Pakistan
The Bajaur tribal agency has released 9 al Qaeda suspects “on the personal guarantee of a tribe” that they would keep the peace. The Peshawar market bombing has killed 9 and wounded over 40, including several small girls.
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Afghanistan
President Karzai seeks the support of Pakistani politicians to make the cross border tribal jirga a success. Mulla Omar issued an Eid statement and claimed the Taliban will step up attacks against “foreign forces.”
Afghanistan
US Radio Ramshackle wins over Afghan locals
Kashmir
Security forces kill seven guerrillas in Kashmir
Sudan
Sudan masses its troops for a decisive strike on Darfur
Al Qaeda
al Qaeda is winning the war of ideas, says Reid
Somalia
TFG troops take control of Burhakaba after clashing with the ICU, and possibly Ethiopian troops. In Jawil on the Ethiopian border, the ICU has set up shop. Women have been banned from swimming at the main beach in Mogadishu.
Iraq
18 Killed In Iraqi Sectarian Violence
Iraq
Senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader and facilitator in Ramadi killed, 7 captured
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Gaza City: Security Men Block Road to Abbas House
Somalia
Somalia: Islamic Court Bans Women From Mogadishu Beach
Iraq
Baghdad: Suicide blast kills holiday shoppers
Palestinian Territories
‘Gunmen’ fire on Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Haniyeh’s motorcade
Mahdi Army, Iraqi Police Clash in Suwayra
Sadr’s attacks coincide with al Qaeda bombing, media campaigns and ‘marches’ in western Iraq. Shades of the Fall of 2004… The Iraqi Army in Amara. One day after the Mahdi Army attacked police stations in Amara and were beaten back by Iraqi Army and police units, Sadr’s militia struck again in the town of Suwayra, […]
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al Qaeda’s “Working Paper for a Media Invasion of America” – the Media Responds
Afghanistan
France reviewing Afghanistan deployment: minister
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s stability lies with Pakistan
A New Terrorist Haven
In the October 30th issue of The Weekly Standard, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross of the Counterterrorsim Blog and I have an article on the rise of the Islamic Courts Union in Somalia. The article is reprinted in full below. A New Terrorist Haven The frightening advance of Islamists in Somalia. by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Bill Roggio 10/30/2006, […]
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Chavez’s anti-US voice rings hollow in U.N. vote
Iraq
Propaganda Week: The “Ministry of Information in the Islamic State of Iraq” issued a press release on the Friday bombings in Baghdad. al Qaeda in Iraq’s shadow government does not control territory. al Qaeda conducted mini-marches in Haditha, Haqlaniyah, Anah and Bani Daher on Friday. According to an intelligence source, the al Qaeda demonstrators took […]
Iraq
Top US Commander in D.C. for Talks Amid Iraq Concerns
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Sri Lanka says 20 rebels die in sea battle
Pakistan
Bomb blast kills in Peshawar, Pakistan 7, wounds dozens
Iraq
Mecca meeting seeks end to Iraq sectarian violence in Iraq
Iraq
(Iraq) Me in the new Islamic State!
Philippines
The Filipino Army is throwing 3 extra battalions, about 1,500 men, into the fight against Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah on Jolo Island. This raises the number to 7,500 troops. JI peratives Dulmatin and Umar Patek have been spotted on Jolo. Dulmatin’s wife will be deported to Indonesia. Four captives escaped from their Muslim kidnappers […]
Iran
Israel must go, says Iranian President
Iraqi Army, Sadr’s Mahdi Army Battle in Amara
Sadr’s Mahdi Army must be reined in Sheikh Mazen Saedi, Muqtada al-Sadr’s aide in Baghdad. Photo from AFP. Click image to view. Sadr’s Mahdi Army attacked Iraqi police in Amara “after police arrested a member of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia on suspicion of killing a local intelligence officer in a bomb attack,” […]
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CNN plays terrorist sniper video
United States
House Intel Chair Suspends Staff Member for Leaking a National Intelligence Estimate to The New York Times