Yearly Archives: 2006



France

Alliance between GSPC and al Qaeda causes France™s concern



Iraq

Iraq to dig trenches around Baghdad


Pakistan

Pakistan™s jehadi card harms it more than it hurts India



Pakistan Releases over 2,500 Taliban, al Qaeda

Pakistan follows the truce to the letter and releases thousands of Taliban and al Qaeda members captured since 2001 Maulana Sufi Mohammad, head of the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e- Shariat-e-Mohammed, freed from Pakistani prison. The Pakistani government is living up to its commitments on the “Waziristan Accord,” and has emptied the prisons of Taliban and al Qaeda who […]



Morocco

The king of Morocco “removed a senior security officer from his position, following the exposure of an Islamist plot to infiltrate the police and armed forces.” MERIA looks at “the Islamization of the political sphere, the continuation of the authoritarian status quo, and accelerated evolution towards democracy.”







Iraq

Briefing with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Barham Salih





France

Suspected international terrorist is deported to France



Iraq

In a Volatile Region of Iraq, US Military Takes Two Paths


Yemen

“Suicide bombers tried to strike two oil facilities in Yemen with explosives packed cars, but authorities foiled the attacks and at least two bombers were killed.” Four suicide vehicles were used.


Pakistan

A low level government official is kidnapped in North Waziristan by “masked gunmen.” A journalist was shot and killed in Dera Ismail Khan.



Al Qaeda

GSPC (the Algerian based Salafist Group for Call and Combat) has pledged allegiance to al Qaeda. Global Crisis Watch has the video and an analysis. A GSPC cell recently was disrupted while plotting to destroy the main synagogue and other targets in Oslo, Norway.


Al Qaeda

The Martyr’s Wedding – TV show about a young man is being symbolically wed to the ‘virgin’ that awaits him in heaven



Sudan

Rebels say they may abandon Darfur pact, fight on