A top Sadr aide was arrested in Najaf during a joint U.S. and Iraqi operation. U.S. generals expect violence to increase during Ramadan and says more Iraqi troops needed to combat militias.

A souvenir of attack, thanks to al Qaeda

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Eight Bahrainis charged with having links to a “foreign terrorist group”

Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the grand sheikh of al-Azhar University in Egypt, said Islam as a religion was not compatible with the word terrorism, and directed his sharp criticism to al Qaeda as a terrorist group that has seriously damaged the image of Islam.

Suspected al Qaeda leader denies terror charges in Jordanian court

The Internet: The New Training Ground for Young Terrorist Recruits

General Jones claims 1,000-1,500 Taliban died in fighting during Operation Medusa, the NATO reinforcement is being fulfilled, and the drug trade is a serious problem. France has declined sending more troops to help in the south.

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Three killed, one hurt in blast in Jammu & Kashmir

Iraq takes control of security responsibility in Dhi Qar province

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Israel ‘trains Iraqi Kurd forces’

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Military expects increased attacks in Iraq during Muslim holy month

Israel Calls Iran Its Greatest Threat

Two weeks to pick PM then Thai coup leaders will quit

Abbas recasts himself as key Palestinian negotiator

President Bush says he would strike at bin Laden if he was in Pakistan. President Musharraf disagrees. Six American helicopter gunships have allegedly violated Pakistan’s air space by intruding into North Waziristan. The Taliban killed a government worker and two others in South Waziristan. Ten tribals were arrested in North Waziristan for helping the Taliban. Hizb-ul-Mujahideen rejects peace talks on Kashmir

Security has been tightened in Baidoa after the suicide attacks against President Ahmed. The CIA (more likely the FBI) is sending a team to investigate the suicide attack. The Jamestown Foundation believes Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is a ‘moderate.’

Somalia Drifts Toward Fragmentation as Regional Powers Polarize

A new governor for Ghanzi Province takes office

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Sept. 11 mastermind, to face hearing

Thailand’s Coup and the Insurgency in the South

“We must destroy terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghanistan, dismantle the elaborate networks in the region that recruit, train, finance, arm and deploy terrorists,” President Karzai said during his speech at the UN. On CNN, he said Taliban leaders are hiding in Pakistan. NATO has agreed to increase the deployment of troops and air assets.

We are watching the slow-motion disintegration of Pakistan as a sovereign state The federally Administered Tribal Areas and North West Frontier Province. Click to enlrage. Pakistani officials and government friendly news outlets continue to spin the Waziristan Accord as a successfully strategy in dealing the the Taliban. The Pak Tribune’s Akbar Jan Marwat echoes the government position. “The recent accord, which took place between the government authorities and the tribal militants is indeed, to be welcomed by all,” says Marwat. Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah has certainly welcomed the Waziristan Accord. In the spring of this year, I warned that…
