Yearly Archives: 2006



Artillery shakes the hills as troops seek al Qaeda in eastern Afghanistan


Lebanon

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has “shaken the myth of Israel’s invicibility” and is an “Arab ‘hero.’” UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan breaks UNSCR 1701 and further legitimizing Hezbollah by agreeing to negotiate the release of captive Israeli soldiers. Qatar pledges 300 troops to UNIFIL while becoming the first nation to break the Israeli air embargo.




Iraq

al Qaeda denies capture of its Number 2, al-Saeidi



Afghanistan

Ex-Nato chief attacks countries ‘shirking™ war in Afghanistan


Pakistan

Foreign hand behind Balochistan situation can not be ruled out: Musharraf


Somalia

The ICU and Somali government troops clashed over control over Baidoa’s airport, resulting in 12 dead. The weak Somali government is asking the ICU military to integrate into the government forces as the ICU meets with a senior UN representative. The ICU will hold a rally to protest any IGAD intervention.


Afghanistan

A suicide bombing in along Jalalabad Road in Kabul killed 2 German soldiers and 5 Afghan civilians. In the south, 16 Taliban and 3 police were killed during clashes. Over 100 Dutch troops have been temporarily re-assigned to the southern Afghan province of Kandahar to assist with Operation Medusa.




Afghanistan

Over 100 Dutch troops have been temporarily re-assigned to the southern Afghan province of Kandahar


Germany

Merkel rules out military option for dealing with Iran


Somalia

10 killed in fighting between police and militia fighters in the Somali town of Baidoa


Iraq

Iraqi army takes lead security role in Tal Afar



Al Qaeda

Cops assist in search for T&T ‘safe house’ for Adnan Shukrijumah


Pakistan Negotiates Truce in Waziristan

Pakistan is in a civil war with the Taliban and al Qaeda, and it is a war the government is losing Pakistan’s failure to commit the needed resources and political will to uproot al Qaeda and the Taliban in the Northwest Frontier Province and Baluchistan in 2001, 2004 and 2006 will haunt the governments of […]


Israel

IDF officers may face war crime charges in Europe for actions in Lebanon




India

Jaish-e-Mohammad planned suicide strike in Mumbai


A General’s New Plan To Battle Radical Islam


Iraq

Iraq military command delayed by disagreement with US


United Kingdom

UK police granted more time to question terrorism suspects detained in weekend raids



Somalia

Ethiopian And Ugandan Military Officers Train Government Forces in Somalia