Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, al Qaeda’s East Africa operations chief who fled Somalia after the fall of the Islamic Courts, is believed to be hiding in Madagascar. Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Osama bin Laden’s brother-in-law and al Qaeda financier, was killed by Task Force 145 in Madagascar last week, and his laptop was seized, perhaps providing the […]
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US officers said the Baghdad offensive will commence shortly and will be unprecedented in size and scope. Iraqi police took control of Kirkuk after 7 car bombs killed 3 and wounded 22. US forces killed a Sadr lieutenant in Baquba.
Progression of Iraqi Army units ‘in the lead’ as of December 2006. Map courtesy of MNF-Iraq. Click map to view. The Fourth Rail is pleased to publish the first release of the Iraqi Security Forces Order Of Battle. The ISF OOB is based on open source information. We believe this document is a good representation […]
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Twenty-six have been killed and 300 wounded in 3 days of fighting between Hama and Fatah. Fatah leader Muhammad Dahlan’s nephew was kidnapped by Hamas. Hamas burned, leveled and looted Fatah security forces buildings. The fighting may spread to the West Bank as kidnappings and intimidation is on the rise.
Two Pakistani soldiers were killed and seven wounded after a suicide bomber rammed his car into a convoy traveling from Dera Ishmail Khan to Tank in the the NWFP. A Taliban bomber blew himself up while planting a bomb outside a music store in Bannu in the NWFP. He appears to be an Uzbek.
The UK prepares for the worst. MI5 and police conducted exercises to deal with a “Beslan-like siege.” al Qaeda has ordered cells to conduct a wave of beheadings in the country, which has prompted the deployment of an SAS battalion to London. The Joint Support Group is working to break terror cells in Iraq.
NATO killed Mullah Abdul Ghafour, a senior Taliban leader, during an airstrike outside of Musa Qala, a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. Ghafour was a corps commander in western Afghanistan during the Taliban regime. U.S. Army General Dan McNeill has assumed command of NATO’s ISAF mission.
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah admitted Syria and Iran provide for the terror group’s funding and support. “Iran assists the organization with money, weapons, and training, motivated by a religious fraternity and ethnic solidarity,” Nasrallah said. “And the help is funneled through Syria, and everybody knows it.”