Monthly Archives: May 2007

Syria

| May 3, 2007

Rice meets Syrian FM in first high-level US-Syria talks in two years

The Sunni Awakening

| May 3, 2007

The Albu Fahd tribe joins the Anbar Salvation Council and vows to fight al Qaeda in Iraq Poster shows Sheikh Abu-Risha staring down figures representing Al Qaeda in Ramadi. (Photo by Sam Dagher, CSM). Click to view. The Anbar Salvation Council, the group of tribal leaders and former Sunni insurgents, continues to expand its base […]

Iraq

| May 3, 2007

More Cracks Emerging in al Qaeda’s “Islamic State of Iraq”

Pakistan

| May 3, 2007

The central government ‘expressed concerns over the rising Talibanisation‘ in the NWFP to the provincial government. The Taliban bombed a barber shop in Darra Adamkhel and beheaded another “US spy” in North Waziristan. Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil, the leader of the banned Harkat-ul-Ansar, was arrested. The government denied Pakistanis were killed in fighting in Afghanistan […]

Iran

| May 2, 2007

(Iran) Ahmadinejad under fire for embracing his old teacher

Syria

| May 2, 2007

‘Syria arming like pre-1973’ – Israel’s US envoy says concerned about Syrian arms purchases

Israel

| May 2, 2007

Ex-MK Bishara suspected of treason, passing data to Hezbollah

Iraq

| May 2, 2007

No safe way for US to leave Iraq, experts warn

Iran

| May 2, 2007

Negotiations to strengthen the enforcement of the Non-Proliferation Treaty were suspended after Iran raised objections. Iran claimed it “was capable of mass producing the machines used for enriching uranium.” The coun try’s former nuclear negotiator, an ally former President Rafsanjani, was arrested and may be tried for espionage.

Thailand

| May 2, 2007

Muslim insurgents burned 166 (15%) of the schools in southern Thailand. Over 1,100 police are being sent to protect the southern schools. Muslim insurgents killed 1 and wounded 6 in attacks in Pattani and Yala provinces.

Pakistan

| May 2, 2007

“Lots of Pakistanis” have been killed or captured during fighting in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. Pakistani intelligence has stopped investigating 10 suicide attacks due to lack of evidence. The Islamabad city government has alotted 6 plots to rebuild mosques as demanded by the Lal Masjid.

Afghanistan

| May 2, 2007

Seven Taliban and 5 Afghan soldiers were killed after the Taliban attacked the convoy of the Czech charge d’affaires. Kandahar police killed 5 Taliban, while the Taliban beheaded a police officer. ISAF is building 3 patrol bases in Girshk district in Helmand province. The government will recruit 19,000 more police officers.

The Anbar Salvation Council goes expeditionary

| May 2, 2007

Banner of the Islamic State of Iraq. Click to view. An update on the al-Masri investigation as Anbar’s tribal fighters are operating outside of the province Information on the status of Abu Ayyub al Masri, al Qaeda in Iraq’s commander and the Minister of Defense for al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq, has remained essentially […]