Palestinian Territories
Abbas: Hamas key to Palestinian state
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood: Sedition
Lebanon
Fatah, PLO shake up posts in Lebanon
Ethiopia
Ethiopia Prime Minister rejects rebel claims of deadly attacks
Palestinian Territories
Islamic Jihad and Hamas have broken the ceasefire and resumed fighting at the Al Aqsa University in Khan Younes. Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization, is “ready to mediate” between Fatah and Hamas. An Israeli airstrike killed a senior official in the Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry in Gaza.
Iran
Iran won™t negotiate over atomic rights – president
Turkey
Turkey rejected the PKK’s offer of a ceasefire. Iraq said it would help Turkey deal with the PKK. Two PKK terrorists were captured while attempting to enter Turkey at the Khabor border crossing.
Al Qaeda
“Violence in Iraq drops sharply: Ministry of the Interior”
Crunch Time in Pakistan
The situation in Pakistan worsens daily. Only a determined effort against the Taliban and al-Qaeda has any hope of succeeding – and that this effort must be led by the Pakistani government itself, however difficult that would be to arrange.
Somalia
Somalia: Two Ethiopian soldiers, 7 civilians killed in violence in Mogadishu
Iraq
Increasingly, the US sits down with Iraqi militants
Pakistan
Pakistan: No foreign involvement in blast probe
Iraq
In Iraq, Conflict on a Second Kurdish Front
Iraq
Turkey says it will try talks before striking PKK
Osama bin Laden on the state of Iraq
In his latest audiotape, al Qaeda’s leader admits leadership problems in Iraq, laments the splits between al Qaeda and insurgent and tribal organizations, and implores Sunnis to eschew tribal and national loyalties for the sake of jihad.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released a tape titled “Message to the people of Iraq.” Bin laden urged the insurgency to unite against the US and the Iraqi government and called on the “mujahideen in Iraq” to reject nationalism and tribal affiliations.
Al Qaeda, Islamic Army clash south of Baghdad
Over 60 reported killed as Sunni insurgent group battles al Qaeda after a local leader of the Islamic Army of Iraq was kidnapped in Madain. Osama bin Laden calls for Sunni insurgents to unite and reject the tribe and nation.
Iraq
Violence in Iraq is down 70 percent since June. Over 60 were killed in clashes between the Islamic Army and al Qaeda in Khannasa. Two Mahdi Army terror cell leaders were captured in New Baghdad, and one cell member was killed. Six Mahdi Army fighters and one policeman were killed during fighting in Karbala. Terrorists […]
Turkey
Turkey confirmed eight soldiers are missing after heavy fighting with the PKK along the Iraqi border. Twelve soldiers and 34 PKK terrorists were killed in the fighting. Over 100,000 troops are said to be massing on the border.
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Hearts and Minds
Afghanistan
An interview with a Taliban Leader Ustadh Muhammad Yasir
Pakistan
The Taliban and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar may attend a “peace” jirga in Islamabad. Benazir Bhutto plans to purge the Inter Services Intelligence of “rogue agents” providing support for the Taliban and al Qaeda. Bhutto also demanded an international investigation into the attack on her convoy.
Iraq
Iraq Calls for Kurd Rebels to Lay Down Their Arms or Leave
Iraq
Poland will seek 2008 Iraq troop withdrawal
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda target west from Horn of Africa
Iraq
US Planners See Shiite Militias as Rising Threat
Al Qaeda
Interview With New Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Iraq
Daoud Ouhnane, one of the masterminds behind the Madrid train bombings in 2004, was reported killed in Iraq in late 2006. Coalition forces killed four wanted al Qaeda operatives and detained 11. US troops captured seven insurgents in Adwaniyah. Police captured 35 Shia insurgents suspected of firing Katyusha rockets in Karbala.
Afghanistan
Afghan and NATO forces killed over three dozen Taliban during fighting in the Musa Qala Wadi region of Helmand province. US forces killed 20 Taliban during a battle in the Korengal Valley in Kunar province on the border with Pakistan; three civilians were killed and eight wounded during the battle. Britain may send more troops […]
Hezbollah
Hezbollah: Kidnappings will free POW