Iran
Iran Refuses to Stop Nuclear Work as UN Deadline Passes
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Iraq
Insurgents attempt a surge of their own – Troops take on determined militants in volatile Ramadi
Afghanistan
Prodi offers resignation after Afghan crisis
India
The Samjhauta train bombing suspects used napalm and timers for the devices. India suspects the bombers were conducted by Jammat-ud-Dawa, the successor to Lashkar- e-Taiba. Indian police are investigating a link to Kashmir. India will not conduct a joint investigation with Pakistan
Al Qaeda
Morocco adds more names to al Qaeda wanted list
Thailand
Over 20 Muslim insurgents attacked a convoy with the queen’s aide in Yala province. Insurgents also set fire to a warehouse in Yala, and killed three in the south. explosives used in the Chinese New Year bombings have been traced back to Malaysia.
Afghanistan
NATO expects the Taliban to increase suicide and IED attacks. A Spanish soldier was killed and 2 more wounded when their ambulance hit a mine south of Herat. The Italian government lost a vote on support for the Afghan mission. Australia will add 450 troops. Canada’s Liberal party will support the Afghan mission until 2009.
Al Qaeda
Islamist Websites as an Integral Part of Jihad: A General Overview
Morocco
Islamist Infiltration of the Moroccan Armed Forces
Somalia
Somalia’s Islamist Leadership: Where Are They Now?
Philippines
The Philippine Congress passed the anti-terror bill, which now must be signed by President Arroyo. Two Abu Sayyaf terrorists and one Ranger were killed in fighting in Jolo. Some rank-and-file members of Abu Sayyaf are beginning to defect due to difficult conditions or “because it was doing un-Islamic things.”
Pakistan
Delhi police control room receives call from Jaish-e-Mohammed
Pakistan
The Peace Train Blast: was Lashkar-e-Jhangvi involved?
Tunisia
Tunisia is feared to be a new base for Islamists
Iraq
[UPDATE1] An Iranian Arab dissident group claimed Muqtada al-Sadr and a large contingent of his lieutenants are in Khuzestan, under the protection of Iranian troops. KUNA reports a joint US-Iraqi force has raided a Sadr office in Baghdad. A suicide bomber attacked a police checkpoint in Sadr City, killing 13. The British drawdown in southern […]
Pakistan
Pakistan denies North Waziristan is an al Qaeda safe haven. The ‘spy’ executed yesterday in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, was murdered in public and had his hands and feet chopped off. Two suicide bombers trained in Waziristan were arrested in Hyderbad and 2 “terrorists” with “links with a banned religious outfit” were arrested in Islamabad.
Iraq
Maliki orders security forces to crush foes
Iraq
Beyond Baghdad, US troops scour village
Israel
A Palestinian suicide bomber was detained in Tel Aviv with “a large bomb.”. Undercover Israeli agents killed the Islamic Jihad commander that sent in the bomber. The IDF is concerned Hamas may possess advanced Sagger anti-tank missiles which were smuggled in from the Sinai.
Somalia
Thirteen were killed and 42 wounded in mortar attacks in Mogadishu. Ethiopian troops are taking over military camps in Kismayo. Four Swedes have been detained for fighting alongside the Islamic Courts.
Somalia
UN authorises AU deployment in Somalia
Iran
Second US Aircraft Carrier Arrives Near Iran
Hezbollah
Hezbollah is building up more firepower, says Israel
Thailand
The Jihad in Indochina
Afghanistan
Key Taliban base in Garmsir, Helmand province wiped out in British offensive
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Former mufti arrested in Bulgaria on terrorism-related charges
Yemen
US Military Builds Health Center on Remote Island of Socotra, Yemen
Hezbollah
Hezbollah forced French military medics to leave the southern Lebanese town
Afghanistan
India is Afghanistan’s most cherished partner: Hekmat Karzai
Pakistan
Analysis: Musharraf hedges his bets on Afghanistan