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Suicide bomber kills Pakistani tribal leader
The suicide bomber targeted and killed a tribal leader who has spoken out against the Taliban. The attack is the third major Taliban strike in Bannu in five days.
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Thailand
Islamic terrorists shot and killed a Muslim army sergeant and his wife as they traveled home from work on a motorcycle in Yala province. A Muslim defense volunteer was also killed when a bomb exploded near a mosque in Yala province.
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US expanding air war into Quetta?
Members of the pro-Taliban Jamiat ulema-i-Islam party protest in Quetta on Thursday, May 28, 2009, against the military offensive against Taliban in Swat. AP Photo. According to the Telegraph, the US has threatened to expand the airstrike campaign to include the Quetta Shura, the Afghan Taliban’s governing council led by Mullah Omar: State department and intelligence officials delivered the ultimatum to Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan’s president, last week as he visited the US for the United Nations’ security council sessions and the G20 economic summit. Pakistan’s government has argued the Quetta Shura, led by Mullah Mohammad Omar, does not harm…
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Pakistan
Dead or alive: Pakistan bounty on top 5 jihadis
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Iraq
Iraq frees ‘kidnap group’ members
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United Kingdom
Wanted in UK: Women 007s who can drive, read maps
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Pakistan
Security forces detained 20 Taliban fighters in Swat and 10 more in Malakand. Hundreds of men joined a tribal lashkar in Swat. The death toll in yesterday’s dual suicide attacks in Peshawar and Bannu has risen to 27.
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Afghanistan
General Stanley McChrystal demands 40,000 more troops for Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
Advisers to Obama are split on Afghan troop request
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Afghanistan
Top Afghan official threatens to quit after attack
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Pakistani Intel, Army, backing the Taliban in Bajaur
Farhat Taj says Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence agency and the Army are backing the Taliban against the Salarzai tribe in the Bajaur tribal agency. From The News: The tribe have collectively decided that there won’t be any Taliban on their soil. The Taliban have been driven out of the Salarzai area. The Salarzai lashkar, mostly made up of labourers and peasants, has successfully kept the Salazai area free of the Taliban. Tens of Salarzail lashkar leaders have been target-killed. The Salarzai leaders informed me they hold the ISI responsible for the targeted killings. “The Taliban are just a facade. The real…
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Yemen
Arabiya showed a video of Said Ali al Shihri soliciting an unknown Saudi for donations. “The bearer of this message is trusted by us,” Shihri said. The video was taken with a cell phone in a car. Shihri is a former Gitmo detainee who is now al Qaeda’s commander in Yemen.
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Iran
Iraq’s president: Iran sanctions won’t work
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Afghanistan
US forces move into central Afghan city
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Iran
The military tested a short-range ground-to-ground missile and a naval missile, and plans to test a long-range missile on Sept. 28. The government asked Western nations not to interfere with the IAEA. The Revolutionary Guard purchased a majority share in the country’s telecommunications company.
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Iraq
A suicide bomber killed three policemen in Ramadi. Al Qaeda killed a policeman in Mosul and has threatened an economic blockade in a neighborhood in Mosul. Security forces detained 15 wanted men in Basrah and four more in Jalawlaa, and six suspected members of a car bomb cell in Ramadi.
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Afghanistan
Three Coalition soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan and three French troops were killed in Kapisa province. The Taliban killed four civilians during an assassination attempt against Energy Minister Ismail Khan; three more were killed in an IED attack in Farah. Afghan and Coalition forces killed six Taliban fighters in Kunduz and detained several more in Kandahar.
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Al Qaeda
NATO’s trouble in Afghanistan gives courage to Al Qaeda, Taliban
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Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, the middle ground may be most perilous
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Al Qaeda’s final push before German elections, and the appearance of Abu Ibrahim al Amriki
With the rollout of the boogeyman himself, Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda made its final campaign push Friday to impact Sunday’s elections in Germany. His reappearance capped a busy day for the terror network’s marketing team which saw the release of three videos in rapid succession on the militant forums. All of the products either carried German subtitles or featured German speakers. Although the tapes have led to a surge in interest and news coverage inside Germany, the propaganda ploy appears to be failing to scare voters away from reelecting Angela Merkel. The chart above shows the localized search volume…
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Somalia
Shabaab plans to launch suicide attacks using small planes against Somali government and AU bases in Mogadishu. The group has withdrawn from the seaport city of Kismayo after Hizbul Islam and the Ras Kamboni Brigade poured in with armed trucks and after Hizbul™s deputy leader Sheikh Hassan Turki went to Mogadishu to discuss the situation with senior Shabaab commanders. Somalia’s deputy police chief died from last week’s bomb wounds. Foreign military helicopters are flying low over Northern Somalia.
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United States
White House near picking site for Guantanamo detainees
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Pakistan opens new terror camps after Mumbai assault
Less than a year after the Lashkar-e-Taiba launched the deadly terror assault on Mumbai, jihadi groups are opening more training camps in Pakistan.
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Afghanistan
No 10 asked Army to delay Afghan attack until after Gordon Brown’s visit
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Iran
Iran’s second uranium enrichment plant may have made Israeli strike less likely
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Iran
Iran vows to switch on ‘secret’ nuclear facility
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Pakistan
Taliban suicide bombers killed 20 people and wounded more than 100 in dual attacks in Peshawar and Bannu cities. Twenty Taliban fighters surrendered in Swat. The Taliban demanded that captive leaders be released in exchange for a kidnapped Greek aid worker.
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Iraq
Security forces detained 12 wanted men in Diyala and six more during raids nationwide. Police detained three al Qaeda escapees from last week’s prison break in Tikrit; seven remain free. Insurgents killed one policeman in Mosul and wounded two more policemen and two soldiers in Mosul and Khaniqan.
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Somalia
The governor of central Hiran region quit the Mogadishu government and declared his loyalty to Hizbul Islam. “Our fighters and weapons are now part of Hizbul Islam,” he told reporters. Businessmen in Mogadishu asked Shabaab to reopen roads that lead to the crucial Bakara Market, saying they would stop their financial support if the roads were not opened. Shabaab conducted clearing operations on the route between Bay and Lower Shabelle regions. The death toll from yesterday™s fighting in Mogadishu reached 12.
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Al Qaeda
Fears over ‘internal’ terror bomb
