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Pakistan
Taliban boast of executions in Pakistan
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Iraq
America’s New Shia Allies
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Iraq
Trying to Win New Iraqi Friends
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Iraq
Iraq and Turkey conducted talks after Turkey warned it is strongly considering an invasion of northern Iraq to root out the PKK. An al Qaeda suicide attack killed nine and wounded 24 in Baghdad. The governor of Ninewa said he planned on resigning due to the deteriorating security situation in the province.
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Iraq
Relations Sour Between Shiites and Iraq Militia
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Iraq
Deal that stopped Basra bloodshed
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Thailand
Thailand: Suspected insurgent killed in Narathiwat firefight
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Pakistan
Tribal elders are negotiating a truce between the Taliban and the military. “Once the ceasefire is agreed upon then a larger jirga will discuss permanent peace,” said Governor Orakzai. The Taliban executed six “criminals” in Mohmand agency.
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Kashmir
Seven soldiers and two civilians were killed in a bombing at an Indian army base in Baramula; two soldiers and four terrorists were killed in other ambushes. Lashkar-e-Taiba was involved in an attack on an Indian army battalion headquarters near Srinagar. Two Lashkar-e-Taiba suicide bombers were killed by Indian troops. Police captured a senior Hizbul Mujahideen leader in Jammu.
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Palestinian Territories
Hamas leader warns Abbas against peace concessions
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Turkey
Turkey ponders Iraq campaign
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Iran
Iran’s Hashemi Rafsanjani: Hitler Wanted to Expel Jews Because ‘They Were a Pain in the Neck’
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Philippines
Australia warns citizens against insurgent attacks in Philippines rural areas
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Pakistan
Pakistan: Venturing into the Taliban’s backyard
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Taliban parade captured Pakistani soldiers in South Waziristan
Three officers speak to the media, confirm their military unit was surrounded, out-manned, and out-gunned.
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Al Qaeda killed in North Waziristan attacks
Twenty-five foreign al Qaeda reported killed in North Waziristan. Report of a major operation in North Waziristan is leaked as the government continues negotiations with the Taliban.
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India
Bomb kills two at Indian Muslim pilgrimage site
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Palestinian Territories
Fatah ruled out negotiations with Hamas. Israeli security forces arrested one of Hamas’ senior leaders in Bethlehem. The Israeli Air Force attacked Kassam launchers in Gaza. Israeli security forces captured eight Palestinian terror suspects in Kalkilya.
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Somalia
A suicide bomber killed three Ethiopian soldiers near a base in Baidoa where the Prime Minister was visiting. A prominent Muslim scholar was murdered in Kismayo. Five civilians were killed in bombings in Mogadishu and Kismayo.
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Iraq
Two US soldiers were killed and 38 wounded in a mortar attack on Camp Victory. Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives “and ten other criminals” during operations in Baghdad. The Islamic Army of Iraq, the Mujahideen Army, Ansar al Sunna, the Fatiheen Army, the Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance (JAMI), and the Islamic Movement of Hamas-Iraq formed a political front.
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Afghanistan
Eight Taliban fighters were killed and three capture, and four police were wounded in clashes in Kandahar’s Zhari district. Coalition forces engaged 10 Taliban fighters in prepared positions in Zabul. The government freed five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a German and four Afghan hostages. The government shut down two private security firms; 10 more may be closed down.
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Syria
Syria Tells Journalists Israeli Raid Did Not Occur
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Al Qaeda
Three More Saudis Named Terror Financiers by US Treasury
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Afghanistan
Marine Corps Moves to Take Lead Role in Afghanistan
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Al Qaeda
Iraq: How Small Raids Net Big Gains Against Al Qaeda
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Indonesia
Bali bombers party with Indonesia’s top cop
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Sudan
Sudan delaying peacekeepers with red tape: UN
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Iraq
Two dead in missile attack on US military base in Iraq
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Al Qaeda
Iraq insurgent groups form one council
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Al Qaeda
London bombing suspect ‘dubbed himself Osama bin London’
