Afghan security forces killed 15 Taliban fighters and captured 11 more in Wardak, killed two Taliban fighters during clashes in Herat, and captured four more in Ghazni. The Taliban killed three Afghan soldiers in an IED attack in Zabul and one British soldier in an IEd attack in Helmand, and launched a radio station in […]
Waliur Rehman Mehsud spoke to the media and denied he and Hakeemullah Mehsud clashed, and said no shura meeting to designate a successor to Baitullah Mehsud took place. “There are no differences,” Waliur said. “There was no fighting. We both are alive, and there was no special shura meeting.”
Top was initially reported as killed during a raid, but police have detained an individual who witnesses say resembles Top.
Given the Pakistani government’s poor track record in reporting on the deaths of senior extremist leaders as well as on recent events, the government’s claims must be looked upon with skepticism.
A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated outside the French embassy in the capital of Nouakchott. The bomber was killed and two security guards were lightly wounded during the attack. No group has claimed responsibility, but al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is the likely culprit.
Indonesian investigators have doubts that Noordin Mohammed Top was killed during a shootout with Detachment 88 in central Java. “He’s not yet dead, in fact DNA tests prove that the body that was recovered was not of Noordin Mohammed Top,” counterterrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna told Al Jazeera.
Jakarta bomb suspect death in doubt
Three senior Pakistani Taliban leaders denied that Baitullah Mehsud was killed in the Aug. 5 airstrike in South Waziristan. The leaders said the Taliban shura would release a video confirming he is alive. A Taliban commander denied reports that Hakeemullah Mehsud and Waliur Rahman were killed in a clash at a shura meeting.
Iraq asks Iran about 3 detained Americans
Accused spies offer apologies at Iran trial
Security forces detained five terrorists in Wasit and four insurgents in Ramadi. Insurgents killed a policeman in Mosul and wounded another in Kirkuk. The United Nations Security Council extended the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) until August 2010.
US Apache gunship helicopters wounded six Afghan policemen while targeting Taliban fighters in Ghazni province. ISAF is investigating claims that two civilians were killed in a Coalition mortar attack in Uruzgan province. Tribesmen in Laghman province detained five Taliban fighters.
Mehsud alive, insists aide
Pakistanis admit helping in Mehsud missile strike
Pakistan’s two-faced game
Military commanders and potential successors Hakeemullah Mehsud and Qari Hussain Mehsud, spokesman Maulvi Omar, aide Qari Hidayatullah, and a former Islamist politician all claimed Baitullah is alive and will speak to the media.
Indonesian police kill regional JI leader
International Security Assistance Forces investigates civilian casualty reports in Uruzgan province
Noordin Mohammed Top, Southeast Asia’s most wanted terrorist, blew himself up after police surrounded and assaulted a farm house in central Java. Top was a senior Jemaah Islamiyah operative and the leader of the Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad, which is linked to Jemaah Islamiyah and al Qaeda.
Top was the leader of the al Qaeda-linked Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad. He reportedly blew himself up as he was surrounded by children.
Reports from Pakistan indicate Baitullah Mehsud was killed during the Aug. 5 airstrike in South Waziristan. Waliur Rehman Mehsud and Hakeemullah Mehsud are said to be in the running to take over for Baitullah. The Taliban killed 18 rivals in the Abdullah Mehsud group in Tank. Clashes between the Lashkar-e-Islam and the Ansarul Islam resulted […]
Good riddance, killer Baitullah
Kyrgyzstan detains six Islamists for ‘propaganda’
Three British special forces troops killed in Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban Says Unharmed By Mehsud Death
A Swat rebel speaks (Part 2)
Administration aiming to set Afghanistan benchmarks
Bodies pile up in Swat Valley as tribesmen turn tables on Taliban tormentors
Drone attacks in tribal Pakistan force al-Qaeda into urban areas
A suicide bomber killed 38 Iraqis and wounded 90 more during an attack outside a Shia mosque in Mosul. Insurgents killed six Shia pilgrims outside a mosque in Baghdad, three policemen in separate attacks in Mosul, and an Awakening fighter in Diyala. Security forces detained four al Qaeda fighters in Diyala, and also two terrorists […]