Iran
Iran sees “creeping coup” in the press: report
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Lebanon
Islamist militants killed Lebanese minister: report
Iraq
At least 117 killed in Iraqi village market blast
Pakistan
President Musharraf told the Islamists inside the Red Mosque to “surrender or die” as the government continues to negotiate with those inside the mosque. The information minister said only the courts can grant Ghazi safe passage. MMA chief Fazlur Rehman said Ghazi should surrender.
Iraq
Top commander expects big Iraq strikes
Iraq
RCT-6 continues Operation Alljah in Fallujah
Saudi Arabia
The Crisis of the Wahhabi Regime
Iraq
Insurgent Media vs. The Strongest Tribe
Swat joins Talibanistan
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/ districts openly controlled by the Taliban; purple is defacto control; yellow is under threat. Click map to view. Maulana Fazlullah’s TNSM violates the terms of its May “peace agreement” As the Red Mosque standoff in the heart of Islamabad enters its fifth day, the mosque’s supporters in the Northwest Frontier Province […]
United Kingdom
Terror suspect told family ‘time had come’
Pakistan
Explosion rocks besieged mosque in Pakistani capital
Iraq
Suicide bomber kills 26 in Iraqi village
Thailand
A former army chief said the government’s “policy of reconciliation” has failed as it is too timid. The commander of the Yala Provincial Police said the tactics of direct pressure and sweeping arrests are “choking” the insurgency. An Islamic school in Narathiwat with links to Muslim insurgents was closed.
Iraq
Talabani urges Iran to help rein in Iraqi militias
Afghanistan
An estimated 100 Taliban were killed during fighting in Kunar, Uruzgan, and Farah provinces. ISAF denied killing civilians during an airstrike in Kunar province.
Al Qaeda
al Qaeda linked to operations from Iran
United Kingdom
New Australia raids over UK bombs
Iraq
Army: Decision to buy more than 17,000 MRAPs not yet finalized
Iraq
Signs violence is easing in Baghdad
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Counterinsurgents Should Consider A “Fabrication Cell”
Iraq
AP Reports on the Wrong Massacre
Iraq
US forces fight al-Qaida – and wait for Iraqi help – in marshlands outside Baghdad
Pakistan may capitulate to the Red Mosque
Musharraf approves amnesty; update on latest news from the Lal Masjid and the Taliban’s response Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who survived an assassination attempt earlier today, is prepared to pardon the Islamists and the leaders of the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, according to Pakistan’s Daily Times. President Musharraf “approved a plan to extend a […]
Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle: July 2007 Update
Iraqi & Coalition forces Order of Battle as of Jun 30, 2007. The July 2007 updates to the Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ISF OOB Page. Significant changes include the release of the Quarterly Report to Congress, updates to the newly forming 11th, 12th and 13th Iraqi Army [IA] […]
Assassination attempt against Pakistan’s President
The latest attempt in a string of attacks against Pakistani government officials Pakistani security officials examine a long barreled anti-aircraft gun and a light machine gun, found on the rooftop of a house in Rawalpindi [AP Photo]. Click to view. As the Lal Masjid standoff nears the end of its fourth day, a report surfaced […]
Al Qaeda
G.I.™s Forge Sunni Tie in Bid to Squeeze Militants
Somalia
Ethiopian and Somali troops are conducting a major operation in the Bakara market in Mogadishu. Insurgents attempted to assassinate the mayor of Mogadishu and the justice minister. Three Somali soldiers were wounded in an attack on a police station south of the capital.
Palestinian Territories
De-miners say clearing Nahr al-Bared of UXOs will take at least a month
Pakistan
Militants express support for Pakistani mosque with terrorism
Philippines
Two Abu Sayyaf commanders killed in southern Philippines