Iraq
Iraqis call for five-man junta to end the anarchy
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Global Crisis Watch Broadcast
Global Crisis Watch: October 16, 2006 North Korea’s Allies in Beijing, Terror Attacks in Mindanao, Islamic Law in Malaysia Global Crisis Watch calls to New York City, Manila and Penang, Malaysia, to tackle China’s enabling of North Korea and refusal to enforce the Chapter VII UNSC resolutions, the terror attacks in Mindanao and hunt for […]
Somalia
The Islamic Courts have opened 4 “centers for jihad registration” in the Hiran region. The ICU shut down the “Mogadishu-based Bariga Afrika radio station… because the station ‘divides the community.’” Two carloads of the popular stimulant khat were burned near Kismayo.
Afghanistan
British government urged to shift troops to Afghanistan from Iraq
Iraq
Iraqi, Coalition forces target terrorist operations
Iraq
Operation Dealer Discovers SVBIEDs, Large Weapons Cache in Western Ramadi
Iraq
Iraqi Police Colonel Who Bridged Sectarian Divide Is Killed
Philippines
Another bomb is detonated in a Mindano market, but no one was hurt. A report states Australian SAS, 100 US special forces, including Green Berets, Navy SEALs and CIA counter-terrorism specialists, as well as the armed forces of The Philippines, are in the hunt for the Bali bombers. Australia denies the SAS is involved.
Israel
IDF pulls out of central Gaza Strip
Pakistan
170 Afghans arrested in crackdown after ‘mysterious™ blasts
Afghanistan
Bomb targets Afghan governor
Pakistan
NATO seen following Waziristan lead, according to Pakistani sources
India
Hang Afzal and India will go up in flames, says Kashmiri chief minister
Iraq
Shiite Militiamen Attack Town Killing 27 Sunni Arabs
North Korea
The United Nations Security Council has agreed on sanctions against North Korea, but has ruled out the use of force. Japan is considering additional sanctions. North Korea has denounced the security council resolution as “gangster.”
Lebanon
Two grenades hit building near U.N. HQ in Beirut
Israel
Israel to intensify military operations, Al-Naser brigades attack
Egypt
Egyptian soldier on Israeli border was killed by friendly-fire
Afghanistan
Two Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
al Qaeda in Iraq claims the tape by Abu Osama al-Mujahid is a fake. A mole helped the Canadian government foil the al Qaeda plot to bomb buildings in downtown Toronto.
The Taliban’s Waziristan Accord
The Pakistani Press exposes the Waziristan Accord as an agreement between the government and the Taliban “Rebel” tribal elder Maulvi Abbas Khan (right) presenting a copy of the Quran to Pakistan Army Commander Lt Gen Safdar Hussain in Shakai near Wana, South Waziristan. Photo from 2004. Click image to view. While Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf […]
Iraq
Peshmerga forces take over security of Kurdistan region
Somalia’s Islamic Courts Defends Kismayo
Islamic Courts repulse an attack on Kismayo, continues to consolidate gains Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Sheik Yusuf Indohaadde during a news briefing, Saturday, June 17, 2006. AP photograph, click to view. Colonel Bare Hirale, the defense minister in the transitional government and leader of the Juba Valley Alliance, has made good on his pledge […]
Syria
Syrian suicide bomber who finds a welcome in the living room
Palestinian Territories
Six gunmen killed, 15 hurt in IAF strike in Gaza Strip
Algeria
Gunmen assassinate Algerian chief, GSPC suspected
Pakistan
al Qaeda active in Pak tribal areas
Al Qaeda
Fingering Danny Pearl’s Killer
France
Analysis: The French Intifada
Divisions in al Qaeda in Iraq
An al Qaeda in Iraq leader disavows Abu Ayyub al-Masri, exposing the faults between the Zarqawi and al-Masri factions Abu Ayyub al-Masri. Al Arabiya television has aired a videotape of a member of al Qaeda in Iraq denouncing the organization’s current leadership, singling out Abu Ayyub al-Masri for undertaking “‘unjustified violations’ such as the killing […]