Pakistan
US Predators killed 21 “militants” in a strike near Miramshah in North Waziristan. Haqqani Network fighters as well as Arabs and Uzbeks were said to be among those killed.
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Iraq
Two insurgents were killed in a premature detonation while planting a bomb in Fallujah. Muqtada al Sadr said that Iran refused to turn over Abu Duraa, the “Shiite Zarqawi,” to Iraq.
Yemen
Tribesmen claimed they killed Yassir al-Shalily, a leader of the Ansar al Shariah, during fighting in Mudiyah. Ansar al Shariah is a front group for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Jordan
The state security court is trying 150 Salafists for their role in an attack on police in Zarqa that wounded 83 officers. The Salafists called for the overthrow of the government and the establishment of an Islamic state.
Lebanon
Members of the al Qaeda-linked Jund al Sham clashed with Fatah security forces in the Ein al Hilwah camp. Jund al Sham is said to have attempted to assassinate Fatah’s chief of security in the camp.
Special operations forces kill Taliban leader, shooter behind downing of Chinook
Mullah Mohibullah and his team were hunted down and killed in an airstrike in Wardak province. His team was responsible for the Aug. 6 shootdown of a Chinook that killed 30 US troops, seven Afghan commandos, and an interpreter.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four civilians in Farah. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, and Faryab.
US Predators target Haqqani fighters in North Waziristan
Twenty-one Haqqani Network fighters and “Arabs and Uzbek nationals” were killed near Miramshah.
Yemen
President Saleh vowed he would return to Yemen and continue to lead the government. “Gunmen” killed a soldier who was patrolling in Aden.
Iraq
Security forces detained 16 wanted men in Basrah. Muqtada al Sadr again threatened to attack US troops if they remain in Iraq beyond the December 2011 deadline.
Somalia
The government offered amnesty to Shabaab fighters. Three people were killed in a car bombing in Mogadishu. Security forces detained four suspect Shabaab fighters in the capital.
Al Qaeda in Iraq praises appointment of Zawahiri to emir
The spokesman for the terror group also said that foreign fighters continue to enter the country, and implored Sunnis to join al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, and Paktia. Afghans claimed ISAF troops killed two civilians in Ghazni. An ISAF helicopter made a hard landing in Paktia.
The Taliban
Tayyab Agha, a former aide to Mullah Omar, is said to have gone missing. ISAF and the Afghan government believe Agha has a mandate from Omar to conduct peace negotiations; the Taliban have denied this.
Iran
A member of parliament said that Iran is again delaying the launch of the Bushehr nuclear power plant. Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad rejected recent reports that the fate of two Americans on trial in Iran for spying will soon be decided.
Syria
Anti-regime activists claimed that 59 people have been killed by Syrian security forces throughout the country. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have recalled their ambassadors from Damascus.
Somalia
Four people were killed during fighting between government and Shabaab forces in a village near Mogadishu. Four more were killed in fighting in Luk.
Philippines
Marines claimed they killed three Abu Sayyaf fighters during a clash in the town of Patikul in Sulu province. The clash took place near where two Marines were beheaded by Abu Sayyaf fighters last month.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 13 Afghan policemen in Kandahar and four ISAF soldiers in the south and the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Paktika, Nimroz, and Kunduz. The Taliban may attend the Bonn conference.
Iraq
Muqtada al Sadr threatened to attack US trainers if they remain in Iraq past the December 2011 deadline for withdrawal. Insurgents killed an Awakening fighter in Kirkuk. Security forces detained two insurgents in Diyala.
Syria
Syrian troops backed by tanks are said to have killed 50 people in an assault on the city of Deir al Zor. Soldiers killed 13 more people in an attack in Houla Plain, near Homs.
Somalia
Fighting broke out in Mogadishu as Shabaab rearguard forces attacked African Union and Somali troops advanced into areas abandoned by Shabaab two days ago. Prime Minister Ali said Somali troops would continue to fight Shabaab outside of Mogadishu.
Pakistan
A suicide bomber killed one person outside a school in Mohmand. The Taliban destroyed 16 NATO fuel tankers in Peshawar and bombed a school in Khyber.
Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed to have shot down a Chinook in Wardak, killing 30 US soldiers, including 22 SEALs, an interpreter, and seven Afghan commandos. ISAF is investigating reports that an airstrike killed eight civilians in Helmand. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
Chinook shot down over Taliban safe haven near Kabul
US troops pulled out of Saydabad in the spring. The Taliban raised their flag in the district shortly afterward.
Shabaab withdraws forces from Mogadishu
Shabaab’s spokesman claims the troops withdrew from the capital as part of a tactical move.
Iraq
Two people were killed and seven more were wounded in three bombings at a sports stadium in Ramadi. Security forces captured seven members of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq.
Somalia
Shabaab forces have withdrawn from Mogadishu, spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage told the Shabaab-run Andalus radio statio. “We have abandoned Mogadishu but we remain in other towns,” Rage said. “We aren’t leaving you, but we have changed our tactics.”
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has launched an “indoctrination campaign” along the Mali-Mauritania border. AQIM “has been organizing exhortatory and religious lectures that end with inviting people to engage in holy war” near military barracks in Mali, a local said.
Mali
Mali security officials claimed that al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has abandoned camps in the western area of the country after military operations there. Officials believe AQIM fighters have relocated to the northeastern part of the country that borders with Algeria and Niger.