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Afghanistan
In Ghor province, a Coalition airstrike killed a Taliban leader with links to Iran’s Qods Force; the strike also killed 16 other fighters. In Uruzgan province, 30 Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed during three days of fighting. The Afghan Army killed five Taliban fighters and two more in Kunar province. In Kunduz yesterday, a Taliban commander and two fighters were killed during fighting. In Ghazni province, the Taliban killed two policemen, taking control of the Zand Khan district.
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United States
Ex-Ga. Tech student guilty of terrorism
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Afghanistan
A trip to Gardez and a visit with the Marines
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US strike kills Iranian-backed Taliban commander in western Afghanistan
Mullah Mustafa and sixteen of his followers were killed in an airstrike in Ghor province. Mustafa had links to Iran’s Qods Force, which still continues to support the Taliban.
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Iraq
Terrorists killed 26 civilians in a car bomb attack in Nasariyah. Two insurgents were killed while planting an IED in Huwaiyja. Security forces detained seven gunmen in Baqubah, five wanted men in Diyala, and two more two in Wasit. The Naqshabandiya group claimed it shot down a Predator. The government will press ahead with a referendum on the SAFA agreement with the US.
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Russia
The representative of the General Mission of the Caucasus Emirate has denied claims of Doku Umarov’s death, calling them Russian fabrications. One officer died in a shootout with insurgents in Dagestan. A top judge was assassinated in Ingushetia; this high-profile killing follows closely after the assassination of Dagestan’s interior minister on June 5.
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Iraq
Hope for British hostages in Iraq after release of Shia militant
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Afghanistan
Charges unlikely in Afghan airstrike
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Philippines
Kamsa Limaya, an Abu Sayyaf leader, was arrested on June 4 at a checkpoint in Basilan in connection with kidnappings in 2008. An Army soldier was killed and two were wounded in Maguindanao when their truck hit a land mine placed by Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters. The Army also accused MILF of contaminating a nearby creek, sickening 10 Army troops who drank the water.
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Iraq
US army holding 11,000 prisoners in Iraq
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Iran
Iranian cleric slams Ahmadinejad ‘fabrications™
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Pakistan
Lal Masjid cleric booked for provocative speech
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Questions and answers – Thailand’s insurgency
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Echoes of Tamil Tigers in Philippine insurgency
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Pakistan
Take Taliban, al Qaeda head on: Pentagon to Pakistan
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Pakistan
Suicide bombers strike luxury hotel in Pakistan
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Afghanistan
Attacks on Afghans increasing in border provinces
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Afghanistan
Gates to meet with allies on Afghanistan, wants progress within a year
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Yemen
Yemeni prosecutors are demanding the death penalty for 11 Yemenis, four Syrians, and a Saudi currently on trial for carrying out 13 strikes against oil facilities, foreign tourists, and government institutions over the past two years. The verdict is expected on July 13.
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Germany
German intelligence believes al Qaeda will attempt to strike inside the country and against Germans overseas prior to the upcoming national election scheduled for Sept. 27. The North Africa-based al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has been tasked with carrying out the strikes.
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Pakistan
A Taliban assault team killed 11 people in a complex suicide attack on a hotel in Peshawar. The Pakistani military killed 20 Taliban fighters during an operation in Bannu, killed 27 Taliban fighters in Dir and Swat, and detained the Swat emir of the TNSM in Peshawar. The Taliban killed three people in attacks in Peshawar, wounded 11 troops in Mohmand and eight policemen in Dera Ismail Khan, and bombed three schools in Lower Dir.
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Al Qaeda
Abu Haakim, a bodyguard for Osama bin laden, was killed, possibility during fighting against Coalition forces in Afghanistan, according to a martyrdom release published by Elif Media on Turkish jiahdi websites. The statement was not clear about the circumstances of Abu Haakim’s death.
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United States
US talks to Palau about taking Uighur inmates: Source
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Taliban suicide team strikes Peshawar hotel in latest complex assault
Eleven people were killed and more than 70 were wounded in a suicide assault at the luxury Pearl Continental Hotel. The attack is the latest in a series of complex assaults in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India.
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Afghanistan
US: New forces in Afghanistan to be ‘game changer’
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United States
Gates expresses confidence in US missile defenses
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Somalia
Arms dealers revel in Somali war business
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North Korea
Russia source says North Korea readying launches: report
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Pakistani military launches operation in Bannu
More than 20 Taliban fighters have been killed in two tribal areas just outside of North Waziristan. The move may be a prelude to an operation into Waziristan.
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Pakistan
India PM willing to meet Pakistan ‘more than half way™
