Iraqi police captured 65 Mahdi Army fighters during operations in Dhi Qhar province. Police detained three Special Groups operatives believed to be involved in the February 2007 attack at the Karbala PJCC. Iraqi and Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda fighters and detained five during raids in northern Iraq. Iraqi Special Operations Forces detained four […]
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A US Air Force unmanned Predator is believed to have carried out an attack inside Pakistan’s lawless tribal zone. The Pakistani government recently signed an agreement with the Taliban in Mohmand.
Operations against the Mahdi Army and the Iranian Ramazan Corps’ network in the South continue as 55 “wanted men” are detained in the province of Dhi Qhar.
Hassan Dahir Aweys and Hassan Abdullah Hersi al Turki, two senior al Qaeda leaders in the Islamic Courts, rejected the terms of the cease-fire agreement signed by Sheikh Sharif Ahmed. “We don’t see that as a peace deal, we see it as a trap,” Aweys said, noting his faction was conducting the attacks in Somalia. […]
Fatah al Islam leader Shaker Abssi lashed out against Sunnis, Hezbollah, and the US, and hinted the al Qaeda-linked group would renew attacks. The Army has reacted to the recent fighting in the Bekaa Valley and elsewhere by conducting raids on targeted individuals.
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Spanish police arrested eight cell members of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb during separate raids in Pamplona, Barcelona, and Castellon. The eight men are Algerian nationals and are accused of financing terror operations in Algeria. Ten other suspects were detained for supporting the cell.
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Muqtada al Sadr influences the Mahdi Army’s ‘Special Groups’ more than the military will admit. Written by Bill Roggio and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross for The Weekly Standard.
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The central government said the Swat peace agreement is suspended; the Taliban and the provincial government disagree. Baitullah Mehsud threatened to turn Pakistan’s cities into battlefields. Four policemen were wounded in a bombing that purportedly targeted Sufi Muhammad. More Taliban are scheduled to be released from jail.
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The Somali government and the Islamic Courts-backed Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia signed a truce that will begin in 30 days and last for 90 days. Fourteen Ethiopian soldiers were killed in fighting north of Mogadishu on Sunday. Islamic Courts fighters attacked the Speaker of Parliament’s home in Baidoa; his secretary was killed.
Coalition forces killed five al Qaeda operatives and detained 13 during raids in the North. Iraqi Army and police forces arrested 12 “wanted men” and seized a bomb factory in Basrah and found a large cache in Karbala. Five “wanted men” were captured north of Al Kut, and a man behind sectarian killings was captured […]
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The central government said the deal has been negated due to Taliban attacks. The provincial government and the Taliban claim the deal is still intact.
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