Yearly Archives: 2006

Pakistan

| November 10, 2006

Nine tribal leaders were killed and 4 wounded when a roadside bomb destroyed their van in South Waziristan. The Daily Times reports one of those killed was a member of the “tribal peace committee.” The manhunt for the second Dargai bomber has ended.

Sudan

| November 10, 2006

A Darfur town empties as the Janjaweed return

Iran

| November 10, 2006

Iran’s Top Nuclear Negotiator Says Tehran May Lessen Cooperation With IAEA

Iraq

| November 10, 2006

Iraq: Reinstating Ba’athists Expected To Help Reconciliation

Thailand

| November 10, 2006

Buddhists flee from Muslim majority villages in Southern Thailand

Iran

| November 10, 2006

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says U.S. midterm elections are “in fact a landmark victory of the Iranian nation.” Israel indicates it may strike Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Iran has bought SCUD missiles from North Korea and now “is able to provide its missile system to friendly nations that need it”.

Pakistan

| November 10, 2006

UK’s ‘serious’ terror threat linked to Pakistan

India

| November 10, 2006

6 killed and over 50 injured in mosque bombing in Srinagar

Iraq

| November 10, 2006

German president urges Europe to do more for Iraq

Iraq

| November 10, 2006

Marine to Receive Medal of Honor for Heroism in Iraq

The al-Masri Victory Speech

| November 10, 2006

Al-Masri declares victory in Iraq, Iraqi Army strikes at al Qaeda leader in Rawah Abu Ayyub al-Masri. Al-Qaeda in Iraq has weighed in on the U.S. midterm elections. Abu Ayyub al-Masri (a.k.a. Abu Hamza al-Muhajir), the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, has released an audiotape. In the tape, al-Masri praised the results of the […]

Dargai and AQAM

| November 10, 2006

More on the Dargai suicide attack, and the role of AQAM A wounded Pakistani soldier from the Dargai suicide attack. Click image to view. The toll in the suicide attack on Pakistani Army recruits in Dargai in the Northwest Frontier Province has risen to 45 soldiers killed and wounded 20. Pakistani investigators are hunting for […]

Iraq

| November 10, 2006

Conflict in Iraq: The sniper who shoots on video

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| November 9, 2006

Rumsfeld Reaction: 4 Policy Battles That Could Shape Our Military

CFR: Pakistan’s Tribal Areas

| November 9, 2006

NWFP/FATA. Click map to view. Carin Zissis of the Council on Foreign Relations has written an overview of The Tribal Areas of Pakistan that is well worth a read. The article is an excellent primer on the history and politics of the region, Pakistan’s governance of the tribal areas, and the role of Islamist extremism. […]

Pakistan

| November 9, 2006

Militants in Pakistan attack army convoy, wounding 5 soldiers

Pakistan

| November 9, 2006

Taliban fighters talk tactics – while safe in Pakistan