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Kashmir
Militants kill 2 policemen in Indian Kashmir
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Pakistan
Pakistan arrests suspected Islamist militant
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Spain
Report: 3 Spanish Muslims Recruited for Jihad Every Month
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Medusa and the Kabul Cell
An Operation Medusa update and more on the suspected al Qaeda car bomb cell in Kabul Operation Medusa is in its seventh day, and Afghan and Canadian forces of the Canadian Royal Regiment, along with Coalition air forces continue to pound Taliban positions in the Panjwai district in Kandahar. An ISAF [International Security Assistance Force] report indicates at least 40 Taliban were killed in the latest round of fighting, while ABC News Online puts the number at 50. Estimated Taliban casualties in Medusa over the past week are around 350, with over 80 detained. The ISAF press release also confirms…
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Lebanon
Prodi: Syria agrees to EU force on border with Lebanon
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Waziristan Deal could be model for Afghanistan: UK
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United Kingdom
Muslim groups infiltrated by 7/7 bombers had huge government grants
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Hizbullah ignores new freeze by US Treasury
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Indonesia
Indonesia asks US for access to militant Hambali
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Egypt
Egyptian security forces boost security throughout the Sinai peninsula
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Indonesia
Five years after 9/11 attacks, Jemaah Islamiyah still a threat
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Kyrgyzstan
Air Force Major Missing in Kyrgyzstan Found Alive
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Afghanistan
NATO agrees Afghan peace force needs boost
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Somalia
A militia leader in Baidoa called on the interim government to leave peacefully or they will be ejected by force. Somalia’s Islamic leaders, including Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys and Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, are headed to Libya to visit Gadhafi. The ICU will only accept an Islamic constitution. The United Nations will reopen its office in Mogadishu.
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Pakistan
NWFP Governor Orakzai say “hundreds” of al Qaeda are currently in North Waziristan, and claims the U.S., France and Germany were privy to negotiations with the Taliban. The Waziristan truce could be model for Afghanistan, says British diplomats. A bombing in Baluchistan kills six people.
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Hundreds of al Qaeda-linked foreign militants in the tribal area of North Waziristan
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2 al Qaeda CDs recovered from LeT members showing training camps on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border
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Iraq
Briefing with Maj. Gen. Thomas B. Turner II, commander of MNF-N Iraq
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Syria
Annan: Syria promises to stop arms shipments to Hezbollah
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Pakistan
Pakistani Leader Admits Taliban Cross into Afghanistan
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Lebanon
Witnesses: IDF troops seize six men in southern Lebanon
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The Afghan Insurgency
Operation Medusa update, Taliban IEDs and safe havens The Royal Canadian Regiment presses the fight against the Taliban holed up in the Panjwai district of Kandahar in southeastern Afghanistan. In the latest round of fighting, 21 Taliban have been killed and the Taliban is concentrating its forces in the Pashmul section of Panjwai. “The insurgents have chosen to stay in prepared positions, and from our point of view, they’re ‘fixed,’” said ISAF spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nick Grant-Thorold. Up to 280 Taliban have been killed and 80 captured since Operation Medusa began last Saturday, and about 700 Taliban are believed to…
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Iraq
Iraqi Army Targets Anti-Iraqi Forces In Multiple Raids
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Sudan
Sudan: U.N. Mission Reports More Violence in Darfur
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India
Two bombs detonate at a mosque and market in the town of Malegaon. At least 40 were killed and 65 wounded. The Indian government is sending over 3,500 police and security forces to the region. On Tuesday, the Indian Prime Minister warned terrorist attacks will increase.
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Afghanistan
Canadian troops are establishing forward positions in the Panjwai district of Kandahar; 700 Taliban are said to be surrounded, 21 Taliban were killed. The Taliban claim responsibility for a suicide bombing in Kabul that killed 18. The target was a U.S. convoy near the embassy. Afghan police beat back a Taliban attack in Wardak, killing 8 and capturing 8.
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Afghanistan
Q&A: Nato’s problems in Afghanistan
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Iraq
44 killed in Iraq as US begins military handover
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Afghanistan
Operation Medusa Update i Canadians digging into positions in Panjwai
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Two New As Sahab Productions: 9-11 & al-Muhajir
Al-Qaeda releases a 9-11 “commemoration” video tape and an audiotape of Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, its commander in Iraq Banner announcing al Qaeda’s latest videotape. As Sahab, al Qaeda’s media/propaganda arm, has been on a media blitz this summer. The latest two releases, an audiotape from Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, al Qaeda in Iraq’s commander, and a video purportedly with stock footage of Osama bin Laden, speeches by Ayman al-Zawahiri and Azzam the American, and al Qaeda training camps, the last will of two 9-11 attackers, and a meeting between Osama, Abu Hafs al-Masri and 9-11 planner Ramzi bin al-Shibh. These two…
