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Pakistan
NWFP Governor Jan Orakzai is advising the Pashtun jirga (more on Orakzai.) Interior Minister Sherpao defended the Bajaur strike to parliament but did not say who actually fired the shot (we said the U.S. did on the day the news broke.) Pakistan has successfully test fired the Hataf-IV ballistic missile, with a range of 420 miles.
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Afghanistan
NATO pledged about 500 more troops for Afghanistan. About 2,500 are needed. NATO claims the Afghan security forces will be ready to begin taking control by 2008. The U.S. is donating helicopters and planes to the Ministry of Defense.
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Thailand
Thailand: In Death’s Shadow
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Al Qaeda
First Issue of the Technical Mujahid, a New Periodic Magazine Related to Technology and Internet Security Published by al-Fajr Information Center
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Pakistan
Osama bin Laden on Top of the World
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Afghanistan
Afghan security handover is on track for 2008, says Nato
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Afghanistan
Nato split on Afghan combat curbs
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Muslim Cleric Warns Pope Of ‘Islamophobia’
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Iraq
Bush to focus on Iraqi troops in Maliki talks
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Bush reaffirms push for Mideast democracy
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Pakistan’s Slide
Taliban and al Qaeda leaders confident; the NWFP is becoming a Taliban training and recruiting grounds; Pakistan tells NATO to appease the Taliban in Afghanistan NWFP/FATA. Click map to view. Pakistan continues its slide into darkness as the government attempts to appeases the Taliban. While the Chingai al Qaeda training camp air stike, which killed 80 Taliban, gave some hope that the Pakistani government may change its policy of appeasement to the Taliban, the follow up suicide bombing at the Dargai Army base, which killed 45 recruits, sent a message to the Pakistani government and military. Pakistan has ceased to…
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United States
US Citizen Wanted to Join the Taliban, Officials Say
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United States
Judge strikes down Bush on terror groups
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Iraq
Jordan’s king meetings with Iraqi Sunni leader to help broker deal to quell violence
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Syria
Syrian Islamic militant leader killed
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Iraq
Pentagon considers moving troops from Anbar province to Baghdad.
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NATO Countries Need to Make Strategic Investments, Bush Tells Leaders
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Chad
Rebels Shoot Down Chadian Military Plan
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Iraq
Hezbollah is supporting Sadr’s Mahdi Army. An investigation into the crash of an F-16 north of Baghdad has begun. The pilot is missing. Five women were killed in Ramadi after U.S. forces attack an insurgent safe house. Iraqi special forces captured 2 members of an IED cell. The U.S. media has now labeled Iraq a ‘civil war.’
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Iraq
N.Y. Times, others call Iraq conflict ‘civil war™
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Anbar, the Washington Post and the Devlin Report
Another partially leaked report on Anbar province Iraq. Click map to view. The Washington Post has access to segments of the latest intelligence report on Anbar province, and reports the situation in western Iraq is dire. Military and intelligence sources that I spoke to who have read the report indicate that they largely agree with the most recent assessment of the situation in Anbar in Colonel Devlin’s report, but not as presented by the Washington Post. The situation in Anbar province, they say, has not changed much since the release of the last report. And as I noted in September…
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Iran
US official says Hezbollah aids Iraq Shiites
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Al Qaeda
Jew, turned Muslim, offers knowledge of Al Qaeda
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Iraq
Talabani heads to Iran as violence shakes Baghdad
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Algeria
Bomb blast in Algeria injures 10 soldiers
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Caucasus
Details on Spetz-Operation Which Killed Terrorist Abu-Khafs
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Philippines
Soldiers arrested the Abu Saffaf terrorist that beheaded U.S. tourist Guillermo Sobero on Basilan. The Army is hunting for five female members of the Jemaah Islamiah on the Island of Jolo.
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Pakistan
The Taliban executed an “American spy” in South Waziristan, and pinned a note on his body warning other spies. Four “militants” were killed after attacking a Pakistani paramilitary base near Mir Ali.
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Somalia
Kenya denies the presence of Ethiopian and U.S. troops at the Somali border. Puntland arrested a shiekh who called for jihad. The ICU closed cinemas and then imposed a curfew in Bulo Burde, and will seize weapons from Mogadishu businessmen.
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Israel
Israel and the PA are attempting to extend the ceasefire to the West Bank. Israel said it will withdrawal from settlements in the West Bank. Hamas said the right of return is sacred. Hamas also said it would continue to abduct Israeli soldiers.The IDF has changed the rules of engagement to allow the destruction of Qassams before they are launched.
