Monthly Archives: January 2007

Iraq

‘If they pay we kill them anyway’ – the kidnapper’s story


Pakistan’s Insurgency

Suicide bombings, attacks on government outposts become routine Pakistan has suffered three suicide bombings over the past five days, spread across the country in Mir Ali, the provincial capital of Peshawar and the capital of Islamabad. While the targeting may appear different at first glance, each of the attacks were clearly directed at the authority […]


Gates wants military to minimize stop-loss program


Iraq

Cracking Down On Al-Sadr No Easy Task




Iraq

Abu Ghraib officer to be court-martialed


Iraq

Sheiks Help Curb Violence in Iraq’s West, US Says


Iran

U.N. Atomic Chief Cites Iran Enrichment Plan






Somalia

Five were killed and 4 wounded during skirmishes in Mogadishu. Five Islamists, including an American and French national, were detained at the Kenyan border. Alsharq Alawsat reports American soldiers may be missing in the southern tip of Somalia. South African will not send troops.


The Karbala attack and the IRGC

Qods Force logo. Click image to view. The Iranians may be responsible the conducting the attack that resulted in the murder of five American soldiers in Karbala On January 20th, a team of twelve men disguised as U.S. soldiers entered the Provincial Joint Coordination Center in Karbala, where U.S. soldiers conducted a meeting with local […]


Georgia says it foiled sale of bomb-grade uranium destined for Islamists


Iraq

(Iraq) Update to 20 Jan. Blackhawk helicopter incident




Iraq

Looking at the Surge From the Other Side


US Missile Defense in Europe to Counter Rogue States



Iraq

The Iraqi Army captured a bombing cell leader in Mosul, while the Police captured a cell leader in Haswah. A bomber killed 15 at a Baghdad pet market, while a suicide bomber killed 7 in Mosul. President Bush warned Congress that he sets policy for Iraq. The Senate voted General Petreaus as the new MNF-Iraq […]





Pakistan

A suicide bomber blew himself and a guard up at the Marriott hotel in Islamabad. The Taliban fired rockets at a paramilitary Frontier Constabulary post in Shakai, South Waziristan. According to Musharraf, ‘the Taliban is solely Afghanistan™s problem and rumours that the Al Qaeda leadership is in Pakistan are a distortion of facts.’ Pakistani & […]


Algeria

The Algerian Salafist Group for Prayer and Combat has officially renamed the organization to “al Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghrib.” See the section on North Africa/Algeria in The State of the Jihad for details on al Qaeda in North Africa.