Saudi Arabia
Saudi police seize armed man entering Mecca mosque
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Iran
Iran has begun assembling centrifuges at Natanz site
Pakistan
Pakistan will not extradite Rashid Rauf, one of the ringmasters of the London airline plot, to Britain. The government also will not hand AQ Khan over to any foreign government. Eleven suspected terrorists, including a Taliban leader linked to Baitullah, linked to the suicide bombings have been arrested in Sindh.
Somalia
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the ICU leader, has been released from Kenyan custody and is heading to Yemen. The Islamic Courts are believed to be regrouping in Saudi Arabia, Eritrea and Yemen. Islamists mortared the Mogadishu seaport. Three battalions of peacekeepers from Uganda and Nigeria will deploy shortly.
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USS Bataan enters 5th fleet
Al Qaeda
Al-Suri’s Doctrines for Decentralized Jihadi Training – Part 2
Iraq
The Kurdish Security Network in Northern Iraq
Taliban linked to string of suicide attacks in Pakistan
Baitullah Mehsud, operating from Waziristan, is the ringmaster; Pakistan’s real intent in negotiating “peace” in South Waziristan Pakistan’s insurgency in the tribal belt and suicide attacks nationwide have not abated. Attacks on Pakistani government forces have become a regular occurrence in the tribal region. Today, three government employees were killed when their car was attacked […]
Al Qaeda
The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group denied it was quitting jihad and hopes for Khaddafi’s demise. Abu Yahya al-Libi released a tape claiming the West is using AIDS to kill Muslims. The Saudi based Islamic Cells of Revenge pledged bayat to Osama bin Laden.
Iraq
Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno said he has proof the Iranians are supplying IED materials to Iraqi insurgents. Operations in Diyala in mid-January resulted in 100 insurgents killed and 54 detained. The number of troops deployed may actually double in the surge. Sixty-two were killed in a double suicide and mortar attacks.
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Patchogue soldier considered for Medal of Honor
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Putin pledges effective response to US anti-missile plan
Afghanistan
Afghan Assembly Grants Immunity for War Crimes
Iraq
Iraq Invites Syria, Iran For Talks
Iraq
General: Shiite Militia Leaders Leaving Baghdad Strongholds
Somalia
Stateless in Mogadishu
Afghanistan
NATO said it, and not the Taliban, will be on the offensive this year. NATO is looking to preempt the Taliban in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. The US is preparing to retake Musa Qala, a Helmand district the UK abandoned to the Taliban last fall.
Al Qaeda
“al Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghrib” kill five in Algeria