Thirty-four Iraqis were killed and scores were wounded in six car bombings in Baghdad. Seven soldiers were wounded in a suicide attack in Dalouyia. Security forces detained 74 suspected insurgents in Basrah, 21 in Dhi Qhar, 15 in Kirkuk, two Special Groups fighters in Al Kut, two al Qaeda fighters in Wasit, and two doctors […]
A DC district court has ruled that detainee Hedi Hammamy was properly held at Guantanamo. Hammamy is alleged to have fought at Tora Bora, and worked for a network of al Qaeda cells in Europe that plotted against the 1998 World Cup tournament in France.
Pakistan grapples with slide in security
Six car bombs kill 34 across Baghdad
The budget crunch has halted the expansion of the Iraqi Security Forces. The purchase of major weapons systems is up in the air.
Europeans offer few new troops for Afghanistan
Time is short as US presses Pakistan, a reluctant ally
Security forces arrested 35 members of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb who come from Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania, and Mali. Al Qaeda warned Algerians against re-electing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and described him as a “ferocious enemy.”
‘Al Qaeda-Taliban combo has chemical weapon formula’
Terrorist eludes US in Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 24 civilians in an attack at a Shia mosque in Pakistan. The Taliban vowed to conduct two suicide attacks per week until the US Predator strikes end. The Swat Taliban have expanded into Buner and bombed a girls school in Bannu. The military killed 18 Taliban fighters in Mohmand.
Shabaab fighters killed four young men and wounded five more after ordering the men in Lower Jubba not to carry weapons in town. Hizbul Islam fighters killed two people in a mortar attack in Mogadishu. The Somali government ordered all aid groups to register or leave the country.
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 14 Taliban fighters in Zabul province, killed one Taliban fighter and captured eight more in Kandahar province, captured four Haqqani Network fighters in Logar province, and captured a Taliban commander and three fighters in Khost province. A US airman was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan.
Taliban threaten 2 attacks per week in Pakistan
Karzai: Afghanistan to review criticized sharia law
NATO allies pledge 5,000 troops to Afghanistan
Iraqi forces detained six al Qaeda fighters in Diyala and five insurgents in Babil. A senior interior ministry general was killed in Baghdad. One policeman was killed and five were wounded in two IED attacks in Fallujah. One policeman was killed and four were wounded in an attack in Baqubah. The governor of Basrah escaped […]
Pakistan – Punjab government warns of attack on Adiala Jail
War for Pakistan
Swat video ‘conspiracy to malign Islam™: Pakistan International Human Rights committee
The Taliban terror-insurgency continues to shift eastward. A bomber detonated at the front gate of a mosque in Punjab province in the latest attack on religious sites in Pakistan.
UK: Abu Qatada ‘issues jail edicts’
Pakistan – FBI rejects Mehsud™s claim for NY attack
A US airstrike in North Waziristan killed 13 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters. The Taliban killed 17 civilians in a suicide attack on a military checkpoint in North Waziristan and eight policemen in a suicide attack in Islamabad. Security forces killed 8 Taliban fighters in Mohmand and one more in Hangu. Three Taliban fighters were […]
(Pakistan) Target: terror secretariat
American interests in Pakistan
Al Qaeda leadership resides in Pakistan’s tribal areas: US
Taliban insurgent Mehsud makes his move
The bomber struck at the Frontier Constabulary camp in Pakistan’s capital. The unit is responsible for providing security at diplomatic missions and VIP homes.
Two civilians were killed and eight more were wounded in a bombing outside a popular restaurant in Isabela township on Basilan island. The governor of Sulu province warned Abu Sayyaf to release the kidnapped Red Cross workers and said no more ransom money will be paid.