Shabaab admitted having foreign members and links to al Qaeda, but said it is not part of the global terror group. Shabaab fighters detained more than 70 people during operations in Bardhere. Three civilians were killed in fighting between Burundian troops and Islamist fighters.
Officer leads old corps in new role in Pakistan
Security forces detained 22 insurgents in Basrah and six more in Maysan, three weapons smugglers in Najaf along the Saudi Arabian border, and two Naqshabandiya fighters in Makhmour. Three civilians were wounded in a bombing in Balad Ruz. The Interior minister said al Qaeda in Iraq would not regain its power.
Pakistani investigators believe the Lashkar-e-Taiba was responsible for this week’s military assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team. Lashkar-e-Taiba denied involvement.
US says Iran expected to be included in Afghan talks
Gunmen who attacked cricketers in Lahore ‘had links to al-Qaeda’
Hezbollah taking wait-and-see position on British contact
Syria™s delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency said his country will no longer allow inspection visits. Syria has demanded an end to the investigation of its nuclear program and requested the IAEA inspect Israeli nuclear sites instead.
Judge tosses ex-sailor’s terror-support conviction
Singapore man admits to 2001 airport terror plot
The government acceded to further Taliban demands in Swat. Sufi Mohammed asked Mullah Fazlullah to end attacks in Swat and lay down arms. A grenade attack in a mosque in Dera Ismail Khan wounded 25 worshipers. The Taliban bombed a Sufi shrine and CD shops in Mardan, and mortared a police station in Peshawar.
One day after intimating that India was behind the assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team, Pakistan’s interior minister said there is no evidence of Indian involvement.
The Israeli Air Force struck smuggling tunnels in Gaza and killed three Islamic Jihad fighters after a Grad rocket attack struck a synagogue in Netivot. Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti may be part of the deal to free kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Britain open to engaging in direct talks with Hezbollah
Thirteen Iraqis were killed and 57 were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in Hillah. Insurgents killed one policeman in Baghdad and one soldier in Mosul. Security forces detained 16 wanted men in Basrah, seven more in Thi Qhar, and nine al Qaeda fighters in Baqubah.
Philippine government halts pursuit of MILF commanders
Pakistan: State of emergency
Sheik Abduqadir Ali Omar, the former leader of the Islamic Courts Union, has been appointed Minister of the Interior. The minister of fisheries and marine resources, who was a senior official of the Islamic Courts, has declared ‘war’ on the Somali media. Five hundred Burundian peacekeepers have arrived in Mogadishu.
Car bomb in south Iraq livestock market kills 12
Israeli air strike kills three Gaza terrorists
Pakistani officials are accusing India of being behind the Lahore attack; India’s home minister said the accusations are ‘complete rubbish.’ A cricket official present at the attack said security was suspiciously lax. The Taliban bombed a school in Bajaur.
Iran says it will launch first atom power plant in summer
Pakistan: Drone attacks — a survey
Pakistan: How the terrorists duped security in Lahore
Pakistan: Two suspects accused of liberty ambush held
Two Iraqis were killed and 21 were wounded in a bombing in Mosul. A senior Awakening leader was killed in an IED attack in Balad. Security forces detained 10 wanted men in Baghdad, three in Diyala, and three more in Nasariyah. MNF-I denied rumors that it released two Iranian prisoners.
Philippine security forces prevent MILF bomb attack
Three Canadian soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province. A suicide attack outside the Bagram Air Base wounded three US contractors. The minister of the interior said elections would be safer in the summer than in the spring.
Pakistan’s militants ready for more
The commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps said his country’s missiles can target Israel’s nuclear facilities. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attacked the US for its continuing ‘unconditional’ support of Israel. Saudi Arabia urged Arab countries to unite and stand against Iran.