Najibullah Zazi is said to have admitted to receiving explosives training at an al Qaeda camp in Pakistan and may plead guilty as part of a deal to cooperate with the government. Zazi was the subject of FBI raids in New York City and Denver earlier this week.
AU urges more weapons for Somalia
Over at the New America Foundation, Sameer Lalwani has produced what I think is the best assessment out there on the problems in Pakistan’s northwest and the Pakistani military’s ability to counter the threat. Lalwani’s paper is titled “Pakistani Capabilities for a Counterinsurgency Campaign: A Net Assessment” [PDF format]. A read of the summary findings […]
Security forces killed a senior leader in the Naqshabandiya group in Khanaqin and detained two insurgents in Mosul. Insurgents killed seven civilians and wounded 21 more during a bombing at a market in Mahmudiya and kidnapped 11 civilians in Babil.
Tens of thousands of protesters chanted “death to the dictator” and hurled rocks at Iranian security forces during a march in Tehran. President Ahmadinejad called the Holocaust “a lie” during a speech. NATO wants Russia to pressure Iran to halt its nuclear program.
US taking Musharraf’s revelations on aid diversion seriously
Taliban put their heads together
Click to view slide show of the Haqqani Network. Pictured is a composite image of Siraj Haqqani. The Asia Times’ Syed Saleem Shahzad reports that the Taliban supremos in North and South Waziristan recently held a meeting in Khost province in Afghanistan. The meeting was called and chaired by Siraj Haqqani, the son of Jalaluddin […]
President Karzai said he “will not be forced into second ballot” by the international community. One Canadian and one US soldier were killed in Taliban attacks on Sept. 17. Coalition and Afghan forces detained three Taliban fighters in Kandahar and three Haqqani Network fighters in Khost.
Thirty-three Pakistanis were killed and more than 50 have been wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a bazaar packed with civilians shopping for the end of Ramadan celebrations.
Shabaab fighters have six more stolen United Nations vehicles primed as suicide bombs, the government said. The death toll from twin suicide car bombings at the African Union’s main base in Somalia rose to 21 Friday, including 17 peacekeepers. It was the deadliest attack on AU peacekeepers since 2007. France said Friday it has evacuated […]
US judge orders Kuwaiti held at Guantanamo freed
Silvio Berlusconi talks of pullout after six Italians die in Kabul
Image of Haqqani Network military commander Mullah Sangeen Zadran. Obtained by The Long War Journal from a Taliban propaganda tape. Matt Dupee passed along this As Sahab interview with a ‘Mawlawi Sangeen,’ who is identified as the “Director of Military Affairs of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan for Paktika province.” Although he is not identified as […]
Afghanistan: Taliban exalt deaths of ‘senior’ Italian soldiers
As Al Qaeda grows, Yemen battles Shia rebels
87 civilians killed in Yemen raid
Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters and detained 39 more in Swat, and killed two Taliban fighters in Bajaur. A NATO supply truck was torched in Khuzdar. Police registered charges against Hafiz Saeed for preaching jihad and soliciting money for terrorist actions.
Al Qaeda-linked group said to be planning India attacks
Two Shabaab suicide bombers drove cars with UN markings into an AMISOM compound in Mogadishu and detonated their explosives as senior African Union and Somali leaders met.
What happened to the US deadline on Iran?
The IAEA reported that Iran has “sufficient information” to build a nuclear weapon and is likely to “overcome problems” with developing a delivery system. US lawmakers called for tougher sanctions on Iran. Iran’s foreign minister said that there will be no direct talks between US and Iran on October 1.
Two Shabaab suicide bombers killed the deputy African Union commander and eight others in an attack on a base in Mogadishu. Shabaab took credit for the attack. Shabaab issued terms to the French that would ensure the release of a captive security official.
Insurgents killed five civilians and security personnel and wounded 13 more during attacks in Touz Khormato, Baghdad, Babil, and Tal Afar. An insurgent was killed while planting a bomb in Amiriyah. Security forces detained 11 wanted men in Basrah and seven more in Baqubah. The US has shut down detainee operations at Camp Bucca.
Indonesia: Bali suspect killed in Java raid
Counterterrorism police killed wanted Jemaah Islamiyah and al Qaeda leader Mohammed Noordin Top and three of his aides during a raid in Central Java. In addition to Top, wanted terrorists Bagus Budi Pranoto, Ario Sudarso, and Hadi Susilo were also killed. The four men made up most of the senior leadership of the Tandzim al-Qaedat […]
The news that RA International, a security contracting firm working as a subcontractor to Armor Group, has been running a brothel in Kabul is sure to raise the temperature of the anti-contractor crowd. But the reality is that it has been well known that brothels are being run in Kabul. They are euphemistically referred to […]
A suicide bomber killed six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians in an attack near the US embassy in Kabul. The Taliban killed two British soldiers in separate attacks in Helmand on Sept. 16 and one civilian in a bombing in Khost.
Two people were killed and 15 more were wounded in a grenade attack at a carnival on Jolo island by suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists. Ten Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters surrendered to the military in Mindanao, handing over a variety of small arms and ammunition.
Three Muslim men were killed and seven others were wounded in four separate shootings and a roadside bomb attack in Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala provinces. Despite violence in the southern provinces, economists predict that the Thai economy will dramatically recover and expand next year.