Monthly Archives: October 2006

Syria

| October 6, 2006

(Syria) US Embassy raid ‘planned in Saudi Arabia’

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| October 6, 2006

Sri Lanka troops kill 22 Tamil Tigers

Caucasus

| October 5, 2006

1 policeman killed, 3 Russian elite officers wounded in southern Russia

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| October 5, 2006

Seizures of radioactive materials fuel ‘dirty bomb’ fears

Iraq

| October 5, 2006

Purported spokesman for Islamic Army in Iraq offers negotiations with the United States

Yemen

| October 5, 2006

‘Al Qaeda suspects’ in Yemen found with 600kg of explosives

Iraq

| October 5, 2006

Iraq suspends 1200 police for ties to abductions, murders

Somalia

| October 5, 2006

“Islamists threaten Somaliland from within” – via the economy

Iran

| October 5, 2006

6 nations to meet, talk action on Iran

Iraq

| October 5, 2006

Iraq political groups warned on militias

Al Qaeda

| October 5, 2006

Paradigmatic Jihadi Movements (CTC analysis, PDF format)

Europe

| October 5, 2006

A French police union claims they are “in a state of civil war” with Muslims. “Violent clashes injure an average of 14 officers each day… The number of attacks has risen by a third in two years… nearly 2,500 officers had been wounded this year… We are in a state of civil war, orchestrated by […]

The Hunt for Abu Ayyub al-Masri

| October 5, 2006

Iraqi and Coalition forces on the trail of al Qaeda in Iraq’s commander Abu Ayyub al-Masri. The Iraqi government has recently expressed optimism in the hunt for Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq and the successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. In Major General Bill Caldwell’s most recent briefing, he noted […]

Pakistan

| October 5, 2006

“The Taliban’s spring offensive has fallen short of its primary objective of reviving the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan,” reports Syed Saleem Shahzad. A bombing at a park near Musharraf’s residence in Rawalpindi and rockets found near Parliament in Islamabad have sparked fears of a coup.

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| October 5, 2006

GSPC suffering losses in Mali and Europe