Monthly Archives: November 2007

Iraq

How Technology Almost Lost the War: In Iraq, the Critical Networks Are Social – Not Electronic



Iran

Split verdict for Iranian negotiator accused of spying




Iraq

Talks Are Set on Ending Battle of Iraq


Iraq

Bush meets powerful Iraqi Shiite leader



Iraq

Tigris River Bridge Repaired in Less Than Three Days


Iraq

Ayatollah Sistani urged Shia to protect Sunnis. Twenty-eight al Qaeda fighters were captured in Kirkuk. US forces killed a senior al Qaeda leader in Mosul and two al Qaeda leaders north of Baiji. The Mosul bridge damaged by an al Qaeda truck bombers was repaired in three days. The Islamic Army in Iraq in Mosul […]




Iran

US wages covert war on Iraq-Iran border


Pakistan

President Musharraf will resign as army chief of staff one day before taking his new oath as president. The military said 20 Taliban and 4 soldiers were killed during fighting in Swat; the Taliban refuted the numbers. The Interior Minister said Swat will be resolved by the pols in January. A girl’s school in Peshawar […]


Iran

Iranian government clamping down on dissent



Iran

Iran attacks Syria’s role at Annapolis peace summit



Afghanistan

A suicide bomb in a market in central Kabul killed two civilians and wounded four; Gulbuddin Hekmatyar claimed responsibility for the attack. A British friendly fire incident in late September killed two Danish soldiers in Helmand province. Afghan commandos captured seven Taliban during an operation in Zormat district in Paktia province.


Iraq

US forces kill five civilians in two shootings



Iran

Iran says has built new long-range missile




Russia

Doku Umarov, the successor to Shamil Basayev, the slain leader of the Chechen jihad, has declared the creation of the Caucasian Emirate. “We, the Mujahideen, went out to fight the infidels not for the sake of fighting but to restore the Shariah of Allah in our land,” said Umarov “Today in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and […]


Al Qaeda

As Sahab, al Qaeda’s media wing, will release a new tape by Osama bin Laden, titled “A Message to the European People.” The tape was announced on jihadi forums, along with a statement urging jihadists to distribute this notice to various Western sites to “convey to them the reality of losing their war and facing […]


Iraq

Iraqi Soldiers Thwart Terror Suspects Disguised As Bride and Groom


Iran

The US commander in Sadr City said Iran is still supporting the Qods Force-backed Special Groups cells. Iran has produced its first batch of nuclear fuel pellets while the IAEA “is not able to confirm that Iran’s nuclear work is entirely peaceful.” An Iranian Air Force F-4 fighter crashed in the Sea of Oman.


Iraq

The parliament will debate the extension of the Multinational Forces Iraq mission. Nominees for the ministers of transport and justice have been announced by the cabinet. Coalition forces detained 10 al Qaeda operatives during raids along the Tigris River Valley in Iraq. Iraqi Forces detained an al Qaeda commander and two Special Groups operatives and […]


Iran

US commander: Iran still supporting Iraqi militias