Three police were killed and two wounded in separate incidents in Chechnya. Russian troops killed three terrorists during a clash in Dagestan. One soldier was killed and three officers were wounded during an ambush in Ingushetia. The driver of a car packed with explosives was killed during a premature detonation incident in Nazran.
Mosul’s chief of police was killed in a suicide bombing; the governor has declared a curfew. Iraqi security forces arrested 22 insurgents and disabled six IEDs in Baghdad. Police killed a suicide bomber in Khalidiya. Karbala police captured an al Qaeda leader in the province and two men wanted for incidents last August.
ISAF said “several” Taliban fighters were killed during an airstrike in Ghazni province, and nine Taliban were captured during a ground operation. A local doctor claimed nine Afghan policemen and two civilians were killed in the airstrike. One Canadian soldier was killed and two wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar.
Musharraf criticizes dubbing Pakistan nukes ‘Islamic bomb™
Israeli Official: Israel Wants to Cut Ties With Gaza
Bomber kills Iraqi police chief as he visits blast scene
US unlikely to cut Iraq forces below pre-surge levels: analysts
Al Qaeda in Yemen claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack on a tour group that left two women dead when they were shot at point blank range. In a call to the Yemeni weekly al Wasat, Al Qaeda in Yemen said the attack was in retaliation for poor treatment of their members in prison. Authorities have […]
US Commander Orders Plan to Train Pakistani Military
The military has launched a three-pronged offensive against the Taliban in South Waziristan. The Mehsuds staged a protest in Tank. A suicide bomber killed one in an attack on a military outpost in Khyber. Six suicide bombers were arrested in Rawalpindi. Six Taliban were captured in Swat.
Iraqi Police arrest military chief of cult network in Karbala
Military attacks the Taliban from three directions; claims 32 Taliban, 8 soldiers killed. Taliban spokesman disputes casualties.
Seven soldiers were wounded after Muslim insurgents ambushed a bus carrying 30 soldiers in Pattani province. Insurgents detonated an IED and followed up with small-arms fire. Muslim insurgents murdered a teacher in Pattani.
Commander in Iraq Cites Progress, Warns Against Withdrawing Too Fast
Iraqi unit is sent to battle cult
Al Qaeda spokesman Abu Yahya al Libi released 28 minute videotape through As Sahab, al Qaeda’s propaganda arm. Libi calls for Islamic scholars to unite and support al Qaeda’s jihad against the West.
Iran vows to follow nuclear path despite sanctions
Palestinians call for resistance, unity at Damascus meeting
Ahmadinejad to Make Landmark Visit to Iraq: Ministry
Pakistan: Questions raised over nuclear weapons controls
Special Iraqi police unit aids security
US attacks UK plan to arm Afghan militias
Taliban, Al-Qaeda staying behind to fight in Pakistan: US general
Afghan National Security Forces killed one Taliban fighter and captured nine during operations in Helmand province. The Taliban killed two truck drivers, wounded two, and torched 13 trucks belonging to a road construction company in the Girshk district in Helmand. President Karzai said the Afghan war threatens to spread throughout the region.
A blast at a bomb-making factory in Mosul killed 12 civilians and wounded 132. A car bomb attack in Kirkuk killed five and wounded 12. US forces killed 30 al Qaeda operatives and captured 21 during operations in Diyala. Coalition forces killed five al Qaeda operatives and detained 16 during operations in Baghdad, Mosul, and […]
US and Iraqi operations target al Qaeda havens in the northeastern province; 21 al Qaeda fighters reported captured, including a senior commander.
Recent press reporting of the status of Iraqi Security Forces development has done more to illustrate reporters’ and editors’ lack of understanding on the subject than it has to inform.
Thousands Break Through Gaza Border, Gunmen Blow Holes In Wall
How fear turns to resolve in one Iraqi village
2 killed, 3 injured in blast and militant attack in south Russia