A female suicide bomber killed nine Iraqis in Baqubah. Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda operatives and detained 12 suspects in raids throughout Iraq. Policemen captured nine al Qaeda operatives while three policemen were killed in an IED attack in Ninewa province. US and Iraqi troops captured two Special Groups fighters in Babil and one […]
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The US Embassy has reported two US journalists who left to vacation in the north near Tripoli have been missing since Oct. 1. President Michel Sleiman said the Lebanese Armed Forces needed to be equipped with advanced weaponry in order to confront terrorism and preserve the peace in Lebanon.
The leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb dismissed its chief Islamic scholar, Rashid Zerami, for opposing suicide bombings in Algeria. An Army major was killed in a bombing in M™sila; the bomb was hidden under the dead body of a man kidnapped by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
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Seven people were wounded in a series of small bombings in Lahore. The leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami asked the government to halt operations in the tribal areas. The Taliban bombed two girls colleges and kidnapped tow policemen and two security guards in Swat. The Taliban freed five government officials in Hangu. The Salarzai tribe said […]
Mortar exchanges between Shabaab and Somali forces in Mogadishu claimed 20 killed and 35 wounded. Tribesmen in Gedo vowed to expel the Islamic Courts from the region. Shabaab took a cut of the ransom money paid for a Spanish ship. Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said the Islamic Courts has not yet implemented the ceasefire.
Coalition forces captured 16 al Qaeda operatives in northern Iraq. Police detained 10 insurgents in Mosul. Coalition forces captured five Hezbollah Brigades operatives in Al Kut and a Special Groups fighter in Baghdad. A US Soldier was killed in Mosul.
Five injured in series of blasts in Lahore
US and Afghan forces killed 43 Taliban during fighting in the Qalat district in Zabul province. An ISAF soldier accidentally killed a civilian during an escalation of force incident in Paktika. Germany has extended its mandate to operate in Afghanistan by 14 months.
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The US military denied an airplane carrying US military and civilian personnel was forced to land in Iran after Iranian news agencies reported eight Americans were captured and released. The plane was later reported to be a civilian Hungarian Falcon jet.
A federal judge ordered the government to immediately release 17 al Qaeda-linked Uighers from Guantanamo Bay into the United States since they are no longer considered enemy combatants. China is demanding the US release them back to China. The US fears the men will be tortured.
Senior US sources see no evidence the Taliban have severed ties with al Qaeda. Europe is seeking an out from Afghanistan.
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More than 20 Pakistanis were killed in a suicide bombing in Bhakkar in Punjab province. Qari Hussain has reopened a terror camp for children in Spinkai in South Waziristan. Six Taliban fighters were killed in Bajaur. Four Taliban fighters were killed and eight were captured in Darra Adam Khel. The governor of the Northwest Frontier […]