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Monthly Archives: February 2007
The Surge and the Baghdad Security Operation
A process, not an event Detailed map of Baghdad. Click to view. News that an Iraqi Army brigade and 2,000 American troops have begun an operation in the Sunni dominated neighborhood of Azamiyah has kicked off speculation the Baghdad Security Operation is now underway in full force. Expect the forces to establish one or more […]
Pakistan
Pakistan Bomber Aimed for Airport VIP Lounge
Iran
US denies hand in Iran envoy’s capture
Lebanon
UN OK’s tribunal on Lebanon political killings
Iraq
Military Wants More Civilians to Help in Iraq
Afghanistan
NATO allies seen reticent on Afghan pledges
Afghanistan
Italy to stay in Afghanistan, says Prodi after spat with allies
Somalia
President Yusuf refuses to negotiate with the Islamic Courts. ICU leader Sharif Ahmed’s asylum in Yemen has been delayed. Islamists launched a mortar attack on the president’s home a daylight RPG attack on the Ambassador Hotel in Mogadishu.
Iran’s Nuclear Festival
Satellite map of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility. Click to view. The diplomatic track for compelling Iran to comply with its international obligations over its nuclear ambitions appears to be coming to a crashing end. On February 21, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will deliver a report to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) […]
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DoD Establishing US Africa Command
Iraq
[UPDATE 2] A major offensive is underway in the Sunni dominated Azamiyah neighborhood in Baghdad. Over 2,000 US troops are supporting the Iraqi Army in operations. Nine Iraqis were killed in two carbombings in Baghdad. A combined US and Iraqi operation netted 77 suspected insurgents near Habbaniyah in Anbar province.
Suicide bombing at Islamabad airport
Baitullah Mehsud, covered, signs the South Waziristan peace agreement in 2005. (BBC Urdu Edition) Click photo to view. Another suicide bombing in the capital confirms a suicide campaign is underway; Prime Minister Aziz may have been the target Pakistan has been hit with its sixth targeted bombing in less than two weeks. Today’s attack was […]
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Islamic Terror in Bosnia and Kosovo
Afghanistan
Dutch hand over “Taliban leader”
United Kingdom
(UK) Extremist video uncovered
Al Qaeda
Spanish authorities arrested Mbark El Jaafari, a Moroccan with links to al Qaeda and GSPC (now al Qaeda in the Maghreb) who recruited suicide bombers for Iraq, in Catalonia. al Qaeda linked Jaish-i-Mohamed, a Pakistani terrorist group, “has made Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia its principle European base” and “sought jihadi recruits in Spanish mosques.”
Pakistan
Police battled with ‘militants’ after they attacked an NGO in Bannu. The Taliban supporting MMA political party said they will not allow Musharraf to end the jihad in Kashmir.
Pakistan
Musa Qala still in Taliban control
Iraq
The US military said an Iraqi lawmaker is responsible for the French and US embassies in Kuwait in 2003, and is backed by the Iranian Qods Force. Two members of Sadr’s Mahdi Army have been killed over the past week. An Iranian diplomat was kidnapped in Baghdad. An al Qaeda cell leader was captured; three […]
France
Police confirm 13 PKK arrests and say operations ongoing
Iran
‘Iran to test new uranium enrichment plant soon™
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia to boost fuel supply to US forces in Gulf
Somalia
No al Qaeda have been found in the aftermath of US airstrikes. Ayro is believed to have survived, and Aweys and Turki are believed to be operating along the Kenyan border. Yemen has granted Sharif Ahmed asylum. Government forces were ambushed in central Somalia. A reconciliation meeting was held in Mogadishu.
Afghanistan
NATO drops fliers calling on Taliban to abandon southern Afghan town
Afghanistan
NATO commanders expect to fight a robust insurgency in coming weeks
Yemen
Clashes with Shiite rebels in Yemen kill 42
Somalia
Our World: The waning of American will
Palestinian Territories
Alongside Its Islamist Ideology, Hamas Presents Pragmatic Positions
Pakistani Army to conduct offensive in Waziristan?
Pakistan’s Daily Times reports Pakistani security services plan on offensive in North and South Waziristan. Baitullah Mehsud is a target. NWFP/FATA. Click map to view. Since the secret signing of the South Waziristan agreement that ceded control of the agency to the Taliban in the spring of 2006, and the subsequent signing of the ‘Waziristan […]