Christian Phalange Minister Pierre Gemayel, the son of former President Gemayel Amin, was assassinated in broad daylight in Beirut. The assassination occurs as the UN is preparing the Hariri assassination trial, UNIFIL seizes weapons from Hezbollah in the south, and Hezbollah calls for protests in an effort to topple the Lebanese government.
Iraqi special forces back by U.S. advisers raided Sadr city and detained 7. This is the third raid inside Sadr City in four days. Three terrorists are killed and 4 suspects detained in a separate raid in Baghdad. Iraq and Syria have restored diplomatic ties. Australia may boost troop numbers in Iraq.
Two more Ethiopian armored vehicles destroyed, ICU engages TFG outside Baidoa, captured border town Islamic Courts controlled cities and towns marked in red. Click map to view. The Islamic Courts Union, al Qaeda’s proxy organization in Somalia, is on the offensive against the Transitional Federal Government and supporting Ethiopian Army units. Over the weekend, ICU […]
Pakistan’s political parties wants the government to implement the same ‘peace pact’ signed in North Waziristan in the rest of the FATA. The Taliban assassinated another pro-government “spy” in North Waziristan. Dawn’s North Waziristan correspondent is missing. Suicide bombers have deployed to attack Pakistani security forces.
Pakistani intelligence uncovers a suicide bombing network, more assassinations in Waziristan Pakistani soldiers killed in a suicide attack in Dargai. Click image to view. The recent suicide bombings against an Army post in Dargai and police in Peshawar have sparked fears of a larger conspiracy to attack Pakistani security forces throughout the Northwest Frontier Province […]
Two are killed and 16 wounded in a bombing in the Muslim south. Zachary Abuza notes that the violence has not abated since the coup against the Thaksin government two months ago, despite the new government’s attempts at reconciliation.
Iran has called for a summit between Iraq, Syria and Iran. Iraqi special forces (1st SOF) conducted a raid inside Sadr City. General Caldwell reports 48 al Qaeda in Iraq were killed and 286 suspects detained over the past two weeks, and said the group was “disorganized” but still able to conduct attacks.
Former US aides suggest NATO troops in N. Iraq
The “Martyrs Battalions” have threatened to attack Gulf states if the U.S. strikes Iran. Mesbah-Yazdi, who backs suicide bombings, seeks to become Iran’s next supreme spiritual leader. The commander of the IRGC stated that Iran has “planned our strategy precisely on the basis of [American’s] strengths and weaknesses.”
Islamic Courts attacks an Ethiopian military convoy; Aweys calls for a “Greater Somalia” in the Horn of Africa ICU militiamen in a “technical.” Click image to view. The Islamic Courts Union has ambushed an Ethiopian military column of 80 vehicles, and killed 6 Ethiopian soldiers and wounded 20. The Islamic courts conducted a sophisticated attack […]
Five are killed and over 60 wounded in a train bombimg in West Bengal. Authorities are trying to determine if the bomb was planted or a suicide bomb. The attack occurs as Chinese Premier Hu Jintao is conducting a state visit.
(Philippines) Arroyo seeks US role in Mindanao
UK to give Pakistan $910m for madrassas, poverty
Accord to set up anti-terror group with UK: Taliban an Afghan issue: Musharraf
Cleric killed for ‘spying™ in North Waziristan
Kashmir violence leaves two dead, three injured
India tests a nuclear-capable ballistic missile
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.
Human Shields Halt Israeli Airstrikes
Pentagon review sees 3 options in Iraq
Saddam trial “fundamentally flawed”
Pakistan for foreign troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, Iraq
Ready for talks sans clemency for Omar: Karzai
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
More than 50 killed in attacks in Iraq
Convicted al Qaeda bomb-making expert conducted dry runs at Ireland airports
Palestinian Human shield suspends IAF air strike