United States
C.I.A. Held Qaeda Leader in Secret Prison for Months
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Iran
Iran On Guard Over US Funds – Pro-Democracy Program Leads Tehran to Scrutinize Activists
Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arrests: How Big a Plot?
Afghanistan
Macro-Indicators of Afghanistan: Do They Mean Anything? Should We Care?
Pakistan
Up to 4 people were killed in an explosion in Saidgai in North Waziristan. The cause is disputed as either a missile strike or a explosion of a bomb factory. The US destroyed an al Qaeda training camp for Osama bin Laden’s Black Guard in Saidgai in March of 2006. Maulana Fazlullah thwarted an anti-polio […]
Al Qaeda
Ambivalence
Afghanistan
[UPDATE2] Afghan security forces, backed by the U.S. Army, retook the Giro district in Ghazni province after the Taliban overran the district earlier today. Afghan and US forces encountered no resistance, and are searching nearby villages for Taliban remnants.
Somalia
Somali PM Claims Mogadishu Victory; Fighting Continues Throughout Country
Al Qaeda
Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, a senior al Qaeda leader, was captured while attempting to enter Iraq. al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb states Samir Saioud, who was killed by Algerian forces was not the 2nd in command, but “merely a member of its ‘communications committee.’” As Sahab advertises a new video by Abu Yayha al-Libi will […]
Al Qaeda
Pentagon: Key Afghan al Qaeda commander in custody
Iraq
Congress and Iraq
Al Qaeda
Questions For Another Baathist Turned Al Qaeda Bigwig
Senior Al Qaeda operative Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi captured
Osama bin Laden deputy in custody at Guantanamo Bay The United States has scored a major victory against al Qaeda’s global network. Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, one of Osama bin Laden’s senior deputies who was “personally chosen by bin Laden to monitor al Qaeda operations in Iraq,” has been captured and transfered to the detention center […]
Saudi Arabia
Saudi security forces “arrested 172 suspected members of seven terrorist cells” for complicity in various plots, including attacks on the oil industry, strikes on military targets, prison breaks, and assassination of Saudi figures. “Some of those arrested had reportedly been trained abroad to carry out attacks in Saudi Arabia and had also learnt to fly, […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: The Taliban takeover
Algeria
An Algerian newspaper reported that Samir Saioud (a.k.a. Samir Moussaab), the second in command of al Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb, was killed in during fighting in the Si Mustapha region east of Algiers.
Iran, Qods Force and the Karbala attack
Qods Force logo, click to view. General Petraeus unveils further information on Qods Force’s involvement in January’s attack on the Karbala JCC and other attacks; Leader of Sheibani network captured The January 20 attack on the Karbala Provincial Joint Coordination Center, which resulted in the kidnapping and subsequent murder of five U.S. soldiers, has long […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban seized the Giro district in Ghazni province, and killed the mayor, police chief and 3 policemen during the assault. Six Taliban and 3 police were killed in a clash in the Qarabagh district of Ghanzi. French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy said he would consider pulling French troops out of Afghanistan.
Russia
Chechen terrorists shot down a Russian Mi-8 HIP transport helicopter, killing all 18 on board. The helo was transporting troops to the Shatoi region, where Russian Special Forces are conducting a large scale operation.
Iraq
Iraq Sunni tribes build police force, fight al Qaeda
Somalia
Looting breaks out during lull in Mogadishu fighting
Somalia
Ethiopia Finds Itself Ensnared in Somalia
Iraq
A failure in generalship
Thailand
(Thailand) Four soldiers wounded in South ambush
Afghanistan
Afghans enraged over Taliban video
Al Qaeda
Report: al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar ready to surrender
Al Qaeda
Casablanca bombing mastermind is head of a jihadist cell
Iran
Iranian trainers in Gaza
Afghanistan
Coalition announces the death of Laghman Taliban commander
Iraq
US officer in Iraq charged with aiding enemy