Iraq
Secret cell terrorist leader captured in Sadr City
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Iraq
16 ‘directly related’ to US troops’ capture held
Pakistan
The Taliban killed 3 soldiers and wounded 7 in an IED attack in Tank. The Taliban kidnapped two doctors in Lakki Marwat. A “militant” was killed when his hand grenade exploded prematurely, while the Taliban ordered music shops closed. The Lashkar-e-Islami attacked the home of a journalist in Peshawar.
United States
The UK extradited Syed Hashmi, a Pakistani chraged with ‘supplying the unspecified equipment for al-Qaida ‘to fight against United States forces in Afghanistan,’” to the USA. A Houston jury convicted Syed Maaz Shah, a Pakistani sophomore at the University of Texas at Dallas, of weapons charges. “The FBI says Mr. Shah and other men on […]
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian terrorists wounded two security guards during an attack in East Jerusalem; the two attackers were killed. The IAF killed 7 Palestinians during 11 air strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza strip. Hamas warned Israel to “forget” kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit if senior leaders are targeted.
Thailand
Muslim insurgents shot and killed a Muslim man, and wounded 2 paramilitary troops in an IED attack in Yala province. A village leader and two Muslim men were killed in drive by shootings in Narathiwat province.
Attacking Sadr’s Mahdi Army
The Mahdi Army. Click image to view. Mahdi Army targeted in Baghdad, Basra and Kut Within 24 hours after the return on Muqtada al Sadr from his self imposed four month exile in Iran, Coalition and Iraqi forces launched five high profile attack against the extremist elements of his Mahdi Army. Today, U.S., British, Polish […]
Pakistan: Hostage of the Taliban
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/ districts controlled by the Taliban; yellow under threat. Click map to view. Hostage crises ended in Islamabad & North Waziristan as one begins in Bannu; anti-Taliban elements calls for help go unheeded As the political crisis over the suspension of Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for alleged misconduct consumes the […]
Lebanon
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah warned the Lebanese army not to enter the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian camp to pursue Fatah al-Islam. A spokesman for Fatah al-Islam said the group is “ready to die.” The UNSC is pushing forward with creating a Hariri tribunal despite Russia’s objection.
Iraq
260 Iraqi terror cells dismantled, 250 hostages freed in year: minister
Iraq
Mahdi army leader in Basra killed – British military
Al Qaeda
Iraqi tribes shift from hurdle to help
Al Qaeda
U.S. forces found a ‘how-to™ torture manual during a raid on an al Qaeda safe house in Iraq. The manual contains “drawings show how to drill hands, sever limbs, drag victims behind cars, remove eyes, put a blowtorch or iron to someone™s skin, suspend a person from a ceiling and electrocute them, break limbs and […]
Afghanistan
NATO forces killed 3 Taliban and captured another during operations in southern Helmand province. One Canadian soldier was killed in an IED explosion during Operation Hoover west of Kandahar city. A district police cheif and 4 policemen were killed in an explosion in eastern Paktika province.
Pakistan
Lal Masjid leader Ghazi Abdul Rashid said he backs Chief Justice Chaudhry and believes the crisis will lead to the Talibanization of Pakistan – which is his goal. Villagers in Landi Kotal assaulted polio vaccinators after their imam told them vaccinations are against Islam. Elelven of the 15 members of the Waziristan “peace committee” resigned […]
Iraq
Baghdad: Patrolling Yarmouk
Sadr returns from Iran
Sadr returns to Iraq, delivers sermon in Kufa. [AP Photo] Click to view. Muqtada al Sadr surfaces in Kufa after a four month stay in Iran; Mahdi Army commander in Basra killed Muqtada al Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement and commander of the Mahdi Army, has reappeared in Kufa, the twin city of […]
Iraq
Al-Sadr makes public appearance in Iraq
Lebanon
US resupplies Lebanon army as skirmishes rattles truce
Iraq
Diyala sheiks meet to address concerns
Afghanistan
Afghan Officials: 7 Foreigners Among 18 Militants Killed
Iran
Iranian leader warns Israel it may be ‘uprooted™
Iran
Another American Detained in Iran?
Palestinian Territories
Israel, US, and Egypt back Fatah’s fight against Hamas
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda has named Mustafa Abu Yazid (a.k.a. Said) as its new commander of Afghanistan. Said replaced Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, who was captured while trying to enter Iraq, and “is a former member of Egyptian Jihad who enjoys the confidence of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.”
Saudi Arabia
Salman al Oudah: I reject the Wahhabi label
Al Qaeda strikes a funeral in Fallujah
Poster shows Sheikh Abu-Risha staring down figures representing Al Qaeda in Ramadi. (Photo by Sam Dagher, CSM). Click to view. Targets the funeral of a slain member of the Anbar Salvation Council Al Qaeda’s war against the Sunni alliance of the Anbar Salvation Council continues in the eastern region of Anbar province. Today, an al […]
Pakistan
The Lal Masjid standoff has ended as the 2 remaining police have been released. The Taliban kidnapped 3 government agents, including a military intelligence official, in Bannu. Thirteen Taliban dead have been repatriated to North Waziristan after being killed in fighting in Afghanistan. The Taliban fired 7 rockets at a military outpost in Tank. President […]
Afghanistan
Afghan and NATO forces killed 18 Taliban in engagments in Sangin and Girshk districts in Helmand. Six police were killed in an IED attack in Paktia. Pakistani oil transporters have suspended shipments into Afghanistan due to attacks on their vehicles in the NWFP. There is confusion over the identity of the new Taliban military commander.
Afghanistan
Taliban ‘stalled by lack of commanders’