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Lebanon
Does the Lebanese opposition have an action plan?
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Pakistan
India claims the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed are using Bangladesh and Nepal for the movement and financing of terrorists. A prominent Pashtun leader accuses Pakistan of interfering in Afghanistan.
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Iraq
Six terrorist were killed and five captured in a raid on two foreign fighter safehouses in Gharma. The U.S. and Iraqi Army launched an operation i n Baqubah. The Iraqi Army arrested an insurgent leader in Baqubah, and a cell’s members in Baghdad, Ramadi and Samarra.
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Afghanistan
Three Afghans are killed and three NATO soldiers wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a convoy. Four Taliban were killed after attacking a police checkpoint in Zabul. U.S. troops accidentally killed one Afghan police officer and wounded another. The Taliban claim to have shot down a missing civilian helicopter.
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has arrested 139 foreign al Qaeda operatives over the past 2 months. Chad accuses rich Saudis and al Qaeda of funding the Janjaweed militias in Darfur, and Sudan of “sending mercenaries and others to attack the positions of our security forces.” The Saudis are working to counterbalance Iran’s rising influence in the Gulf region.
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Somalia
Aweys on Shabelle Radio: “We will launch a jihad war against any foreign forces deployed in Somalia regardless of which country they are from.” The TFG approves of a UNSC draft resolution calling for peacekeepers. “Foreign intervention will only destabilize Somalia,” warned the Eritrian government.
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Baghdad Bombings in Shia Markets
Suicide attacks in Baghdad, al Qaeda and Sadr continue to divide Iraq BAGHDAD, IRAQ: The Iraqi capital was rocked by three near-simultaneous car bombing in central Shiite neighborhood. Two bombs blew up at a market in the Sadriya market, and one at the nearby Wathbac circle. The market was teaming with shoppers, and traffic circle was crowed with traffic. Over 50 were killed and 80 wounded in the attack.
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Somalia’s Second Suicide Bombing
Islamic Courts attack a checkpoint outside Baidoa; al-Fajr releases “Apostate Hell in Somalia,” praise Osama bin Laden Aftermath of November 30 suicide attack in Baidoa. Click image to view. BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Last Thursday, the Islamic Courts conducted its second suicide bombing attack against the Transitional Federal Government. Nine were killed after a car suicide bomb detonated at a checkpoint outside of Baidoa. Mohamed Sidi SomaliNet’s Baidoa correspondent, reported from the scene. There appears to have been two suicide bombers. “The police told me that both of them were man and woman, who were the suicide bombers,” said Sidi. Two members…
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia detains 139 suspected militants
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Gunman gives himself up in Chechnya
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Local official, 9 other people wounded in attacks southern Russia
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Suspect of murder of Kyrgyz deputy detained in Chechnya
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Iraq
91 people have been killed and 40 wounded in a coordinated car bomb attack in the al-Sadriyah shopping area of Baghdad. Falah Shanshel, the head of Muqtada al-Sadr’s political bloc, has announced a possible alliance with Sunnis, Christians, and secularists against Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Maliki.
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Saudi charity spending down 40% since 9/11 – World Assembly of Muslim Youth secretary-general
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Chitral still an area of concern in hunt for bin Laden
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Saudi Arabia denies it may back Sunnis in Iraq
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Yemen interrogate 22 suspects for plotting terror attacks
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FBI agent describes group’s jihad plot
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Rice Says US Has Made Mistakes in Iraq
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Iraq
US soldier killed in fighting in Iraq’s volatile Anbar province
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Philippines
Philippines: Government troops arrest suspected militant from group linked to Jemaah Islamiyah
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Somalia
US urges end to Somalia arms ban
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Somalia
Somalia’s government welcomes draft U.N. resolution on regional military force
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Iraq
Triple car bombing kill 40 Iraqis
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Lebanon
The Egyptian president and Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday called for the containment of political upheaval in Lebanon, warning of the potential for widespread violence to erupt. The protests in Beirut continue. A United Nations commission of inquiry in the French-chaired Human Rights Committee determined that Israel should pay compensation to Lebanon for the conflict this summer for “excessive, indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force.” A seperate UN report found illicit arms traffic in Lebanon.
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Pakistan
Musharraf has signed the Women’s Protection Bill. The Taliban friendly MMA attempted to stage a march to parliament to force the PML leader to, but Pakistani security forces outnumbered them. MMA chief Qazi Mohammed claims 1,000 were arrested. India filed charges against 28 for their role in the Mubai bombings, and accused the ISI of complicity.
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Iraq
[UPDATE 2] The U.S. is debating ending the reconciliation negotiations with Sunni insurgents. U.S. helicopters supported an Iraqi operation against death squads in the the Fadhil area of Baghdad. The Iraqi Army also conducted an operation in Rusafa. A terrorist killed 4 and wounded 29 in Mosul after police stopped an attack on a police station. U.S. forces killed 2 al Qaeda and captured 27 in multiple raids throughout Iraq.
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Philippines
Abu Sayyaf back in Basilan, says governor
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Bangladesh
UN envoy terms political situation in Bangladesh ‘worrying’
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Rich Saudis Fund Qaeda in Sudan, Chad Charges
