Monthly Archives: August 2007

Philippines

| August 7, 2007

A brother of Kaharudin Usman Talib, who confessed to being a Jemaah Islamiyah operative plotting to bomb Manilla, claimed Talib is innocent. Around 3,000 civilians fled the villages of Sungkayat in Basilan as security forces and MILF battled in the region.

Turkey

| August 7, 2007

Maliki Labels PKK “Illegal Terrorist” Group

Sudan

| August 7, 2007

U.N. has enough infantry for Darfur; needs aircraft

Iraq

| August 7, 2007

5 Ministers Threaten to Leave Iraq™s Cabinet

Pakistan

| August 7, 2007

Pakistan’s Ambassador: US Intel on al Qaeda Is ‘Absolutely Incorrect™

Pakistan

| August 7, 2007

CIA orchestrated slaying of Chinese in Pakistan: Parliamentary Secretary

Afghanistan

| August 7, 2007

Interview: Former Interior Minister Jalali on Afghanistan™s security

Pakistan

| August 7, 2007

The military attacked two Taliban camps in North Waziristan with helicopters and artillery. Negotiations with the TNSM in Bajaur have failed. Indian intelligence said claims that Pakistan has arrested Dawood Ibrahim are false. The Interior Ministry will attempt to re-arrest freed “militants.”

Afghanistan

| August 7, 2007

Over two dozen Taliban fighters were killed after their frontal attack on a firebase in Uruzgan was repelled by US and Afghan forces. Twenty more Taliban fighters were killed after attacking police checkpoints in Kandahar and Zabul. The Taiban may swap South Korean hostages for captured female Taliban supporters.

Pakistan

| August 7, 2007

Pakistani leader: Talk of US airstrikes ‘counterproductive’

Pakistan strikes two al Qaeda camps in North Waziristan

| August 7, 2007

Artillery, helicopters assault two camps near the Afghan border As the security situation in North Waziristan and the greater Northwest Frontier Province deteriorates, the Pakistani military launched an assault on two “militant” bases near the Afghan border. The military struck two Taliban and al Qaeda bases in the village of Daygan with artillery and Cobra […]

Iran

| August 6, 2007

US and Iran hold “frank” talks on Iraq

Iraq

| August 6, 2007

25,000 turn against insurgency, military says

Afghanistan

| August 6, 2007

Six police in Kunar province and four police in Logar province were killed in Taliban attacks. Four Afghan workers were kidnapped in Kunar. A suicide bomber killed three civilians in an attack on an ISAF convoy.

Pakistan

| August 6, 2007

Secretary of State Rice and Defense Secretary Gates ruled out the possibility of unilateral strikes inside Pakistan. Pakistan has lost 200 troops in the tribal areas since July 19. “Militants” fired rockets at a military camp, and destroyed two checkpoints in Bajaur. The Swat peace jirga said “foreign agencies,” including India™s Research and Analysis Wing, […]

Iraq

| August 6, 2007

Iran-armed militia behind 3/4 of Iraq attacks that killed or wounded Americans in Baghdad in July

Al Qaeda

| August 5, 2007

As Sahab, al Qaeda’s propaganda wing, released a video by Adam Gadahn, a.k.a. Azzan al-Amriki, threatening to to attack US embassies and personnel worldwide. “We shall continue to target you, at home and abroad, just as you target us, at home and abroad, and these spy dens and military command and control centers from which […]