Coalition forces killed five al Qaeda operatives and detained 22 during raids in central and northern Iraq. US solders captured a senior leader of a Special Groups network during an operation in Baghdad™s Beida neighborhood. Iraqi security forces detained a Special Groups leader and two cell members in separate raids in Baghdad and Fahama.
Latest attack in the settled districts of the Northwest Frontier Province targets the family and friends of a police official killed just yesterday in a Taliban IED attack.
The Taliban destroyed a cellular tower along the main highway in the Zhari district of Kandahar province one day after the the warning to shut the communications down at night expired. The Talban raided towns in the Arghandab district in Zabul province and conducted kidnappings, beatings, vandalism, and theft.
Gunmen kidnap Iraqi Chaldean Catholic archbishop
Palestinian terrorists fired 16 Qassam rockets and six mortars at Sderot; one Israeli was wounded. The Israeli Air Force targeted rocket sites in Gaza 23 times since mid-week; 29 Palestinians were killed. The IDF prepares for “large-scale incursion into Gaza.” Defense Minister Barack said, “an Israeli response is required and forthcoming.”
‘Chemical Ali’ execution approved in Iraq
Breath of Fresh Air for Lashkar Gah
Hezbollah Reject US Ships Off Lebanon
Bhutto’s party woos Pakistan Islamists
The Turkish military has begun to withdraw from northern Iraq, one day after the US Secretary of Defense urged Turkey to end operations. More than 240 terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and 27 Turkish soldiers were killed in the week-long operation.
Israel minister warns Palestinians of shoah
Yesterday’s attack in the South Waziristan tribal area run by Mullah Nazir appears to have claimed al Qaeda operatives from Egypt, Turkistan, and Pakistan’s Punjab province. Zawahiri is not the only Egyptian operating in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Mullen Says Rapid Withdrawal From Iraq Would Negate Security Gains
Prince Harry aborts Afghan mission after web leak
Mosul should be under control by July
Iran ‘is number one world power’
Jemaah Islamiyah terrorism publishing thriving: repor
Mas Selamat Kastari, the former leader of Jemaah Islamiyah in Singapore, escaped from prison. Kastari plotted to bomb the Singapore Changi Airport and conduct attacks in the city-state using seven bomb-filled trucks. He was arrested by Indonesia’s anti-terror squad on the island of Java in Indonesia in January 2006.
Norwegian and Swedish police arrested six suspected terrorists in Oslo and Stockholm who are believed to be financing and planning attacks in a coordinated action. Three Swedish citizens were arrested in Stockholm. Three men “of African origin” were arrested in Oslo.
Thirteen al Qaeda and Taliban operatives were killed in an airstrike in South Waziristan. More than 100 Taliban attacked a police post in on the outskirts of Peshawar and burned the station down. Four Taliban fighters were captured in Swat while 10 suspects were released.
Police killed a senior al Qaeda leader and nine aides in the Thar Thar region. Coalition forces killed two al Qaeda operatives and detained 15 during raids in northern and central Iraq. Two policemen and eight civilians were killed during attacks in Mosul. Muqtada al Sadr is considering converting the Mahdi Army into a “humanitarian” […]
Attack occurred in village of Azam Warsak, a region supposedly cleared by Mullah Nazir last spring. Arab al Qaeda operatives and Punjabis were reported killed.
Officials: Prince Harry Battling on Front Lines in Afghanistan
Marine Battalion De-mobilizes, Heads to New Combat Outpost outside Haditha
The US Treasury froze the assets of four Syrians of the Abu Ghadiyah network for facilitating the flow of money, weapons, and terrorists through Syria to al Qaeda in Iraq. “Since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, Syria has become a transit station for al Qaeda foreign terrorists on their way to Iraq,” said the […]
‘Arabs helped Mossad kill Mugniyah’
Mullah Sorkh Naqaibullah, who has bribed his way out of Afghan jails three times, killed along with 24 Taliban fighters in the southern province.
“Inside Iraqi Politics” is a special series dedicated to examining political progress in Iraq, with a focus on issues that affect the country’s stability and reconciliation efforts. This fifth installment continues examination of legislation, including the Unified Retirement Law, the Accountability and Justice Law, the General Amnesty Law, review of Article 140 and the status of Kirkuk, and the Provincial Powers Act and Elections Law.
Scholar: MAD doctrine does not apply to Iran
Sunni Forces Losing Patience With US