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Lebanon
Lebanon says won™t join talks over kidnapped IDF troops
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80 Tamil Tigers were today slain and 12 rebel boats sunk by the Sri Lankan Navy in a six- hour-long fierce sea battle
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Pakistan
Pakistan, Taliban militants sign peace agreement – in return the army deployed in North Waziristan “will not carry out operations against them”
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Caucasus
Large arms cache found near Chechen capital – three more militants have given themselves up over the last 24 hours
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Afghanistan
7 suspected Taliban, 3 Afghan policemen killed; suicide attacker hits coalition convoy
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Germany
German bomb plot intended for World Cup
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Indonesia
Indonesia’s Bashir rearrested amid protests
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Afghanistan
14 U.K. troops die in Afghan plane crash
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Iraq
America’s Battalion captures 16 insurgents, 24 suspected insurgents, in Haditha Triad region
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An interceptor missile destroyed a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean on Friday in a key test of the nation’s missile defense system
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Pakistan
Taliban calls the shots in North, South Waziristan
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Pakistan
(Pakistan) Truces fueling resurgence of Taliban, critics say
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Iran
France, Italy team up to slam Iranian nuclear project
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Iraq
Iraqi Army recruits 293 Iraqi in Habbaniyah and Fallujah
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Germany
Hizb al-Tahrir party denied having any links with the Lebanese suspects arrested in connection with the failed bid to blow up two passenger trains in western Germany
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Lebanon
Israeli army hands over border area to Lebanese and UNIFIL troops
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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan tries to squeeze Islamic extremists in Central Asia
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Pakistan
(Pakistan) Bombs destroy 2 Bajaur posts
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Kashmir
Two school teachers killed and three injured in Kashmir
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Afghanistan
Dutch pilot killed in F-16 crash in Afghanistan
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Israel
Major Hamas Tunnel-Terror Attack Thwarted
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Afghanistan
US Says Expects UN To Announce ‘Significant Increase’ In Afghan Opium Crops
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Iraq
Violent deaths in Iraq drop in August – govt stats
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Iraq
Iraqi Ground Forces Command assumes command and control of 8th Iraqi Army Division
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Al Qaeda
Media Department of Jund al-Sham Presents a Video: “The Emirs of War”
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NATO led forces kill 200 Taliban in Operation Medusa
ISAF continues offensive operations in southeastern Afghanistan, as Operation Medusa follows on the heals of Operation Mountain Thrust Canadian and Afghan forces have kicked off a new operation in Kandahar Province. Operation Medusa began on Saturday, and is aimed at rooting out Taliban forces Kandahar Province’s Panjwai and Zhari districts, the scene of much fighting over the past half year. The ISAF press release indicates “the Taliban incurred substantial losses yesterday, as indicated by the amount of ground gained by Afghan and ISAF troops, and a significant number of suspected insurgents were detained by the Afghan National Police.” An ISAF…
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Iraq
In Ramadi, U.S. Army and Marine engineers are destroying “buildings that stand directly opposite Ramadi’s long-embattled government center.” These buildings have been used as bases of fire against U.S. and Iraqi forces. In Baghdad, Coalition and Iraqi forces uncovered an IED factory and weapons cache while clearing the neighborhood of Adhamiyah.
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Senior Al-Qaeda in Iraq Leader Captured; Is He Number 2?
A joint Iraqi-Coalition raid nets Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, a member of the Mujahideen Shura Council the leader of the Omar Brigade Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi Iraqi and Coalition forces continue to exploit the intelligence windfall gained after the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi (a.k.a. Abu Humam, Abu Rana), who Iraqi officials are describing as the ‘number 2 al Qaeda leader in Iraq,’ has been captured in a joint Iraqi-U.S. raid. His arrest and subsequent interrogation led to “the capture or death of 11 other top al-Qaida in Iraq figures and nine lower-level members.” This operation…
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Azzam – The American al Qaeda’s “Invitation to Islam”
Banner announcing “Invitation to Islam, al Qaeda’s latest videotape. Links to video below. As Sabah, al Qaeda’s media production company, has released the anticipated videotape of Ayman al-Zawahiri and Adam Gahadn (a.k.a. Azzam the American). This video is the latest in an al Qaeda media campaign designed to influence westerners, supporters and sympathizers. In the video, both Zawahiri and Azzam are dressed in white robes and turbans. They are both on message and their statements are clearly coordinated. If they are not in the same location (and they do not appear together) then their messages were coordinated remotely. This is…
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Russia
Chechen terrorists continue to surrender since the death of Shamil Baseyev on July 10. Chechen terrorist Abukhamid Shamilev, a “deputy commander responsible for logistics” surrendered this week, along with a group of 49 Chechen fighters, and another group of 6.
