The Caucasus Emirate took credit for last week’s bombing that derailed a train traveling between Moscow and St. Petersburg. The bombing killed 26 people. “We declare that this operation was prepared and carried out … pursuant to the order of the Emir of Caucasus Emirate [Doku Umarov],” the group said in a statement at the […]
Pak formally asks Mehsud tribe to handover Hakeemullah
Mumbai plotter Lakhvi’s indictment to be challenged in Lahore
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A suicide bomber killed a guard outside the naval headquarters in Islamabad. Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Hangu and detained 128 more, killed a Taliban commander and a fighter in Kurram and detained 12 more, detained 14 Taliban fighters in Swat, and captured nine Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber.
US Army Major Nidal Hasan has been charged with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder for the Nov. 5 shooting rampage at Fort Hood. Hasan has already been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.
Pakistan’s Karachi the Taliban revenue engine – mayor
The reporter who famously threw a shoe at George Bush received similar treatment from an Iraqi colleague during a press conference in Paris yesterday. From Al Sumaria Iraqi TV: An Iraqi journalist threw his shoe on Tuesday at Iraqi reporter Montazer Al Zaidi who was imprisoned for throwing his shoes at U.S. President George W. […]
Fate of Afghanistan surge ‘lies in Pakistan’
Gates gives more details of Afghan transition strategy
Iran whistleblower died from drug-laced salad
McChrystal: Surge marks turning point in conflict
Petraeus: Afghan ‘surge™ to target terrorist leaders
MILF and the government will resume peace talks Dec. 8-9 in Malaysia, following the establishment of the International Contact Group to mediate the process. The ICG consists of the UK, Japan, and Turkey as well as international nongovernmental organizations. The founder of MNLF, Nur Misuari, was acquitted of leading a violent rebellion in Jolo in […]
A blast targeted a cinema in Bosaso, killing three people. A second blast targeted a mosque in Galkayo. A Shabaab commander from the southern Shabelle region defected to the government. The Somali government demoted the chief of the national armed forces and the chief of the police force.
Iraqi security forces killed one al Qaeda fighter and detained two commanders and eight al Qaeda operatives in Ninewa, As Sadiya, and Duluiyah, and detained five wanted men in Basrah. Insurgents killed a soldier and a civilian in Baghdad.
The US will deploy an additional 30,000 troops; Poland has pledged an additional 600 troops. Afghan and US forces killed six Taliban fighters in Kunar and detained several more in Kandahar. The Taliban killed four policemen in an IED attack in Helmand and one US soldier in the South.
Screening asymmetrical and symmetrical threats at sea
There are no major surprises in the Taliban’s response on the Voice of Jihad web page to President Obama’s speech on next steps in Afghanistan. You can also read the Taliban’s response to President Obama’s plan here in PDF format at a non-terrorist site. Here are some of the main themes: “You send more troops, […]
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The Taliban contest or control of large areas of Afghanistan, and are in control of several districts in the north, south, east, and west.
One naval security guard was killed after the teenaged suicide bomber detonated at the guardpost outside the naval headquarters in the capital of Islamabad.
Desertions undermine Afghan army
A US soldier stands against the Afghan skyline after securing a combat outpost in Rajankala in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. US Air Force photo by Tech. Sergeant Francisco V. Govea II.. I haven’t had much time to comment on the Afghan “surge” and President Obama’s speech over the past 24 hours because I’ve been busy with […]
President Ahmadinejad announced that Iran will now enrich uranium to 20 percent. Tehran freed five British sailors whose yacht entered Iranian waters. Government police will provide security during national student day on Dec. 7.
The Taliban killed a member of the provincial assembly in a suicide attack in Swat and four tribal leaders in Arakzai and Swabi. The military killed four Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber and detained 10 Taliban fighters in Swat.
Iraqi filmmakers defy militants with screenings at bomb sites
Man with a plan must deliver for America: General Stanley McChrystal