Iran
Iran to open nuclear sites for tourists
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Iran
US Official Says Talks on Iran Sanctions to Begin Next Week
Iraq
Kurdish MP assasinated in Iraq
Iraq
Australian forces ineffectually targeted in Iraq
Somalia
Somali Islamic Military leader Aden Ayro has al Qaeda ties
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USA Buying Up to 94 More RG-31 Charger Mine-Resistant Vehicles
Caucasus
Armed band destroyed in Chechnya
Somalia
Anti-Islamist Protest in Kismayo, Somalia
Iraq
4,000 Iraqi police fatilities in two years
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Mullah Omar is ‘Alive in Afghanistan’
Pakistan
Taliban Bases Raided by Pakistan
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52 Tamil Tigers killed in heavy fighting
Iraq
Kirkuk has been shut down as Iraqi and U.S. forces conduct a major operation in the city. A suicide bomber kills 14 and wounds 13 in Tal Afar.
Philippines
The Philippines has arrested the wife of Jemaah Islamiyah leader Dulmatin. An Abu Sayyaf member was captured during military operations in Sulu. Indonesia has arrested a Jemaah Islamiyah operative suspected of conducting a series of bombings in Mindano.
Pakistan
Two more rockets were found in Islamabad, aimed at the ISI headquarters. Police believe Baloch rebels are responsible for the earlier threats in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, but haven’t ruled out al Qaeda. Pakistan admitted it backed “Jihad, insurgency or whatever you want to call it in Kashmir” in the past. Over 45 have been killed […]
Europe
Report of Plot to Attack Jews Prompts Terror Alert in Prague
North Korea
North Korea Nuclear bomb test ‘just a day away’
Palestinian Territories
Haniyeh: Hamas Won’t Recognize Israel
Al Qaeda
“Five Years after 9/11, al Qaeda Remains the Vanguard of the Jihadist Movement’, according to an analysis by the SITE Institute. al Qaeda appears to be operating in Ghana. Mullah Omar has convened a new Majlis Shura.
Afghanistan
Karzai calls for a jirga with the Pashtun tribes along the border, and asks for Pakistan to not “fake” it. Two extremists were detained in the western province of Farah.
Somalia
Kenya sounds warning note after Islamic militia move
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Danish TV shows cartoons mocking Prophet Mohammad
Indonesia
Telstra operation helped track down Bali bombers
Pakistan Under Pressure
Bombing, rockets found near Musharraf residences a harbinger of things to come in Pakistan Pakistani Army disposed of rockets in Islamabad. Click picture to view. The bombing near President Pervez Musharraf’s official residence in Rawalpindi, coupled with “two rockets rigged with mobile phones and primed to fire toward Pakistan’s parliament” in Islamabad have sparked speculation […]
Choosing Sides in the Sunni Insurgency
A Sunni tribe joins al Qaeda, The Islamic Army in Iraq offers negotiations with the U.S. Iraq. Click map to view. The splits within the Sunni Insurgency and al Qaeda continue to manifest as Sunni groups begin to chart their future actions. One of the major Islamist insurgent groups is willing to negotiate, as a […]
Somalia
The Islamic Courts army is now on the Kenyan border. The ICU commander of Hiran province has threatened Ethiopia with war if their troops enter the country. The ICU has officially established shariah courts in Mogadishu and appointed leaders.
Al Qaeda
Whose Prison? al Qaeda activities in Guantanamo Bay and the U.S. Federal prison system “illustrates asymmetrical warfare at its finest.” “By exploiting the vulnerabilities of the American system its enemies not only escape its strength, they are actually able to go onto the offense against it.”
India
Mumbai train bombings prime suspect in custody
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UN Geneva HQ ‘warned of terror attack’
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Police hold Iranian in Belgian airline bomb plot