A Sunni called the Mujahideen in Lebanon threated Hezbollah for conspiring “to fully control Lebanon in alliance with Lebanon’s Crusaders and to eliminate the Sunni sect once and for all.” Hezbollah claims it will not continue talks but will conduct “peaceful protests.” The UN recommends the Hariri tribunal be held outside of Lebanon.
Pakistan successfully testfires Hataf V Ghouri ballistic missile with range of 1300km
Coalition forces are dwindling as US mulls next move in Iraq
Released Jemaah Islamiyah forger a mass killer ~ expert
Thai terrorists detonated bombs in 3 locations in southern Thailand, killing 1 and wounding 27. The military coup against Thaksin was carried out “because he had weakened the military.” The interim prime minister calls for youth programs to “help deter the teenagers from being roped in and brainwashed by insurgents.”
Marines deploy a MEU to Anbar, a Baker report possibility Iraq. Click map to view. After the Democrats seized the House and Senate during the U.S. midterm election, the concern has been how the change in Congressional leadership would impact Iraqi policy. Would the Democrats demand an immediate withdrawal, leaving the nascent Iraqi government and […]
In Mogadishu, the Islamic Courts opened fire on a crowd protesting the banning of Khat. A 13 year old boy iwa killed and others are wounded. A curfew has been imposed in Mogadishu after the riots. U.S. Marines are conducting joint operations with the Kenyan military on the Somali border.
Man Stopped at Port of Entry With Large Cash Sums and Laptop With Nuclear Information
(Sudan) Misery deepens as Janjaweed infiltrate the refugee camps
Oil prices settle at one-year low
Civilian Convoy Hijacked In Iraq – Up To 14 Captured, Including 4 Americans
Rape law reform roils Pakistan’s Islamists
Since October, Indonesia released over 60 terrorists, including some connected to the Bali bombings. A Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operative is sentenced to 3 years in prison for sheltering Noordin Top. JI leader Bashir calls for peaceful protests against President Bush’s visit.
More than 500 gunmen killed, arrested in Iraq last week
Two GSPC killed, 6 captured in Algeria
al Qaeda group denies arrest of operative
The Shiite Zarqawi: A Profile of Abu Deraa
Saudi Arabia will build a fence along the Iraqi border. Two Saudi al Qaeda who escaped from prison in 2005 were killed in Iraq, according to a videotape honoring their deaths.
The directors of the CIA and DIA stated the Taliban and al Qaeda are resurgent in Afghanistan due to safe havens along the Pakistani border. Canada’s defense minister claimed many Taliban leaders have been killed in fighting in the south, and 1,500 more troops are needed.
The Guardian reports the Baker report will recommend increasing the number of US troops by 20,000. US forces killed 9 al Qaeda and detained 9 in Yusifiyah, while the Iraqi Army is conducting a brigade sized operation (about 1,000 troops) in Kirkuk. The Iraqi government ordered the arrest of Harith al-Dari, head of the Muslim […]
Khamenei Tells Berri US, Israel Will be Defeated in Lebanon
Plan B for Iraq
Changes urged in US-India nuclear deal
CBN’s Erick Stakelbeck followed up his report on western Pakistan with a look at the other forgotten front in the Long War: Somalia. We’ve documented the rise of the al Qaeda backed Islamic Courts Union. Erick interviewed Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and me, as well Adam Hassan, a representative of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Erick […]
Israel hits back after fatal rocket attack
Sudan accused of invading Chad
German 9/11 trial underscores need for better global cooperation
Top General Faces Off Against Lawmakers
Where the Taliban and al Qaeda cross-fertilize
Eritrean president assails US for stoking conflicts