Turkey
Iraqi Official Says New Efforts Will Restrain Kurdish Rebels Striking In Turkey
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Al Qaeda
Azerbaijan: The Struggle To Shape Islam
Al Qaeda
Men behind Madrid bombs laugh in court
Iraq
Iraq: The Longest Morning
Al Qaeda
‘Taji Awakening’ proof the surge is helping Iraqis
Iraq
Coalition forces killed three members of al Qaeda in Tamim province and captured an al Qaeda commader and three cell members in Khadra. Coalition forces captured 12 members of the Special Groups. Ten Sadrists were arrested in Diwaniyah, while seven Popular Committees members were arrested in Diyala.
Iraq
US Out How? The Moral Dilemma of Leaving Iraq
United States
US diplomats refuse Iraq postings
Fighting, peace talks resume in Swat; military demoralized
The Pakistani military is holed up in compounds as the government seeks to cut a deal with Taliban leader Mauluna Fazlullah.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Bhutto plans to leave the country
Al Qaeda
Exiled Somali Islamist leader backs insurgents
Taliban surrounded in Afghanistan’s Kandahar and Helmand provinces
Over 200 Taliban are believed to be surrounded in a district near Kandahar City, while Afghan and NATO troops are trying to turn a Taliban leader in the stronghold of Musa Qala.
Europe
A Spanish court handed out mixed verdicts on the March 11 Madrid bombing case. Twenty-one of the 28 defendants received guilty charges, only three were charged with conducting mass-murder attacks. Rabei Osman, an Egyptian who bragged about plotting the attacks, was acquitted.
Pakistan
Fighting has resumed in Swat. Four soldiers were killed an IED attack in Bannu, while four were wounded in an IED attack in Mir Ali in North Waziristan. Six were wounded in a bombing at an NGO office in Battagram. Dara Adam Khel is becoming a Taliban safe haven. The Supreme Court directed the government […]
Iran
US to face ‘quagmire™ if attacks Iran: IRGC commander
Lebanon
Syria denies plotting young Hariri assassination
Somalia
With US Navy Help, Ship Crew Defeats Pirates
Yemen
Yemen’s Truce with al Qaeda
Russia
An explosion on a bus in the central Russian town of Togliatti resulted in eight people killed and at least 53 wounded. Russia’s Federal Security Service said the explosion is the result of a terrorist attack.
Pakistan
Urban Pakistanis split on militants
Pakistan
US and Pakistan: A Frayed Alliance
Al Qaeda
Military builds on northern Iraqis’ frustration with terror attacks
Al Qaeda
Britain facing 30-year battle against extremism: security chief
Saudi Arabia
David Cameron challenges Saudi King Abdullah over extremist material in mosques
Philippines
The government launched a new “humanitarian offensive” in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. The United States vowed to increase its contribution to such programs as part of a $60 million budget for aid to the Philippines. The amount was $14 million higher than that requested by the US State Department. Meanwhile, a new book […]
Afghanistan
The Taliban overran the Gulistan district center in Farah province; thirty Taliban, four police and six civilians were killed in the fighting. Afghan intelligence captured three Pakistani Taliban trainers traveling from Uruzgan to Kandahar. Six Taliban were captured in Kandahar City. An Afghan intelligence chief and three officers were killed in an IED attack in […]
Afghanistan
Massive Taliban defection developing in Helmand
Afghanistan
Afghan government reopens 50 schools in militancy-plagued areas
Thailand
Muslim insurgents conducted five simultaneous bomb attacks on karaoke bars in Narathiwat province; five were wounded. Police killed three insurgents in Yala province. Two additional bombs were detonated at a gas station and a hotel; two were wounded. The military is considering deploying addition troops to the south.
Iraq
Iraqis to take control of Basra province