Iraq
Sunni Arab bloc rejoins Iraqi parliament
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Palestinian Territories
Israeli commandos captured Mohawah al-Qadi, a senior member of Hamas’ armed wing and a commander in the Executive Force, during a raid in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Seventy people were wounded in clashes between Hamas and Fatah in Gaza.
Indonesia
Court rejects Bali bomber Amrozi’s death sentence appeal
Pakistan
Pakistan increases pressure on Nawaz Sharif
Afghanistan
Troop shortages impacting on Afghan mission: NATO
Iraq
Iraq cleric seeks religious separation
Iraq
Top aide of Sadr killed in Najaf
Pakistan
Suicide bombers may hit Islamabad markets
Pakistan
A car bomb attack in Peshawar wounded 18. Two women were beheaded in Bannu for “immoral activity.” Bajaur peace jirga members said there are no foreign fighters in the agency. Two soldiers were wounded in attacks on checkpoints in Bajaur. Former Lal Masjid leader Abdul Aziz said the government ban on his mosque cause a […]
Al Qaeda
Official: Voice on video belongs to bin Laden
Algeria
A car bomb targeting a naval barracks in the coastal town of Dellys in eastern Algeria killed upwards of 16. This is the second major bombing in Algeria in three days, with an attempted suicide attack against Algeria’s president in Batna on September 6.
A look at Operation Lightning Hammer II in Ninewa and Salahadin
Iraqi Army and police lead operations in the northern provinces of Ninewa and Salahadin. Al Qaeda safe havens are being targeted in the Za’ab triangle, Mosul, and Tal Afar.
Afghanistan
Police wages set to double in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
US Army’s strategy in Afghanistan: better anthropology
Afghanistan
Afghan border police near Herat seized a 10-ton weapons cache from Iran, China, and Russia. Afghan and ISAF forces killed over 20 Taliban in the Meian Nashin district of Kandahar province. Afghan forces killed a local Taliban commander and several fighters in Hyderabad in Helmand province. Afghan Army forces beat off a Taliban attack on […]
Somalia
Islamic Courts leaders, including al Qaeda operative Sheikh Hassan Aweys, are meeting in Eritrea for a 10-day meeting to discuss ways “to strengthen the insurgency against the Somalia government.” The Prime Minister met with Haji Abukar, the chief financier of the Islamic Court, and encouraged him to return to Somalia. Somali security forces withdrew from […]
Al Qaeda
AP: Bin Laden told his followers “to help Saddam Hussein fight Americans”
Pakistan
Sharif’s cell is prepared as US aids Musharraf
Al Qaeda
Democrats criticized in purported bin Laden video – US urged to embrace Islam to end Iraq conflict; no specific threat made
Thailand
Thailand: Insurgent bombs kill two in South
Malaysia
Authorities denied earlier reports that Jemaah Islamiyah bombing mastermind Dulmatin is sheltering on an island off Sabah in East Malaysia. Dulmatin was believed to have slipped the military cordon in Mindanao. Sabah state officials, however, say he is either in the Philippines or on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.
Pakistan
President Musharraf said all Taliban are not “militants” and said the military can withdraw from the tribal agencies if violence reduces. The government continues to negotiate with the Taliban to secure the release of its kidnapped soldiers in South Waziristan. Six “miscreants” and civilians were killed in a helicopter strike in North Waziristan. Two bombings […]
Iraq
Progress in the Iraqi Security Forces – What the Jones Report really says
Afghanistan
The Scot who leads Kabul’s quiet revolution
Iraq
Cells from Mahdi army did not honor Sadr’s orders – MNF
Iraq
US troops, Iraqis clear village of al Qaeda
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda ‘targets converts’ to become terror bombers
Syria
Syria ‘fires on Israel warplanes’
Algeria
A suicide bomber struck in the town of Batna just prior to the arrival of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Fifteen were killed and 70 wounded in the attack. The suicide bomber detonated his vest after being detected by members of the crowd awaiting to see the president.
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