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Monthly Archives: September 2006
France
Latest al Qaeda tape made France a target: report
Philippines
RP peace negotiator says MILF making unacceptable demand
Afghanistan
Over 50 Taliban an 8 Afghan police were killed in battles across Afghanistan. Poland will send 1,000 troops to boost the NATO mission, while Latvia will send an additional 20. An aerial photograph of over 190 Taliban gathering at a funeral and the failure to strike calls the rules of engagement into question.
Somalia
US counterterrorism work stumbles in Somalia
Battle for Baghdad Update
Operation Together Forward moves into several Baghdad neighborhoods over the past week Map of Baghdad operations. Click map to view. Iraqi and Coalition forces continue to clear Baghdad’s’ neighborhoods under Operation Together Forward. Over the last week, five neighborhoods have been the focus of the joint effort: Bakriya (East Monsour), Rusafa, Risala and Khadra in […]
Hezbollah
Nasrallah: No demilitarized area, Israel lying
Hezbollah
Amnesty faults Hizbullah’s ‘war crimes’
Israel
Reservist generals to call on IDF chief to resign
Afghanistan
50 Taliban, 8 policemen dead in Afghanistan
Pakistan
14 Taliban arrested in raid on Quetta hospital
Al Qaeda
Editor of Kuwaiti Daily: ‘Fighting Terrorism Should Not Be the Concern of Only the US – We Need an International Alliance to Combat This Phenomenon’
Somalia
An EU official reports the army of the Islamic Courts is marching on the southern port city of Kismayo. The head of the Juba Valley Coalition denies the ICU is marching on the city. The African Union “will endorse an ambitious peacekeeping force for Somalia.”
The Fall of Northwestern Pakistan: An Online History
Documenting the Taliban’s rise to power in Waziristan and beyond over the course of 2006 and 2007
Caucasus
Five militants, collaborators voluntarily surrender in Chechnya
Russia
Chechen al Qaeda commander Doku Umarov said he will continue the insurgency. Five Chechen fighters have surrendered over the past 24 hours. One policeman and 3 unidentified gunmen were killed when the gunmen attempted to cross the border from Chechnya into Ingushetia.
Palestinian Territories
Terror Cells Tracked in Palestinian Territories
Iraq
Federalism Plan Dead, Says Iraqi Speaker
Afghanistan
Swedish troops come under fire in Afghanistan
Syria
Jund al-Sham most active in Syria
Iraq
Baghdad death squads kill 60, bombs kill 22
Uzbekistan
Leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Tahir Yuldashev threatens presidents Karimov, Bakiyev, and Rakhmonov
Pakistan
Taliban could spark Pashtun ‘national war’
Europe
An al Qaeda cell was plotting to blow up a the main synagogue and other targets in Oslo, Norway. The cell was made up of Algerian GSPC, which is essentially al Qaeda’s organization in Africa.
Correction: Report of Hekmatyar’s Capture Incorrect
Initial report of Hekmatyar’s capture was a case of mistaken identity On 9-11, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported “the commander of the Hizb-i-Islami militia in Hafezan in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Gulbuddin Hikmatyar, was arrested after credible intelligence led Afghan and coalition forces to his compound.” An independent intelligence source confirmed the initial report, which led […]
Afghanistan
Canadians near mop-up phase for Afghan operation
Pakistan
President Musharraf says the West responsible for extremism, and the “centre of gravity of terrorism has shifted from Al Qaeda to the Taliban.” NWFP Governor Orakzai, the man who orchestrated the Waziristan surrender, says the US military is not needed to track Osama bin Laden. Security around US diplomatic missions has been increased.
Syria
Ship with N. Korean weapons seized enroute to Syria
Iraq
Arm tribes to fight al Qaeda, say Sunnis
Turkey
A bomber killed 7 and wounded 17 in the southern city of Diyarbakir. Turkey detains 23 militants in raids across the country, seizing weapons and explosives.