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Pakistan
Six were killed, including “foreigners” in a US strike on an al Qaeda safe house in North Waziristan. Fighting in Kurram claimed 95 killed and 200 wounded. Lashkar-e-Islam leader Mangal Bagh fled Landi Kotal ahead of an operation. Tribesmen torched the homes of local Taliban in the Salarzai region in Bajaur. The Taliban bombed a bridge in Amrdan.
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US hits al Qaeda safe house in North Waziristan
Six killed, eight wounded in the second strike in Pakistan’s tribal areas in two days.
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Iraq
Coalition forces captured five operatives from the Iranian-backed Army of the Righteous in Baghdad. Coalition forces captured 14 suspected al Qaeda operatives during raids in Baghdad and central and northern Iraq. Iraqi soldiers captured 14 al Qaeda fighters north of Baqubah. Iraqi police arrested two “wanted men” in Dhi Qhar.
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Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces killed more than 220 Taliban fighters during operations in Helmand province from Aug. 25-30. Coalition forces killed “several” Taliban during an operation in Kapisa province. A Coalition soldier was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan. Reports indicate the Taliban will attempt to claim Coalition forces killed Afghans in Helmand province.
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda defectors claw way back into Iraq mainstream
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Algeria
Algerian rebels kill 7 soldiers in ambush: papers
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Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban Vows To Strike During Ramadan
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United Kingdom
Preachers of separatism at work inside Britain’s mosques
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Turkey
Six dead after PKK attack on Turkish military base
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Al Qaeda
Sheikh Said: Al Qaeda’s Financier
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Somalia
The Islamic Courts Union set up sharia courts in Buulobardte, the provincial capital of Hiran. Colonel Barre Hirale vowed to fight the Islamic Courts in Kismayo. Three Somali soldiers were wounded in a grenade attack near Baidoa.
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Gulf of Aden
On Aug. 29, a Malaysian ship laden with petrochemicals was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden, the eighth ship since July 20. Between April and June, 19 ships were attacked in the Gulf of Aden. US and allied navies will establish a maritime security patrol area between the coasts of Somalia and Yemen, under Combined Task Force 150.
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Yemen
Khalid Abdul Nabi, the leader of the Aden Abyan Islamic Army, was arrested after a five-year search. In 2006, officials said Nabi was a peaceful farmer and was pardoned by President Saleh. In 2007, Nabi was reported fighting in the Sa’ada War and training tribal fighters for the Yemeni military. In 2003, Yemen repeatedly reported to the US that Nabi was killed in a shoot-out.
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China
Police kill 6 suspects in Xinjiang violence
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Iraq
Iraq PM says Ramadan to celebrate victory over ‘terrorists’
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Al Qaeda
Insights into the Cyber-Jihad: Tracking the Terrorists Online
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Al Qaeda
Bush Seeks to Affirm a Continuing War on Terror
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Iraq
Troop ‘Surge™ Took Place Amid Doubt and Debate
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Iran
Iraqi forces receive Diyala’s MEK Ashraf camp from US
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Five killed in al Qaeda safe house strike in South Waziristan
Two Canadian Arabs were reported killed in the attack, the third such attack in South Waziristan and eight in Pakistan’s tribal areas this year.
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Pakistan
The government declared a cease-fire for the month of Ramadan. Five terrorists, including two Canadian Arabs, were killed in a US airstrike in South Waziristan. Forty Taliban fighters, including a commander were reported killed in Swat. Eighteen Taliban surrendered to police in Peshawar.
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Al Qaeda
As Sahab, al Qaeda’s propaganda outlet, announced the release of a new video titled “The word is the word of the sword” on Al Ekhlaas, a jihadi forum. The banner features an image of Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s commander in Afghanistan, and Pope Benedict XVI.
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Iraq
Coalition forces detained 26 al Qaeda operatives during raids in Sharqat, Mosul, Bayji, and the Hamrin Mountains. Iraqi security forces captured 48 insurgents in Baghdad and nine al Qaeda fighters in Baqubah and killed a Syrian fighter in Mosul. US forces detained three Hezbollah Brigades operatives in New Baghdad and two Special Groups fighters in Baghdad. Iraqi police captured three Mahdi Army fighters in Basrah. Al Qaeda killed a Sons of Iraq leader and three family members in Diyala.
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Afghanistan
A suicide bomber wounded one civilian in a failed attack on Coalition forces in Kabul. Ten Taliban fighters were killed in Helmand and 14 were captured in Khost. A battalion of US troops joined Canadian forces in the Maywand district northwest of Kandahar city.
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Pakistan
Taliban ambushes in Pakistan threaten Nato’s vital logistics route into Afghanistan
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Pakistan
The Role of Pakistan’s Madrassas
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Iraq
Iraq militia chief condemned to death for Karbala killings
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Iran
Iran warns any attack would start ‘world war™
