Pakistan’s defense minister denied that the US is operating Predators from inside the country. President Zardari said force must be used to defeat the Taliban, while Prime Minister Gilani said other measures are required. Security forces killed five Taliban in Swat and captured five suicide bomber in Quetta. The Taliban killed two women in Kohat […]
Abu Yahya al Libi, a spokesman and ideologue for al Qaeda, called on Muslims to attack the government of Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the former Islamic Courts Union leader and current President of Somalia. “Aim your arrows towards them…, direct your battles against them and intensify your campaign against them,” he said.
US offers Moscow concession on missile shield
President Sharif chose Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmake to be the new Prime Minister. The Ahlu Sunna Waljamea is backing President Sharif. Ethiopian troops withdrew from Kalaber on the border. A Russian warship captured 10 pirates and seized three ships.
Afghan defense minister and coalition commander agree on force multiplier
Australia may pay the families of five children who were killed in the crossfire after Taliban fighters opened fire on a patrol in Uruzgan province. The Czech Republic donated 12 helicopters to the Afghan Army. Security has been tightened in Kabul after yesterday’s assault on the Justice and Education ministries and the Prisons Directorate.
A female suicide bomber detonated her vest in a crowd of Shia pilgrims in Iskandariyah as they traveled to Karbala; 30 Iraqis were killed and scores were wounded. Two children were killed in a landmine explosion in Hillah. Three soldiers were wounded in a gunfight in Mosul. Iraqi forces detained an al Qaeda leader in […]
Seven people were killed in serial bombings in the district of Foum El Metlag. The first roadside bomb killed four members of a family. The second bombing targeted the emergency workers; three people, including a fireman and two policemen, were killed.
The attack is the third targeting Shia pilgrims traveling to Karbala over the past three days.
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Afghanistan: Haqqani Network behind Kabul attacks, say sources
Afghans investigate Pakistan link to Kabul raids
Swat District: Thousands March In favor Of Islamic Shari™a
Pakistan has conceded that the Mumbai attacks were launched from it soil; eight men were charged, including three senior Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders. The Taliban killed a policeman in North Waziristan and a soldier in Swat, and threatened to kill more politicians. Four Taliban fighters were killed in Bajaur.
Charges registered against eight men, six of whom are in prison. Three Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders have been charged.
Afghanistan – Taliban send a bloody warning
During a press conference at the former parliament hall in Baidoa, Shabaab spokesman Muktar Robow said that President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed is “far from the Mujahideen.” Two Somalis were killed in mortar attacks in Mogadishu. The US Navy captured seven suspected pirates before they could board a freighter.
Five Shia pilgrims were killed and 30 were wounded in an IED attack in Karbala. Four policemen were killed and three more were wounded in an IED attack in Mosul. Security forces detained 14 wanted men in Baghdad, two “Islamic State of Iraq” leaders in Mosul, and five al Qaeda fighters in Diyala.
Afghan troops have deployed throughout the capital of Kabul after yesterday’s Taliban assault. NATO has overcome legal hurdles to target drug kingpins as military targets. One policeman was killed and five more were wounded in a suicide attack in Paktika province.
Afghans investigate Pakistan link to Kabul raids
Pakistan says it arrests Mumbai attack plotters
Interrogator: British Gitmo detainee aided in terror probe
US Navy arrests pirate suspects in Gulf of Aden
Three policemen killed in southern Thai bombing
Gear for Iraq may extend US stay
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UK plans anti-extremism ad drive for Pakistanis
Baitullah Mehsud wanted to use Polish geologist Piotr Stanczak to negotiate the release of several of his fighters. Qari Hussain Mehsud’s followers beheaded Stanczak after the government refused to free members of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
Poland: ‘Structure of Pakistani government™ fostering terrorism