al-Qaeda is strangely silent again today on the status of Ayman Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s second in command only behind Bin Laden. So far the only denial on Zawahiri being hit in a recent attack is from the Taliban who lie with such regularity their denial is almost a confirmation. Today al-Qaeda confirmed the death of the […]

The reporting has been strangely quiet over the rumors al-Qaeda’s number two Ayman Zawahiri is possibly dead. As I noted in my last post on this (Part I) there seems to be some plausible information that cannot be confirmed.  But I did find one article which lays out a lot more detail behind the Predator Strike earlier […]

    Things are definitely heating up in the Pakistan-Afghanistan tribal areas, thought to be the last major sanctuary for al-Qaeda and extremist Taliban forces and leaders. It is important to remember al-Qaeda’s goal in all this – they want war between the US allies. They would love to see Pakistan, India and Afghanistan break […]

We have achieved a stunning victory in Iraq. al-Qaeda rushed reinforcements into that country to take out The Great Satan and establish their modern caliphate. Those Muslims who leaned towards the romantic vision of Jihad, as promoted by the Islamo Fascists, rushed to Iraq to share in the glory. Now they are dead and captured […]

The tensions and fighting are still escalating in the tribal areas that span the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. While US, NATO and Afghani troops have a good handle on the Afghan side of the problem area, the Pakistan tribal regions known as FATA and NWFP (click map below for larger image) are the last large sanctuary […]

The Pakistan Awakening may be beginning (and it may not ever happen). But one thing is clear in all military situations, a divided enemy is easier to defeat than a united one. So the news civil war is starting to break out amongst the Taliban forces in the Pak Tribal Areas is very good news: […]

Update: BBC is reporting confirmation from the Taliban that a top AQ chemical weapon’s expert has been killed today in Pakistan by what is likely a US missile. Here is the man’s bio and picture at the US National Counter-Terrorism Center website:   Good job folks – scratch one more mass murderer. Update: AFP now […]

Terrorists massing in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan have pledged Jihad against American and Allied forces in Afghanistan and elsewhere (including Pakistan). Personally I see this as completely suicidal on their part – especially after we see another example of the results: Khost’s governor said 50 to 70 fighters had been killed – Nato said […]

Swamped today with meetings so sorry for the light posting.  Here is another recap of stories from the Pakistan-Afghanistan Tribal Areas More rumblings about NATO aircraft in the skies over Pakistan. More on troop movements on the border. Some very worrisome news on how the terrorists have created a target list of top Pakistan officials. […]

Little time for an in depth discussion on the material I found recently, but I do want to get it out for folks to review. First, there is a conflict brewing between the militant Taliban and the local government and pro-government tribes. The stage is set for a major crackdown by the government as the […]