Extremist Islam may be rising in Morocco

Two Taliban and one policeman were killed after the Taliban attacked a police checkpoint in Zabul. A Canadian soldier was killed in the Panjwai district of Kandahar after setting off a land mine. Afghan and Coalition forces disable several roadside bombs in Paktika province, which sits across the border from Waziristan.

As Sahab Productions has released Ayman al-Zawahiri’s latest videotape, which addresses President Bush, “the Pope of the Vatican, Darfur, and the Crusader Wars.” The capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the planner of 9-11, also plays a prominent role in Zawahiri’s message.

Commander: Iraq insurgents losing ground

Two killed by trash bomb in Philippine capital

Why the coup in Thailand may not lead to an improvement in the insurgency

CIS holds joint anti-nuclear terrorism exercise

Analysis: Abu Sayyaf supported by Darul Islam, Jemaah Islamiyah

Abu Sayyaf bomb attack in Jolo kills nine, mostly Muslims

Israel backs off plan to kill Nasrallah

40 Torture Victims Found in Baghdad

Europe must not turn coward in Afghanistan, says US envoy

Taliban militants gain ground after deal with Pakistan

Kurdish rebel boss in truce plea

NATO to control all Afghan military operations

House Approves Warrantless Wiretap Law

Mexico opposed to US border fence

Thailand’s military rulers name interim prime minister

The US House approved sanctions on Iran’s oil industry, and the Senate is expected to follow. The US says time is running out talks between Iran and the European Union.

Philippines wants Islamic group included in US, UN terrorist blacklists

Uganda is prepared to send troops to Somalia. Aweys is looking to destroy the tribal culture. Ahmed dismisses claims al Qaeda and the Islamic Courts are in league. Three suspects in the Baidoa suicide bombing, including a cleric, are arrested. The Islamic Courts demands their release and has shut down HornAfkik radio in Kismayo.

NWFP Governor Ali Jan Orakzai recommends expanding the Waziristan Accord to other tribal agencies, as the Taliban and al Qaeda continue to hit government targets Governor Ali Jan Orakzai in 2004, when he was a general in the Pakistani Army. Click picture to view. As we reported just two days after the signing of the Waziristan Accord, and UPI later confirmed, the Pakistani government is seriously considering further negotiations with the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province. Ali Jan Orakzai, the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province, has confirmed the Pakistani government is eager to negotiate a…

UN report says US breaking Qaeda
