Hizbullah's computer game
The Lebanese militant group Hizbullah has published a strategy computer game, in which gamers recreate the 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah. According to a spokesman of the group, the game - which is targeted at youths - will allow players to "build an idea of some of the most prominent battles and the idea that this enemy can be defeated."
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The Bush administration is prodding Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf to agree a power sharing deal with the country's exiled former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The deal will allow Musharraf to hold on to power, while granting Bhutto immunity from abiding corruption charges.
Bhutto spoke at the US' Council on Foreign Relations this week, where she attempted raise support amongst the American foreign policy-making elite. Listen to her talk here.
India released 16 Pakistani militants from jails in the disputed territory of Kashmir as a goodwill gesture during the week in which both countries celebrated 60 years of independence.
Al-Qaida's local dilemma
Le Monde Diplomatique looks at the internal struggles between Islamist organizations in Afghanistan and Iraq, noting that national and transnational agendas are often at odds.
toD was many months ahead, making a similar case in March.
Afghan and US forces are attacking foreign al-Qaida fighters holed up in the rugged region of Tora Bora of Afghanistan.
Three Germans and a Briton soldier were killed in fighting with alleged Taliban militants in Afghanistan.
Yazidi death toll rises to 400
The death toll in the single largest atrocity in Iraq since the 2003 US-led has risen to 400. Four suicide truck bombs ripped through two predominantly Yazidi villages near the Syrian border. The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking pre-Islamic group, persecuted often for both their Kurdish and religious identities.
Suicide rate high
The suicide rate amongst American armed forces has risen to a 26-year high, with a large portion of deaths amongst active duty troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
IRGC handed terrorist tag
In designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps a "terrorist organization", the US State Department has expressed its frustration with stalled talks in the United Nations Security Council on confronting Tehran.
Victor Comras of the right-of-centre Counterterrorism blog argues that placing the IRGC on the terrorist list is a step in the right direction, but the move requires the support of countries around the world to make a difference.
Islam in Azerbaijan
As Azeris grow increasingly disillusioned with the old anti-Communist opposition that now holds sway over Azerbaijan's politics, political Islam is becoming more popular. Azeris are also frustrated with the hypocritical actions of western states, which encouraged "coloured revolutions" in near-by Georgia and Kyrgyzstan while supporting autocratic rule and misrule in Azerbaijan.
African insurgency briefs
Uganda plans to send 250 more peacekeepers to Somalia to reinforce its current force of 1,600. The Ugandans were intended to be the vanguard of an African Union garrison of 8,000 soldiers in Somalia, but other governments have failed to contribute troops.
Armed clashes rage in the Niger Delta city of Port Harcourt, leaving 15 dead. Gangs and insurgent militant groups are thought to be involved in the fighting, as instability continues to shake Nigeria's oil-rich south.
The Burundi rebel group Hutu Forces for National Liberation has demanded a meeting with South African mediators, after it was feared HFNL was planning to return to armed struggle.
