Iraq
Nine killed in Mahdi Army clashes in Karbala, Iraq
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Saudi Arabia
US Officials Voice Frustrations With Saudis™ Role in Iraq
Islamists retake Red Mosque; Suicide attack in Islamabad
Islamists paint the dome of the Red Mosque. Click to view. 11 killed in bombing at hotel near the mosque compound Just one day after the reopening of the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, the radical, Taliban and al Qaeda-supporting Islamist students of the mosque have reoccupied the complex. Fighting appears to have broken out […]
Al Qaeda
Iraq: Resolving the coercion/intelligence dilemma
Australia
Australia drops charges over UK bomb plot
Palestinian Territories
The new Palestinian Authority platform calls for a return to the 1967 borders and Jerusalem as the capital of both Israel and Palestine. The Palestinian Authority has helped stop terror attacks against Israel. The IDF killed a senior Islamic Jihad leader in a raid in Gaza.
Pakistan
Pakistani Islamic group’s presence in Central Asia
Iran
Iranian minister says sanctions are ineffective
Afghanistan
Afghan and U.S. forces killed over 50 Taliban fighters after being ambushed in Musa Qala; another ten Taliban were killed in Kandahar. The South Korean envoy said the Taliban “will be held accountable” for murdering a Korean hostage, while the Taliban argues over the terms of release. Al Qaeda is playing an increasing role in […]
Pakistan
A Taliban rocket attack on Bannu city killed nine civilians and wounded over 40. Small-scale attacks also occurred in North Waziristan and Bajaur. The U.S. identified nine al Qaeda camps in North Waziristan. Afghan Taliban commander Mullah Naimatullah and two Uzbeks were killed in attacks in Baluchistan. South Waziristan Taliban commander Abdullah Mehsud was buried […]
Pakistan
US Vows to Work With Pakistan on Counterterrorism
Lebanon
Lebanese Army in ‘final phase’ of assault on Nahr al-Bared
Iran
Iran arrests more people with US links
Philippines
Philippines: Religious leaders call for peace in restive Basilan
Syria
UNSC asked to address Syrian arms smuggling
Somalia
Somali police detained four teachers and 25 students at an Islamic school, and two medical workers and three security guards at a hospital during raids in Mogadishu. The Bakara market has reopened. A grenade attack wounded nine, including two police.
Philippines
Government gives MILF more time to surrender beheaders
Iraq
Iraqi Insurgents, Together at Poolside
Al Qaeda
US identifies 9 Terror training camps in N. Waziristan
Al Qaeda
Bombs mar Baghdad soccer celebrations, kill 50
Iran
Russia delays Iran nuclear plant to 2008
Al Qaeda
Pakistani villagers fear anti-al Qaeda offensive
Iraq
Sunni bloc suspends Iraqi government membership
Fighting continues in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/ districts openly controlled by the Taliban; purple is defacto control; yellow is under threat. Click map to view. Taliban maintain attack tempo as the government scrambles to save the Waziristan Accord The Taliban attacks against military and government targets throughout the Northwest Frontier Province have remained steady despite government efforts to […]
Iraq
Iraq Is the Central Front
United States
General: Al-Qaida making new cells in US
Pakistan
Editorial: Foreign strikes on Pakistani territory
Afghanistan
A Taliban spokesman said one of the 23 South Korean hostages has been killed after the Afghan government refused to negotiate. Eight Koreans are reported to have been freed. A kidnapped German journalist and two Afghan assistants were freed. Upward of 75 Taliban were killed after ambushing U.S. and Afghan forces in Helmand province.
Pakistan
Abdullah Mehsud preferred death to surrender
Algeria
During fighting over the weekend, which resulted in 20 al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb operatives killed, Algerian soldiers found a computer containing files listing the names of 572 operatives, all thought to have attended a meeting of Al Qaeda™s North African wing. This meeting was described as a “congress” and was attended by members […]