Israel: Ready for harder military tactics

In key Iraqi area, US starts pulling back

The military claimed it killed upwards of 70 Taliban in Swat, while the Taliban claims to have captured 70 soldiers after launching an 700 man assault on hill in Khwazakhela. Police are holed up in Matta. The NWFP formed a committee to enforce Sharia law in Malakand. Weapons prices are rising due to the Talibanization of Darra Adam Khel. The CENTCOM commander is in Pakistan for talks.

British Navy to patrol Gulf in the spring

Bahrain accuses Iran of nuclear weapons lie

Expert: Hamas, Hezbollah cells may be active in Mexico

IDF uncovers seven tunnels in Gaza

World powers discuss Iran sanctions in London

Ex-Saudi ambassador: Kingdom could have helped US prevent 9/11

The Real Madrid Bombers? It was al Qaeda.

Heavy fighting and rioting continue in Mogadishu. The UN estimates up to 90,000 have been displaced by fighting in Mogadishu. Ethiopia has reaffirmed its support of the transitional government.

Coalition forces killed 14 al Qaeda operatives captured 37 during raids in northern and central Iraq. Iraqi police and soldiers killed a suicide bomber at a Tal Afar hospital. Iraqi security forces captured 53 insurgents, including a leader of the Islamic State of Iraq in Mosul. Six police were killed and eight wounded in an assassination attempt on the Balad Ruz police chief. Five were killed and 18 wounded in a car bomb attack in the Saadiya district in Diyala province

Abdul Manan was killed during an ambush by Afghan soldiers as he crossed the border from Pakistan with a dozen fighters. Heavy fighting is reported in Kandahar and Herat provinces.

Turkey is pressing for targeted sanctions against the PKK in northern Iraq. The governemnt also said an attack on the PKK in northern Iraq would not be an invasion. Ryan Crocker, the US Ambassador to Iraq, warned Turkey not to attack.

Muslim extremists rampant in Pakistan’s north

The forces battling for Pakistan’s soul

Another deadly day fuels fears for Pakistan poll

General Odierno Discusses Trends in Iraq

US military sees drop in Iranian-made bombs in Iraq

David Tate provides a view of Baghdad and southern Baghdad province from his September 2007 embed with Bill Roggio. David was embedded with US forces in East Rashid, Mahmudiyah, Al Haswa, Arab Jabour and Iskandariyah.

Taliban commander Mullah Mansour Dadullah issued a tape admitting links to al Qaeda in Iraq and denied links with Iran. Afghan troops recaptured Arghandab district north of Kandahar City from the Taliban. Over 50 Taliban were killed in fighting in Herat. Afghan forces killed “several” Taliban fighters as they set up mortar positions in Uruzgan province.

Chechen rebel leader and al Qaeda ally Doku Umarov issued a statement calling for global jihad. “Our brothers are fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Palestine… Our common enemies are all those who have attacked Muslims wherever they are… Not only Russia, but also the USA, the UK, Israel and all those waging war against Islam and Muslims are our enemies.”

Bombs kill 16 in attacks across Iraq

At least 887 Iraqis killed in October

Musharraf faces up to an emergency

Growing pains for Maldives as radicals raise tensions

US charges of Iran killing troops a ‘lie™: Khamenei

Nigeria: SSS Arrests Suspected Al Qaeda Members in Kano

US writer fights gagging order on al-Qaeda claims

US spy planes watching Iraqi-Turkish border
