The coordinated attacks hit the presidential palace, a UN compound, and the Ethiopian Consulate in Somaliland, and an intelligence headquarters in Puntland. The attacks were carried out by Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked terror group.
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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said calls for peace talks are “worthless” and ridiculed the Afghan-Pakistani jirga. Four Taliban were killed in fighting in Bajaur; the Mamoond tribes banned the Taliban from entering their areas.
A Pakistani and an “Iranian infiltrator” are among those detained in security sweeps in Basrah province.
Iraqi forces detained 180 suspects in a sweep in Basrah, 22 insurgents in Baghdad, and five al Qaeda fighters in Diyala. Coalition forces detained four Hezbollah Brigades fighters in Abd ar Rahman and seven al Qaeda operatives in central and northern Iraq. Four Iraqi police recruits were murdered in Mosul. An Iraqi court convicted one […]
Shabaab spokesman Muktar Robow said Ethiopia “must admit defeat” and rejected the Djibouti peace agreement. An Ethiopia spokesman said his country would withdraw when the security vacuum is filled. An IED attack killed several soldiers and regional administrators in Merca.
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The Oct. 26 assault by US forces into eastern Syria killed al Qaeda’s senior facilitator and his staff. Syria’s foreign minister claimed the raid did not target al Qaeda operatives. Iraq’s spokesman said the government “rejects” the raid but reiterated Syria should stop sheltering al Qaeda operatives.
The Afghan-Pakistani jirga agreed to negotiate with Taliban elements willing to accept the supremacy of the constitutions of both countries. US troops killed 12 Taliban during the recovery of the downed Blackhawk helicopter in Wardak province. Coalition troops killed one Haqqani network operative and captured seven during operations in Ghazni province. One Coalition soldier was […]
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Taliban commander Haji Omar was reported to have been killed in the Oct. 26 airstrike. The Pakistani Senate passed a resolution against US violation of Pakistan™s sovereignty. Ten Taliban were killed in Swat. Two civilians were killed in a bombing in Quetta. Baitullah Mehsud’s brother was killed in Bannu.
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Kurdish PM predicts US troops will remain in Iraq until 2020
US troops killed five Mahdi Army fighters after they attacked a New Baghdad outpost. Coalition forces killed four al Qaeda operative and captured seven during raids nationwide. Iraqi forces arrested an “Iranian infiltrator” in Basrah, a Special Groups leader in Al Kut, seven al Qaeda operatives in Diyala and Ninewa, twelve insurgents near Tal Afar, […]
New NATO offensive in Uruzgan
The Taliban downed a US helicopter in Wardak province; no casualties were reported. Two US soldiers and an Afghan child were killed in a suicide attack in Baghlan province. The Taliban abducted 14 road workers in Kunar province.
Abu Ghadiya and his network’s senior leadership was killed in yesterday’s raid near Albu Kamal. The network funnels foreign fighters, weapons, and cash from Syria into Iraq.