A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader threatened to attack the US Navy and Tel Aviv if Iran’s nuclear program is targeted. President Ahmadinejad said he does not foresee war between Iran and the US and Israel. The US and UK completed a military exercise in the Persian Gulf.
Iran to hit Tel Aviv, US ships if attacked
Pakistan’s largest city and vital port is hit by seven small bombs. One person was killed and more than 50 were wounded in a city where extremism is on the rise.
Baghdad’s Grasp on Iraq’s South
Helicopter crews from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment played a crucial role during this spring’s battle against the Mahdi Army in Sadr City.
More than 50 people were wounded in a series of small bombings in Karachi. The government met with the Swat Taliban to discuss the terms of the May 21 peace agreement. A peace jirga arrived in Khyber to negotiate directly with Lashkar-e-Islam leader Mangal Bagh. A military post in Mohmand was attacked from Afghanistan.
Israel signs prisoner swap deal with Hezbollah
Police and military units clashed in the Lower Shabelle region. Shabaab terrorists killed a senior UN official and wounded two others. The prime minister accused the Islamic Courts of breaking the peace agreement signed last month. The chief of the courts in Hiran resigned after accusing the government of failing to do its job.
Nine civilians were killed and 12 were wounded in a suicide attack in Baqubah. The Iraqi Army claimed it captured the finance minister for al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq. Coalition forces captured 13 suspected al Qaeda operatives in central and northern Iraq. An Iraqi SWAT team captured five Special Groups operatives in central Iraq. […]
Diplomats ready to flee Islamabad
A suicide car bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul killed 41, including India’s defense attache. Coalition special forces killed Mullah Nissam, a Taliban commander in Wardak province. Coalition forces killed “several” Taliban fighters and captured seven during a raid in Helmand province. The US military denied a strike in Nangarhar province killed 27 […]
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A suicide car bomber hit the outside wall of the Indian embassy. More than 140 were reported wounded. The Indian defense attache was killed in the attack.
Iraqi Shiite Party rises as Sadr falls
Iran has resumed A-bomb project, says West
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Fifteen policemen, including a police chief, were among 19 killed in a suicide bombing in Islamabad. The military will release all prisoners detained in the Khyber operation after the government agreed to end the offensive. The Taliban established sharia courts in Bajaur. The government and the Taliban swapped prisoners in Mohmand.
Police detained a senior al Qaeda leader in Kirkuk while 20 fighters surrendered in the city. Coalition forces captured four al Qaeda operatives during raids nationwide. US troops captured a Special Groups leader in Baghdad and blamed the Al Difili Special Groups cell for the bombing in Baghdad’s Sha’ab neighborhood.
Police forces nab key al-Qaeda commander in Kirkuk
Attack occurred in Nangarhar province in a district neighboring the Pakistani tribal agency of Khyber.
Iraq: Electricity production up over 10%
UAE cancels Iraq debt, names new envoy
Fifteen policemen killed, more than 40 wounded in the strike, which occurred during the anniversary of the Lal Masjid assault.
‘Jihadistan’ in Hindu Kush – the rise of a terrorist state
Senior Sadrist leader detained in Sadr City; Sadrist office closed in Shula; company commander detained in Karadah; bombing in Sha’ab killed six.
Iraqis lead final purge of al Qaeda
Shabaab killed six Somalis, including a government official, in bombing in Mogadishu. Shabaab fighters seized the town of Walaweyn. Muktar Robow, spokesman for al Shabaab, threatened to attack Baidoa if lawmakers support an military operation.