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United States
AP sources: Gitmo closing goal of Jan. may slip – Yahoo! News
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Afghanistan
McChrystal troops request shelved pending review
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Areas of government control in Uruzgan province
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Afghanistan
Dutch Afghan mission may be extended
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Afghanistan
Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters as they stormed a district center in Kunduz, eight in Helmand, eight in Nimroz, and four in Nangarhar. Two policemen were also killed in Nimroz. Police detained a suicide bomber in Balkh while Afghan and Coalition forces killed and detained “several” Taliban fighters in in Wardak and Helmand. The Taliban executed three civilians for ‘spying’ in Herat, killed five civilians in a rocket attack in Kunar, and destroyed a cellular tower in Kapisa.
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Germany
Germans arrest terror video suspect
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Australia
Australia: Islamist given nine-year sentence for terrorism
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Lashkar-e-Taiba
A court postponed a hearing for Lashkar-e-Taiba operations chief Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi and six others for their connections to the Mumbai terror assault in 2008. A two-judge panel will review a petition on Lashkar-e-Taiba founder and leader Hafiz Saeed on charges that he encouraged and raised money for jihad.
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Afghanistan
UK: Major-General Andrew Mackay quit after ‘grave crisis™ warning
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Taliban suicide bombers strike in Pakistan’s northwest
Twenty Pakistanis, including police oficers, were killed in attacks in Peshawar and Bannu.
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Pakistan
Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in North Waziristan. In Swat, 13 Taliban fighters were captured and 57 more surrendered. Five terror suspects were detained in Dera Ghazi Khan. The Taliban wounded a lashkar fighter in Bajaur.
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Afghanistan
Afghan war commander submits troop request
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United States
Prosecutor: Terror plot focus was 9/11 anniversary
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Somalia
Eritrea says terrorism focus not working in Somalia
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Philippine government files charges against Abu Sayyaf escapees
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Links between terrorist groups in Southeast Asia evolved over the years
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Iran
IAEA may inspect new nuclear site: Iran president
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Al Qaeda
Pakistan discovers ‘village’ of white German al-Qaeda insurgents
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Somalia
The front line in Somalia
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Kuwait
Kuwait censors ‘terror™ blogs
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Iraq
Fifteen Iraqi soldiers were killed while trying to defuse a car bomb in a facility north of Mosul. Iraqi forces detained 66 wanted men in Dhi Qhar, 17 terrorists during raids nationwide, 14 insurgents in Kirkuk, and four escaped al Qaeda prisoners. Two policemen were wounded in an IED attack in Baghdad.
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Taliban suicide bombing master Qari Hussain Mehsud speaks
Scores of children train to become suicide bombers at a camp run by Qair Hussain in Spinkai, South Waziristan. Image courtesy of AfPax Insider. Qari Hussain Mehsud, the cousin of slain Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, popped up from hiding and conducted an interview with the Associated Press. Qari Hussain is the Taliban leader who is known for running suicide camps that train children. From the AP: “Our movement has gained more strength after the martyrdom of Baitullah Mehsud,” he said. “We are united.” The militant commander, who appeared to be in his 40s and had a curly black beard and…
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Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden released a five-minute-long audiotape where he urged the Europeans to abandon the war in Afghanistan. “… [I]t won™t be long until the dust of war clears in Afghanistan, at which point you won™t find a trace of any American, because they will have gone away far beyond the Atlantic, Allah permitting, and just us and you will remain, for the oppressed to retaliate from his oppressor,” bin Laden said. Video with English captions.
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Somalia
Five civilians were killed after Hizbul Islam attacked an AMISOM base on the Makka al Mukarama road, which connects the Presidential palace and the airport in Mogadishu. Soldiers killed a sixth civilian in Dharkeynley district when a roadside bomb targeted them. Seven pirates were killed by AU peacekepers after they boarded a merchant ship and murdered its captain near Mogadishu port. Eritrean military officers are in the Shabaab-controlled port city of Kismayo, according to the Somali government.
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United States
The FBI arrested Michael Finton, a Muslim convert who goes by the name of Talib Islam, for attempting blow up the federal courthouse in Springfield, Illinois, on behalf of al Qaeda. Finton twice attempted to use a cell phone to remotely detonate what he believed was a car bomb parked in front of the court. He recorded a message to be delivered to Osama bin Laden.
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Al Qaeda
9/11 plotters get ‘My Lai’ tape to prepare for trial
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Pakistan
Saeed is in custody, believes Pak PM
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Afghanistan
Five ISAF soldiers were killed during three separate engagements. Afghan and Coalition forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in Helmand and Nimroz provinces and detained six Haqqani Network fighters in Khost. Five Taliban fighters were killed during clashes between two rival groups in Herat.
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Iran
Iranian officials admitted to building a second, secret enrichment facility. Western governments accused Iran of constructing the secret underground plant to manufacture nuclear fuel for weapons. Geneva will host the 5+1 talks on Iran’s nuclear program on Oct. 1.
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Pakistan
A US airstrike killed eight Haqqani Network fighters in an attack in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed seven pro-government tribal leaders during an attack in Bannu. The military killed eight Taliban fighters in Malakand and detained three more in Hangu.
