India
Al Qaeda involved in 1999 Indian airliner hijacking plot
Yearly Archives: 2006
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Sri Lankan troops sink ship ferrying Tiger arms shipment
Somalia
Somali scholar cleric calls on rally against Pope Benedict XVI
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Southeast Asia emerges as key link in US terror fight
Thailand
(Thailand) Extremists spread war into Hat Yai
Pakistan
State Department Endorses Pakistan’s Retreat
Israel
IDF nabs 3 infiltrators near Israel-Egypt border
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian factions row over unity government
Israel
Israel To Hold Lebanon War Inquiry
Afghanistan
(Afghanistan) Suicide bomber kills passer-by in Kandahar
Pakistan
India and Pakistan to resume talks
Somalia
Italian nun murdered in Somalia
Afghanistan
NATO commander predicts 3-year Afghan campaign
Algeria
Algerian Program Offers Amnesty, but Not Answers About Past
Afghanistan
Operation Medusa has ended. The Canadian Royal Regiment led the fighting, but British special forces played a key role in Operation Medusa, along with Dutch, Danish, U.S. and Afghan troops
Iraq
Two suicide bombers kill 23 in Kirkuk, and wound 63. An estimated 180 Baghdadis have been killed since Monday in what is believed to be sectarian violence. Insurgents have been using mosques to attack Iraqi and Coalition forces in Baghdad. The New York Times looks at the difficulties in purging the police forces of Shiite […]
Al Qaeda
As-Sahab has released a new video, “Jihad Poems of Sheikh Abu Yahya al-Libi.” Al-Libi is pictured speaking to a group ot terrorists in the open. Global Crisis Watch has an analysis and a copy of the video.
Yemen
Yemen says oil site attacks linked to al Qaeda
Kashmir
Top militant and soldier killed, 6 wounded in Kashmir
Malaysia
Muslims should have nukes: Mahathir
Pakistan
President Bush said American troops can™t enter Pakistan to hunt Osama bin Laden without an ‘invitation.’ Ashfaq Yusufzai looks at the jihadi suicide factory in Pakistan and the Waziristan agencies.
Thailand
Insurgents killed 7 and wounded over 79 “in a coordinated set of bomb attacks in Hat Yai, Songkhla province in Thailand.” Zachary Abuza provides a primer on the major players in the Thai insurgency.
Al Qaeda
As Sahab will release a videotape from Afghanistan, possibly by Abu Yahya al-Libi, who escaped from Bagram prison in 2005. The Islamic Media Front has created a shoot-em-up videogame called “Night of Bush Capturing.”
Operation Mountain Fury in Eastern Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces launch a multi-brigade operation in Paktika, Khost, Ghazni, Paktia and Logar provinces. Map of ISAF Mission in Afghanistan. Click to Enlarge. Afghan and Coalition forces have gone on the offensive in the southeastern provinces of Paktika, Khost, Ghazni, Paktya and Logar provinces. Over seven thousand troops are involved in Operation Mountain […]
United States
CIA chief seeks Al Qaeda interrogation clarification
Singapore
Jemaah Islamiah detainees released
Pakistan
Abbas intelligence aide shot dead
Syria
No FBI Investigation Into US Embassy Attack in Syria
Somalia
Baidoa police use gunfire to disperse an Islamist demonstration in the city. The flow of Somalis fleeing the ICU advance on the southern port city of Kisaymo triples. The African Union is waiting for funding before deploying its 8,000 man peacekeeping force.
Somalia
Somali police use arms to disperse Islamist protest