Iraq
Mattis on the Marines: Pendleton commander upbeat about morale, progress in Iraq
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Israel
PM Olmert said there will be no negotiations with Syria. The IDF and Shin Bet captured the head of Islamic Jihad in Jenin. Two teanagers were injured in a Qassam rocket attack. The IDF has a no-fire policy in effect for terrorists setting up Qassam rockets.
Kashmir
Six killed, four injured in Indian-held Kashmir
Pakistan
‘Militants’ detonate a car bomb at the Peshawar airport, killing one and wounding several others. Pakistan is planning on mining segments of the Afghan border to prevent the flow of the Taliban. Musharraf said Pakistan’s nukes can withstand a nuclear strike.
Somalia
The Islamic Courts are retreating from strategic towns in south and central Somalia, and the Ethiopians are firing on retreating fighters. The UNSC is set to meet on Somalia today, while the African Union supports Ethiopian involvement.
Israel
Israel Agrees to Remove 2 Dozen Checkpoints
Nigeria
Nigerian pipeline explosion kills 200
Islamic Courts in Retreat in Somalia
The Somalia Battlefield on 12/26/2006. Light blue – Ethiopian & TFG advances. Green – ICU territory. Orange – recent clashes. Click image to view. Ethiopian and TFG forces take Dinsoor, Burhakaba; ICU indicated it is planning an insurgency The Islamic Courts are in near-full retreat in central and southern Somalia after 8 days of fighting […]
Indonesia
Indonesia on holiday terror alert
Iraq
British and Iraqi forces destroyed the headquarters of a Basra police Crimes Unit after receiving intelligence of torture and planned execution of prisoners. A bomb in a Baghdad shopping area killed 10. Four Iranians, including two diplomats, were detained by American forces and released. President Talabani protested the arrests.
Iraq
Learning from Iraq: Counterinsurgency in American Strategy
Sri Lanka
The crew of a Jordanian ship was released to the Red Cross today by the LTTE. The LTTE also threw a grenade at policemen guarding a church in northwestern Sri Lanka, killing one. Germany has frozen aid to the nation until the peace process resumes.
Somalia
Ethiopian planes bombed Balidogle military airfield and the Mogadishu airport. European Union condemned the escalation of conflict in Somalia. The Arab League called for Ethopia to remove all of its forces.
Iraq
Suspected senior al Qaeda weapons dealer captured in Bayji
Iran
Iran sneers at UN sanctions, Ahmadinejad: nuclear resolution just “scrap of paper”.
Iraq
US Military Urging Iraq to Rein In Guard Force
Israel
Israeli Goodwill To Syria And Palestinians, PM Wants Syria Talks, Defense Minister Agrees On Prisoner Release, Closes Checkpoints
Israel
IDF troops arrest five terror suspects overnight
Sudan
Darfur refugees beg U.N. to protect them
United Kingdom
Blair shelves plan to ban Hizb-ut-Tahrir
Iraq
What a ‘troop surge’ in Iraq might accomplish
Thailand
Two shot dead in Thailand’s restive south
Iraq
al Qaeda in Iraq Announces “Mighty Raid on the Soldiers of the Crusaders and the Apostates”
Iraq
12,000 Iraqi police killed since Saddam’s ouster, says minister
Somalia
Somali PM confident of victory over Islamists
Al-Zawraa Responds to Muj TV
Al-Zawraa logo. Click image to view. Mashaan Jabouri, the owner of al-Zawraa, responds to my post, Muj TV While in Fallujah, I wrote about al-Zawraa, or what the Iraqis refer to as “Muj TV.” This is a satellite television station that broadcasts attacks on U.S., Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces, as well as calls for […]
The TFG and Ethiopia Punch back in Somalia
The Somalia Battlefield on 12/25/2006. Light blue – Ethiopian & TFG advances. Green – ICU territory. Orange – recent clashes. Click image to view. The Islamic Courts has lost strategic territory as the Ethiopian Army and Transitional Federal Government marches towards Mogadishu After one full week of fighting between the al Qaeda backed Islamic Courts […]
Iraq
Fahd al-Saudi, an al Qaeda facilitator in Ramadi, killed along with 3 terrorists
Palestinian Territories
Hamas says Abbas seeks war
Iran
Despite Election Win, Reformers Are Disheartened