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Philippines
The Armed Forces of the Philippines consider ‘peace training’ as a means of conflict resolution in Mindanao. The AFP also announced purchase of Vietnam-vintage Hueys from the US. The government is reconsidering the 1996 peace pact with the Moro National Liberation Front.
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Pakistan
‘Pakistan cuts troops on Indian border™
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Thailand
Sixty-one schools were closed in Narathiwat province after two teachers were shot by Muslim insurgents. Twenty-eight civilians were wounded in a bombing in a market in Narathiwat. Three soldiers were killed and one wounded as they attempted to defuse a bomb in Pattani province. An IED attack killed one soldier and wound two soldiers and three civilian in Yala province.
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Yemen
Yemen sentenced 32 al Qaeda fighter to 2-15 years in jail for “forming an armed gang aimed at carrying out sabotage attacks.” The men were also behind the attacks on the Safer refinery and the al Dhabba terminal. Four were acquitted.
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Iraq
46,000 Returned to Iraq Last Month
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Afghanistan
Both the Taliban and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami denied conducting the suicide attack in the northern province of Baghlan. Some in Afghanistan believe the attack was a political assassination. US Navy and French warplanes have replaced the F-15s grounded in Afghanistan due to an unknown structural problem.
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Iran
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran’s nuclear program is “irreversible.” Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged police to continue to crack down on those who violate the Islamic dress code. Interpol placed an ex-Iranian intelligence chief, a former leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, three other Iranians and a Lebanese terrorist on its most-wanted list for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina.
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Pakistan
Maulana Fazlullah’s Taliban are now in full control of six of Swat’s eight regions. The Taliban bombed a seventh century statue of Buddha in Swat. A bomb destroyed an oil tanker in Landi Kotal carrying fuel for US forces in Afghanistan. The US military is concerned about the security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. Benazir Bhutto threatened to march from Lahore to Islamabad.
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Taliban continue march under Musharraf’s state of emergency
Towns fall under Taliban control in Swat as attacks continue in the northwest.
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Pakistan
Despite emergency in Pakistan, Taliban removes national flag from Swat
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Iraq
Turkey ‘decides action’ over PKK
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Pakistan
Pakistan: Emergency to end in three weeks, says Musharraf aide
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Iraq
17 booby-trapped bodies found in Iraq
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Iraq
Coalition forces killed three al Qaeda operatives and captured nine during raids in central and northern Iraq; another three were killed and a jail was discovered in Samarra. The Iraqi Army captured seven al Qaeda fighters, including a cell leader, in Baghdad and captured two during a raid in Baqubah. Iraqi security forces captured 13 insurgents near Kirkuk, while a suicide bomber wounded 12 in an attack on a Kurdistan Democratic Party headquarters in the northern city.
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Pakistan
Pakistan police to stop Bhutto rally
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Iran
Iran: 3,000 centrifuges fully working
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Iraq
Debate in US State Department over service in Iraq turns bitter
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Pakistan
The Taliban overran police stations in Matta and Maydan in Swat. One soldier was killed and two wounded in two IED attacks in North Waziristan. Three soldiers and a security guard were captured after the Taliban attacked a checkpoint in Kurram agency. Security forces are looking for 61 terrorists freed earlier this year. MMA president Ameer Qazi Hussain was placed under house arrest.
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Iraq
US-Iraq forces plan new assault on Shiite city
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Pakistan
State of Denial – Musharraf™s latest move has transformed him into a liability
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Iraq
Iraqi Security Forces captured 39 suspected insurgents along the foothills of the Hamrin Mountains of Tikrit, including a senior member of the Islamic State of Iraq, 20 insurgents in Baghdad, and 23 insurgents in Baqubah. Coalition forces killed eight al Qaeda operatives and captured 10 during raids throughout Iraq. Five US soldiers were killed in attacks throughout Iraq.
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Pakistan
Deposed Pakistan judge urges defiance
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Al Qaeda
Police across Europe arrested 20 suspects believed to be involved with the recruitment of suicide bombers in Iraq and Afghanistan. “During the arrests, police found al Qaeda manuals for the production of explosives, detonation devices, and various poisons,” CNN reported.”The manuals also included details of guerrilla-style war operations.” Turkish police arrested a man involved in the foiled Germany bombing plot.
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Suicide bombers kill over 90 in Afghan north
Attack in the northern province of Baghlan is the largest since Operation Enduring Freedom began and threatens to destabilize the quiet north.
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Pakistan
Bhutto to Musharraf: We Can Still Deal
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United Kingdom
British Intelligence Chief Sharpens Terrorism Warning
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Syria
US imposes economic sanctions on Syrians
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Al Qaeda
MI5: Al-Qa’eda recruiting UK children for terror
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Pakistan
Quiet general who may succeed Musharraf
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Philippines
Philippines: Mindanao Muddle
