May 2007

NATO and Afghan forces killed 24 Taliban after being ambushed in Helmand province. Police in the northern province of Jowzjan killed 13 protesters that support General Abdul Rashid Dostum and wounded 35. Police in Khost captured Mujahid, al Qaeda commander, and Syed Gulab, a Taliban commander in Nangahar.

Palestinian Territories

Bill Roggio | May 29, 2007

The IDF received permission to widen ground operations against Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza strip. The IDF killed 2 Hamas operatives in a gun battle in central Gaza. The IDF also captured Khaled Shawish, the leader of the Tanzim terror group in Ramallah and a senior commander of Fatah’s Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

A look at the surge from Baghdad

The LWJ Editors | May 29, 2007

By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, who is currently embedded with the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery in western Baghdad. Support for Daveed’s reporting was provided by Public Multimedia Inc. As I write this, I’m nearing the end of my time embedded with the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery (known as 2-32), which is working with the 2nd […]

Al Qaeda

Bill Roggio | May 28, 2007

Pakistan losing territory to radicals

Al Qaeda

Bill Roggio | May 28, 2007

Spain arrests 16 on terror recruitment charges

Iraq

Bill Roggio | May 28, 2007

US, Iran Hold Meeting On Iraq Security

Al Qaeda

Bill Roggio | May 28, 2007

Iraq begins to export Islamist fighters: report

Thailand

Bill Roggio | May 28, 2007

A bomb planted on a motorcycle

Pakistan

Bill Roggio | May 28, 2007

A suicide bomber rammed a car into a military convoy in Tank and killed 2 soldiers and wounded 8. The Taliban shot and killed a senior paramilitary commander in a sophisticated ambush in Tank just hours after 4 Taliban were killed in a firefight. Two explosions in Quetta killed one and wounded 2.

Iraq

Bill Roggio | May 27, 2007

US troops free 41 from ‘Qaeda torture camp’

Grandkids and War Zones

The LWJ Editors | May 27, 2007

By Gene E. Blanton, who is currently embedded with the Multi-National Forces West Training Center in Habbaniyah. Support for Gene’s reporting was provided by Public Multimedia Inc. CAMP HABBANIYAH, AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ: In September 2005, when I told my wife, Shelia that I was going to be embedded with the 2nd Marine Division in […]

Afghanistan

Bill Roggio | May 27, 2007

Ten Taliban and 2 police were killed after the Taliban conducted an ambush in Kandahar, while the U.S> captured 2 al Qaeda in Khost, including a cell leader. A Taliban spokesman claimed the Taliban has launched a new operation. “We will target our enemies and use our tactics – suicide bombs, remote-controlled (roadside bombs) and […]

Al Qaeda

Bill Roggio | May 27, 2007

A Middle Eastern intelligence agency intercepted a letter from Ayman al-Zawahiri to Abu Ayyub al-Masri which encouraged al Qaeda in Iraq to fight beyond Iraq’s borders. “Zawahiri claims that it is defeating US forces and urges followers to expand their campaign of terror… He conjures a vision of an Islamic state comprising Lebanon, Palestine and […]