Nigeria
Rebels: 3 Nigeria Oil Pipelines Destroyed
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Iraq
A Sheik and His Uninvited ‘Guests™ Mirror Uneasy Iraq-US Ties
Iraq
al Qaeda Group in Iraq Claims Responsibility for Attack on US Soldiers
Somalia
Ugandan troops stopped a suicide attack in the port of Mogadishu. A policeman was wounded in a roadside bomb blast. Ethiopian troops raided a weapons bazaar in the capital. The African Union promised to send 8,000 additional troops to Somalia.
Al Qaeda
The US has extradited Mohammed Jaafar al-Qahtani (aka Abu Nasser al-Qahtani) to Saudi Arabia for questioning. Qahtani escaped Bagram prison in July of 2005, along with Sheikh Abu Yahya al-Libi, Syrian Abdullah Hashimi, and Omar al-Farouq, who was killed in Basra, Iraq.
Thailand
Muslim insurgents killed two Buddhist farm laborers and wounded another inTYala province. The deputy foreign minister claimed last weekend’s bombing in Bangkok was not related to the Muslim insurgency. “Terrorism is very restricted to the deep south.” Teachers demanded better security in the south.
Iran
Iran: Superpower Nation™s Intelligence Behind Musavian™s Arrest
Kashmir
Hizbul Mujahideen “commander” killed in encounter in Kashmir
Palestinian Territories
Ban: Internal Palestinian clashes harming UN efforts in Gaza Strip
Palestinian Territories
1 wounded as IAF strikes car in Gaza
Al Qaeda
Report: al Qaeda in Iraq developing new weapons
Iraq
Sunni demand could unravel Iraqi government
Egypt
Egypt Won’t Pressure Sudan On Darfur
Bing West’s Iraq Report
From The Jawa Report: U.S. soldiers capture flag of al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq in a village in Diyala. Click image to view. I’ve reviewed Bing West’s latest report from Iraq, which was posted at the invaluable Small Wars Journal. I had the honor of embedding with Bing’s son, Major Owen West, for one […]
Afghanistan
Why the disabled do Taliban’s deadly work
Afghanistan
Afghan police killed 17 Taliban after an ambush in Farah province. One person was killed and 5 wounded during a Taliban rocket attack in Kabul. Over 100 Afghan police have been killed in the past 2 months. Canadian troops have received artillery.
Iraq
US leaves militia limited security role
Pakistan
The vice president of the NWFP People™s Party Parliamentarians was assassinated in Peshawar. The Lashkar-e-Islam issued a set of demands to the the Khyber Agency administration. Clerics are concerned their fatwas against suicide bombings are failing to achieve the desired effect.
Iraq
In Ramadi, a ragtag solution with real results
The Baghdad Security Operation Order of Battle: May 7, 2007
The Baghdad Order Of Battle as of May 6, 2007. Click map to view. By Bill Roggio, DJ Elliott and CJ Radin The month of April was particularly hard on both U.S. and Iraqi Security Forces. As both forces push outward from larger, more secure bases, the casualties have increased. Iraqi Security Forces–both police and […]
Iraq
Iraqis vs al Qaeda in Anbar
Caucasus
At Least Three Police, Three Militants Killed In Chechnya
Palestinian Territories
Hamas steals Mickey Mouse image to teach hate and Islamic supremacy
Iraq
Media Bias? What Media Bias?
Afghanistan
Training the Afghans military
Taliban Operation in Bajaur
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/ districts controlled by the Taliban; yellow under threat. Click map to view. Checkpoints set up to enforce sharia in the latest agency signed over to the Pakistani Taliban Less than two months after the Pakistani government negotiated with the Taliban in Bajaur, the Taliban have openly flexed their muscles in the […]
Iraq
Iraq’s oil production falls short of goals
Al Qaeda
Switching Sides: Inside The Enemy Camp
Afghanistan
Afghan soldier kills 2 US troops
Palestinian Territories
The Palestinian Authority claimed al Qaeda attacked the UN run school in Gaza. The IDF vowed to take action in Gaza after today’s Qassam attack in souther Israel wounded 1. Hamas has rejected a US plan to halt the Qasam attacks in exchange for easing travel restriction. The plan was described as “terrorism.”