A suicide bomber detonated near the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran. The Guardian Council reported that it is ready to recount a tenth of the votes from the election, and is prepared to deploy riot police to quell future protests. Karoubi’s Etemad-e Melli party canceled its scheduled rally on Saturday due to lack of […]
Deoband ulema term all Taliban actions un-Islamic
Sufi Mohammed, the pro-Taliban cleric behind the Malakand Accord, is reportedly in custody in Peshawar. He is the latest TNSM leader to be rounded up.
Chants against West punctuate Khamenei’s defiant speech
Iran’s leader: End protests or risk ‘bloodshed’
Pakistan: Wheels within wheels
Fifteen Taliban fighters and one Army major and a sergeant were killed in a clash in Bajaur. The military killed four Taliban fighters in Swat and Buner. The air force launched strikes against Baitullah’s hideouts in South Waziristan. The Taliban bombed three schools in Bajaur.
Police investigators told an Indian court that Lashkar-e-Taiba had direct links to Maoists in Jharkhand. The information came from Mohd Omar Madni, a leader for Lashkar-e-Taiba in India and Nepal, who was detained earlier this month.
Iraq, Afghanistan wars coordinated from afar
Insurgents killed two soldiers in Jalawlaa, a soldier and a civilian and the coach of the national karate team in Mosul, and a policeman in Khanaqin. Security forces detained nine guards for Basrah’s provincial council, six wanted men in Maysan, and one more in Al Kut.
Iraq confident about security after US troops leave towns
Casualties in yesterday’s suicide attack in Betelweyn rose to 35 killed and more than 50 wounded. The Kenyan government said it was prepared to intervene in Somalia to stem the deteriorating security situation. Ethiopian troops visited the town of Elberde in Bakol province to meet with town elders.
UK summons Iran™s ambassador over Khamenei speech
Lebanon Hezbollah, rival hold reconciliation talks
Palau’s Muslims anxiously await Gitmo detainees
The Taliban beheaded a student at Kandahar University and kidnapped another and killed two ISAF soldiers in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan. Afghan and Coalition troops killed Haji Ghulam Jan, a Taliban logistics expert and IED facilitator, during a raid in Farah province.
Supreme Leader Khamenei addressed an audience at Tehran University during Friday prayers praising the reelection of President Ahmadinejad as “epic moment that became a historic moment,” and stated that the Islamic Republic “would not betray the vote of the people.” This was the first public appearance by Ahmadinejad since his reelection. Candidates Mousavi and Karrubi […]
Shadowy Iranian Vigilantes Promise Bolder Action
A US strike in South Waziristan killed 11 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters. The military said 34 Taliban fighters were killed in Swat and Upper Dir, and the Swat operation is nearly over. The Taliban killed two “US spies” in North Waziristan and bombed a school in Khyber.
Philippine military shifts tactics against Abu Sayyaf
Four militants were killed when over 100 Thai soldiers and police surrounded and cleared a village in Yala province. Prime Minister Vejjajiva stated that insurgents operating in southern Thailand have no connection to the al Qaeda network, claiming that the insurgents have little organization.
Thai Muslims: Development aid will not end insurgency
India’s counterterrorism Multi-Agency Centre reported that there are 42 terror training camps inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir that are devoted to attacks inside India and Indian-held Kashmir. There are 17 “active” and four “holding or dormant” camps inside each of the two regions that train and house an estimated 2,200 terrorists.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians joined presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in Tehran to mourn those killed during protests since last weekend’s election that was declared in favor of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mousavi urged the crowds to conduct peaceful demonstrations.
US drones kill 9 in Waziristan: Pakistan officials
US concerned over reluctant Afghan police force
Battle against Pakistan’s top Taliban leaders demands specialized military tactics
Tech-savvy protesters battle Iranian government in cyberspace
Two Kuwaitis get 5-year jail for sending youths to Afghan jihad
A Shabaab suicide bomber killed the interior minister and a former ambassador during an attack outside a hotel in Beletwein that killed more than 20 people. Ten more Somalis have been killed during fighting in Mogadishu. The Hawiye clan denounced African Union troops for shelling in the capital.