April 2007

Somali and Ethiopian troops are patroling the Bakara market in Mogadishu, where Islamic Courts fighters once dominated the streets. Business owners have agreed to turn in their weapons.

Iraq

Bill Roggio | April 28, 2007

al Qaeda reportedly taking strongholds in Hamrin mountains in Diyala

Abu Laith al-Libi released a videotape through As Sahab, al Qaeda’s media wing. He eulogized Zarqawi, discuss the state of jihad in Afghanistan, reiterated the importance of the issue of Palestine and the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and indicated the US has shown persistence in Iraq, operating behind the Shia. He also called out […]

Iraq

Bill Roggio | April 28, 2007

Car bomb kills at least 58 near Iraqi Shiite shrine

Suicide bomber kills 28, wounds Pakistan’s Interior Minister in the NWFP

Bill Roggio | April 28, 2007

Aftermath of the Charsadda suicide attack. Click to view. Aftab Sherpao, scores more wounded at a political meeting in Charsadda The Taliban have targeted Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao with a suicide strike while he was addressing his political party, the Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao Group), in the settled district of Charsadda in Northwest Frontier […]

Afghanistan

Bill Roggio | April 28, 2007

NATO and Afghan forces killed 29 Taliban during operations in the southern and eastern provinces. Helmand Khost, Helmand and Zabul. The Taliban freed a female French aide worker; her male counterpart is still in custody..

United Kingdom

Bill Roggio | April 28, 2007

Alive and Well and Living in London – Why won’t Britain extradite Islamic extremists?

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Bill Roggio | April 28, 2007

UAVs: Let the Real War Begin

Iraq

Bill Roggio | April 28, 2007

VBIEDs at the Gate

Iraq

Bill Roggio | April 28, 2007

In defense of Baghdad’s ‘walls’

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Bill Roggio | April 28, 2007

On A failure in generalship: The contrarian point of view

Thailand

Bill Roggio | April 28, 2007

Thailand’s Defence Minister is reportedly holding secret meetings with Muslim insurgent leaders, with the help of Malaysia’s Prime Minister. Muslim insurgents detonated a bomb at a market in Narathiwat, wounding a 68-year-old woman and her grandson. An unidentified gunman shot at the Krue Se Mosque, which was morning the third anniversary a massacre at the […]

Taliban/al Qaeda camp targeted in North Waziristan

Bill Roggio | April 28, 2007

NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/districts are openly controlled by the Taliban; yellow are under threat. Click map to view. Four killed, 3 wounded in Danda Saidgai, the scene of a major assault on an al Qaeda base in March of 2006 An unidentified explosion in the border village of Danda Saidgai in North Waziristan killed three […]