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Turkey
Turkish Court Blocks Islamic Presidential Candidate
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Philippines
(Philippines) Sulu troops to suspend operations on May 4
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Somalia
Somali jihadist vow to continue the fight. “We have changed the strategy of our struggle against the occupation to hit and run attacks on the enemy positions,” said a jihadi. Ugandan troops are patroling the streets of Mogadishu. Locals accused Somali troops of looting after the Mogadishu battles.
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Algeria
Algerian security forces captured 5 suspected suicide bombers who were tied to the April 11 attacks in Algiers. The government is refusing to accept the transfer of 24 Algerian detainees currently in custody at Guantanamo Bay.
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Palestinian Territories
The Eu wants to end the embargo against the PA. More from the sermon of the Acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council: “[America and Israel] are cowards, who are eager for life, while we are eager for death for the sake of Allah. That is why America’s nose was rubbed in the mud in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Somalia, and everywhere.”
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United Kingdom
UK Bomber transcript
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New Report of Terrorist Camp in South Africa
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Iraq
The Great Wall of Indifference – On patrol inside Baghdad’s tensest neighborhood.
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Al Qaeda
al-Masri and the Anbar tribes
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Iraq
(Iraq/Anbar) Michigan
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Pakistan
Police are widening the scope of the Chardassa suicide bombing that targeted the interior minister after indications of al Qaeda’s involvement have surfaced. The suspect is now believed to be a man aged 18-20. The Interior Ministry is the “only civilian body fully trusted by Western intelligence” [see our update on April 28].
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Afghanistan
Afghan and NATO troops killed 75 Taliban in the first day of an assault in the Sangin district of Helamnd province. Afghan police killed 4 Taliban and wounded 7 after beating off a Taliban attack on teh Spera district police center in Khost province.
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Iraq
Why Congress Should Embrace the Surge
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Unconfirmed report: Al Qaeda in Iraq al-Masri killed
Abu Ayyub al-Masri, from a video found last year. Click to view. Sunni tribes claim Abu Ayyub al-Masri killed in battle near Taji; if true, the Anbar Salvation Council would get the credit: Islamic State of Iraq issues denial Representatives from Iraq’s Interior Ministry are reporting that Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, has been killed in a battle in the town of al-Nibayi, near Taji in Salahadin province. “We have definite intelligence reports that al Masri was killed today,” Brigadier-General Abdul Kareem Khalaf, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. “We too have security and intelligence reports…
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Iraq
Chlorine gas blast kills 6 in Iraq™s Ramadi: sources
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Pakistan
Pakistan’s interior minister Top Taliban Target
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Somalia
Mogadishu battle not yet won, AU commander warns
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Israel
Hezbollah: Winograd report is proof we were victorious
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United Kingdom
MI5 trailed 7/7 bombers for a year
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Iran
US Likely to Confront Iran on Nuclear Activity
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Iraq
Sunni Ministers Threaten to Quit Cabinet in Iraq
