Reading Musharraf Between the Lines

Lebanese army reaches border

7/11 blasts: Cops identify bomber

The Islamic Courts will open a ‘jihad office’ in Mogadishu. The ICU is advancing towards the strategic port city of Kismayo. The U.S. has negotiated with ‘moderate’ Sheikh Sharif Ahmed.

Jihad registration office to open in Mogadishu

Foreign troops not to be allowed to conduct operation in Pakistan

2 militants killed in Kashmir

Ramadi recruits locals for the city police

Outnumbered and short of food, British troops win six-day battle with Taliban

Report: Video Posted of US Soldiers’ Bodies Being Burned

Twelve Afghan military officers were arrested for providing weapons to the Taliban. ISAF forces arrest 12 Taliban for involvement in bombing attacks in Pashmul, Kandahar.

Is Bin Laden Dead?

A look at the players and organizations manipulating the Waziristan Accord Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban, backed the Waziristan Accord. Details continue to emerge on the Waziristan Accord and the Taliban and al Qaeda involvement. And confirmation via the Pakistani press is received that the Taliban is seeking negotiations in Bajaur agency. First, the backers of the Waziristan Accord. The Frontier Times provides the details on the who’s who behind the ‘tribal jirga’ the Pakistani government has been touting as the real power brokers. According to the sources close to this scribe, Qari Tahir Jan, Haji Umar and…

Bomb blast kills two, wounds eight in Pakistan

Putin confirms Russian troops for Lebanon, but not under UN flag

A French intelligence report that Osama bin Laden died of Typhoid in Pakistan on September 4 is unconfirmed. The information came from Saudi intelligence.

The Iraqi Army captures Muntasir Hamoud Ileiwi al-Jubour, a leader of Ansar al-Sunnah and 2 aides in a raid. A fuel tanker bombing kills 35 in Sadr City. Abu Ayyoub al-Masri, the head of the Mujahideen Shura, is believed to be on video executing a Turkish hostage.

Afghan President Karzai says Musharraf knows Mullah Omar is in Pakistan. The Frontier Post states the Taliban is concerned the government might break the Waziristan Accord, and gives details of the Taliban and al Qaeda power brokers in North Waziristan.

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and I have co-authored an article titled Pakistan Surrenders for the October 2 edition of The Weekly Standard. The article provides an overview of the Fall of Waziristan and the strategic implications. The full text of the article is available below:

The Islamization of Morocco

US General Says 3,000 More Iraqi Troops Needed to Help Stabilize Baghdad

Suspending enrichment unacceptable, says Iranian cleric

Somali Islamist movement tightens Sharia law

Philippine extremists release girl after ransom

US firm on Hamas sanctions

Bali bombers ‘request beheading’

Churches attacked in Gaza, West Bank

Nasrallah: No army in the world can disarm us
