Lebanon
Lebanon army advances into camp
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Iraq
Aide: Iraqi PM’s comments misconstrued
Saudi Arabia
Saudis make up almost half of the foreign fighters in Iraq. “About 45% of all foreign militants targeting U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians and security forces are from Saudi Arabia; 15% are from Syria and Lebanon; and 10% are from North Africa, according to official U.S. military figures” provided to the Los Angeles Times.
Pakistan
Pakistan in turmoil as militants end peace deal
Thailand
Thai police collected DNA and fingerprints from 150 students and teachers at an Islamic school that authorities suspect was a training ground for insurgents. Muslim insurgents murdered a rail worker in Narathiwat province.
Philippines
MILF warned the government not to retaliate for the beheading of 10 Marines last week. The Philippine army believes it is close to capturing Bali bombing mastermind Dulmatin after receiving information from an informant.
Iraq
Iraq: Has America lost the will to win?
Iraq
Iraq: Al-Maliki Faces His Sternest Test Yet
Iraq
A long day on patrol in Mahmudiyah – Americans and Iraqis slog door-to-door looking for insurgents
Pakistan
Pakistan militants end truce deal
Iraq
Truce lets two tribes now battle insurgents
Iraq
US ‘benchmarks’ report not fully accurate: Iraqi PM
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden™s deputy behind the Red Mosque bloodbath
Lebanon
Fatah al Islam launched at least 15 Katyusha rockets into the surrounding villages of the Nahr al Bared Palestinian refugee camp. One civilian was killed and several others wounded.
Palestinian Territories
Dozens of members of Fatah and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the West Bank have signed a pledge to stop attacks on Israel in exchange for being removed from an Israel wanted list. Polls show support for Hamas in Gaza is at 23 percent. Eighty percent of the factories in Gaza are closed.
Al Qaeda
Khaled Mahmud Ahmed, the leader of al Qaeda in Egypt, has fled to the Gaza Strip, according to confessions from members of al Qaeda’s Egyptian network. Police also accused senior al Qaeda figure Mohammed Abdel Hamid of “spreading Al Qaeda ideology and planning attacks against tourists, based on a fatwa by Bin Laden.”
Two more suicide strikes in Pakistan’s northwest [Updated]
NWFP/FATA map. Red agencies/ districts openly controlled by the Taliban; purple is defacto control; yellow is under threat. Click map to view. 16 killed in suicide attack on military convoy in Swat; 20 police recruits killed in Dera Ismail Khan; the Waziristan Accord is over One day after a Taliban suicide attack on a military […]
United Kingdom
Doctors charged over UK bomb plot
Iraq
Iraq PM: Country can manage without US
Australia
Australia defends tough anti-terror stance over medic
Lebanon
Lebanese Army Resumes Bombardment of Islamic Militants in Refugee Camp
Al Qaeda
As Sahab has released a 40-minute video called “Scent of Heaven,” which promotes “martyrdom” and has a 50-second clip of Osama bin Laden. The footage of bin Laden appears to be old.
Iraq
US kills six militants using ‘human shields’ in Iraq
Suicide bomber kills 24 Pakistani troops in 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. Army convoy hit en route to Miramshah as violence increases throughout the Northwest Frontier Province The Northwest Frontier Province is in danger of catching fire in the aftermath of the assault on the […]
Iran
Bush Set To Block Assets of Iranian Quds Force
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Obstacles to Closer Counter-Terrorism Coordination in Malacca Straits
Al Qaeda
Yemen Attack Reveals Struggle Among al Qaeda’s Ranks
Al Qaeda
al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Claims Suicide Bombing in Lakhdaria, Algeria
Al Qaeda
Senate doubles bounty for Bin Laden
Palestinian Territories
The U.S. has issued a travel warning for both Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Israel is prepared to pardon Fatah terrorists in an effort to bolster President Abbas. Hamas called the new Palestinian government unconstitutional.