura council, they run the strategic command and control out of the city of Quetta,” the official said. US forces detained three members an IED cell near the Pakistan border in the Bermel District of Paktika province.
Guantanamo Detainees Offered Classes, Movies in Push to Stem Frustration
Memo Blasts State Dept. Iraq Effort
Coalition forces killed four al Qaeda operatives and detained 21 in northern Iraq and in Diyala province. Iraqi security forces killed three al Qaeda fighters and detained 15 during raids in Zaganiyah, Al Athba, Baghdad, and Ramadi. Iraqi police killed an al Qaeda leader in Samarra.
Al Qaeda Leader’s Diary Reveals Organization’s Decline
A Pashtun party’s political rally is the target of the Taliban attack. Only four of the 24 districts in the Northwest Frontier Province have been rated as having a security situation sufficiently stable to hold elections.
Eight police were killed after their convoy was ambushed by fighters from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in El Oued province. Algerian security forces killed an al Qaeda leader and arrested six of his associates. The seven operatives were believed to be behind the December bombings at a court building and UN offices in […]