Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qashqavi condemned attacks on Iranian citizens in Iraq. Clerics led by former president Khatami claimed that Iranians are losing confidence in their government. Secretary of State Clinton announced a potential “defense umbrella” over the Persia Gulf states to deter Iran. Former ambassador Crocker said that three Qods Force members detained by the […]
Two terror suspects were arrested at the Mogadishu airport. Shabaab denied kidnapping aid workers in Mandera. The UN vowed not to halt operations in Somalia but closed its offices in Baidoa after Shabaab looted them. Shabaab destroyed graves in towns near Afgoye.
Afghan and German troops killed 13 Taliban fighters in Kunduz province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed “several” Taliban fighters and detained one more during a raid in Helmand province. Afghan security forces detained seven suicide bombers, a Taliban commander and two fighters, and a cleric in Nimroz and Herat provinces. Mongolia will send more than […]
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The Army arrested ten members of a Fatah al Islam cell in the Ein al Hilweh Palestinian camp. The cell was plotting attacks against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon as well as against targets outside the country. Nine members were from outside Lebanon.
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The military said “over 50 militants” were killed during operations in Lower Dir on July 19-20. Six Taliban fighters and three soldiers were killed during fighting in Swat. The Taliban killed a Frontier Corps soldier in Bannu and two members of a peace committee in Mohmand.
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Fourteen Iraqis were killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad and Ramadi. A state of emergency was declared in Ramadi, and Fallujah has been placed under curfew. Security forces detained four Syrian terrorists in Mosul and a Diyala police lieutenant with links to al Qaeda in Iraq.
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Afghan and US forces repelled coordinated Taliban suicide assaults in Paktia and Nangarhar provinces; eight Taliban fighters and six Afghan security officials were killed. Ten Taliban fighters were killed while training with explosives in Ghazni province. Thirteen Taliban fighters and four policemen were killed during fighting in Kunduz province. Four US soldiers were killed in […]
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The Haqqani Network and the Tora Bora Front launched suicide assaults in Paktia and Nangarhar provinces. Eight Taliban fighters and six Afghan security officials were killed in the failed attacks.
Muqtada al Sadr is visiting Syria and meeting with President Bashar al Asad. “Al Sadr’s visit to Syria is within the framework of strengthening relations with the Iraqi resistance groups since the Trend is one of its important parties,” an aide to Sadr said.
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Iran’s police chief General Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam said that law enforcement will “act firmly” to prevent the illegal gatherings that foster “sedition and doubt.” Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi called on Muslims to expose the “tyranny, hegemony and the false claims of certain western countries on human rights.”