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Iraq
Insurgents fighting US-led forces are loyal to al Qaeda, commander says
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Pakistan
Pride, grief, anger at Taliban recruiting in western Pakistan
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Pakistan’s Insurgency, Continued
Policemen carry coffins of senior police officers during their funeral on Sunday, a day after a suicide bombing in Peshawar. (AFP Photo). Click photo to view. The fourth suicide bomber in less than a week kills a policeman in Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan has suffered its fourth suicide bombing since January 22nd. Today, a 17 year old suicide bomber detonated his vest after being searched by police outside of a Shia celebration in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in the Northwest Frontier Province. One policeman was killed, and eight others were wounded, 2 critically. The Kuwaiti News Agency reported that…
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Somalia
Somali police convoy attacked
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Palestinian Territories
Factional fighting rages in Gaza despite Saudi offer
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Sudan
Sudan humiliated as African Union summit opens
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Pakistan
Another suicide bomber strikes in Dera Ismail Khan. Three Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) members are the prime suspects in the Peshawar suicide bombing. Pakistani police claim “foreign involvement” is behind the attacks in Peshawar and Islamabad. Maulana Inayatur Rehman is said to have told followers to conduct suicide missions after the Bajaur airstrike in 2006. “Militants” launched an attack on a Levies outpost in Salarzai, Bajaur.
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Afghanistan
President Karzai calls for talks with the Taliban. A Taliban commander was killed during fighting in Zabul. Three Taliban were captured and an unknown number killed during fighting in Uruzgan and Khost over the weekend.
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Al Qaeda
al Qaeda inroads into sleepy SA town?
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Somalia
Somali govt jails suspected al Qaeda operatives™ wives
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Turkey
46 suspected Islamic militants arrested in Turkey
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Iran
Intelligence on Iran’s role in supporting violence will be declassified. Iran plans on opening a bank in Baghdad and increasing reconstruction funds. The Iraqi border crossings have been closed to “prevent a large number of pilgrims from flocking across the border without ‘legal documents.’” 33 NGOs rebuke Iran for its promotion of Holocaust denial.
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Iraqi Army battles Shia cult, Sunni insurgents in Najaf
Iraqi soldiers take positions outside Najaf. (AP Photo). Click photo to view. Iraqi led operation results in over 300 deaths of enemy fighters Iraqi Security Forces, backed by American tanks and air support, attacked what appears to be a mixed group of Sunni insurgents and a Shia end-times cult known as the “Soldiers of Heaven.” The battle occurred in the suburbs and orchards north of Najaf. “Police Colonel Ali Nomas said 250 militants had been killed,” reported Reuters. “The political source said up to 1,000 had been involved. An army source said they wore camouflage and appeared well organised.” They…
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Thailand
Thailand considers Sharia law in troubled Muslim south
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Iraq
Sadrists, Islamic Party ink deal to maintain security
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Yemen
‘Shia gunmen’ kill Yemeni troops
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Palestinian Territories
Gunmen mortar bombed the headquarters of the Fatah-dominated Preventive Security service in Gaza City as the violence continues. According to the BBC, five are dead. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia asked Fatah and Hamas to negotiate a truce in Mecca.
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Israel
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated in a bakery in Eilat, killing three people. The Cabinet approved Israel’s first Arab minister. The US Congress will be informed that Israel may have violated agreements with the US when it fired American-supplied cluster munitions into southern Lebanon, according to the State Department.
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Lebanon
Lebanon faces prospect of civil war
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Iraq
‘Chemical Ali’ Admits Having Kurdish Villages Destroyed
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United Kingdom
Young, British Muslims ‘getting more radical’
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Afghanistan
Two vodkas, one Pepsi. . . the code of war that can mean life or death in duel with Taliban
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Palestinian Territories
Palestinians agree to Mecca talks
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Iran
Iranian Reveals Plan to Expand Role in Iraq
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Yemen
Yemeni Jews flee Islamist threat
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Iraq
The Iraqi Army killed over 250 of what appears to be a mixed Sunni/Shia cult/insurgent group near Najaf. A US helicopter was brought down in the fighting, killing 2. Mahdi Army leaders are said to be fleeing to Iran. Over 1,500 policemen were fired in the Iraqi province of Diyala for failing to fight.
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Somalia
One soldier and 8 civilians were killed in fighting in Mogadishu. A police station was also attacked. The government is blaming the Islamic Courts for the violence. Foreign terrorists from Yemen, Jordan, Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Syria, Comoros, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Morocco and Somalia were arrested in Kenya. Yemen has detained 240 suspected Islamists fleeing Somalia.
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Iran
Moscow slams US™ hardline policies over Iran
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Iraq
Governor says US copter downed in clashes in Najaf
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Philippines
Australia will deploy soldiers to central Mindanao in the southern Philippines to “fight against Islamist terrorism.” The military and MILF are fighting in Cotabato. MILF claims it has 70,000 armed fighters. Philippine troops want to destroy the myth surrounding Abu Sayyaf chief Radullan Sahiron.
