Yearly Archives: 2006

Turkey

Islam challenges secularism in Turkey’s east



Iran

Sunni Islamists Websites in Iraq Claim Iranian Top-Secret Document Reveals Iran/al Qaeda Contacts Months Before 9/11


India

India boosts security along the Bangladeshi border after terror attack in Assam. Indian police killed two Kashmiri terrorists and detain four.


Morocco

Morocco says Sahara state would be “terrorist den”


Philippines

A soldier and terrorist were killed during ongoing fighting in Sulu. Almost 400 kilos of fertilizer for bombs was seized in Zamboanga. Police suspect Abu Sayyaf’s ‘Urban Terrorist Group’ is behind the murder of four policemen.



Egypt

Italian court convicts Egyptian man wanted in 2004 Madrid train bombings




IEA backs nuclear power in climate change battle



Al Qaeda

al Qaeda in Yemen claims responsibility for the September suicide attacks on oil Yemeni facilities. The London-based Global Islamic Media Front released a new installment of the Caliphate Voice Channel, with “news analysis of the establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq.” The broadcaster is masked. al Qaeda operative Dhiren Barot was sentenced for numerous […]


Islamic Courts, Puntland forces Battle in Central Somalia

Puntland takes a preemptive shot at the Islamic Courts units moving northward Map of Somalia. Islamic Courts advances in Red, recent clash in yellow. Click map to view. As the long awaited showdown in Baidoa between the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and the Islamic Courts drags on, the Islamic Courts have advanced northward towards […]


Iraq

Iraqi Bloggers React to Saddam’s Verdict


Iraq

24 suspected terrorists detained in Iraq


Afghanistan

Turkey establishes a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Wardak province


Pakistan

Terrorists may strike the Lahore Stock Exchange. Three rockets were fired at Peshawar, the provincial capital of the NWFP. The Afghan government rejected Pakistan’s offer to build fence along the Durand Line. An al Qaeda operative was captured in Afghanistan’s Khost province, along with five Pakistanis and Saudis.



Sri Lanka says Tigers gear for battle


Spain: Al Qaeda Threat Discovered




Somalia

Kenya: Somali Islamists briefly detained after US warning


Somalia

Egypt and Ethiopia to tackle Somalia™s problems



France

Suspended French Muslim airport workers sue minister



India

UK advises India on counter-terrorism measures


Southeast Asian execs agree to adopt counterterrorism pact