Yearly Archives: 2006

Lankan army battle with Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka, kills 185


Yemen

24 killed in stampede at Yemen election rally


Lanka, LTTE agree for peace talks in Oslo: mediator


A general’s new plan to battle radical Islam


The Great Taliban Turkey Shoot

Coalition and Afghan Forces continue to decimate Taliban elements in southern and eastern Afghanistan Map of ISAF Mission in Afghanistan. Click to Enlarge. There is a hidden war being fought in Afghanistan, a war where NATO forces are playing a large role in combating Taliban forces outside of the view of the Western press. A […]


Al Qaeda

Zawahiri’s Attack on Fellow Muslims and Threat Against Jordan


Syria

Syria foils “terrorist” attack on US embassy


Philippines

Reports indicate Jemaah Islamyah leader Umar Patek has been killed in fighting. The MILF is working to confirm as well. Over 6,000 Filipino soldiers and 8 battalions are engaged in the fight. The Filipino Army has seized computers and documents of high intelligence value during the fighting. A former JI leader says the group has […]


Sudan

al Qaeda has set up a cell in Sudan. Abu Hafs al-Sudani, the leader of al Qaeda in Sudan and Africa, claims to have beheaded a pro-government editor of a Sudanese paper. Sudan continues to bomb villages in North Darfur


Bosnia

Bosnia’s wartime president, the late Alija Izetbegovic, linked to al Qaeda



India

Muslim brothers found guilty in 1993 Mumbai blasts


Pakistan

The Taliban violates the ‘truce’ yet again. A headless body was discovered in South Waziristan and another tribal elder who “maintained good relations with Afghan officials” was killed. The pro-Taliban and al Qaeda MMA party denounces claims Osama bin Laden is in the tribal areas. Pakistan’s Foreign Office claims the deal in Waziristan was between […]





Afghanistan

U.S. Forces capture HIG chief and al Qaeda ally Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Afghan and Coalition forces retake Garmsir in Helmand province, killing 20 Taliban. NATO requested reserve force of 1,000 troops over 18 months ago.



The Black Guard

al Qaeda’s praetorian guards and al Qaeda high command the target of the March 2006 strike at Danda Saidgai Osama bin Laden escorted by the Black Guard. Click image to view. Task Force 145, the special operations group responsible for the hunt for al Qaeda in Iraq leadership and the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, […]



Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Reported Captured [Updated]

The initial report was incorrect, Hekmatyar has not been captured, see the correction for details. On the day of the fifth anniversary of the 9-11 attack, Coalition forces score a high value target in Afghanistan. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the commander of Hezb-i-Islami and ally of al Qaeda and the Taliban, has been captured during a joint […]



Lebanon

Cyprus finds air defense systems on Syria-bound ship


Somalia

The Islamic Courts are training recruits in the in Middle Jubba region, about 500km south of Mogadishu. An email chain in private security contractor circles indicates the U.S. is conducting black operations inside Somalia. IGAD continues to plan to deploy a Somali peacekeeping force.


Sudan

Sudan: More Bombs Dropped On North Darfur Villages


Afghanistan

Sunday’s Taliban death toll has been revised upwards to 186 (see related post, which has been updated). Canada is sending an additional 15 tanks and 120 troops to Afghanistan. The Afghan Ambassador to the U.S. says Osama “is spending most of his time in Pakistan.” A suicide bomber strikes at the funeral of Hakim Taniwal, […]


Poll: More Palestinians support terrror



Caucasus

One militant eliminated, three surrender in Chechnya


India

Broader Implications of the Malegaon Bombing