Monthly Archives: August 2007

Operations in Iraq’s North; Mosul’s emir killed

Safi, the former al Qaeda emir of Mosul. Clearing operation begins in Samarra as al Qaeda’s emir of Mosul was killed by the Iraqi Army As the Baghdad Security Plan and Operation Phantom Thunder in the Baghdad Belts of Babil, Anbar, and Diyala provinces move forward, Iraqi and U.S. forces have stepped up operations in […]


Iraq

Pollack: ‘Surge™ Producing Real Progress in Iraq



Iraq

Paratrooper awarded Silver Star for actions in Samarra






Thailand

Two soldiers were killed and two wounded after being ambushed while patrolling the rail lines in Yala province. Another two paramilitary troops were wounded in a bombing in Yala. Two soldiers were wounded in an IED attack and three were wounded in an ambush in Pattani province.



Syria

Syria plans war of attrition in the Golan Heights


Pakistan

Police stopped suicide bomber attempting to attack a parade of 900 cadets at a training center in the city of Sargodha in Punjab province. One policeman was killed in the gunfight. Five police were wounded in a bombing near the traffic police headquarters in Gujranwala. Intelligence indicates Islamists may attempt to attack the national parliament. […]




Iraq

Suicide car bomb kills 13 at Iraq police station


Lebanon

Fatah al Islam hit a power station with Katyusha rockets, disrupting electricity supplies in the north. Four Fatah al Islam fighters and three soldiers were killed in the latest round of fighting in the Nahr al Bared Palestinian refugee camp,


Philippines

A Basilan representative identified four of the suspects involved in the beheading of 10 Marines, and claimed they are not members of MILF. Police are conducting intelligence operations to capture 130 MILF operatives believed to be involved with the beheadings.


Al Qaeda

Al Qaeda will release another videotape over the next few days, according to a banner posted on the Ekhlaas website. The Arabic text in the banner states, “Soon by the will of Allah. Wait for the great surprise.”


Afghanistan

The Afghan government denied a military operation was underway to free the 21 Korean hostages held by the Taliban. The Taliban murdered four judges in Ghazni province.


Pakistan

Both Vice President Cheney and the U.S. Ambassador said the U.S. has no intention of invading Pakistan. Four police were wounded in a bombing in Swat. The president of the Taliban-supporting MMA political party endorsed Musharraf’s re-elction to prevent martial law.


Iraq

Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front Withdraws From Government



Iraq

Security chief says Iranians active in Iraq


Al Qaeda leader calls for the overthrow of Pakistan’s Musharraf

Statement by Abu Yahya al Libi contradicts Newsweek report on divisions in al Qaeda over Pakistan policy Al Qaeda has weighed in on the Pakistani government’s military assault on the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in Islamabad last month. As Sahab productions, the media outlet for al Qaeda’s central leadership, released a 21-minute tape by […]


Iraq

‘There should be no type of any withdrawal™



Iraq

Bombers strike across Baghdad, killing 35


Iraq

US troop fatalities in Iraq drop sharply


Iran

Iran Sentences Two Journalists To Death


Iraq

US Pressing Arab Nations to Increase Support for Iraq