Philippines
Marine killed by unidentified gunmen in southern Philippines
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Iraq
[UPDATE1] Over 400 insurgents have been killed and another 400 captured since security operations began in mid-February. The Interior Ministry launch an operation against an Islamic Army base north of Baghdad, killed “tens” of fighters and captured ” Saad Akram Khalifa, a commander of the Islamic Army in northern Iraq.” The Coalition forces captured 12 […]
Somalia
Mortar attacks and fighting killed 8 and wounded 20 in Mogadishu. Shabelle reports 78 have been hospitalized due to mortar attacks in the past 24 hours. Ugandan officials are in Mogadishu to plan for the peacekeeping deployment.
Pakistan: A Bajaur ‘peace deal’ is coming
Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas A peace deal in imminent in Bajaur, despite the worsening situation in the tribal agencies The Pakistani government is preparing to cede the Federally Administered Tribal Agency of Bajaur to the Taliban. Jan Aurakzai, the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province, has informed the media that […]
Somalia
Ethiopian Adviser Says Times ‘Fabricated™ Report
Palestinian Territories
Egypt uncovers explosives cache near border with Gaza
Iraq
[UPDATE2] Iraqi police arrested Issa Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed, a terrorist fund raiser in Basra. US troops detained Hakim’s son for 12 hours after crossing from Iran. Ansar al-Sunnah “demanded retribution” from al Qaeda in Iraq for the murders of its fighters. The recent discovery of a carbomb factory with chlorine gas cannisters is believed to be […]
Thailand
Thais’ sense of self threatened by insurgency
Talibanistan expands beyond the tribal areas
The Taliban threatens to bombs schools as Musharraf looks the push more ‘peace deals’ Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas Western Pakistan’s decent into a Taliban state becomes more and more apparent as each day passes. For well over the past year we warned that not only were the tribal areas and […]
India
India renews pressure on Pakistan over militants
Somalia
US Used Base in Ethiopia to Hunt Al Qaeda in Africa
Iraq
Badgers Down: 8 February 2007
Iran
US seeks new sanctions on Iran
Thailand
Both Canada and Australia have issued travel advisories for Thailand. Australia issued a specific warning on “bombing attacks at crowded places such as department stores, and sky-train and subway stations in Bangkok on Friday 23 February 2007.” Canada has “advised against non-essential travel to the capital, Bangkok.” Thailand’s defense minister warned insurgents are in the […]
Pakistan
“In what seemed to be an admission that the two previous peace deals in North Waziristan and South Waziristan had not worked well” the government proposes to parliament a plan to broker a new ‘peace deal’. A girl’s school in Mardan is threatened with bombings if the women do not wear veils. “Associates of Al […]
Iraq
Two suspects in the helicopter shootdowns have been captured. A bomb factory with chlorine cannisters was found in Baghdad. Twelve insurgents were killed during a battle in Ramadi. Nine insurgents were detained on the Euphrates west of Baghdad. The Iraqi Army captured a weapons trafficker in Baghdad. Mahdi Army operatives are on the run.
India
Police arrested 7 suspects for involvement in the Samjhauta train bombing. Pakistan forcefully evacuated 7 Pakistanis wounded in the bombing. India will question Pakistan’s support of Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Moahmmed leaders during the first Indo-Pak Joint Terror Mechanism meeting.
Somalia
Islamists threaten suicide attacks. Two government officials have been assassinated in Mogadishu. Mortars have hit the Mogadishu airport.
Iraq
al Qaeda in Iraq vow revenge over rapes
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Changing minds
Pakistan
The Taliban are expanding their influence beyond the tribal areas, and have issued “threatening letters and phone calls” to “schools and foreign banks in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province.” An English speaking school has closeed due to the threats.
Iraq
Yesterday’s helicopter hard landing was due to enemy fire. The Iraqi Army captured two members of the Mahdi Army in Baghdad. A senior police chief in Baqubah was arrested for “involvement in the murder, torture, kidnapping and sectarian violence of Iraqi citizens in Diyala Province.” Three al Qaeda were killed and 11 captured during raids […]
Syria
Israel gripped by Syria war fears
Thailand
The Waziristanisation of Southern Thailand
Iran
The IAEA report states “‘Iran has not suspended its enrichment related activities’ and was continuing a variety of enrichment activities.” Iran and Russia are developing Syria’s antitank, surface to air, and SCUD-D missile capabilities.
Afghanistan
Two senior Taliban commanders, Mullah Khair Gul and his deputy Mullah Amin Gul, were captured in Paktika, and NATO forces are in pursuit of their fighters. The Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah claimed he has deployed 6,000 fighters to Afghanistan
Outside Baghdad and the Iraq Security Plan
As the Baghdad pieces of the puzzle are being put in place, operations are underway in the provinces Iraq. Click map to view. While the major focus of the Iraq security plan is the capital of Baghdad, Iraqi and Coalition forces have stepped up operations in the provinces. The intent is obvious: while Baghdad is […]
Oil, Anbar and the Insurgency
An interview with Colonel John A. Koenig on the prospects of petrolium development in Anbar Iraq’s oil fields in 1992. Click map to view. On February 18, The New York Times broke the news on the potential for major petroleum development in Anbar province. While the oilfields in Anbar aren’t thought to as large as […]
Somalia
Judge backs case against American “jihadist”
Iraq
[UPDATE2] A pickup filled with chlorine gas cannisters was blown up in southwest Baghdad, killing 5 and wounding 75. A suicide bomber detonated outside the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf killed 13 and wounded 23. Citizens and police in Jumaylah attacked an al Qaeda convoy attempting to enter the town. Seven al Qaeda were killed […]