Monthly Archives: July 2007

Suicide bombing at Islamabad courthouse kills 13

Over 50 wounded in attack where ousted Chief Justice was scheduled to speak; government still negotiation with Taliban in North Waziristan The suicide attacks that have plagued the Northwest Frontier Province have shifted to the heart of Pakistan in the capital of Islamabad. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle pulled into a crowd at the […]


Thailand

Muslim insurgents killed a bomb disposal officer and wounded 20 in a double bombing in Yala. A Muslim man was shot and killed by insurgents in Yala. Ten insurgent suspects were captured in Yala.



Lebanon

Roadside bomb explodes near UNIFIL peacekeepers in South Lebanon


Saudi Arabia

Number of Saudi Insurgents in Iraq Greatly Exaggerated – Saudi Security Source


Lebanon

Lebanese Army death toll tops 100 as battle at Nahr al-Bared intensifies



Ospreys to enter fight with Marines in the fall


Iran

Iranian TV Shows Two Detained Iranian-Americans




Iraq

Mistrust as Iraqi Troops Encounter New US Allies






Saudi Arabia

Over 160 Saudis have been tried for terrorist activities in the Iraqi court system, and hundreds are still awaiting trial. “Many of them were killed in suicide operations and others are still being held in Iraqi prisons and detention camps, in addition to those killed during the past four years,” said Iraq’s national security advisor.


Philippines

MILF said it would not surrender any of its fighters in the wake of the beheading of Marines last week. The chief of the Philippines Armed Forces said MILF has one week to surrender the culprits or an all-out war would be launched against the Muslim insurgents. MILF also claimed one of its fighters was […]



Iraq

Thousands of US-Iraqi troops strike Qaeda strongholds



Somalia

The reconciliation conference has been postponed until Thursday to allow more delegates to arrive. The conference came under a mortar attack on Sunday; seven rockets landed near the conference center. Two bombings in Mogadishu killed four and wounded three.



Pakistan attempts to revive the Waziristan Accord

NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/ districts openly controlled by the Taliban; purple is defacto control; yellow is under threat. Click map to view. Negotiations are underway with the Taliban as the government said it will increase forces in the Northwest Frontier Province The situation in Pakistan’s volatile Northwest Frontier Province is coming to a head. After […]





Iraq

Baghdad Car Bomb Kills 10, Wounds 25 During Deadly Day in Iraq



Iraq

Robot air attack squadron bound for Iraq