Monthly Archives: November 2006

Islamic Courts, Puntland forces Battle in Central Somalia

Puntland takes a preemptive shot at the Islamic Courts units moving northward Map of Somalia. Islamic Courts advances in Red, recent clash in yellow. Click map to view. As the long awaited showdown in Baidoa between the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and the Islamic Courts drags on, the Islamic Courts have advanced northward towards […]


Iraq

Iraqi Bloggers React to Saddam’s Verdict


Iraq

24 suspected terrorists detained in Iraq


Afghanistan

Turkey establishes a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Wardak province


Pakistan

Terrorists may strike the Lahore Stock Exchange. Three rockets were fired at Peshawar, the provincial capital of the NWFP. The Afghan government rejected Pakistan’s offer to build fence along the Durand Line. An al Qaeda operative was captured in Afghanistan’s Khost province, along with five Pakistanis and Saudis.



Sri Lanka says Tigers gear for battle


Spain: Al Qaeda Threat Discovered




Somalia

Kenya: Somali Islamists briefly detained after US warning


Somalia

Egypt and Ethiopia to tackle Somalia™s problems



France

Suspended French Muslim airport workers sue minister



India

UK advises India on counter-terrorism measures


Southeast Asian execs agree to adopt counterterrorism pact


Iraq

Second trial gets underway against Saddam Hussein




Iraq

Iraqi Interior Ministry Accuses 55 Employees of Rights Abuses at Prison





Iraq

Japan to extend the Air Self-Defense Force’s mission in Iraq to July


Iraq

Soldiers in Iraq Say Pullout Would Have Devastating Results


NRO Symposium: The Saddam Hussein Verdict.

I was invited to join a symposium of experts at National Review Online on the Saddam Hussein verdict and the significance of the development – for Iraq and for the United States. My response is below, but click through to read Peter Brookes, Victor Davis Hanson, Clifford May, Andrew McCarthy, James Robbins, Michael Rubin, and […]


Iraq

Iraqi Sunnis Flee, Saying US’s Enemy Is Iran


Iraq

Two US soldiers killed in Iraq chopper crash