Yearly Archives: 2006

Sri Lankan troops, LTTE in heavy fighting




Israel

Afghan governor’s success ‘made him a target’




An interview with Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai



Iraq

U.S. troops move into Sadr City as well as the Baghdad’s southern neighborhoods of Bay’aa and Risala. MNF-Baghdad soldiers detained 49 suspected insurgents last week. U.S. units are actively searching for militias posing as police in Baghdad. Iraq’s Vice President calls for Sunnis to accept the national reconciliation.


The Taliban breaks the “Waziristan Accord”

The Taliban take retribution against pro-American “spies” and “collaborators” The federally Administered Tribal Areas and North West Frontier Province. Click to enlrage. The purge of anti-Taliban tribal elements has begun in the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan, formerly as the Pakistani tribal agency of North Waziristan. The “Waziristan accord” specifically prohibits the extra judicial killings of […]


Al Qaeda

The full version of the as-Sahab 9/11 anniversary video, “The Manhattan Raid,” was released this afternoon. Global Crisis Watch has copies of the video (in two parts) and an analysis. “As-Sahab Media has now begun to promote… a new video of al Qaeda operations chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, according to Global Crisis Watch.


Afghanistan

Extending Canada™s mission in Afghanistan ‘right thing to do™





Al Qaeda

US: Man Who Knew Bin Laden Now Just Wants Normal Life


Yemen

Yemen tribesmen kidnap 5 French tourists – official


Turkey

Four held in Turkey with suspected Qaeda links




Philippines

Khaddafy Janjalani, Southeast Asia’s Most Wanted Terrorists To Be Captured Soon



Canadian Forces Deal Taliban Another Blow in Kandahar (Updated)

Operation Medusa nets another 186 Taliban; initial report of bombmaking cell in Kabul confirmed The Taliban in the Panjwai district west of Kandahar City have suffered another round of massive casualties. The Royal Canadian Regiment, combined with Coalition air power, killed 186 Taliban fighters dug into fixed positions in the Pashmul region during two sperate […]


India

Security agencies pursue Bajrang Dal, Bangla links to Malegaon



Pakistan

The Taliban has broken the truce in Waziristan by killing “a 70-year-old tribesman… for allegedly spying for the Americans.” British Diplomats claim the Waziristan truce is a “model” solution for Afghanistan. The Pakistani government is refuting the latest claim that Mullah Omar is in Quetta. Mohammad Rizwan, a member of Jaish-e-Mohammad, was arrested.


Somalia

The Islamic Courts closed a radio station in Jawhar and banned music. Hundreds protest the murder of an unarmed man said to have been killed by an ICU member. The UN has arrived in Mogadishu to negotiate the resumption of aidprograms.




India

India will not enter Bangladesh to destroy terrorist camps