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Philippines
Philippines: Terrorism behind murder of Protestant pastor in Palu
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Jordan
Jordan convicts eight terrorists
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Philippines
Phillipines: MILF demands charges against leader be dropped
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Somalia
Canadian Somalis may be joining militias
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Afghanistan
Norway will not send special forces to Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
Taliban demand Italian troops™ withdrawl for journalist™s release
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Afghanistan
US Army engineers plan to double Afghan efforts
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Palestinian Territories
Hamas gunman killed in Nablus, Fatah suspected of involvement
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Israel
Israel has pushed 4 kilometers into southern Gaza along the Philadelphi corridor. Five smuggling tunnels have been uncovered. Israel says Egypt must do more to halt the weapons smuggling into Gaza.
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Sudan
Former Janjaweed fighter says militia got training, orders from Khartoum
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United States
Report: Dirty bomb threats at NFL stadiums
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Iraq
Iraq and the Tet analogy
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Iraq
Dozens of al Qaeda supporters marched through Ramadi to declare support for al Qaeda in Iraq and the Islamic state. Prime Minister Maliki demanded the U.S. release Sadr aide Sheikh Mazen Al Saedi, who was detained by the U.S. yesterday. Balad has been cordoned after a weekend of sectarian violence.
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Afghanistan
British to hand key town to Afghan militia
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s stability lies with Pakistan
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Al Qaeda
How Qaeda Warned Its Operatives on Using Cell Phones
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Iraq
Sectarian violence in Balad, Iraq
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Israel
IDF Returns to Gaza-Egypt Border to Destroy Smuggling Tunnels
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Palestinian Territories
Hamas: Mastermind of Shalit’s abduction among 4 killed in Gaza
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Sri Lanka
The Tamil Tigers have executed a seaborne suicide raid on a Sri Lankan naval base, killing 1 soldier and 15 Tigers. The attack followed a suicide attack on a group of sailors that killed over 103. The Counterterrorism Blog has more background information on the conflict.
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Pakistan
Pakistan is investigating links between political party Jamaat-e-Islami, and al Qaeda and the Taliban. Hafez Saeed, the recently released leader of terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba (now the Jamaat al-Dawat), pledged to keep ‘spreading the message of Allah.™
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Iraq
10 US Troops Killed in Roadside Bombings, Fighting as Iraq Violence Grows
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United States
Under new policy, US could block foes in space
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Afghan Battles and Pakistani Plots
Clashes in southern and eastern Afghanistan point back to Pakistan as a purported coup plot targets Musharraf. A soldier from the 10th Mountain Division provides rooftop security during a cordon and search in the village of Alizai in the Ghazni on Sept. 13, 2006. DoD photo by Spc. Ethan Anderson, U.S. Army. Click image to view. Afghan and Coalition forces engaged the Taliban in pitched battles in the eastern and southern Afghanistan over the past few days. Over over 54 Taliban and al Qaeda were killed during the battles, with zero Coalition or Afghan casualties. The Taliban activity is increasingly…
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Somalia
Rumors abound over a possible coup against the transitional government. Clashes between Col. Hirale’s militia and the Islamic Courts are expected in Bu’ale. Talks between the ICU and former Somali military officers over fighting Ethiopia are ongoing. Islamic Courts supporter in Somaliland burned copies of a newpaper critical of the group.
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United States
President Bush Signs Military Commissions Act of 2006
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Frontline journalists fading away – 600 embedded when US invaded Iraq; only 11 there now
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Mujahideen Gather Information on Anchorage International Airport
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Afghanistan
Over 40 Taliban were killed in two seperate engagements. In a battle on the Pakistani border in Paktia, across from North Wazistan, 24 were killed. “Among the dead there are Pakistan nationals, Chechens and people from other countries, as well as Afghans.” Sixteen Taliban were killed in an airstrike in Uruzgan, including an unidentified mid-level Taliban commander.
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Sadr lieutenant arrested in Baghdad
Another Sadr aide arrested as sectarian violence flares The Mahdi Army. Click image to view. The Coalition has taken another shot at Muqtada al-Sadr’s organizaion. The U.S. military has arrested Sheikh Mazen Al Saedi, the head of Sadr’s offices in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Karkh. Five other Sadr supporters were arrested in raids on Sadr’s offices in the Shula neighborhood. The recent arrest of the senior Sadr lieutenant is the latest in a series of of raids in Baghdad and Diwaniyah designed to erode Sadr’s power base, and force him to either openly confront the government or disband his…
