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The Sham Waziristan Accord
Pakistan attempts to deflect attention away from the real impact of the Waziristan Accord President – General Pervez Musharraf. President Pervez Musharraf is making a great effort to portray the Waziristan Accord as a positive step in reigning in the Taliban and al Qaeda during his visit to the United States and his meetings with President George Bush and senior advisers. President Musharraf has also attempted to deflect some of the attention from the Waziristan accords by claiming former Assistant Secretary of State Richard Armitage threated to ‘bomb Pakistan to the stone age’ if the country did not cooperate against…
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Afghanistan
Afghan police killed 25 Taliban after an attack on an outpost in Chora district, Uruzgan province. The Taliban killed 19 construction workers in an ambush in Kandahar.
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Pakistan
Bush ‘Taken Aback’ By Pakistan Bombing Threat
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is temporarily releasing all Guantanamo Bay returnees held in Saudi jails to spend the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with their families
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Lebanon
Nasrallah appears at Beirut rally to celebrate Hezbollah’s “divine victory.” ‘ Hundreds of thousands are said to be in attendance. Shiite Mufti of Tyre has criticized Nasrallah’s actions in the war with Israel. The Dutch will send a warship but no troops to support the UNIFIL mission.
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Hezbollah
Lebanese Shi’ite Mufti of Tyre Harshly Criticizes Hizbullah for Its Conduct in the Recent Conflict
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Turkey
Al-Qadi close to regaining frozen assets in Turkey
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Philippines
(Philippines) Terrorists™ bombs more sophisticated
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Pakistan
US-Pakistan relationship getting shaky
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Pakistan
US plea to tag Pakistan-based Jamaatul Daawa a terror group on hold
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Afghanistan
Karzai: Taliban Not Gaining Strength in Afghanistan
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Iran
At Home, Tehran Deals With a Restive Arab Minority
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Philippines
Abu Sayyaf fighter slain in clash
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Pakistan
Pakistan President Released Al Qaeda Suspects
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Analysis: Gulf state growth draws Al Qaeda
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Would-be US al Qaeda helper gets 5-year sentence
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India
CNN-IBN claims there is a link between the 9-11 attack and the 7-11 Mumbai Train attack. At least three of the LeT operatives trained with 9-11 commander Mohammad Atta at an LeT camp in Kashmir. The police say the report is “completely untrue” and believe they are close to identifying all of the plotters.
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Pakistan
President Musharraf said he was threatened to fight al Qaeda after 9-11. The commander of NATO forces is closely watching the results of the Waziristan Accord. A ‘U.S. spy’ was “shot more than 30 times” in North Waziristan.
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Somalia
The African Taliban. The Islamic Courts bans khat and cigarettes during Ramadan. Islam is now the official religion and conversion is banned. A karate instructor and six students are arrested for being ‘involved in something against the Islamic ideology.’ The ICU conducted its first public execution.
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Iraq
Kidnapped Iraqis Being Used As Bombers
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Palestinian Territories
Abbas: Unity Gov’t To Recognize Israel
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Israel
Israeli forces kill 5 Palestinians in Gaza Strip
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Israel
Israel troubled that war in Lebanon drove its enemies closer
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United Kingdom
U.K. Attorney General Wants to Follow US Wiretapping Model
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A Zarqawi Letter and a Potential Merger with Ansar al-Sunnah
Divisions in al Qaeda, moderataion and a potential merger al Qaeda in Iraq’s Mujahideen Shura. The Iraqi government has released a letter that highlights the differences inside al Qaeda. The letter was seized at the site of the death of former al Qaeda in Iraq commander, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and was written by Attyia al-Jaza’ri. Al-Jaza’ri is described as “an Algerian high-ranking figure of al-Qaida,” by the Stars and Stripes. Al-Jaza’ri means ‘the Algerian’, and he is a member of al Qaeda’s Mujahideen Shura, according to an American intelligence source. Al-Zarqawi is criticized for making military political decisions without asking…
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Pakistan
Analysis: An al Qaeda sanctuary? Part Two
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Fighting The Long War
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Israel
IDF arrest top Islamic Jihad man in Rafiah
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Philippines
Terror and the Mindanao-J.I. Connection
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Caucasus
Five Russian soldiers killed in Chechnya ambush
