Pakistani witnesses say US drone fired at madrassa

Darfur violence spreads to Chad’s interior

NYC Judge Refuses to Toss Terror Charges

Taliban continues to suffer heavy losses in open combat; Musa Qala is back under Taliban control Afghan National Army soldiers prepare to conduct a presence patrol in the village of Alizai in the Ghazni province. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ethan Anderson. Click image to view. Over the past week, NATO forces and the Taliban have battled in southern and eastern Afghanistan, resulting in extremely high losses by the Taliban, with few NATO casualties. Fifty-five Taliban were killed in fighting in Zabul. Fifty-five were killed after a force of 150 attacked a base in Tarin Kot, Uruzgan. Twelve Taliban were…

2 from Pakistan held in Kabul

Syrian Official May Visit Baghdad

Algeria: Arab terrorist cell dismantling in Khanshla

Sayyaf leader, JI bombers still in Sulu, military insists

Algeria: top Islamist political leader condemns bombings

Three militants killed, one captured in Afghanistan

Explosion on key Baghdad bridge

Iraq: Wedding bomb toll climbs to 23

Iraqi Shi’ites alarmed at US detente with Sunnis

Musharraf Contends with the Pashtun Element in the Pakistani Army

Iraq’s Army to receive additional 18,800 soldiers

Iran will conduct a large scale naval wargame this week in the Persian Gulf, just as U.S. carriers are surging into the region. The U.S. accuses Iran and Syria of trying to topple the Lebanese government. Russia will not back the current UNSC draft to curb Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. Russia will move forward with its sale of air defense missiles to Iran.

A leaked U.S. military briefing slide showing the “Index of Civil Conflict” puts the status in the danger zone. Iraqi state TV accuses the US of releasing a ‘terrorist,’ a former brigadier in Saddam’s army. Iraq’s vice president opposed the lifting of the Sadr City blockade. Maliki may reshuffle the Cabinet, replacing Defense and Interior.

“We will crush militancy with force and no one will be allowed to challenge the writ of the government,” said Musharraf. Faqir Muhammad said Musharraf is an “American agent, killing innocent people at the US behest” and the “Elimination of Musharraf is a must to restore peace.” Pakistan’s military will hold a Corps Commanders meeting on November 7 to discuss Bajaur and other security issues.

Indonesia nabs suspected couriers for top terrorist fugitive Noordin Mohammad Top

Ten Palestinians (including 9 ‘gunmen’) were killed and 60 wounded during Israeli operations in Gaza. One Israeli soldier was killed. The Salah al-Din brigades claims to have fired the first “Nasser 1” rocket into an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Egypt has rejected an offer by the U.S. to help secure the Gaza border.

Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammed and Jamaat-ud-Dawa openly protest the Bajaur madrassa strike NWFP/FATA. Click map to view. As further details emerge on the airstrike on the al Qaeda and Taliban training camp in Bajaur, Pakistan, the Pakistani military has sealed off the tribal agency to prevent travel into and out of the region. Qazi Hussain Ahmad, the emir of the al Qaeda and Taliban supporting Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) political party, along with other leaders of the MMA, were denied access to Bajaur. Qazi slipped through and was intercepted by Pakistani officials. By denying access to Qazi and others, Pakistan is preventing the jihadi…

Along Iraq-Syria Border, a Struggle to Cover the Terrain

Indonesian JI Ties to Somali Gun Runners Arrested in Yemen

Jordanian al Qaeda stages hunger strike, family say

Islam, Terror and the Second Nuclear Age

Angry protests at St Andrews as former Iranian leader Khatami is honoured

(Iraq) 40 kidnapped in convoy hijack

72 Muslim Workers Barred From Paris Airport
