Saudi Arabia
Saudi pledges crackdown on radical clerics
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Hezbollah
Hizbullah not ruling out another confrontation with Israel
Hezbollah
Lebanese Forces leader launches broadside at Nasrallah
Yemen
Yemen says 25 troops, 20 rebels die in clashes
Hezbollah
Lawyers for Hezbollah detainees say they deserve POW status
Afghanistan
An Ambush in the Taliban Heartland
Ethiopia
Ethiopia admits holding 41 terrorist suspects
Iran
Iran planning documentary on sailor “confessions”
Afghanistan
A “New” Taliban Proving Deadly to NATO Forces
Pakistan
The government will continue negotiations with the Lal Masjid, which set up a sharia court. A freelance journalist has filed a petition against the Lal Masjid in the Supreme Court, but also requested barring the government from using force. JUI-F political leader and Taliban supporter Fazlur Rehman claimed the controversy was stirred up by Pakistan’s […]
Ethiopia
Canadian detainee may face trial in Ethiopia: CTV
Afghanistan
Eight Afghan soldiers and an unknown number of Taliban were killed during fighting in Zabul province over the past 2 days. The Taliban murdered 2 truck drivers who were supplying U.S. bases in Paktika and kidnapped 3 others. The Afghan Army has moved a battalion of troops into Helmand province to support Operation Achilles.
Thailand
Muslim insurgents shot up a pickup truck carrying students and other passengers in the southern province of Yala. Three were killed and 7 wounded in the attack. On the same day, a host of shootings and roadside bombings occurred in Yala.
Morocco
Moroccan police killed one terrorist while three others detonated their explosives after police conducted raids in the capital of Casablanca. The bombers were members of a cell whose leader blew himself up in a cafe in early March.
Iraq
Civic Action
Algeria
An attack force of about 50 al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters ambushed an Algerian Army convoy heading for operations against the group in Eastern Algeria. Nine soldiers and at least 4 al Qaeda were killed in the fighting.
Iran
Iran Expands Uranium Enrichment Effort
Sudan
17 Sudan soldiers dead in clash with Chad troops: Sudan
Afghanistan
Afghan paper urges execution of Taliban prisoners
The Baghdad Security Operation Order of Battle: April 9, 2007
The Baghdad Order Of Battle as of April 9, 2007. Click map to view. By DJ Elliott, CJ Radin and Bill Roggio The Baghdad Security Plan is approaching the eighth week since its official announcement, and Baghdad has seen a relative level of calm compared to the security situation just last year. There have been […]
Pakistan
The president of the Pakistani Muslim League political party met with Lal Masjid leaders Aziz and Ghazi to discuss the Qazi courts, and said the government wants to resolve the crisis peacefully. The Lal Masjid issued a fatwa against Pakistan’s female Tourism Minister. Bombings in Tank and Bannu wounded 4 Pakistani security officers. Sectarian clashes […]
Iraq
Platoon Baits Suspect to Protect Children
Iraq
Paratroopers Take Down Adhamiyah Terrorists
Philippines
Isnilon Hapilon, an Abu Sayyaf leader who was behind the 2002 Bali bombing in Indonesia, narrowly escaped a raid by Philippine Army forces on a camp in Jolo. Three other Abu Sayyaf fighters have been captured. Hapilon has a $5 million bounty out for his capture.
Afghanistan
Six Canadian soldiers were killed in Kandahar after their LAV armored vehicle was hit with a roadside bomb. The Taliban has distributed “night letters” in 18 villages in Logar province. Negotiations with elements of the Taliban is causing a break between the Karzai government and northern politicians.
The Diwaniyah Battle
Muqtada al-Sadr. Sadr calls for Iraqi Security Forces to end the fighting in Diwaniyah as the Iraqi military and U.S. forces pursue the Mahdi Army Operation Black Eagle, the security operation against Muqtada al Sadr’s Mahdi Army in the central Shia city of Diwaniyah, has entered its fourth day. The last news from the city […]
Iraq
Hero’s tale is ‘too positive’ for the BBC
Pakistan
Anti-Uzbek anger in Waziristan
Iran
“The arrest and release of the British sailors proved that if Iran’s issues and demands are overlooked at the international level, the Islamic republic can create different challenges for the other side,” said an Iranian parliamentarian and IRGC official. Iranian made and shipped IEDs/EFP account for over 30 British deaths in Iraq.
Pakistan
(Pakistan) Curb “vice” or risk suicide attacks