Lebanon
US to boost military help for Lebanon
Yearly Archives: 2006
Iran
UN to freeze Iran atomic aid
Iraq
Norway gets OK to expel Mullah Krekar, founder of Ansar al-Islam
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Possibilities of war in the Middle East
Iraq
Quitting a worthy fight would be great mistake
Indonesia
Indonesian police hunt 5 key Poso suspects
The Anbar Tribes vs. al Qaeda, Continued
Sunnis continue to turn on al Qaeda in the heart of the Sunni Triangle Iraq. Click map to view. The Anbar tribes’ turn against al Qaeda has developed significantly since the end of the Anbar Campaign late last year, which swept al Qaeda and the insurgency from the major towns and cities west of Ramadi. […]
Afghanistan
Eleven Taliban were killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan. Two Canadian troops were wounded in an IED strike in the Pashmul district of Kandahar. A woman legislator was attacked in Kandahar City, her husband was killed.
Lebanon
Druze leader Walid Jumblatt blames Syria for the assassination of Christian minister Pierre Gemayel. Saad Hariri accused Syria of “trying to kill every free person” in Lebanon. The UN approved the tribunal to investigate the murder of Rafiq al-Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister.
Hezbollah
Hezbollah is using Internet services such as Youtube and Myspace to recruit and transmit messages. Two Americans are charged with providing access to al-Manar, Hezbollah’s TV station.
Israel
Israeli ground forces are moving on two Palestinian towns in northern Gaza to halt the rocket attacks. One Hamas terrorist was killed while firing a rocket, while 4 rockets hit Sderot. The IDF is training UNIFIL forces in southern Lebanon to dismantle bombs.
Iraq
Oman accuses US of handing Iraq to al Qaeda
India
India holds 10 suspected Dawood gang members
Pakistan
Maulana Fazlur Rahman., the secretary-general of the MMA, said NATO and the Afghan government must make peace with the Taliban, and the war was against Islam. Forty-seven suspected Taliban were arrested in Quetta. Dawn’s kidnapped journalist has been freed. He was beaten and “repeatedly questioned about his work in the tribal areas and his sources […]
Lebanon
Security Council OKs Hariri tribunal
Iraq
Flaws Cited in Effort To Train Iraqi Forces
Pakistan
39 suspected Taliban jailed in Quetta, Pakistan
Israel
(Israel) Sderot rocket victim dies of his wounds
Afghanistan
Two Canadians hurt in Afghanistan landmine blast
Lebanon
Timeline: Assassinations in Lebanon
Afghanistan
Spiegel looks at the German involvement in Afghanistan and the political ‘caveats’ that limits NATO from managing the fight. “A notebook, always within reach, contains the political factors — and they take precedence… It contains 102 clauses that regulate the latitude for deployments and movements of the various national troop contingents.”
Afghanistan
“The Germans Have to Learn How to Kill”
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China woos India and Pakistan with nuclear know-how
Iraq
Annan says US is ‘trapped in Iraq™
Lebanon
Gemayel reaction: ‘The hands of Syria are all over the place’
Colombia
Heavy combat with Colombia rebels kills 14
Afghanistan
Taliban drug trade: Echoes of Colombia
Iraq
US troops blow up cars in Baghdad’s Green Zone; explosives detected
Palestinian Territories
Gunmen abduct two Italian aid workers in Gaza
More Raids in Sadr City
Three forrays into Sadr City over the past four days Muqtada al-Sadr. Iraqi special forces (from the 1st Special Operations Forces Brigade), accompanied by U.S. Special Forces advisors and backed by Coalition air support, raided a location in Sadr City, the Baghdad stronghold of Iranian backed cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The raid netted seven members of […]