Syria
Security forces opened fire on protesters in the cities of Damascus, Idlib, and Deir al-Zour. Fourteen people were killed by security forces during the anti-regime protests.
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USS Cole bomber reported to have been target of Yemen airstrike
Fahd al Quso is said to have narrowly escaped yesterday’s airstrike in Abyan province.
Ahmed Wali Karzai’s assassin a Taliban agent: report
“The Taliban and the forces behind Taliban” were responsible for the murder of President Karzai’s influential brother, according to an Afghan official.
Pakistan
The Taliban killed two soldiers in an IED attack in South Waziristan. A dangerous Lashkar-e-Jhangvi commander was freed from prison. Police arrested a Taliban commander in Karachi.
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed four people, including two senior clerics, in an attack at a mosque during a ceremony for Ahmed Wali Karzai. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east and torched six ISAF fuel tankers. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, Khost, and Logar; […]
Yemen
The US is reported to have killed six al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in an airstrike in Abyan. The AQAP fighters recently overran a police station in the province.
Syria
Security forces killed eight people while targeting anti-regime elements throughout the country. The US said the UN Security Council is split over sanctioning Syria for its nuclear program.
Hezbollah
A Hezbollah Member of Parliament said the terror group has no intentions of disarming. “Hezbollah will keep its weapons and will not be affected by any views or any US-Israeli innovation or the [Special Tribunal for Lebanon] so long as Israel maintains an arsenal of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction,” Hussein Mousawi said.
US airstrike kills 6 al Qaeda fighters in Yemen: report
The nighttime airstrike targeted a police station in Abyan province that had been recently overrun by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters.
Egypt
Egypt’s Second Revolution
Suicide bomber kills 4 in attack at Kandahar mosque
Two senior clerics were killed in a bombing at a service in Kandahar for President Karzai’s brother. The suicide bomber hid the explosives in his turban.
Turkey
Police arrested 15 al Qaeda operatives during raids in Ankara, Yalova, and Bursa, and seized 1,500 lbs of explosives as well as weapons. The al Qaeda cell was plotting to attack the US Embassy in Ankara and other foreign targets.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed five French soldiers in a suicide attack in Kapisa and an ISAF soldier in an attack in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, IMU, and HIG leaders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, and Baghlan. The governor of Helmand survived an IED attack.
Iran
US team eyes Iraq weapons trail back to Iran
Iraq
Insurgents killed four civilians in attacks in Baghdad, Kabala, and Kirkuk. The Iranian ambassador to Iraq was wounded in an accident in the Green Zone in Baghdad.
21 killed in Mumbai bombings
The so-called Indian Mujahideen is suspected of carrying out the three bombings in India’s financial capital today.
Hezbollah
Opposition leader and former prime minister Saad Hariri lashed out at Hezbollah and its leader Hassan Nasrallah for its opposition to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which investigated the murder of his father and indicted four senior Hezbollah leaders and operatives.
Iran
Iran is preparing to install centrifuges designed for high-grade uranium enrichment in an underground bunker. Iraqi Kurds accused Iran of building roads inside Iraqi territories.
Somalia
Shabaab arrested two Somalis who work for UNICEF and ICRC in Baidoa, and detained eight people in Eldher. The UNB declared Somalia the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.
Suicide bomber kills 5 ISAF troops in Kapisa
The five French soldiers were killed as they left the home of a local police commander in Kapisa province.
Did Shabaab’s leader say the terror group is losing ground?
VOA reported that Abu Zubayr told a Somali radio station Shabaab was losing, but a Somali official told LWJ that Zubayr never gave the interview.
Raids continue against the IMU in the Afghan north
Yesterday, ISAF targeted the “head governing official for insurgent operations” who trains both the Taliban and IMU in the district of Burkah in Baghlan.
Nigeria
Boko Haram killed three people in a roadside bomb attack that struck a van at a police checkpoint in the city of Maiduguri in the state of Borno. The University of Maiduguri closed due to threats from Boko Haram.
Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed it assassinated President Karzai’s brother in Kandahar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, Paktika, Wardak, Logar, Balkh, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the west.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two Awakening fighters in Baghdad and a soldier in Mosul. Security forces detained 21 wanted “terrorists” in Basrah.
Yemen
Five people were killed in an airstrike in the Arhab province north of Sana’a. Yemeni officials said they were tribesmen “harboring criminals who stand behind the attacks on soldiers,” while locals said those killed were civilians.
Syria
US Secretary of State Clinton said President Assad has “lost legitimacy” and the US has “absolutely nothing invested in him … remaining in power.” Syria said Clinton’s statement was “provocative.”
Taliban claim assassination of President Karzai’s brother
The controversial Ahmed Wali Karzai, who has been linked to the drug trade and the Taliban, was gunned down in his office in Kandahar City.
Predators kill 8 in South Waziristan strike
The strike hit a compound used by al Qaeda-linked fighters.
Pakistan
US Predators killed 12 “militants” in a astrike in North Waziristan. A Suicide bomber killed seven people in Battagram. Two drivers transporting fuel for NATO were killed in Darakshan near Quetta.