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Sri Lanka: Tamil Tigers attack eastern army camp
Yearly Archives: 2006
Iraq
Saddam appeals death sentence
Palestinian Territories
French presidential candidate Royal presses Fatah for Palestinian unity gov’t
Iraq
The Sunni Insurgency in Iraq
Lebanon
Does the Lebanese opposition have an action plan?
Pakistan
India claims the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed are using Bangladesh and Nepal for the movement and financing of terrorists. A prominent Pashtun leader accuses Pakistan of interfering in Afghanistan.
Iraq
Six terrorist were killed and five captured in a raid on two foreign fighter safehouses in Gharma. The U.S. and Iraqi Army launched an operation i n Baqubah. The Iraqi Army arrested an insurgent leader in Baqubah, and a cell’s members in Baghdad, Ramadi and Samarra.
Afghanistan
Three Afghans are killed and three NATO soldiers wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a convoy. Four Taliban were killed after attacking a police checkpoint in Zabul. U.S. troops accidentally killed one Afghan police officer and wounded another. The Taliban claim to have shot down a missing civilian helicopter.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has arrested 139 foreign al Qaeda operatives over the past 2 months. Chad accuses rich Saudis and al Qaeda of funding the Janjaweed militias in Darfur, and Sudan of “sending mercenaries and others to attack the positions of our security forces.” The Saudis are working to counterbalance Iran’s rising influence in the Gulf […]
Somalia
Aweys on Shabelle Radio: “We will launch a jihad war against any foreign forces deployed in Somalia regardless of which country they are from.” The TFG approves of a UNSC draft resolution calling for peacekeepers. “Foreign intervention will only destabilize Somalia,” warned the Eritrian government.
Baghdad Bombings in Shia Markets
Suicide attacks in Baghdad, al Qaeda and Sadr continue to divide Iraq BAGHDAD, IRAQ: The Iraqi capital was rocked by three near-simultaneous car bombing in central Shiite neighborhood. Two bombs blew up at a market in the Sadriya market, and one at the nearby Wathbac circle. The market was teaming with shoppers, and traffic circle […]
Somalia’s Second Suicide Bombing
Islamic Courts attack a checkpoint outside Baidoa; al-Fajr releases “Apostate Hell in Somalia,” praise Osama bin Laden Aftermath of November 30 suicide attack in Baidoa. Click image to view. BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Last Thursday, the Islamic Courts conducted its second suicide bombing attack against the Transitional Federal Government. Nine were killed after a car suicide bomb […]
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia detains 139 suspected militants
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Gunman gives himself up in Chechnya
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Local official, 9 other people wounded in attacks southern Russia
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Suspect of murder of Kyrgyz deputy detained in Chechnya
Iraq
91 people have been killed and 40 wounded in a coordinated car bomb attack in the al-Sadriyah shopping area of Baghdad. Falah Shanshel, the head of Muqtada al-Sadr’s political bloc, has announced a possible alliance with Sunnis, Christians, and secularists against Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Maliki.
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Saudi charity spending down 40% since 9/11 – World Assembly of Muslim Youth secretary-general
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Chitral still an area of concern in hunt for bin Laden
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Saudi Arabia denies it may back Sunnis in Iraq
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Yemen interrogate 22 suspects for plotting terror attacks
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FBI agent describes group’s jihad plot
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Rice Says US Has Made Mistakes in Iraq
Iraq
US soldier killed in fighting in Iraq’s volatile Anbar province
Philippines
Philippines: Government troops arrest suspected militant from group linked to Jemaah Islamiyah
Somalia
US urges end to Somalia arms ban
Somalia
Somalia’s government welcomes draft U.N. resolution on regional military force
Iraq
Triple car bombing kill 40 Iraqis
Lebanon
The Egyptian president and Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday called for the containment of political upheaval in Lebanon, warning of the potential for widespread violence to erupt. The protests in Beirut continue. A United Nations commission of inquiry in the French-chaired Human Rights Committee determined that Israel should pay compensation to Lebanon for the conflict […]
Pakistan
Musharraf has signed the Women’s Protection Bill. The Taliban friendly MMA attempted to stage a march to parliament to force the PML leader to, but Pakistani security forces outnumbered them. MMA chief Qazi Mohammed claims 1,000 were arrested. India filed charges against 28 for their role in the Mubai bombings, and accused the ISI of […]