Sudan
Defections in Darfur?
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Pakistan
CIA hunts for new head of state in Pakistan’s army
Al Qaeda
In video, al Qaeda urges unification
Iran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Launch Naval Maneuvers
Iraq
Iran Connection Alleged in Iraq Rocket Attack on UN Chief
Al Qaeda
UN Hariri Investigation probes possible AQ connection
Iraq
US: Use Of Deadly Roadside Bomb [EFPs] Plunges
Pakistan
A cease fire is in effect between the Taliban and Uzbeks in Waziristan. Hamid Gul will hold a meeting on March 24. The government is considering a “grand operation” in Waziristan. to ask retired military officers to oppose Musharraf. The Taliban is warning barbers to stop shaving beards in Mardan in the NWFP.
The Waziristan Ceasefire
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies are openly controlled by the Taliban; yellow are under threat. Click map to view. Uzbek, Taliban infighting halted by a delegation of senior Taliban commanders, including Mullah Dadullah and Baitullah Mehsud; Pakistani government manipulates results The fighting between Uzbeks and Taliban in the tribal agency of South Waziristan has been halted […]
Morocco
The jihadi who blew himself up at an internet cafe in Casablanca earlier this month was the leader of a 30 man terror cell planning to bomb the Moroccan port cities of Casablanca, Agadir, and Essaouira. He detonated his vest after the cafe owner called police. Twenty-four of the 30 man cell have been captured.
Indonesia
Indonesia police believe they are on the trail of Abu Dujana, the man behind the Bali and Jakarta bombings. A new group called the National Islamic Front has been established to “facilitate dialogue with radical Islamist groups and Communist leaning groups.”
Pakistan
Waziristan jihadis wage war on each other
Somalia
Islamic Courts Union Returns to Somalia
Yemen
Yemen on brink of sectarian war
Iraq
Iraq ‘talking to militant groups’
United Kingdom
British police arrested 3 men in connection to the 7/7 London Tubes bombing attacks. Two of the men were arrested at Manchester airport, preparing to travel to Pakistan, and a third man was arrested in Leeds.
Somalia
The Somalia government claimed Aden Hashi Ayro is now al Qaeda’s commander in Somalia.Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, the leader of the Islamic Courts, defended the insurgency.
Pakistan
Musharraf at the Exit
Afghanistan
NATO and Afghan forces killed 40 Taliban and captured 8 during combat operations in Girshk in Hemand province. Poppy cultivation in southern Afghanistan is “out of control,” according to the UN. German support for a presence in Afghanistan is dwindling.
Day three of the Waziristan infighting
NWFP/FATA. Click map to view. Uzbeks vs the Taliban; casualties rise as Pakistani Army pounds Uzbek positions The fighting between Taliban-back Uzbeks and al Qaeda backed Taliban in South Waziristan continues into its third day. The Nation puts the number killed at 102 Uzbeks of Tahir Yuldashev’s Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and their local Taliban […]
Iran
Iran is said to be backing over 3,000 militiamen split off from Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army. The IRGC is said to be funding, arming and training the fighters inside Iran. Te splinter Mahdi Army forces is led by Qais al-Khazaali, a former spokesman for Sadr.
Palestinian Territories
Hamas says two of its loyalists seized in Gaza, accuses Fatah
The continuing Talibanization of the Northwest Frontier Province
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies are openly controlled by the Taliban; yellow are under threat. Click map to view. The settled district of Kohat goes yellow, others likely to follow The Talibanization of Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province, beyond the tribal agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Agencies, is a disturbing trend that continues unchecked by the […]
Iran
Iran In Iraq
Pakistan
Shaky Musharraf holds only the military card
Indonesia
(Indonesia) Militants jailed for beheading schoolgirls
Somalia
At least 13 soldiers and civilians killed in Somali capital
Iran
Iran ‘willing to act illegally’
Pakistan
(Pakistan) General fatiguehttp://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8879993&top_story=1
Afghanistan
Abdul Latif Hakimi, the previously captured Taliban spokesman, was one of those released in exchange for the Italian journalist. The journalist’s Afghan interpreter was not part of the exchange, which sparked a protest. Australia is considering sending more troops.