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Iraq
Abdel Rahman al Anbari, a senior al Qaeda leader, was captured near Samarra. Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured 16 al Qaeda leaders and fighters in raids nationwide. The Iraqi Army killed seven IED emplacers near Tal Afar. US forces captured 14 al Qaeda operatives in the Rashid District of southern Baghdad. Two al Qaeda operatives were killed and 21 captured during raids in the Tigris River Valley.
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Iraq
US struggle to defeat IEDs takes place in streets, shadows
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Seven arrested over Maldives bomb
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Palestinian Territories
Egypt lets stranded gunmen return to Gaza – Hamas
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Palestinian Territories
Nine wounded in clash at Gaza mosque
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Captured Iranian agent identified, 15 Special Groups operatives captured in Iraq
Task Force 88 captured 15 Special Groups operatives, as Multinational Forces Iraq names the Iranian Qods Force officer captured in northern Iraq. Multinational Forces Iraq also states Iran is providing shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles to insurgents.
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Pakistan
Increasing Talibanization in Pakistan’s Seven Tribal Agencies
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Al Qaeda
GIMF Develops Defensive and Offensive Software for Jihadi Operations
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Al Qaeda
Ramadan violence falls sharply in Iraq: US
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Saudi Arabia
Terror finance trail vanishes in Saudi Arabia
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Iraq
Iraq struggles to overcome bitter Diyala divide
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Lebanon
Defeat sends Lebanese Fatah al Islam into hiding
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Iran
Tehran denies militants’ claim of hidden nuclear facility
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Pakistan
Three tribesmen were killed and nine soldiers and eight civilians were wounded in Taliban attacks in North Waziristan. The UN said 80 percent of Afghanistan’s suicide bombers are from the Waziristan agencies. The TNSM failed to blow up a statue in Swat. Dozens of journalist and lawyers were injured by riot police during a march in Islamabad.
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Sudan
The African Union’s Haskanita peacekeeper base in Darfur was attacked. Up to 10 AU troops were killed and seven wounded. Over 40 troops may be missing. The government and Darfur rebels blamed each other for the attack. Al Qaeda’s Ayman al Zawahiri called for attacks on AU troops on September 20.
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Iraq
Iraq: We’ll Negotiate Long-Term Presence, Asks U.N. Security Council To Extend Mandate For US Forces Through End Of Next Year
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Sudan
African Union Base Attacked in Darfur
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Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai offered to negotiate with Mullah Omar and said he would give the Taliban a government ministry; the Taliban rejected the offer. The Taliban released its Constitution of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The French deployed a squadron of Mirage 2000D air-to-ground fighters at Kandahar Airfield.
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Iraq
US military deaths in Iraq lowest in 14 months
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Thailand
Thai Police captain killed in ambush in Yala
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Maldives arrests 2 in tourist terrorism
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Somalia
Insurgents in Mogadishu attack Ethiopia troops in Somalia
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Al Qaeda
One of the key suspects in the plot to attack US airbases and other installations in Germany is on the run inside Britain, German security officials stated. Ten other members of the cell have escaped German authorities.
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Iraq
Iraqi and US Special Forces captured a Shia extremist brigade leader in New Baghdad. Operations against al Qaeda’s network resulted in six killed and 27 wounded. Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured the al Qaeda in Iraq cell leader in Baghdad’s Ghazaliyah neighborhood.
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Bomb blast wounds 12 tourists in Maldives capital
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Pakistan
Pakistan poll ruling sparks riots
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Algeria
Algerian security forces kill four militants, arrest three others
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Palestinian Territories
50,000 gunmen ready to defend Gaza: Hamas
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Algeria
Two Algerian soldiers killed, four injured in southeast Algiers
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Iran
New resolution against Iran comprises 14 sanctions: France
