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‘Attiya Allah’ authors article in latest edition of al Qaeda magazine
An article written by an al Qaeda leader who appears to be Atiyah Abd al Rahman was published in the latest edition of the “Vanguards of Khorasan” magazine.
Egypt
Middle East: Iran praises sacking of Israeli embassy in Cairo
Iraq
Insurgents killed an Iraqi soldier in Mosul. Security forces arrested 22 wanted men in Basrah. Iran claimed it killed 123 PJAK fighters, including the deputy military commander, during shelling in Iraq over the past month.
NATO
Iran warns Turkey about NATO’s defense system
Appeal denied for HIG facilitator detained at Gitmo
The DC Circuit Court denied a Guantanamo detainee’s appeal yesterday. The detainee, Shawali Khan, was a facilitator for Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin prior to his capture in 2002. According to a leaked file, Khan’s cell in Kandahar received weapons and other support from Iran.
Iraq
An Awakening officer was killed in Kirkuk. The Iranian military killed a woman during shelling in Kurdish areas in the north. The Baghdad Operations Commander dodged an assassination attempt in the capital.
Iraq
A suicide bomber killed himself in a premature detonation. An “Iranian sniper” killed an Iraqi civilian in Haj Omran. Ninewa police discovered the body of an escaped prisoner.
IAEA
Concern rising about Iran military nuclear work
Egypt
Mohamed Shawqi el Islambuli, the brother of the man who assassinated Anwar Sadat in 1981, was arrested after arriving in Egypt from Iran. Islambuli, a member of the Egyptian Islamic Group, was sentenced to death for his role in the Luxor massacre. He is linked to al Qaeda.
Senior al Qaeda leader reportedly killed
Atiyah Abd al Rahman, a top al Qaeda leader, was reportedly killed on August 22. Senior US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal would neither confirm nor deny Atiyah’s death. Atiyah was al Qaeda’s “general manager” and Osama bin Laden’s “chief of staff,” according to a senior US intelligence official.
Al Qaeda
Iran and Al Qaeda’s ‘Operations Chief’
Germany
Iran and Hezbollah hail rebels
Taliban attack Pakistani Army in North Waziristan
Three soldiers were killed during a rocket attack that targeted a military parade on a base in Miramshah.
Afghanistan
Efforts on to legalise Afghan refugees’ stay in Iran
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.
ISAF detains senior Haqqani Network leader linked to the IMU
The Haqqani Network commander was the deputy operational leader in Paktia, and led more than 250 fighters, including Uzbeks.
Libya
Saif al Islam, President Gaddafi’s son, said his family would ally with Islamist terror groups, including the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. “Libya will look like Saudi Arabia, like Iran. So what?” he said.
Argentina
Why Is Argentina Appeasing Iran?
Iraq
Security forces detained 28 wanted men in Basrah. Attacks by Iranian militias on US forces decreased significantly in July.
Jihadist with same name as Zawahiri’s deputy reported killed
A jihadist who shares the same name as Ayman al Zawahiri’s deputy and Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law is said to have been killed. As the martyrdom announcement was not released through official al Qaeda channels, the report is unconfirmed.
North Waziristan Taliban leader Bahadar denies reports he expelled ‘militants’
Hafiz Gul Bahadar’s spokesman said reports that Bahadar ordered Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan leader Hakeemullah Mehsud and others to leave the tribal agency were “fabricated.”
Al Qaeda
US Sees Iranian, al Qaeda Alliance
Egypt
As Egypt charts new foreign policy course, away from US line, Iran hopes to warm ties
Afghanistan
Iran: Leaders clash on arming foreign militants, ‘trading drugs for arms’
Iraq
Iranian artillery strikes on Kurdish villages inside Iraq have killed two civilians. Security forces detained six wanted men in Basrah.
ISAF again targets IMU leaders in northern Afghanistan
Recent raids in Takhar targeted a commander linked to Iran and a facilitator who aids in suicide attacks.
Yemen
Yemeni tribes have joined government forces to battle al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in the city of Zinjibar in Abyan. The Joint Meeting Party accused Iran of backing the Shia Houthi rebels in Al Jawf province.
Iraq
Insurgents killed two civilians, two policemen, and a soldier in Mosul. Iranian troops crossed the border into Iraqi and killed two PJAK fighters; an IRGC soldier was also killed.
Argentina
Iran Offers Argentina Help With Bombing Probe