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The Iraqi insurgent group The Army of al Mujahideen, released a new undated video depicting an attack on a U.S. MRAP with an RKG3 grenade in what the group said was Baghdad.

The Taliban’s media outlet Neda al Jihad released a new video of attacks carried out by the militant group against a NATO base in the “Zumyobileh-Nuristan area” last year.

The 55-minute video is entitled “Defeat of the Aggressors in Afghanistan” and opens with pictures from previous Taliban videos, including the footage of the attempt to assassinate Afghani President Hamid Karzai during a celebration in Kabul on April 27, 2008 and footage of a 2007 ambush on a joint U.S.-Afghan foot patrol in Nuristan.

The group claims to have intensified its attacks on U.S. forces based in this camp for 47 days until they were forced out. The video shows Taliban fighters, dressed in military uniforms, during their preparation for the operation followed by shots of Taliban fighters trying to shoot a Chinook down. The video also shows the militants firing mortars and engaged in a gun battle against the forces inside the base. Several Taliban fighters look like they were badly injured during the fighting.

A local commander called Osman Jawhari was interviewed on the tape. He claims the militants managed to down two helicopters and kill 95 U.S. troops and only 10 Taliban militants were killed. He also told a group of militants that he was confident they would defeat U.S. troops and force them out of Afghanistan. “We shall fight and defeat them here God willing, then we will chase them all the way to Washington,” he says.

Taliban’s former information minister Mohammed Yasser also makes a short statement to honor the militants who have been killed in the clashes. Yasser had been released along with four other Taliban leaders in exchange for the release of an Italian reporter that the Taliban captured in 2007.

The Iraqi insurgent group the Army of al Mujahideen released a new video showing an RKG-3 grenade attack on a U.S. MRAP in what the group said was Baghdad. The video was not dated.

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the suicide attack that killed 30 people on Wednesday in Lahore.

The Internet statement said a member of Tehrik-i-Taliban Penjab in Lahore loaded his truck with 100kg of explosives and drove it into a building belonging to a Pakistani security and intelligence agency building. The statement said the attack comes in response to the military operation launched against the Taliban in the Swat valley.

The group called the attack a “humble gift to the mujahideen who suffer under the strikes of Pakistani forces in Swat valley.”

The group also warned that there will be similar attacks to come. “We call upon all Muslims in Pakistan to stay away from areas where the enemy is present, so that they are not be harmed by jihadi attacks,” said the statement.

The Iraqi Armed Forces’ General Command, a group headed by the former Iraqi vice president Izzet Ibrahim al Doury, released a short video showing an IED attack on a U.S. armored vehicle in Diyala.

The militant Afghani Taliban movement accused U.S. President Barack Obama of being "an enemy of Islam" even long before he ran for presidency in 2008, and warned the U.S. president that "God shall punish him if he unjustly attacked oppressed people,” according to an article in the group’s online magazine Somood. The article was written by Ikram Miyundi and appeared in the 36th issue of magazine, which was posted on the Internet today.

Another writer, Shehab Eddin Ghaznawi listed the conditions set by the Taliban to agree a peaceful settlement and negotiations with the U.S. over the Afghan problem in another article entitled “Obama Uses Contradicting Policies To Achieve His Goals.”

The writer said conditions include setting Taliban prisoners free, removing the Taliban and its leaders from the U.S. terrorism list and withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan to allow for the Afghan people to choose their government “with their free will.”

The group reserved a large portion of its magazine to expose what it described as U.S. atrocities against Afghan civilians and once again reassured its people that victory was around the corner, and that the country shall soon be “liberated.”

The magazine also included an interview with the deputy head of Taliban’s military committee in Paktika, Mohammed Basir Saheb Zada, who talked about the situation on the ground in his district and assured that NATO forces are cornered in specific locations in the area.

There were also articles about an increase in suicide rates among U.S. soldiers, U.S. media reports describing Taliban’s propaganda endeavors as being successful and a description of the group’s operations in Khost.

The Iraqi insurgent group Ansar al Sunna released a new video today showing an IED attack on an Iraqi ING humvee in al Azzi area in Diala.

The Iraqi insurgent group Shield of Islam released a video of what the group said was a mortar attack on a joint U.S.-Iraqi base western Baghdad.

The militant Afghani Taliban movement claimed responsibility for the attack that killed one U.S. soldier and one Afghan civilian outside Kabul Wednesday.

The group’s spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid wrote in the statement posted on the group’s website that Taliban fighters carried out the attack on the Kabul-Bagram highway in Dahsabz district, using a remote controlled landmine. According to the statement, the landmine destroyed the two U.S. army vehicles and killed 14 U.S. soldiers.

The Iraqi insurgent group Salahuddine al Ayyoubi Brigades released a short video on the Internet showing operatives firing two mortars on a south Baghdad U.S. army outpost.