Iran
The missing Iranian general who has knowledge of Iran’s nuclear program, Hezbollah and weapons smuggling into Iraq, is believed to have defected to the West. Iran is having trouble financing the Bushehr nuke plant, and has begun rationing fuel.
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Thailand
Muslim insurgents killed two Buddhists in the southern province of Yala. One of the men was beheaded. Two police were wounded after an IED was detonated near the man’s body. This is the 25 beheading in Thailand since January 2004.
Iraq
(Iraq) The Fadhila party leaves Shiite bloc
Israel
Israeli army arrests Muslim cleric
Syria
Syria Denies Arms Crossing Border into Lebanon
Iran
Iran: We Will Attend Iraq Conference
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia warns foreigners of possible attacks
Israel
18 Palestinian fugitives arrested in Israeli raid
Afghanistan
Taliban commander and suicide cell leader Mullah Mahmood was captured in Kandahar while wearing a Burka. A ” (bomb-making) expert and logistics officer for the Tora Bora Front” was captured in Jalalabab, while five more al Qaeda were arrested in Khost. Canada is providing 200 troops as a blocking force for Operation Achilles in Helmand […]
Australia
Terror nine face police experts in Australia
Iran
Attacking Iran
Pakistan
(Pakistan) NWFP govt™s website contains errors, promotes Islamists
Pakistan
(Pakistan) Court seeks record on Rauf™s detention
Somalia
Over 100 Islamic courts fighters massed to attack a government base in Mogadishu. Islamists shelled the Mogadishu airport as 400 Ugandan troops arrived. “Gunmen” stormed a local meeting of police and “vigilantes” and killed 5. A former police colonel and 3 others were also murdered in the capital.
United States
Follow the Money: Challenges and Opportunities in the Campaign to Combat Terrorism Financing
Al Qaeda
Court Reduces Sentences for Yemen Plotters
Keeping the Waziristan Accord
Business as usual as the situation in Pakistan deteriorates Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas The U.S. pressure campaign to get Pakistan to clean up the Taliban and al Qaeda strongholds in the western and southern provinces has had a limited effect at best. After arresting Mullah Obaidullah and two other senior […]
Bangladesh
5 JMB men held in Joypurhat
Sudan
AU says former rebels kill 2 peacekeepers in Darfur
Iraq
Organization Makes Progress Defeating IEDs
Israel
Israel Puts Embassies on Security Alert Following Reports It Kidnapped Iranian
Somalia
African force attacked in Somalia
Iraq
Gunmen storm Iraq jail, 140 freed
Indonesia
Indonesia plans island terrorist jail
Kenya
US warns of Kenyan terrorist attack
Afghanistan
Taliban claimed kidnapped journalist ‘was spying for British’
Al Qaeda
Foreign fighters in Afghanistan
Iraq
Commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team credits Iraqis for Ramadi turnaround
Saudi Arabia
Saudi security forces arrested an unknown number of suspects in the murder of French tourists last week. Two suspects are sought. There is no word if those arrested are associated with al Qaeda.
Pakistan
Fifteen were killed after “Uzbek rebels and some local supporters” attacked a pro-government tribal leader battled in a bazaar in South Waziristan. While not stated, the Uzbeks are from Tahir Yuldashev’s Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, an al Qaeda ally based in South Wazirstan.