Monthly Archives: August 2007

Pakistan

State of emergency may be declared in Pakistan over next few days


Pakistan

Local Taliban capture Darra village; five die in clashes




Philippines

Abu Sayyaf fighters killed nine soldiers today during an ambush in Jolo Island. Three Abu Sayyaf operatives and one soldier were killed in fighting on Jolo Island on Wednesday, while five MILF fighters were wounded in an artillery attack in Basilan. Marad Astig, a trusted aide of Abu Sayyaf commander Radulan Sahiron who is wanted […]


Lebanon

Lebanese army exchanges heavy fire with Fatah al-Islam


Thailand

Two health officials, retired village head killed in separate attacks in southern Thailand



Iraq

2,760 non-Iraqi detainees in Iraqi jails, 800 Iranians – official



Iraq

Democrats praise military progress in Iraq


Iraq

Coalition Successes Mount Against al Qaeda in Iraq



Yemen

Yemeni security forces killed four al Qaeda operatives involved with the suicide attack in Mareb on July 2 that killed eight Spanish tourists. One soldier was killed in the operation. One of the operatives killed escaped from a Yemeni jail in 2006.



Iraq

Iran tells PM Maliki it is helping secure Iraq


Afghanistan

South Korea said it would withdraw its aid workers from the country, an Afghan news outlet reported. The Afghan Army said it was prepared to attack the Taliban to free the Korean hostages. A found surface-to-air missile may have been intended for use in a civilian airliner attack.


Pakistan

President Musharraf will not attend the Pak-Afghan Loya Jirga, citing security reasons. Ten Taliban were killed in yesterday™s strikes in North Waziristan. Fourteen Taliban, including 10 Uzbeks and Tajiks, were captured in Zhob in Baluchistan while crossing from South Waziristan with weapons and explosives. Eleven polio workers were kidnapped in Bajaur. A bombing in Peshawar […]



Pakistan

One billion Muslims to turn into suicide bombers if Mecca, Medina are attacked


Iraq

US Says Iran-Supplied Bomb Kills More Troops


US, Iraqi forces kill 30 Iranian-backed Special Groups operatives

Qods Force logo, click to view. Raid in Sadr City the latest in a series of strikes against the Qods Force front Iraqi and US security forces maintain the pressure on the Shia terror groups while continuing the hunt for al Qaeda in Iraq. A joint Iraqi and US force conducted a raid inside Sadr […]



Al Qaeda

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Issues Fourth Installment of the “Series of the Swords™ Shadows”


The Threat of Islamic Radicalism to Greece






Lebanon

Lebanese troops killed Abu Hureira, the deputy commander of Fatah al Islam, during a battle last week in the Nahr Al-Bared Palestinian camp. Hureira’s sister identified the corpse. The army has seized large weapons caches in Nahr Al Bared, while a soldier was killed in combat.