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POPSWhite German al-Qaeda insurgents 
According to German foreign ministry officials a growing number of German families, many of North African descent, have taken up the offer and travelled to Waziristan where supporters say converts make up some of the insurgents' most dedicated fighters. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which has a foothold in several German cities, has capitalised on growing concern over the rising profile of German forces in Afghanistan. Their role has become increasingly controversial in Germany in recent weeks after dozens of civilians were killed in an air strike ordered by German officers. Last night a foreign ministry spokesman told The Daily Telegraph they were now negotiating with Pakistani authorities for the release of six Germans, including "Adrian M", a white Muslim convert, his Eritrean wife and their four year old daughter, who were arrested as they were making their way to the "German village". They are particularly concerned about the welfare of the child.
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POPSMeanwhile, Back In Waziristan under the banner of the Taliban. In early 2008, Bahadur's group struck a peace deal with the local administration in North Waziristan, a mountainous tribal region along the Afghan border where the Pakistani government exerts little control. But a spokesman for his group announced Monday that because of U.S. drone bombings and Pakistani military activity, that peace has been shattered. The BBC has coverage and a helpful map, with Afghanistan as an oceanic blue off in the North-west: And a bit more from ABC News: A militant commander who had a non-aggression pact with the Pakistan military has officially scrapped that pact, following a series of CIA drone attacks in the region including one that killed more than 65 at a funeral last week. Posted by Tom Maguire on July 02, 2009
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POPS Pakistan Says 700 Taliban Dead in Swat "The operation will continue until the last Talib," Mr. Malik said in the capital, Islamabad. "We haven't given them a chance. They are on the run. They were not expecting such an offensive." Mr. Malik's casualty number -- which exceeds that given by the military on Sunday by at least 200 -- and his claims of success could not be independently verified. The military is restricting access to the battlefields and many local journalists have also left. The government has not given figures for civilian casualties, but accounts from refugees suggest they are significant. Swat lies near the Afghan border as well as the wild Pakistani tribal areas, where al Qaeda and the Taliban have strongholds and where U.S. officials believe al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden may be hiding. The army says 12,000 to 15,000 troops in Swat face 4,000 to 5,000 militants, including small numbers of foreigners and hardened fighters from the South Waziristan tribal region.
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POPSTribal Violence On the surface this is not an unusual occurrence. What got me thinking is the oft repeated reference to "tribal violence". How does a Westerner relate to this? The only logical connection I came up with that seemed relevant to the present day was street gangs in the US.
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POPS Taliban's "Suicide Nurseries" ~ Hundreds Brainwashed Ghazi moved to the neighbouring district of Tank in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), to save his second teenage son from the influence of his fellow tribesman and local warlord Baitullah Mehsud, who he blames for Haneef’s recruitment and death. But hundreds more children are still undergoing brainwashing at dozens of ‘suicide nurseries’ run by the ethnic Pashtun Taliban commander. Mehsud, in his 30s, has emerged as the most dangerous Taliban commander in Pakistan in recent years. He heads Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, an umbrella group for around a dozen Taliban outfits and has close links with Al Qaeda. The notorious commander is believed to have been behind several dozen suicide bombings across the country, including the one that killed former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in late 2007.
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POPSDawn Pakistani' s English newspaper In response to 'informed American' clip..this newspaper has some interesting editorials, etc. and one can get a sense that the US is not the world..in views anyway.
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POPSDrone Attacks in Pakistan to continue US drones fired missiles into the northwestern regions of North and South Waziristan late on Friday, killing 17 people, according to intelligence officials and residents, in the first such strike since Barack Obama became US president
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POPSObama Approves & Continues Paki Drone Strikes So much for Pakistan's sovereignty and civilians being killed in the war on terrorism. These are unilateral US strikes by UAVs. Was Pakistan notified or asked first? Would the US permit another country to strike on our soil? How would the US respond? Were they about to attack the U.S.? No. The real reason for all this is to erase/kill all the CIA-created Al Qaeda operatives who know too much, including family and friends. Don't miss this from the second article: At his daily White House briefing, press secretary Robert Gibbs declined to answer questions about the strikes, saying, ‘I’m not going to get into these matters.’ Remotely piloted Predator drones operated by the Central Intelligence Agency have carried out 28 missile attacks in Fata since last summer, killing At least 132 people. The NYT, quoting Pakistani officials, reported that as many as 100 of them were civilians.[/b
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POPSSuspected US Airstrike Kills Two In Pakistan No information was available about the identity of the victims. Media reports Tuesday said US President George W. Bush had hinted at continuing drone attacks inside Pakistan without consulting authorities in Islamabad. ‘You know very well that when it comes to certain matters, the US government doesn’t discuss operations,’ Bush told reporters on board his plane as he traveled to Afghanistan Monday.
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POPSBritish terrorist killed? Why is it most free thinking Britons are incensed by the cacophony of abuse aimed at a legal political party, the BNP, but shy away from recognising that their attitudes give credibility to mass murders? On this weeks Question Time, BBC 1, Thursday evening, every single contributor castigated the English electorate for the growing support for the BNP. Not one actually said that - and I am a lifetime Conservative - the BNP is asking the questions, and probably giving an answer, to many of the fears that they have.
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POPSAQ Plotter Bites The Dust: Give Those Virgins Our Regards on flights from London to the US. The British government had requested Pakistan extradite Rauf to London, where he was wanted by police in connection with the murder of his uncle in 2002. But four years later an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan dropped terrorism charges against Rauf relating to the conspiracy, although its order was suspended when the Punjab government lodged an appeal. Rauf had then faced charges including impersonation, carrying a fake identity card and fake documents, which he denied. He had been in custody under the Security of Pakistan Act when he escaped in December 2007 from Pakistani police custody, although all charges relating to terrorism had been dropped. The missile strike which killed him came days after a US drone attack killed six rebels, including an Arab Al-Qaeda operative. via Hot Air, where Ed notes the Paks don’t like the missile lobbing, but it works.
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POPSPakistan Fires on U.S. Copters Intruding Airspace The US military continues to make incursions and attacks within Pakistan from Afghanistan, using both drones and special forces, despite Paki warnings. We demand the Russia respect the sovereignty of Georgia" -- George W. Bush, Sept. 2008 Yet the US does not respect the sovereignty of Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, or South Ossetia.
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POPSPakistani tribal elders to raise forces to fight US they offered the military their all-out support against what they the coward aggressors, who were targeting innocent Pakistani population. The tribal elders urged the Pakistani government to protect its people and safeguard their interests instead of looking towards others for the security of the country. They asked the rulers not to turn their back to the tribesmen in this hour of trial. They vowed that they would soon contact the tribesmen on the other side the border to devise a joint strategy against the foreign troops.
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POPSHaqqani Network Getting Hammered; Counterattacks In North Waziristan
Two reports say the dead include Al Qaeda’s top man in Pakistan, Abu Firas al Masri. The fighting culminates two straight weeks of attacks on Haqqani network targets that have been steadily increasing all year, in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, to levels previously unseen. Preperation For The “Winter Offensive” ? Coalition targets include training facilities, command and control as well as leaders of all rank within the Haqqani command structure. Below are reported operations conducted over the past 14 days involving the Haqqani network: Afghanistan September 5 - Multiple operations are launched across Khowst Province targeting members of the Haqqani terrorist network. The coalition says a total of four militants were captured, including one known longtime leader within the network September 6 - Coalition forces killed ten militants and captured three others Khowst Province during an operation targeting members of the Haqqani terrorist network. In a press release [.
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POPS"Gadahn The American" Death Rumors Continue To Surface Speculation about Gadahn's death surfaced immediately after the airstrike, as Pakistani sources told US and Pakistani news agencies that Gadahn had not been seen or heard from since the strike. Gadahn was purportedly attending the meeting chaired by Laith, who was planning al Qaeda's 2008 campaign in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda has been quick to lionize the death of its leaders, for propaganda and recruiting reasons. Laith's death was announced on a jihadi Internet forum within three days of the airstrike in North Waziristan.
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POPSAn al-Qaeda "homegrown": Adam Gadahn The New Yorker profiles "Azzam al-Amriki" (Adam the American), a high-ranking media officer inside al-Qaeda. He's a Jewish convert to Islam from Orange County, CA.
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POPSWaziristan: Terror Haven for Jihadists? Where is Osama bin Laden? No one knows for sure, but many intelligence and military analysts believe that bin Laden–along with his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri–is hiding in western Pakistan.
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