Pakistan
Accord to set up anti-terror group with UK: Taliban an Afghan issue: Musharraf
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Pakistan
Cleric killed for ‘spying™ in North Waziristan
Kashmir
Kashmir violence leaves two dead, three injured
India
India tests a nuclear-capable ballistic missile
Lebanon
Hezbollah has called for mass protests in an effort to topple the Lebanese government. UNIFIL announces it has seized rockets, missiles, launchers and munition stockpiles in southern Lebanon.
Palestinian Territories
Human Shields Halt Israeli Airstrikes
Iraq
Pentagon review sees 3 options in Iraq
Iraq
Saddam trial “fundamentally flawed”
Pakistan
Pakistan for foreign troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, Iraq
Afghanistan
Ready for talks sans clemency for Omar: Karzai
Somalia
The Islamic Courts ambushed an Ethiopian convoy of 80 vehicles heading to Biadoa. Six soldiers were killed an 20 wounded after 2 vehicles were hit by IEDs, then a skirmish broke out. TFG President Yusuf urges 3,000 cadets training in Baidoa to defend their country. The ICU officially banned khat, and has shut down a […]
Israel
The IAF struck a car with a Hamas terrorist, killing 1 and wounding 9. The IDF arrested 18 suspects in the West Bank. The IDF may be sent in to demolish terrorist homes if human shields are used.
Fighting the Sunni Insurgency
Recent Iraqi and Coalition combat operations in Kirkuk, Baquba, Yusifiyah and Ramadi Iraqi army soldiers and 82nd Airborne Division Paratroopers discuss their upcoming mission, Operation Portland, Oct. 28, 2006, at an Iraqi army base near Tikrit. U.S. Army photo by SSgt. Michael J. Carden. Click image to view. Over the past week, U.S. and Iraqi […]
CTC and The Militant Ideology Atlas
The Combating Terrorism Center report on jihadi intellectuals and a strategy to fight them; media reports of bin Laden and Zawahiri “losing influence” misinterpretted the findings Jihadi circles of influence. Click image to view. The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point has released a study “of the Jihadi Movement’s top thinkers and their most popular […]
Iraq
More than 50 killed in attacks in Iraq
Al Qaeda
Convicted al Qaeda bomb-making expert conducted dry runs at Ireland airports
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian Human shield suspends IAF air strike
Sudan
U.N. Says Sudan Committing Acts of ‘Inexplicable Terror’ Against Civilians in Darfur
Australia
Aussies probe Hezbollah funding
Iraq
Denmark open to moving troops to Baghdad
Thailand
Muslim insurgents are targeting Buddhist in the Thai south; 6 were killed over the past several days. One was shot, killed and partially decapitated. Human Rights watch called on insurgents to stop targeting civilians and said 30 civilians have been killed or wounded the past week.
Pakistan
The Taliban are openly using Pakistan to recover from wounds sustained during fighting in Afghanistan. Police arrested a man for plotting to blow up the Army Corps HQ in Peshawar. Friday’s Peshawar bomber carried his ID and telephone book, and has been traced back to a mosque.
Iraq
Iraqi and U.S. forces killed 18 Sunni insurgents in a battle in Baquba. Eight terrorists are killed in a Ramadi raid. The Iraqi Army believes it has identified the location of captured western security contractors near Basra. A SCIRI leader is assassinated. Henry Kissenger said Iraq is not ready for democracy, stability should come first.
Iraq Embed Update
Originally posted on November 15. This post will remain at top for a few days longer. Scroll down for updates. Clockwise: Bill “at work” with Alex (6), Jaime (2) and Sarah (4). Click image to view. I’ll be heading to Iraq in about 2 weeks. I want to thank everyone who has contributed to the […]
Iraq
Coalition Forces killed 11 terrorists and detained 24 suspects in multiple raids
Turkey
Military kills two PKK activities in Southeast Turkey
Iraq
A Shifting Enemy: US Generals Say Civil War, Not Insurgency, Is Greatest Threat
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Dutch Muslims unhappy with proposed burqa ban
Thailand
Five shot dead in Thailand’s Muslim south
Indonesia
Terrorist attacks feared for US President’s visit to Indonesia