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Pakistan
The Army killed one of the 21 most-wanted Taliban leaders in Swat. The operation in South Waziristan is expected to be launched in mid-October. The World Food Program suspended operations in the wake of the suicide attack on its headquarters in Islamabad. The military expects a tough fight in South Waziristan.
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Kashmir
Indian soldiers killed seven terrorists in separate clashes in Kashmir, including four Lashkar-e-Taiba fighters in Kupwara. Indian intelligence said the Pakistani military is sending captive Taliban fighters from Swat to fight in Kashmir.
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Pakistani Army kills a most-wanted Swat commander
Sher Mohammad Qasab was on the Pakistani government’s list of the 21 most-wanted in Swat; he commanded Taliban forces in the stronghold of Charbagh. Five of the top 21 are now in custody or are dead.
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Afghanistan
NATO chief: US allies must do more in Afghanistan
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Pakistan
US push to expand in Pakistan meets resistance
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Afghanistan
Taliban say control area after battle with US
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Al Qaeda and the Taliban: together again
The Taliban have released a clever piece of disinformation today, which clearly is aimed at US policymakers as well as the American public as the Obama administration decides on a new path forward in Afghanistan. In this latest statement, the Taliban are claiming they have no aspirations to be involved in the global jihad. From the Voice of Jihad, the Taliban’s official propaganda arm online: We announce to all the world, our aim is obtainment of independence and establishment of an Islamic system. We did not have any agenda to harm other countries including Europe nor we have such agenda…
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Afghanistan
Afghan police freed after US raid
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Somalia
Uganda freed Somalia’s State Minister for Defence Indha™adde a day after he was bundled into an unmarked car and questioned by security officials in Kampala. Shabaab threatened the medical staff of Medina hospital in Mogadishu, warning them against helping “apostate soldiers.” Two Shabaab fighters were killed in northern Mogadishu. The head of political affairs for Shabab in Kismayo, Sheikh Hussein Ali Fidow, said that the group has signed an agreement with Hizbul Islam.
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Al Qaeda
Abu Yahya al Libi, al Qaeda’s leading ideologue and propagandist, has called for a jihad against China. “Today, a new massacre is being carried out by Buddhist nationalists and communists against the Muslim population in eastern Turkestan,” al Libi said in a videotape released on jihadi websites.
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Iraq
A suicide bomber killed nine Iraqis and wounded 30 more in Fallujah. Insurgents killed two civilians in a grenade attack in Baghdad. Security forces detained five al Qaeda operatives during raids in the Hamrin Mountains and Kirkuk, and detained seven insurgents near Huwaiyja.
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Afghanistan
Two Taliban fighters and three civilians were killed in bombings in Paktika and Zabul provinces. The Taliban killed two more civilians and wounded 25 more in a rocket attack in Ghazni province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed and captured an unspecified number of Taliban fighters during operations in Kabul, Wardak, Helmand and Khost provinces, and destroyed two heroin labs and an IED factory.
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Germany
Police in Berlin launched raids on 26 buildings and locations in search of three Islamist extremists connected to a 15-man cell thought to be plotting attacks in Russia. “Based on information from abroad and international police investigations, there was reason to suspect that an Islamist of Arabic descent living in Berlin, as the head of a … roughly 15-member group, was planning terrorist attacks in Russia,” German prosecutors said in a statement.
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Nigeria
A group called Tawheed Intiative for Good Governance and Accountability (TIGA) has accused the Nigerian government of endorsing the mass killing of innocent men, women and children during the Boko Haram crisis. TIGA charged Umaru Musa Yar™Adua’s of avoiding a peaceful conclusion to the crisis and supporting the mass murder of civilians by ordering authorities to aggressively crush the Islamist sect.
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Egypt
Increasing use of face veil worries Egyptian government
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Geneva talks spur regional diplomacy
In my last post I addressed the issue of Turkish involvement in the bilateral negotiations between the UN’s P5+1 and the Islamic Republic of Iran. In order to get a fuller picture of the geopolitical implications of these talks, it would be wise to take a look at some important regional developments: Israel A recent leak from the British Times revealed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent visit to Moscow included more than just negotiations about Russia’s decision to sell the Iranians S300 air-defense missiles. During his stay, Netanyahu is alleged to have provided Medvedev with a list of Russian…
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Iran
US lawmakers are ready to impose additional sanctions if Tehran does not cooperate. Secretary of Defense Gates hinted at the existence of more secret nuclear sites. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei warned Iranians not to believe enemies’ efforts to downplay last summer’s election result.
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Al Qaeda’s Shadow Army makes the news
Eight months after The Long War Journal broke the news on the existence of al Qaeda’s paramilitary Shadow Army, or the Lashkar al Zil, the Associated Press picked up on the role the terror army plays in Afghanistan, and mentioned the Lashkar al Zil by name. In an article titled “Al-Qaida showing smaller presence in Afghanistan,” the AP quoted Dr. Brian Glynn Williams’ report at The Jamestown Foundation, titled “Death from the Skies: An Overview of the CIA’s Drone Campaign in Pakistan – Part One” and published on Sept. 25, 2009. Dr. Williams identified the Lashkar al Zil by name,…
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Pakistan
With UN bombing, Pakistani Taliban attempts a comeback
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Somalia
Somalia minister held in Uganda
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Philippine military casualities increasing in Sulu
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Anbar sheiks ‘feel deep sense of abandonment’
US Marines escort Fallujan sheiks to a meeting in January 2007. Photo courtesy of Captain Jason Brezler. This article on US disengagement from Anbar by Anthony Shadid is interesting and informative, if one views the generously applied “grand theme” in context. In Shadid’s presentation, a reader might shake his head at the idea that the US is mismanaging withdrawal from the province and perhaps unethically leaving some allies in the 2006-2007 tribal Awakening to their fates, some of which will invariably be grisly. An alternate theme, one more casually mentioned in the story and probably endorsed by the majority of…
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Pakistan
The Pakistani Air Force killed six Taliban fighters during strikes in South Waziristan. Security forces arrested 10 Taliban fighters in Swat while 17 more surrendered in Swat and Dir. The Taliban killed a member of a “peace committee” in Hangu and injured three people in a rocket attack in Peshawar.
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Pakistan
US aid: Pak fights ‘terror riders’
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Pakistan
Go to jail or join jihad against India: ISI tells surrendered Taliban
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Al Qaeda
Pakistan – UN blast shows Taliban still potent
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Pakistan
Six killed as Pakistan jets hit Taliban positions
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Afghanistan
McChrystal and Gates raise tension in Afghanistan debate
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi king sacks anti-coed cleric
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Iraq
One terrorist was killed while attempting to plant a bomb in Ramadi. Security forces detained 46 wanted men in Dhi Qhar and 22 more in Basrah; six al Qaeda operatives in western Iraq; an IED cell leader, an ISI leader, and four operatives in Tarmiyah and Tuz Khurmatu; and three insurgents in Daqouq.
