A member of the Sindh assembly from the MQM party was gunned down in a mosque in Karachi; the government blamed the Sipah-i-Sahaba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Riots have broken out in Karachi; 29 people have been killed. The military killed 15 Taliban fighters in Arakzai.
The website is linked to the Pakistan-based al Qaeda military formation that is commanded by Ilyas Kashmiri.
Petraeus puts protecting people at strategy™s center
Three men charged with plotting to blow up Kennedy Airport in New York have been found guilty after a month-long trial. Russell Defreitas, Abdul Kadir, and Abdul Nur planned an operation they referred to as “The Shining Light,” which consisted of blowing up jet fuel tanks. Defreitas and Kadir face life in prison.
Shabaab and Hizbul Islam spokesmen held a joint press conference in Mogadshu and said the two groups are continuing talks over a merger. The spokesmen denied reports that talks had failed. A Shabaab spokesman said additional African Union troops “will be met with strong resistance.”
Insurgents killed eight Iraqis, including an Army officer, in attacks in Mosul, Fallujah, and Baghdad. Security forces killed a Naqshabandi fighter and detained two others southwest of Mosul, and arrested four Hezbollah Brigades members in Hussainiyah.
US drawdown in Iraq proceeding as planned, Obama says
Doku Umarov has stepped down as the leader of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate. He has named Aslambek Vadalov, the former military commander of the Eastern Front of the Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate, as his successor.
Petraeus resets airstrike rules in Afghanistan
Qari Zia Rahman was again the target of a raid in Kunar, while more than 30 Taliban fighters were killed in neighboring Nuristan.
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US hints at operation in Pakistan
Pakistan: Flood kills 1,500 and diverts war effort
‘2.5m people affected’ by Pakistan floods officials say
A suicide bomber killed five children in Kandahar while President Karzai’s adviser on tribal affairs was wounded in an IED attack in Jalalabad. Security forces killed more than 30 Taliban fighters and detained several more during operations in Nuristan, Kunar, Khost, Paktia, Kandahar, and Helmand.
China warned not to take advantage of Iran sanctions
A blast at the home of Hamas commander Alaa al Danaf wounded 24 Palestinians. Hamas blamed Israel and claimed it was an attack, but Israel denied any involvement in the explosion.
Rockets launched from Egypt’s Sinai landed in the cities of Aqaba in Jordan and Eliat in Israel. One Jordanian was killed in Aqaba and four more were wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks.
The leader of the al Qaeda-linked terror group in southern Russia turned command over to Aslambek Vadalov, who was named his successor just one week ago.
The destruction of a bazaar in the Now Zad district in Helmand province raises difficult questions about the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan.
Abu Musab Abdulwadud, the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, claimed that his terror group negotiated with France over the release of Michel Germaneau. “France’s president launched a cowardly military action while negotiations were under way to release Michel Germaneau,” Abdulwadud said, contradicting the French government.
Gates cites peril in leak of Afghan war logs by WikiLeaks
Iraq Shi’ite bloc rejects incumbent Maliki as PM
Al Qaeda leaders from Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Sudan, and the United States hold top leadership positions in the Somali terror group.
UK immigration: 300,000 a year let in on student visas
American Muslims make video to rebut militants
More than 1,000 people have been killed in floods in Pakistan. Security forces killed 15 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Arakzai. The Taliban killed two soldiers in an IED attack in South Waziristan.
US officials say war goals modest in Afghanistan
US Forces Iraq disputed reports that July 2010 has been the deadliest month in two years. Security forces detained 20 members of the Saif al Haq in Nasiriyah and 14 al Qaeda operatives in Mosul and Jalulah.
The Taliban killed six civilians in an IED attack in Kandahar, a policeman and two civilians in a suicide attack in Kunduz, and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed seven Taliban fighters and detained several more in Helmand, Khost, and Kabul. The withdrawal of Dutch forces from Afghanistan is underway.