Summary: A suicide attacker with a bomb in his turban posed as a Taliban peace envoy and assassinated former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani who for the past year headed a government council seeking a political settlement with the insurgents. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 20, 2010, Aubrey Immelman featured a discussion by Gen. Colin Powell on foreign policy regarding Afghanistan with David Gregory on NBC’s Meet the Press.

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Summary: Today in history (on the Immelman for Congress website). … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 19, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that two car bombs tore through Baghdad, killing more than 30 people and wounding dozens more as tensions simmered six months after an inconclusive election and three weeks after U.S. troops ended major combat in Iraq.

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Summary: Today in history (on the Immelman for Congress website). … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 18, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that, amid Taliban rocket strikes and bombings, Afghans voted for a new parliament — the first election since a fraud-marred presidential ballot in 2009 cast doubt on the legitimacy of the embattled government.

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Summary: Today in history (on the Immelman for Congress website). … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 17, 2010, Aubrey Immelman commemorated the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787 — one of the most significant and momentous events in American history.

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Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 16, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that al-Qaida’s then No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri — apparently to mark the anniversary of 9/11 — released an audio recording accusing the Pakistani government of responding too slowly to severe flooding in the country and calling on Pakistanis to revolt.

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Summary: Today in history (on the Immelman for Congress website). … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 15, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann was caught in a lie — saying she opposed the so-called Legacy Amendment, which raised Minnesota sales tax by 3/8ths of 1 percent, despite previously having pandered to outdoorsmen and conservationists by publicly endorsing the measure in appearances before the Game Fair in Anoka, Minn.

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Summary: Three violent strikes against Iraqi security forces killed 19 people and wounded more than 50 across Iraq as the country struggles to protect itself while facing the U.S. military’s departure at the end of 2011. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 14, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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Summary: Taliban insurgents launched a brazen attack in the heart of Kabul’s diplomatic and military enclave targeting the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in Afghanistan. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 13, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that two protesters died and four were injured as Afghans protested for a third day against a plan by Florida pastor Terry Jones to burn copies of the Islamic holy book, the Quran.

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Summary: Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told his militias to halt attacks against U.S. forces until the withdrawal is finished at the end of 2011 as required under a Bush-era status-of-forces agreement between Washington and Baghdad. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 12, 2010, Aubrey Immelman noted that the Star Tribune — Minnesota’s largest and most influential newspaper — ran an extraordinary editorial that spoke to the core issues in Minnesota’s 2010 gubernatorial race.

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Summary: Ten years after the United States was unified in horror in the wake of the terrorist attack of 9/11, President Barack Obama, in solidarity with former president George W. Bush, honored the legacy of the victims and heroes of September 11. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 11, 2010, Aubrey Immelman noted that on a day of mourning for nearly 3,000 9/11 victims on the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attack of September 11, President Barack Obama called for national unity as the ‘ground zero mosque’ and Quran-burning controversies threatened to overshadow memorial events.

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