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Afghanistan
US launches attack in east Afghanistan
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Kyrgyzstan
Search for Missing Air Force Officer Continues in Kyrgyzstan
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Israel
Israel’s military blockade of Lebanon will end on September 7. The IDF killed a senior member of Islamic Jihad and six others during raids in Gaza.
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Al Qaeda
al Qaeda in Iraq No. 2 Was Arrested in June
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Defense Department Ordered to Take Custody of High-Value Detainees
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Iraq
Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, al Qaeda ‘s commander of the anti-Shiite Omar Brigade and member of the Mujahideen Shura, was captured in June. Iraq and the US will sign a military handover pact on September 7. A large weapons cache exploded in a building in Nasiriyah.
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Egypt
Egypt: 16 Muslim Brotherhood leaders released
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Back, Again, For Good
As many of you have already figured out, I have returned to The Fourth Rail and am now posting here permanently. I realize I have done a bit of shuffling around the blogosphere of late. This is a new medium, I have been experimenting a bit, and I hope you will understand and forgive me for making it difficult at times to find me. Each time, I have returned here, and I am now here to stay. No more moving. I am now entirely on my own, and I will be counting on your support for this project to work.…
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Philippines
(Philippines) Battered Marines vow to ‘finish off’ Abu Sayyaf
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Iraq
The Road to Haditha
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Afghanistan
Two al Qaeda were arrested in Khost in possession of “weapons, night vision equipment and various electronic devices,” as a suicide bomber killed a ” teacher and a government employee” in the same province. The Afghan government is establishing a National Security Coordination System.
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Pakistan
Brief notes on the ‘truce.’ Newsday: “tribal paramilitary forces… will handle border control duties… the Taliban [is] running a parallel government.” USA Today: “offers an ‘implicit amnesty’ to foreign and local militants.” The New York Times: “The deal is widely viewed as a face-saving retreat for the Pakistani Army.”
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Pakistan
Pakistan Denies Bin Laden Gets a Pass
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Pakistan
Pakistan backtracks on bin Laden immunity
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Pakistan
Waziristan accord signed
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Afghanistan
Suspected Al Qaeda Aides Arrested in Afghanistan
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Pakistan
In Pakistan, signs of al Qaeda all around
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Caucasus
Four More Chechen Fighters Surrender
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Palestinian Territories
Gaza militants attempt to obtain anti-tank missiles
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Indonesia
Confusion over Bali nine sentences
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Palestinian Territories
Gaza: IAF strikes kills 5 Hamas members
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Iraq
Baghdad bombs kill four, wound 35 – police
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Sudan
Attacks increase in Darfur
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Al Qaeda
Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq Blesses the Shootings in Amman, Jordan
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Sri Lanka battles a weakened Tamil Tigers
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Pakistan
Pakistan Lets Tribal Chiefs Keep Control Along Border
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Pakistan
Army vacates four posts in Miramshah, North Waziristan
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Canada
The path to terror in Canada, An exclusive report: Training ground
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Talibanistan: The Establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan
Pakistan’s “truce with the Taliban is an abject surrender, and al Qaeda has an untouchable base of operations in Western Pakistan which will only expand if not checked The news of the Pakistani government signing a truce agreement with the Taliban in North Waziristan is far worse than being reported. We raised the alarm early morning on September 4, and newly uncovered information on the terms of the agreement indicate Pakistan has been roundly defeated by the Taliban in North Waziristan. The “truce” is in fact a surrender. According to an anonymous intelligence source, the terms of the truce includes:…
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Egypt
Egyptian security forces arrest 93 on suspicion of belonging to an al Qaeda
