Coalition forces killed Abu Duha, an al Qaeda security emir in Mosul. Iraqi troops captured Hamid Kassousa, an al Qaeda emir in Samarra. A suicide bomber killed nine in an attack on a Shia shrine in the Kazimiyah district of Baghdad.

Security forces stopped an attack by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb on three bases in Tizi Ouzou province east of Algiers. Three al Qaeda were killed and bomb factories were discovered. Security forces arrested 14 al Qaeda west of the capital.

Taliban use hostage cash to fund UK blitz

Better Numbers: The evidence of a drop in violence in Iraq is becoming hard to dispute.

Iraqi civilian death toll plunges

48 insurgents killed in Iraq

Sunni clan joins fight against Al Qaeda

Iraqi refugees shed sectarian bitterness

Afghanistan: Ring Road’s Completion Would Benefit Entire Region

Bangladeshi questioned over Ajmer, India blast

Taliban leader Mullah Omar published a speech on a jihadi website. “Neighbors should help Afghans drive Western forces from Afghanistan as they had done during Soviet Union™s invasion,” Omar said. He also said the Taliban should do everything possible to minimize civilian casualties. A Taliabn suicide bomber killed one policeman and six civilians in Spin Boldak on the Pakistani border.

The Taliban released 30 soldiers captured in South Waziristan. President Musharraf said the company of captured soldiers “acted unprofessionally.” The Taliban killed four people during a clash in Swat.

1920 Revolution Brigades Accuses Al Qaeda of Stoking Infighting Among Iraqi Insurgents

One al Qaeda operative was killed and 17 detained during raids nationwide. US forces killed six insurgents as they attempted to plant an IED in Mosul. US forces detained 13 insurgents, including a high-value target in North Babil and another in Narhwan.

The Shadowy Path to Success in Iraq

Iraqi Shiite leader seeks US-Iran talks

Insurgents kill four, wound two in Thai South

Bali bombers will not appeal for clemency: report

Four police were killed and seven wounded in a bombing in Girshk in Helmand province. Police killed one Taliban and wounded two near Herat in western Afghanistan. Mullah Naqib, a powerful Afghan leader in Kandahar, died of a heart attack. Germany extended its mission in Afghanistan.

The PKK threatened to conduct attacks against military and government targets inside Turkey as the government said it is prepared to strike PKK camps inside Iraq. The US is conducting contingency planning in case Turkey restricts access to resupply Iraq.

Brittle bond: Iraqi sheik joins US fight

Spanish police captured a Frenchman of Moroccan origin while transporting a crude bomb made of butane tanks and fireworks. The suspect was carrying jihadi literature and shaved his body, an act common among Islamist suicide bombers.

The Taliban flex their muscles in Swat, Mohmand, and North and South Waziristan; public beheadings and whippings; captured soldiers and government capitulation on display.

The Two Faces of Al Qaeda

Insurgent groups condemn al Qaeda tactics

Program Molds Elite Iraqi Warfighters
