Monthly Archives: May 2007

Palestinian Territories

Israel arrested 33 senior Hamas officials in the West Bank, including the “Education Minister, the mayors of Nablus and Qalqiliya, members of the parliament and senior activists in the organization.” Hamas declared a unilateral cease-fire with Israel after it was concerned that Prime MinisterHaniyeh and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal would be assassinated. The IDF targeted […]


Iran

France’s Sarkozy calls to tighten sanctions on Teheran







Iraq

Iraqi town grows calm after fed-up citizens form informal security team


Iran

The showdown goes on: Will a display of force in the Persian Gulf change Iranian minds over the country’s nuclear programme?



Lebanon

[UPDATE2] The Lebanese Army has resumed fighting against al Qaeda affiliate Fatah al Islam at the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli. Lebanese police killed Bilal Drakish (a.k.a. Abu Jandal), “a prominent militant” as he attempted to throw a hand grenade at police.



United Kingdom

Three terrorism suspects held under “control orders” – which allows them to be electronically tagged and remain out of jail, have disappeared. “A quarter of those subject to the controversial orders [5 of 20] — imposed on suspects who are not charged with a crime — are now missing,” Reuters reports.


Taliban: Why Dadullah™s Death Matters



Iran

The U.S. sailed 9 warships, including 2 carriers and Marine amphibious assault ships, through the Strait of Hormuz for war games in the Persian Gulf. The IAEA said Iran is accelerating its nuclear enrichment program. The U.S. denied Iranian claims that detained American-Iranian scholar Haleh Esfandiari is involved in destabilizing the regime.


Bad news in the search for three missing soldiers

Unconfirmed reports circulating that the bodies of all three soldiers have been found Soldier from the 3rd “Spearhead” Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment conduct operations in the Triangle of Death. Click to view. As the search for the three missing U.S. soldiers nears the end of its eleventh, ominous news emerges from Iraq that three bodies […]


Al Qaeda

Ayman al-Zawahri released a six minute audiotape praising Mullah Dadullah, who was killed by NATO and Afghan forces in Helmand province in May. “The martyrdom of the commander of the martyrdom-seekers, Mulla Dadullah … shall break the back of the Crusaders and their helpers in Afghanistan and hasten their imminent defeat,” Zawahiri said.


Turkey

Yesterday’s attack on a shopping mall in Ankara is believed to be carried out by a PKK suicide bomber, said Ankara’s governor. A female suicide bomber was detained by security forces in Adana.


Thailand

Muslim insurgents killed five in the southern province of Yala, including a Muslim farmer, his daughter and two teen aged boys. A Buddhist was shot in Pattani. One soldier and six police were wounded in two roadside bomb attacks.



Lebanon

A bombing at a Druze village near Beirut wounded 5. Palestinian refugees are fleeing the Nahr Al Bared camp near Tripoli as a cease fire between the Lebanese Army and al Qaeda affiliate Fatah al Islam holds. Lebanese troops have reoccupied positions lost in Sunday’s fighting. Casualties include 31 Lebanese soldiers killed and 55 wounded, […]


India

Third suspect in the Mecca Masjid blast detained



Palestinian Territories

The IDF detained then released 7 Palestinians during limited raids at the outskirts of Khan Yunis in the Gaza strip. The IAF hit two ammunition depots in Gaza. President Abbas and PM Haniyeh met to discuss a potential cease fire with Israel. Haniyeh may be a target of IDF strikes, according to Israel’s Deputy Defense […]


Afghanistan

A Finnish soldier and Afghan civilian were killed in a roadside bombing in the northern province of Maymana. A suicide bomber killed a policeman and civlian in Kabul. Pakistani President Musharraf endorses negotiations with the Afghan Taliban.


Pakistan

Three Uzbeks were among the 4 killed in yesterday’s strike on an al Qaeda camp in North Waziristan. The 8 government workers kidnapped by the Taliban in North Waziristan have been freed. The Taliban bombed a music shop in Charsadda. The Lashkar Islam has put out a order to kill a journalist and close music […]


Lebanon

Fight against militants agitates Lebanon’s troubled camps


Iran

Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran


Iraq

As Comrades Search, Fatal Bomb Wreaks Havoc