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NATO
Pakistan – Terrorists may attack NLC, NATO supply depots: report
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Pakistan
NYC bomb suspect claims Taliban support
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Taliban
Afghanistan – Abdullah sceptical of Taliban talks
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Afghanistan
Britain ready to hand over detainees to United States again
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Pakistan
Pakistani Army major among 2 new arrests in bombing
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United States
Judges deny 3 detainees in Afghanistan access to US courts
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Iraq
A suicide bomber killed 23 in an attack in Khalis. Iraq freed two Iranians held for years by the US. Security forces detained 12 wanted men in Basrah and two insurgents in Kirkuk.
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US airstrike kills 10 in North Waziristan
The Predator strike is the first in six days and the sixth this month.
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Palestinian Territories
The IDF killed two Hamas gunmen that had been attempting to infiltrate Israel along the southern Gaza border. Hamas leadership acknowledged their mission to attack Israel. Meanwhile, Israel launched airstrikes during pre-dawn raids; no casualties were reported.
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Pakistan
US Embassy caterer linked to ‘Times Square bomber’ arrested
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Afghanistan
British troops in Afghanistan to be put under US command
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Iran
Iran seen as using influence to help Iraq’s al-Maliki stay on as prime minister
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Wonks gone wild: Obama’s nuclear diplomacy
As the week comes to a close, it’s time to review some of what leading journalists, pundits, and policy wonks — from the left, right, and murky center — are saying about new UN sanctions on Iran and the Turkey fuel-swap deal: Leslie Gelb in the Daily Beast: The United States will not be able to sustain this highly self-centered and highly differentiated anti-nuclear policy. It could survive during the Cold War in the face of a uniting threat from the Soviet Union, but not now. What Brazil, Turkey and Iran did, will be replicated in years to come. The…
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Pakistan
Police arrested four Pakistanis thought to be linked to the Times Square plot. The US Embassy in Islamabad warned that a catering company has links to terrorist groups. The Taliban strapped bombs to two “US spies” and detonated them in front of a crowd.
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Somalia
Insurgents killed a Ugandan soldier in Mogadishu. Six people were killed during clashes between Ethiopian troops and residents of Buhaodlke in Somaliland. Shabaab looted the Radio Somaliweyn headquarters in Mogadishu.
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Barbaric Taliban twist on executing ‘US spies’
Usually, when the Taliban capture so-called “US spies” whom they accuse of working with the Pakistani government or providing information for the US air campaign in the tribal areas, the victims are shot and killed, or occasionally, beheaded or mutilated in some way. The “spies” almost always have a note pinned to their chests warning others that this is their fate if they cross the Taliban. But today, the Taliban added a cruel, even more barbaric twist to their executions: they strapped suicide vests to two so-called “spies” and detonated the victims in front of a crowd. From Reuters: Five…
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Pakistan
Pakistan arrests four over Times Square plot
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Afghanistan
Fields: Rebuilding Afghanistan requires wise choices
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Afghanistan
Taliban birthplace major focus of Afghan offensive
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Afghanistan
US rifles not suited to warfare in Afghan hills
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Afghanistan
Four Taliban suicide bombers and a policemen were killed in a failed attack on a police outpost in Paktika. Afghan and Coalition forces detained an undisclosed number of Taliban fighters in Helmand and Kandahar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south and hit a helicopter with RPG fire.
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s poppy blight could mean trouble for war effort
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Taliban suicide assault squad attacks police outpost in eastern Afghanistan
Police defeated the complex assault, which included a suicide car bomb and heavily armed suicide bombers.
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United States
US outlines moves after bomb suspect™s arrest
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Iran
Two Iranians detained in Iraq are freed as moms plea for release of American hikers in Iran
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Afghanistan
Opium addiction fuels Afghan chaos
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Pakistan
Pakistan: Karachi at the centre of ethnic violence
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Pakistan
Ex-president Musharraf vows return to Pakistan politics
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Iran
A UN sanctions loophole would allow Russia to transfer its S-300 missile defense system to Iran. The China National Petroleum Corporation will move ahead with planned oil and natural gas projects in Iran.
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South Africa
Interrogations of the al Qaeda member planning the World Cup attacks revealed that the terror group planned to use cars bombs laced with rat poison, then gunmen would kill those aiding the wounded. It is reported that they planned to strike during the Denmark v. Netherlands match and use car bombs if they could not kill the players themselves.
