Shabaab fighters captured the town of Beletwein, the capital of Hiran province, as the provincial governor fled with troops. Shabaab then attacked a school and killed two British passport holders and two Kenyans. Ethiopian and Islamic Courts fighters fought pitched battled in Hiran on Sunday.
Al Qaeda linked website launches Italian section
Sadr: Troops Should Get Jobs Back
German chief of staff wants more troops
No back-channel talks on Iran: US
The Taliban killed 11 policemen after overrunning a station in Kandahar’s Arghandab district. Two British soldiers were killed in an IED attack near Kandahar Airfield. Afghan and NATO troops detained a leader in the Haqqani network in Khost province. Six Taliban fighters captured on March 12 have been identified as members of the Haqqani network. […]
British Army has killed 7,000 Taliban
British journalist freed in Basrah, Iraq
Operation Charge of Knights continues progress in Basrah
Afghans and Pakistanis squeezing Taliban and al Qaeda
IAEA: Iran Calls Off Nukes Meeting
Countering Iran
Shiite neighbourhoods ‘most troubled in Baghdad’
Top judge shot dead in southern Russia
Target: Bin Laden
Iraq and US to pressure Iran with diplomacy, force
One Special Groups leader and eight cell members were captured in southern Baghdad. A US helicopter crew killed one “criminal” and wounded another in Jabella. Police seized a truck loaded with weapons north of Al Kut. Iraqi security forces killed three insurgents and captured 14 in Baghdad, and captured an al Qaeda leader in Basrah.
Iran Ordered Muqtada al-Sadr to Return to Al-Najaf – Iraqi Sources
Iraqi Cabinet approves measure barring parties with militias from elections
Iraq’s spokesman said the military will press operations in the Mahdi Army stronghold in Baghdad. The Iraqi cabinet has approved the bill that will prevent political parties from contesting elections if they have a militia; the bill has gone to parliament for approval.
Iran denied the explosion at a mosque in Shiraz that killed 11 and wounded 191 was a bombing. The deputy interior minister said the explosion was “the result of an incident.” Coalition forces captured an Iranian-trained agent collecting intelligence on US airbases and troop movements near Balad. The slow pace of the investigation into the […]
Al Qaeda leader arrested in Basrah
1,300 Iraqi Troops, Police Dismissed
“Algeria welcomes the FBI”
4 Terrorists killed in Tizi Ouzou central Algeria
A Tunisian court has jailed 19 men for up to eight years for having links to al Qaeda’s North Africa wing. Local lawyers say about 1,000 people have been arrested since 2003 on terrorism charges including recruiting fighters for the Iraqi insurgency against US-led forces.
No al-Qaeda Saudis in Kuwait: minister
200 Pakistanis in Afghan jails: official estimate
Afghanistan: Warlordism ‘Is Winning’ Versus Democracy
Taliban insurgents ambushed a police patrol in Helmand killing four policemen and injuring seven others. A roadside blast hit a vehicle transporting a tribal elder in Khost province killing the elder’s son and two others. Afghan authorities arrested two locals and a third man from Kandahar for their alleged involvement in the suicide bombing that […]