Lebanon
Jumblatt: ‘Army aiding Hezbollah’
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Yemen
Arsonists doused a mosque with gasoline while it was filled and set it ablaze, critically injuring 8 and burning another 22. Yemen’s civil war between the Houthis and the government has escalated, with fierce fighting outside of Sa’ada reported.
Pakistan
Al Qaeda has sent negotiators to secure a truce between the Uzbeks and Taliban in South Waziristan. The Binori Town madrassa in Karachi welcomes the Lal Masjid’s imposition of sharia in Islamabad. Lal Masjid’s leader threatened a wave of suicide attacks “if the government impedes the enforcement of the Sharia.” The Islamist MMA will not […]
Afghanistan
NATO and Afghan forces have retaken the Sangin district from the Taliban in Helmand province after yesterday’s air assault. Five police were killed and 4 wounded during a Taliban attack in Zabul. Seven were killed, including 3 from a de-mining team, after the Taliban attacked in Farah.
Iraq
Iraqis: Iran barred PM from its airspace
Ethiopia
North Koreans Arm Ethiopians as US Assents
Sudan
Arab Nomads, ‘Not Pro-Anything,’ Also Suffer in Darfur
Al Qaeda
Iraqi Insurgents Chastise al Qaeda
Iraq
US trained Iraqis taming Tigris River
Philippines
The Philippines military killed three gunmen at sea who were possibly linked to Abu Sayyaf. The military will focus on civil-military operations in Mindanao. The UK wants to increase intelligence ties with the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations.
Pakistan
Sectarian clashes kill 40 in northern Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistani hardliners ‘cleanse’ capital Taliban-style
Iraq
Insurgents transform US military jails into ‘terror training camps™
Iraq
Colonel: Troops finding fewer roadside bombs
Iran
Basra’s chief of police said the EFP that killed 4 British soldiers appears to be Iranian made. Iran calls for a “goodwill gesture” after the relaese of 15 captive sailors and marines. The captive Brits believed they were going to be executed by black-clad Iranian soldiers.
Pakistan
(Pakistan) Sharia gangs roam streets of capital city to enforce their law with threats
Al Qaeda
Murder Investigation Leads to Prostitution Network – Whose Profits Supported al Qaeda
Thailand
Pattani school burned by insurgents
Pakistan
The Lal Masjid has appointed 10 judges for the Islamic courts, while several hundred Pakistanis protested the Islamization of society. The Lal Masjid now has a website. Nazir’s Taliban requested weapons and air support from the military to fight against Uzbeks and Taliban rivals. NWFP governor claims cross border attacks have ceased. A bomb exploded […]
Afghanistan
Dutch Soldiers Stress Restraint in Afghanistan
Syria
Syria, Hizbullah, Iran prepare in case of war
Afghanistan
NATO forces conducted an air assault in the Sangin Valley in Helmand province. Afghan police raided a madrassa in Farah province and arrested 22 suspected Taliban. A suicide bomber killed 4 in Kabul, including a policeman who attempted to stop the attack. The foreign minister rejected a German politician’s plan to negotiate with the Taliban.
The Taliban’s internecine war in Waziristan
Tahir Yuldashev in 2006, with al Qaeda’s al rayah, or black banner, in the background. The Uzbek-Taliban fighting isn’t what the Pakistani government wants you to believe The Pakistani government continues to push the fiction that the fighting in South Waziristan is between tribes loyal to the government and ‘foreign fighters’ – namely Uzbek al […]
Bangladesh
6 more JMB suspects held
Pakistan
Bajaur: When ‘Peace’ Yields War
Iraq Security Forces OOB: April 2007 Update
Iraqi & Coalition forces Order of Battle as of April 2007. By DJ Elliott, CJ Radin and Bill Roggio The April 2007 updates to the Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ISF OOB Page. The significant changes to the Order of Battle are summarized below.
Iran
Thank God our servicemen are free, but make no mistake, this has been a humiliation for Britain
Pakistan
While the Pakistani government continues to claim the offensive against the Uzbeks demonstrates the success of the Waziristan Accord, Ismail Khan explains the fighting is due to an internecine tribal war between the Taliban and Uzbeks. Maulana Abdul Aziz will start the ‘shariat court™ at the Lal Masjid mosque in Islamabad on Friday. The government […]
Somalia
Brief fighting at Mogadishu flashpoint
Yemen
The Yemeni government continues to support local Salafist groups and al Qaeda’s global organization, as well as encourage and train jihadis to fight in Iraq. Yemenis are one of the largest foreign contingents in Iraq, and many are trained by the Yemeni military.