Dawn reports on the death of a dangerous Taliban commander who was captured in Swat on Sept. 22 after being “seriously wounded.” According to the military, Abu Faraj, a deputy to Mullah Fazlullah and a commander notorious for training and plotting suicide attacks, was killed during a clash in Swat while accompanying troops: In Swat, […]
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The operation to reclaim northern and central Helmand from the Taliban has begun as an additional 9,000 Marines are heading to Helmand.
A suicide assault team killed 40 Pakistanis in an attack on a mosque in Rawalpindi; two generals, four other officers, and relatives of many senior officers were among those killed. The Taliban took credit for the attack. Security forces killed 13 Taliban fighters in Swat, seven in Arakzai, and seven more in Dir. The Taliban […]
Pakistani soldiers stand guard outside the Rawalpindi mosque after the Taliban suicide assault. AFP photo. The Taliban didn’t blame today’s terror assault on Blackwater, but instead took credit. Here is the rationale, via Daily Times: Claiming responsibility for Friday’s attack, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) said the Parade Lane mosque was similar to Masjid-e-Zarrar built in […]
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One member of an IED cell was killed and another was wounded in a premature detonation near Mosul. Security forces detained three Mahdi Army fighters in Baghdad, a Special Groups operative in Amara, and a wanted man in Kirkuk. Insurgents wounded five Iraqis in a bombing in Baghdad.
A spokesman for Shabaab denied that the group was behind yesterday™s suicide bombing that killed at least 22 people, including three government ministers. The UN envoy to Somalia said it was “outrageous” to suggest anyone else was to blame. The African Union special representative for Somalia listed Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, America, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, and […]
Al Qaeda in Iraq has suffered stunning losses over the past two years, but a core of the intractable wing of the insurgency persists. A tragic case in point from the Associated Press: BAGHDAD – He compared al-Qaida in Iraq to wolves, urging that the terrorist group be crushed since he believed its members would […]
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US Marines backed by Afghan troops killed four Taliban fighters and located 300 mines in an ongoing offensive in Naw Zad. Afghan and Coalition forces detained several Taliban fighters in Kandahar. The Taliban killed a tribal leader in Zabul. NATO pledged an additional 7,000 troops.
The three Spanish aid workers kidnapped by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb have been reportedly transferred to AQIM operatives in northern Mali. Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the leader of AQIM™s smuggling and kidnapping operations in northern Mali and southern Algeria, is apparently in charge of the hostages.
Operatives behind the US’ not-so-covert air campaign against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan’s tribal areas claim that the number of civilian casualties is far lower than even Alex Mayer and I reported in our study from October [note: we’ll have a new one coming for the end of the year]. From The New […]
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Iran rejected the IAEA’s transparency demand on new atomic sites. Russian Premier Putin said he has no evidence that Iran is trying to develop a military nuclear program. President Ahmadinejad reiterated support for strong new ties with Brazil.