An American, 9 Frenchmen, 2 Belgians, 2 Syrian, a Tunisian and an unknown number of Egyptians were arrested in Egypt last week for plotting terror attacks in the Middle East and recruiting terrorists to fight in Iraq. Sinai and Sharm el Sheikh under terror alert as Israel and Australia warn its citizens to be on […]
Afghan and Pakistani tribal jirga meetings planned “to win support against a resurgent Taleban.” Pakistan’s FM heading to Kabul for 3-day visit on Friday and will push Karzai to adopt a similar pact with Neo-Taliban forces that Musharraf adopted with North and South Waziristan.
Ethiopia in “technical” state of war with Somalia’s SICC as the UN-backed transitional government rules out negotiations with the SICC and bans cars entering Baidoa from Mogadishu after last week’s suicide attack. All-out war could begin within two weeks as the rainy season ends.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing, DefSec nominee Bob Gates said “all options are on the table” regarding Iraq and that the U.S. is neither winning nor losing the war. Iraq Study Group report to be issued at 12 GMT Wednesday morning and is expected to push for regional conference on Iraq […]
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Hakim, the leader of SCIRI, called for US troops to remain in Iraq. A Marine helicopter made an emergency water landing in a lake in Anbar province; 16 were aboard; 12 survived and 4 we killed. Iraqi and US forces closed off the town of Siniyah after insurgents attack the police station and forced the […]
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Iran, Gambia issue joint statement on mutual cooperation
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Indonesia’s Aceh moves from disaster to landmark vote
An Uzbek suicide bomber killed a policeman in Bannu. “Militant groups” are planning to use helicopters to conduct terror attacks and kidnap and kill government officials. Jamaat-e-Islami will protest the vote to replace a minister that resigned over the Chingai air strike.
NATO forces killed up to 80 Taliban during an ambush in the Musa Qala district. The British handed over the town to the Taliban in October. The government has initiated two reconstruction projects in Laghman province.
An Ethiopian minister met with the Islamic Courts, but the ICU denies it. The speaker of the TFG parliament says Ehtiopian must withdraw its “15,000” troops.” The ICU claims to have reached an agreement with IGAD not to deploy African troops. The ICU has given Somalis 7 days to turn in their weapons.
Signalling the centrality of the armed conflict in Somalia for al Qaeda and its support for the Supreme Islamic Courts Council (SICC), a video distribution unit best known for its Iraq products has released onto the Internet an hour long package called "Apostate Hell in Somalia." It was released on November 30, shortly after news […]
The divide grows FALLUJAH, IRAQ: I’ve completed the first leg of the journey to Iraq, after having moved through Dubai, Kuwait and Baghdad. I am now at Camp Fallujah. While in Fallujah, I’ll embed with a Marine Police Transition Team (PTT) and also meet with the Civil Affairs Group. The next stop will be Ramadi. […]
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India says Sri Lanka’s LTTE has close links with Indian terror group